"I Turned Down Strictly Come Dancing" Part 145: Melanie Sykes

Miss Melanie Sykes is the latest celebritiy to admit that she turned down Strictly, although she said she 'almost' did it.

She told Celebs On Sunday: "I almost did Strictly Come Dancing, but I didn’t in the end and I think that was a good choice. I’d like to be at the end of my career and know I didn’t do a reality TV show. I think that would be quite something in this day and age."

Melanie joins the list that just gets longer and longer. Here is a small sample of those who refused to put on dancing shoes...

Duncan Banatine
Ainsley Harriott
Cherie Blair
Rebecca Adlington
Robert Winston
Ingrid Tarrant
Steve Wright
Alan Titchmarsh
Nancy Dell'Olio
and that annoying tall bloke who appears on telly with his mrs.