Rouass: 'There's a disaster coming'

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Laila Rouass has predicted that her jive routine on this weekend's Strictly Come Dancing will be "a disaster".

The actress, who topped the leaderboard last weekend, claimed that she is experiencing her "most challenging" week in the competition so far.

"I'm finding it hard to get to grips with this jive. It's not something that I take to naturally," she told It Takes Two. "Seriously, I want to just cry now.

"Last week I was top of the leaderboard, but this week, I have a sneaky suspicion we could finish bottom. I just know there's a disaster coming... This week, I just want to get through the routine and that's all I want to do."

Rouass and Anton Du Beke scored 34 points last week for their foxtrot, which judge Craig Revel Horwood described as "classy" and "confident".

Speaking to Claudia Winkleman, Rouass added: "I have been training since Monday, it's now Thursday - I don't think I'm much better. We've slowed it down three times, but I still haven't done the routine. I think we're going to go out there, I'm going to forget it and then I'm going to end up faffing around on the stage."

Strictly airs on Saturday at 7.15pm on BBC One.