Bruno: 'Arlene should pose in the nude'

Strictly Come Dancing judge Bruno Tonioli said his fellow panellist Arlene Phillips is so appealing that she should pose in the nude.

"She’s got brilliant boobs - she'd be great," the Italian-born dancer told The Sun.

Tonioli threw down the gauntlet for 64-year-old Phillips to follow his lead after he posed in the buff to raise awareness for the Everyman male cancer campaign.

“I loved it - it was for a good cause. Arlene should do it too," he said.

The 52-year-old star laughed off claims that fellow judges Phillips or Len Goodman, 64, had been under the knife, insisting Craig Revel Horwood, 43, was the only one to have had any surgical help.

Tonioli said Horwood's nose was done by a "butcher", adding: "If Len’s had plastic surgery, he should ask for his money back."

He said he can't wait to see the celebrities taking to the dance floor tomorrow night in the first live show of this year's BBC One series. "I’ve seen them in training but we have got to see them before a live audience. That’s the killer," he said.