Goodman to quit 'Strictly' for US?

Len Goodman will quit Strictly Come Dancing to work in America.

The 64-year-old told the News Of The World that shuttling between judging duties on Strictly and the US version, Dancing With The Stars, has become too tiring.

He said: "The jet-lag takes it toll. I wasn't going to do it this year - the flying backwards and forwards - but I got talked into it again. But this will probably be the last time. I'll have to make the decision - if they ask me - whether to do the British show or American show."

Goodman, whose £250,000 salary for the ABC show dwarfs his £90,000 BBC pay cheque, claimed that he favoured a move to the US: "My heart wants to do the British show but my head - the money - makes me want to do the American one."

Discussing a replacement judge, Goodman suggested that producers hire "someone from my world - the ballroom and Latin American field".