![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/id-happily-fall-victim-to-strictly-curse-it-could-be-blessing-says-nikita/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/newspress-collage-23769985-1693676560364.jpg&description=BBC DJ Nikita Kanda is not worried about the famous 'Strictly curse'. In fact, she says it could be a blessing. 4 Single DJ Nikita Kanda says a Strictly romance holds no fear for her, she would embrace it Credit: Jahangir Hussain For the new show star has revealed she has been single for seven years, all thanks to her 4.30am alarm calls ahead of her breakfast programme on BBC Radio's Asian Network. In her first exclusive interview since she wa s unveiled as a 2023 Strictly contestant , the 28-year-old presenter said the so-called curse, where coupled-up dance partners find love on the BBC show, is no bad thing. Asked if it could be a blessing, she said with a laugh: 'Hopefully, yeah! 'But that's not in my mindset because I am so focused on enjoying the show and I want to get stuck into it and learn the dances. "I am fully single. I'm just focused on work now — my breakfast show and Strictly . 'I am basically double-shifting, so it is going to be a lot of my time. 'I am not going to have time to do anything else right now. 'I am happily single and happy to stay that way.' Speaking about dating in London, the radio host said: 'It is hard when you are trying to be a career woman as well. "I have been single for years, literally years, probably since I was 21 — a good seven years.' Nikita, who appeared on ITV 's Take Me Out with Paddy McGuinness in 2019, said: 'I have had relationships, but nothing serious. 'When I was at university I focused on that, then I focused on getting into my career, so it has always been having that goal in mind. 'I get up at half past four in the morning so I'm not going to have time for any of that right now.' 4 Nikita says joining Strictly is a dream come true, and her mum is even happier Credit: Instagram 'PROPER GLAM GIRL' Nikita, who grew up in West London, joined the BBC as a presenter on Saturday afternoons before she was promoted to permanent host of the Asian breakfast show in January. Now she says she is ready to step out of her){kind=link}
BBC DJ Nikita Kanda is not worried about the famous “Strictly curse”.
In fact, she says it could be a blessing.
For the new show star has revealed she has been single for seven years, all thanks to her 4.30am alarm calls ahead of her breakfast programme on BBC Radio’s Asian Network.
In her first exclusive interview since she was unveiled as a 2023 Strictly contestant, the 28-year-old presenter said the so-called curse, where coupled-up dance partners find love on the BBC show, is no bad thing.
Asked if it could be a blessing, she said with a laugh: “Hopefully, yeah!”But that’s not in my mindset because I am so focused on enjoying the show and I want to get stuck into it and learn the dances.