The lowest score Tonioli has ever given a contestant was a '2', awarded only once on Dancing With the Stars, to Master P and his partner Ashly DelGrosso for their Paso Doble. He went on to explain the added stress of maintaining his much-loved persona while on air: "I'm playing a character.

Asserting he would take great care over any singing endeavour, Bruno also noted he not a “karaoke singer”. Bruno Tonioli ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈbruno tonˈjɔli]; born 25 November 1955) is a British-Italian television personality, choreographer and dancer. BBC are yet to confirm the judging line-up, but a source recently claimed Bruno, Craig Revel Horwood, Shirley Ballas and Motsi Mabuse will all be back to their seats. Bruno Tonioli: ‘We’re discussing it’ Strictly judge details move away from BBC show BRUNO TONIOLI - a judge on Strictly Come Dancing - has shared details about his move away from the BBC show after showcasing his singing talents on the BBC series last year.It is almost as if the marketing decision was that English audiences require singers that they recognise to be able to access and appreciate Italian songs – which is a bit troubling, as it perhaps suggests that Italian singers can’t be appreciated by English listeners, perhaps because of the language gap, the way they sing, their pronunciation – or even, it might suggest that English listeners need a well-known voice to present new music to them as the only way they can accept it. Well I always will miss it, it's my family, I mean we'll always be friends and you never know what's going to happen.

In his time he's covered a host of live events, interviewed celebrities big and small and crowbarred a countless amount of great/awful (delete as appropriate) puns into articles.The sound we’re going to go for is anthemic disco-type songs, very uplifting, where everybody can dance. Obviously you have Michael Buble who does a fantastic job or you have musical theatre people like Michael Ball and Alfie Boa who are great singers, but there isn’t really a solo act apart from Robbie Williams.

Bruno went on to say that he's looking to record new material, not just covers, and he hopes to be able to release snippets of his work this year.Credit subject to status, UK residents only, Entertainment Magpie Limited t/a Music Magpie acts as a broker and offers finance from a restricted range of finance providers, PayPal Credit is a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH. There’s no new talent at that level like George Michael, I think the girls are cornering the market.

We're discussing it, but I'm not going to rush it because it has to be done right," Bruno told the Mirror.Despite the difficulties of balancing his judging commitments, Tonioli was clear that above all else Strictly had been a life-changing, positive experience. For one week during both series 16 and series 17 of Strictly Come Dancing, he was replaced by guest judge Alfonso Ribeiro, due to a broadcasting conflict between the two shows. Emmerdale’s Kelvin Fletcher and Kids TV presenter Karim Zeroual are still in the running to be crowned champion, as are Eastenders star Emma Barton, comedian Chris Ramsey and football pundit Alex Scott.