This year's Strictly Come Dancing celebrities are already firm friends, setting up a giant WhatsApp group where they discuss... hoovers.

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It's like a little taste of Hollywood, isn't it?

Dishing on their new giant group message TV host Laura Whitmore revealed the conversation is not all about the dancing.

"Will Young was talking about what hoover he was going to buy, he was buying a new blender..." she laughed, joining this year's ballroom team after quitting her presenting gig on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here NOW! earlier this year.

"People are sending pictures of their dogs," fellow contestant Melvin Odoom added, he too swapping an ITV spin-off show - The Xtra Factor - for a bash at glitterball glory.

"It's the busiest group," he laughed. "It's busier than my family and they'll talk about everything!"

"It's weird," he joked adding: "Anastasia is on my WhatsApp!"

Well guys, kee-eep texting!

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Strictly Come Dancing launches this Saturday at 6.50pm on BBC1

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Thomas LingDigital editor, BBC Science Focus

Thomas is Digital editor at BBC Science Focus. Writing about everything from cosmology to anthropology, he specialises in the latest psychology, health and neuroscience discoveries. Thomas has a Masters degree (distinction) in Magazine Journalism from the University of Sheffield and has written for Men’s Health, Vice and Radio Times. He has been shortlisted as the New Digital Talent of the Year at the national magazine Professional Publishers Association (PPA) awards. Also working in academia, Thomas has lectured on the topic of journalism to undergraduate and postgraduate students at The University of Sheffield.

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