Emmerdale killer ‘lined up for Strictly Come Dancing’ after shock exit
EMMERDALE star Paige Sandhu has been tipped to sign up for Strictly Come Dancing.
The 25-year-old actress – who bowed out of her role as soap serial killer Meena Jutla earlier this month – is the bookies favourite to join the ballroom.
Alex Apati, of Ladbrokes, told the Daily Star: “It looks like Paige
Sandhu’s next move will take her to the dance floor with Strictly chiefs currently leading the way for her signature.”
If she does compete for the coveted Glitterball trophy, Paige will join a growing list of Emmerdale alumni who have all found success on the show.
Kelvin Fletcher – who starred as Andy Sugden for 20 years – won the seventeenth series of Strictly in 2019 with his professional partner Oti Mabuse.
While Mandy Dingle actress Lisa Riley finished in fifth place back in 2012 with Robin Windsor.
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Last year’s competition was won by EastEnders star Rose Ayling-Ellis –
who is known for playing Frankie Lewis – and her professional partner Giovanni Pernice.
Paige made her last appearance on the Yorkshire-based soap last night when Meena was sentenced to 75 years in prison for the
murders of Leanna Cavanagh, Andrea Tate and Ben Tucker.
Paige previously said: “I always thought that Meena’s storyline was
going to have to come to an end at some point, because you just can’t let a villain as bad as Meena just carry on. There would be no one left in the village, so her storyline has to come to an end at some point.
“When I thought about how the writers were going to do that, I thought she has to die because it’s the most epic thing. I just imagined that was what they were going to do but when I found out the storyline that they’ve written, I was like ‘Ooh this is actually way better than I could have imagined.'”