Peter Andre reveals he WON'T be dancing to his hit single on Strictly Come Dancing

He became a household name after his breakthrough single Mysterious Girl made him a pop sensation in the Nineties. 

But Peter Andre has revealed he doesn't want to have to dance to the hit tune when he competes on Strictly Come Dancing. 

In an interview with Hello! magazine, he said: 'I really hope they would never play that,” he said, 'Although I will try to do a mysterious twirl with a mysterious girl.'

However, the singer admitted he has been taking inspiration from the past when it comes to honing his dance moves ahead of the competition.

'For the past 10 days I’ve been looking at clips of Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, the Nicolas Brothers and Sammy Davies Junior to see what they did to make the audience like their performance,' he said.

The father-of-three also said he is inspired by the greats when it comes to his songs and he revealed he is currently working on an album of Frank Sinatra covers. 

Peter's comments come after X Factor's head judge Simon Cowell criticised Peter and said he'll be no threat in the Strictly/X Factor ratings war. 

He declared during a Q&A with MailOnline at the ITV show's London launch on Wednesday: 

'It might come back and haunt me, but I do think The X Factor does feel better, the talent’s great, [our contestants are] very interesting.' 

'But if it’s us vs Peter Andre, I’ve got to put my money on us', he added. 

Another star from the Strictly line-up, Call The Midwife’s Helen George, revealed that her close friend, TV star Miranda Hart, 'is more excited than I am'.

While BBC weather presenter Carol Kirkwood has said her dancing abilities are not up to scratch and she hopes she will 'see some improvement from nothing'.