Amy Winehouse to sing on Strictly with goddaughter

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Amy Winehouse to sing on Strictly with goddaughter
Amy Winehouse to sing on Strictly with goddaughter (Image credit: PA Wire/PA Photos)

Amy Winehouse will perform live with her goddaughter Dionne Bromfield on this weekend’s Strictly Come Dancing. The 13-year-old will sing her new single Mama Said, with Amy performing backing vocals. Dionne said: “Amy and I both love Strictly Come Dancing. I watch it every single Saturday, so it was brilliant to find out I’ll be on TV for the first time singing on one of my favourite shows.” Her godmother Amy explained: “The first time I heard Dionne sing, I couldn’t believe what I was hearing... such an amazing voice from such a young girl.. she’s so much better than I was at her age. I’m just so proud of her.” BBC entertainment boss Mark Linsey revealed that the Strictly team have had Amy Winehouse on their wish-list of guests for a long time. "We are delighted to showcase the television debut of Dionne Bromfield on Strictly Come Dancing. Dionne is an exceptional new talent and it will be an extra special event for our viewers to see her perform alongside Amy Winehouse, an artist we have been looking to book on the show for some time." Strictly Come Dancing will be on BBC1 on Saturday from 7pm till 9.15pm. Freesat viewers can now watch Strictly in HD for free.

Patrick McLennan
Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.