Viscountess Emma Thynn Weymouth is "excited about everything" on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ – even the soap in her dressing room.
The 33-year-old professional chef – who will partner Aljaz Skorjanec on this year’s series – is "so grateful" to have landed a place on the show and can’t stop smiling about it.
She said: "I’m excited about everything – I’m excited about my dressing room. I’m even excited about the soap in the sink.
"I’m so grateful to be taking part that I’ve honestly said ‘thank you’ about a billion times. My face hurts from smiling so much."
And Emma is "thrilled" to be dancing with Aljaz because he is so talented and has "incredible experience" which he is passing on to her.
Speaking to HELLO!, she said: "I’m really thrilled they’ve put us together. Aljaz is a brilliant, hard-working dancer and I’m so excited to be taught by somebody who has got such incredible experience.
"It will be good to train with someone who has a similar energy and sense of humour."
And the model – who has sons John, four, and Henry, two, with her husband, Viscount Ceawlin Thynn Weymouth – has hit it off with the other contestants, including Alex Scott, James Cracknell, Anneka Rice and Catherine Tyldesley.
She said: "We’re all getting on really well. We’re having a nice time as a group and all having a laugh, living this mad, surreal experience together."
But despite her excitement, Emma is "terrified" about getting on the dancefloor.
She said: "I’m just going to train as much as I can and work really hard. I don’t want to let anyone down, either my partner or myself.
"It’s terrifying to dance on a professional dancefloor in front of those judges and a live audience and the rest of the world.
"I really don’t know what to expect. I just feel lucky to be doing it all."
Emma Thynn Weymouth can’t wait for Strictly ballroom debut
