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"Strictly Come Dancing&amp;#039;s Mark Benton has admitted that he has woken up in &amp;quot;cold sweats&amp;quot; whilst preparing to take part in the series. The former Waterloo Road star - who was confirmed to appear in the latest series yesterday (September 2) - said that he views the show as an &amp;quot;adventure&amp;quot;.  On why he chose to participate, he said: &amp;quot;I just thought that it would be fun. I&amp;#039;ve never thought about doing one of these types of shows before, but out of all of them this is the one to do. &amp;quot;I like to start a job thinking &amp;#039;I&amp;#039;m not sure if I can do this&amp;#039; and I really love a challenge. It&amp;#039;s very easy to get comfortable when you are an actor, so I like to look at taking part in Strictly as an adventure.  &amp;quot;I must also remain positive and keep my fear under wraps. It&amp;#039;s nice to try and learn a skill and maybe get a bit fitter too, which is another great reason to take part.&amp;quot; Benton admitted that he is nervous ahead of the launch show on Saturday (September 7).  &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;d love to say that I have been waking up at 6am and doing yoga each morning, but the truth is I have been waking up at 6am in cold sweats!&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Seriously though, I have been doing Hairspray where I dance every night, so I suppose that has been my preparation.  &amp;quot;Aside from that I am a blank canvas,&amp;quot; he added. Hollyoaks star Ashley Taylor Dawson, Ben Cohen and Deborah Meaden are also taking part in the new series. Strictly&amp;#039;s launch show kicks off on Saturday at 6.50pm on BBC One. Strictly Come Dancing 2013 lineup:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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