Hawkes

Also in the ITV reality show's final on Friday were comedian Donna Preston and pop star Chesney Hawkes.

Tracy Hawkes, a ballet dancer who owns the dance studio in St Stephen Street where Sheen's classes are held, said the teacher had left a wonderful legacy.

He described his fellow housemates, including singer Chesney Hawkes, actors Jack P Shepherd and Patsy Palmer, and television presenters Trisha Goddard and Angelica Bell as "lovely".

The line-up for the latest series is typically varied, with singer Chesney Hawkes and TV host Trisha Goddard rubbing shoulders with Olympic champion Daley Thompson and The Only Way Is Essex's Ella Rae Wise.

Chesney Hawkes played the lead role in 1991 film Buddy's Song, but his music career overtook his acting when The One and Only - from the film's soundtrack - spent five weeks at number one and became one of the decade's most enduring pop hits.