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"It's partly my age, and it's partly that nearly two years ago I had quite a big-deal health thing," he told the BBC before the live shows began. "I had to have open heart surgery, so since then I think my attitude is basically, this is no time to be cool, sitting at the edges watching the other people do the dancing."