Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood has revealed that before he met his fiancé Jonathan Myring, he was regularly getting messages from people on the dating app Tinder because they wanted to meet the hunky younger professional dancers.

The Australian ballroom dancer, 57, who recently got emotional when his family travelled over to the UK, has been a judge and staple on the BBC competition ever since it launched nearly two decades ago.

He has seen pros come and go, and other original judge Bruno Tonioli recently announced his permanent departure, but Craig has remained on the panel throughout the hugely-popular show's run.

Appearing on The Chris and Rosie Ramsey show on BBC2 with his partner Jonathan, Craig opened up on how they met.

Explaining that they met via the dating app, Jonathan, 43, began by explaining why he was so drawn to the TV personality in the first place, and it wasn't his fame.

"It was all just pictures with his friends, no like really really posed photos in bathrooms or gyms," the horticulturist enthused with a grin.

Immediately having a physical reaction to the concept, Rosie then agreed: "Ah yeah no photos in the gyms, hate that."

"Did you know who he was?" former Strictly contestant and comedian Chris asked, as the audience gasped when Jonathan revealed that he'd had no idea.

"No I didn't. I'd never seen Strictly at the time," the star admitted with a giggle.

"That's why you were rooting for me to win," Chris joked, as he quizzed Craig on how he structured his profile.

"So you didn't put it on, you didn't say who you were?," he asked, as Craig admitted he generally didn't "need" to after being on the show for so many series and that Jonathan was a rare case.

"But it was funny actually, because I always get with other people, 'Oh what's Aljaz like?'," the judge explained. "Or everyone wanting to meet Gorka or everyone else from the show and not me."

As the audience gave an "aw" in support of the TV star, Craig laughed: "They're just using me as a way to get through, so it was rather nice that Jonathan didn't know!"

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Also on the show, the couple shared some sweet moments as they opened up on their quibbles with each other ahead of their wedding this summer.

While Jonathan only had a couple of things that annoyed him about his husband-to-be, the latter proved he is forever a judge in his home life, too as he listed a number of irritations around the house, including how Jonathan hangs the towels and makes the bed.

What's more, the couple told a hilarious story of the time Jonathan accidentally crashed the car on a neighbour's drive and proceeded to try and hide the damage by parking strategically facing the other way so Craig couldn't see.

When he finally did realise what had happened, the star was horrified.

Craig will return to Strictly Come Dancing later this year.

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