Karen Clifton, 36, is performing with Graeme Swann, 39, on the Strictly Come Dancing Live! tour.
The Venezuelan-born beauty replaced his former professional partner, Oti Mabuse, who is currently busy as a judge on BBC One Show The Greatest Dancer.
However, Graeme admitted he was “nervous” being partnered with Karen ahead of travelling around the UK on the shows.
He exclusively told Express.co.uk at the Strictly Come Dancing Live! tour: “I told Oti I’m nervous about Karen, I don’t know her as well.
“She said you have absolutely struck gold. And I have.”
When asked whether he was missing his former Strictly partner, Graeme said: “Not at all,” he laughed. “I’ve got Karen.”
Graeme also revealed he’s spent time watching Oti on her show, The Greatest Dancer.
Revealing his thoughts on her judging on the competition, he spilled: “She’s brilliant! She’s born to be a judge, trust me.”
“Good luck to her, she’s amazing,” he added.
Graeme continued: “She couldn’t do the tour so I was really nervous I wouldn’t be on it but then I had Karen as my partner and I was like bingo.”
Meanwhile, Karen took a night off from dancing with Graeme as she attended the National Television Awards 2019 this week.
The professional dancer pulled out all the stops on the night as she posed up storm on the red carpet at London’s 02 Arena.
The star wowed in a skintight jumpsuit which featured a gold detailed, sheer cape.
The see-through fabric also ran along both sides of Karen’s torso and revealed the star had gone braless on the night.
Whilst posing, Karen appeared to suffer a wardrobe malfunction as the sheer outfit exposed a little too much of her assets.
The velvet number clung to her incredibly toned physique and the short sleeves enabled Karen to showcase her gym-honed arms.
Karen teamed her outfit with a square clutch bag and a pair of pointy heeled shoes.
She styled her newly chopped locks into a sleek back look and glammed up with smoky eye-shadow plus a red lipstick.
Strictly Come Dancing beat off stiff competition on the night to scoop the Best Talent Show gong.
Strictly Come Dancing Live! tour ends at London’s 02 Arena in February.