AJ Pritchard wants Phillip Schofield in same-sex Strictly Come Dancing couple

AJ Pritchard has tipped Phillip Schofield to be in the first \'Strictly Come Dancing\' same-sex couple.

The 25-year-old star - who quit the BBC Latin and ballroom competition last year - admitted he\'d love to see the \'This Morning\' presenter paired up with a male pro partner.

He told The Sun Online: "I think Phillip Schofield would be great on \'Strictly\'.

"He got up on \'This Morning\' once with Holly and did a bit of a boogie and he can dance, and he is entertaining, and he is such a nice guy.

"To see him learn and put him under a bit of pressure would always be funny, I\'m sure. It would be great if he was part of the first same sex couple on Strictly - I would love to see that."

However, AJ suggested some professional dancers could be reluctant to be part of a same sex couple because of the "tradition" of ballroom.

He added: "I know certain pro dancers would like to dance with a woman because that is what tradition is, and it kind of makes sense but it is very much down to someone\'s personal opinion of what ballroom and Latin dancing actually is.

"My view is, for example with ballroom and Latin, they do same sex competitions for under 12s and there are usually more girls than boys who want to dance and so there would be all-girl partnerships.

"For me dancing isn\'t about the sex, it\'s just about two people dancing and performing together and telling the story - it doesn\'t matter if it\'s two men or two women."

Although it\'s not known if Phillip - who came out as gay earlier this year - would be up for appearing on \'Strictly\', bosses are said to be keen to have a same-sex pairing after Ian \'H\' Watkins teamed up with pro skater Matt Evers on \'Dancing On Ice\' last year.