Strictly Come Dancing's Alexandra Burke is pregnant with first child
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Strictly Come Dancing star Alexandra Burke has announced she is expecting her first child with footballer Darren Randolph.
The former X Factor winner gave fans a first glimpse of her baby bump in a video posted today (February 14). The video captures fragments of Burke and Randolph's daily life together, before revealing Burke cradling her bump whilst the West Ham goalkeeper kisses it.
The couple also revealed when the new arrival is expected, captioning the post "Due June 2022".
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A host of famous faces celebrated the news with Emmerdale's Fiona Wade sharing: "Yayyyyy congratulations gorgeous girl!!! Soo happy for you!!!", whilst fellow Strictly star Ore Oduba echoed those sentiments saying: "SO happy beyond words!!!!!! Congratulations darling!!!" and professional dancer Oti Mabuse simply added a series of heart eye emojis.
Burke and Randolph first went public with their relationship in May 2021 and have posted loving tributes to each other throughout the year.
The singer took part in Strictly Come Dancing in 2017, before returning to musical theatre in recent years – she is set to star in a movie where her character will be inspired by Tina Turner.
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Meanwhile, Burke has opened up on her experience with racism in the music industry, particularly in relation to her 2008 X Factor win.
"When I first won The X Factor I got told 'you are going to work 10 times harder because of the colour of your skin. You can't have braids, you can't have an afro... you have to have hair that appeals to white people, so people can understand you better'. I was only 19 years old," Burke said in an Instagram video.
"I got told to bleach my skin, and that was something I refused to do, it is absurd to think someone could say 'you need to bleach your skin'. Still to this moment it breaks my heart that I was told to do that."
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