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Cat Deeley nervous ahead of UK presenting return

Cat Deeley - "I am nervous. I know what I'm doing these days, so I'm not nervous about presenting a new show, but I want it to go down well"
Cat Deeley - "I am nervous. I know what I'm doing these days, so I'm not nervous about presenting a new show, but I want it to go down well"

Cat Deeley has said she is nervous about returning to the UK to present a new TV show because she "wants it to go down well".

The 40-year-old star, who has been working in America on shows like Big Star Little Star and So You Think You Can Dancewill front Sky’s new show Sing It, which sees 30 groups sing without backing music.

She returns to UK television for the first time since presenting Soccer Aid in 2014. Her last full-time role was in 2011 for Britain’s version of So You Think You Can Dance.

"I am nervous. I know what I'm doing these days, so I'm not nervous about presenting a new show, but I want it to go down well," Deeley told the Mail on Sunday's Event magazine.

"I still feel like the UK is my home. So obviously there is a bit of trepidation."

Talking about her accent, she said: "They (Americans) actually think it's posh. It's far from posh. What's funny is the flat A's from being a Brummie work brilliantly over there."

Sing will see groups of singers battling it out in the hopes of winning the chance to release a Christmas single and record an album at Abbey Road Studios.

Last year Deeley welcomed a little baby boy called Milo into the world with her comedian hubby, Patrick Kielty. 

Sing: Ultimate A Cappella is on Sky 1, October 6 at 9pm.

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