Strictly contestants have a WhatsApp group – and they’re talking about household appliances

It's less about hook-ups and more about Hoovers, but this year's Strictly contestants have revealed what they talk about in their group chats.

To be honest, it's not exactly the juicy gossip we were expecting.

Whilst we want to know about which pairing has the best chemistry, it seems the contestants are more interested in discussing their latest household purchases.

"The other day they were talking about a blender," Judge Robert Rinder tells Newsbeat.

"I'm not entirely sure they get my humour. I wrote in it: 'What is a blender?'"

Get it?

No, us neither.

Judge Rinder's jokes fell flat in the WhatsApp group

And the riveting household appliance chat doesn't stop there.

"Will [Young] was buying a Hoover," explains Louise Redknapp.

"And we all sort of chipped in with what we think is best. I've got a dog, so I was like, 'get the cat and dog one.'"

Louise Redknapp with her dance partner Kevin Clifton

Meanwhile, singer Anastacia says her nails make it difficult for her to type: "I then read it back and then I'm like, 'what did I say?'

I don't even know, like how are they going to read it?"

So now, she just records a voice message and sends that instead.

"Tameka [Empson] and Anastacia love a voice memo," says TV presenter Laura Whitmore.

Newsbeat hasn't seen the WhatsApp messages but we have come up with this imagined version - and we are pretty confident of its accuracy...