Gemma Atkinson sparks Strictly Come Dancing relationship rumours

Gemma Atkinson has been training hard for this year's Strictly Come Dancing with professional dancer Aljaz Skorjanec, but could a relationship be forming between Gemma and another Strictly professional?

Speaking on {{strictly}} Gemma was talking about learning a new skill when she admitted she would love to learn another language, but doesn't have the time. It was then that her co-host Matt said, "but you've got Gorka haven't you?" before quickly realising that maybe he shouldn't have said that.

Matt was referring to Spanish dancer Gorka Márquez, who is also a professional dancer on Strictly Come Dancing, however Gorka has been paired with pop star Alexandra Burke, while Gemma is with Aljaz. Recently there have been rumours that Gemma and Gorka have been getting close, so could there be something in the rumours?

As the presenters fell around laughing, co-host Mike chipped in, "Oh, something just happened here, can we all just forget that sentence happened?!"

However, we have the audio and if you missed it this morning, then you can listen to it in full below.

During their first week of training Aljaz joined Gemma on the radio** **when he was asked whether he thought chemistry was important with a dance partner. Aljaz said although it was important he really enjoyed teaching someone who didn't have any previous experience, which is lucky because Gemma admitted she had never done anything like this before.

Gemma has been training hard for Strictly Come Dancing since she was paired up with Aljaz and last week told of how she was finding the pressure of learning the dance steps so hard admitting she was "so nervous" saying, "I had my first wobble yesterday in training. Literally. I nearly cried on the way home."

The 32-year-old has been training for eight hours a day after her show and admits that it's taking its toll on her. Last week she had to see a physiotherapist because she wasn't used to wearing heals for so long and all the dancing had resulted in her foot looking like a trotter!

She wasn't the only person to be nervous about the first performance though as celebrity chef Simon Rimmer joined Gemma last week saying he was "terrified". However his dance partner Karen encouraged him saying he's "doing good", although she admitted he needed to work on his flexibility.

Simon and Gemma have both been hard at work training and have become good friends, encouraging each other with Simon even describing Gemma's dancing as "brilliant".

Despite the problems during training, Gemma did well at the weekend when she performed a Cha Cha to Shawn Mendes' 'There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back'. She ended up with a respectable score of 20 points, whilst former JLS singer Aston Merrygold and his dance partner Janette ended in first place with 31 points. Simon ended just behind Gemma with 17 points.

Strictly Come Dancing continues on Saturday.

Check out this year's Strictly Come Dancing contestants with their dancing partners below: