Tui Campers Fleet very own Jodene Turner will show case her fancy footwork as a competitor in the hit TV show Strictly Dancing.

Strictly Dancing, the search for the Hyper Ultra Ultimate Dancing Couple, is back! And this year they are throwing an international element into the mix by inviting their trans-Tasman neighbours to take up the Strictly Dancing challenge.

Forget the Bledisloe Cup, this series will see the true essence of sporting rivalry as Australia takes on New Zealand… dancing style!

Strictly Dancing takes the best dancers from different dance worlds and throws them together in a unique and challenging competition.

After an exhaustive search encompassing Australia and New Zealand, 81 couples have been selected to compete for the title over 40 weeks. These include champion Latin ballroom couples, raunchy 'Street Latin' Salsa experts and the funkiest Rn'B movers you'll ever see.

Jodene works for Tui Campers fleet brands in Australia and New Zealand and is guaranteed to have a popular group of supporters!

About Jodene and Eamonn

Jodene Turner (19) and Eamonn Mulqueen (20) are a Latin American couple from Christchurch, New Zealand who have 25 years of dance experience between them. Both have a number of titles to their name prior to this partnership, and after only three months together they won the 2004 NZ C Grade Latin American Championship.

Jodene’s love of dance started when she watched the movie 'Strictly Ballroom', and she’s been dancing ever since. She currently works for a campervan company, and when not dancing enjoys ‘retail therapy’ and playing hockey. Jodene and Eamonn had been going out for about two months before they decided to expand their romantic partnership to a dance partnership. They’ve found that their relationship works to their advantage when performing the sexy Latin American styles, for instance “the rumba love dance happens naturally instead of acting”. Eamonn describes Jodene as “fiery and assertive” and adds that the odd little lover’s quarrel can add drama to the performance by making “the dancing a little bit more fiery”.

Eamonn’s mother got him into dancing because she wanted him to stop playing rugby. “I didn’t really like it to start with, but then once I got into it, and I saw better dancers dancing I got intrigued by it.” He currently trains for ten hours a week, and outside of dancing he works as a builder’s apprentice, and goes surfing in the ice-cold “world class waves” off the south island of NZ.

“We’re basically representing NZ on behalf of the Kiwis, so hope we just get out there and try our best against the Aussies.”