Sara Davis has been given permission from pro partner Aljaž Škorjanec's wife Janette Manrara to replicate Katya Jones and Adam Peaty's near-kiss which shocked Strictly viewers last Saturday.
The Dragon's Den star, 37, was told to treat the professional dancer 'like he's your own' by the new It Takes Two host who spurred her by saying: 'I'm good with it, your husband is good with it, you have to be good with it.'
Businesswoman Sara, who's been married for 14 years and shares two children with husband Simon, says she refuses to hold back this week when she performs an intimate rendition of the Rumba with Aljaž to Shania Twain's You're Still The One.
'I have to embrace it': Strictly star Sara Davis has been given permission from pro partner Aljaž Škorjanec's wife Janette Manrara to replicate Katya Jones and Adam Peaty's near-kiss
Sara told MailOnline: 'At the start of the series knowing I had to do a Rumba I was thinking oh my God I'm dreading when I have to do that. I thought how am I going to do that?
'I've made friends with his wife as well; millions of people are going to be watching, how am I going to pull that off?
'But because we're in week five and I have become such great friends and I'm so close with him I now know that if I don't give it my all and don't perform it like that I'm going to let him down. The feeling of letting him down is so much worse than that little bit of letting myself go.
'Janette gave me a right talking to about it. She said, "look Sara, you're going to have to look into his eyes and imagine that my husband is actually your husband and imagine it's Simon and dance it like it's him." She said "I'm good with it, Simon is good with it, you have to be good with it."'
'I'm so close with him': Sara was told to treat Aljaž 'like he's your own' by Janette who spurred her by saying: 'I'm good with it, your husband is good with it, you have to be good with it'
Sara even has approval from dancer Janette's mum who warned her not to 'spoil' the routine known for its sensual hip movements by being hesitate.
She added: 'Her mum was on FaceTime and talking to me in her native tongue and Janette was translating and she was saying "you've just got to go for it, don't hold back or you'll spoil the dance."
'Aljaž's mother-in-law has told me I have to embrace this so I can't let anyone down.'
Katya and Adam's performance of the Argentine Tango on Saturday ended with the couple almost kissing, which has since caused the Olympian to speak out in defence of his personal life and relationship with girlfriend Eiri Munro.
But Sara believes the panel including head judge Shirley Ballas wants to see intimacy on the dance floor and she will take inspiration from swimmer Adam who pushed the boundaries for the sake of his performance last weekend.
