Alesha Dixon reveals how she met her boyfriend – and clarifies those engagement rumours

Not much is known about Alesha Dixon's long-term boyfriend Azuka Ononye and when the Britain's Got Talent judge was pregnant with the couple's child, she managed to keep her baby bump hidden for around six months. In a new interview, Alesha has made the rare move to speak about her family life and how she met her other half.

The couple started as friends ten years ago when Alesha was on the road for her music and Azuka was a dancer. "I was kind of playing hard to get for about a year," said the star during an appearance on The Jonathan Ross Show.

"And then I had the foot operation and I couldn't walk and he was literally sleeping on the floor looking after me every day," she said.

"I was just looking at him thinking, 'That is for better or for worse isn't it.' I looked a state, he was sleeping on the floor because I was on the couch, I couldn't even get up the stairs. If he can carry me to the toilet then he's a keeper."

Last September, the Breathe Slow singer hinted that she had secretly married, after referring to Azuka as her "husband" in an Instagram photo. But clarifying those reports, Alesha said he's only ever proposed "jokingly".