AMONG the knitting needles and rolls of wool, the face of Hampshire's newest dancing star leaps out no fewer than 15 times.

Posters featuring teenager Stewart Mills, who has been voted into the next round of television's Strictly Dance Fever, cover the windows and walls of Shirley Wools in Hythe.

It is no surprise, as the 19-year-old's mum, Claire, owns the shop in The Marsh and will do anything to drum up support for her light-footed son.

Mrs Mills, 47, and her 52-year-old husband Steven, a cable jointer, are hoping to muster plenty of support ahead of tomorrow's showdown.

"It's very nerve-racking," she said.

"Stewart is ballroom trained and wanted to do the Tango Argentina but has been chosen to do the American Hustle instead.

"We are really hoping for as much public support as possible."

She said her son, a biochemistry student at Cardiff University, is busy rehearsing with 24-year-old partner Claire Roberts, from Liverpool.

"They are getting on very well," said Mrs Mills.

"Stewart was a bit surprised when the programme showed a video of them practising which made it look as if they were not getting on."

Mrs Mills, along with her husband and two of Stewart's cousins, have been assigned tickets for the show.

Other supporters, including Stewart's aunts, uncles, cousins and friends, hope to queue up and get tickets on the door.