The 62-year-old former glamour model was nervous to tell her husband she would be stripping alongside other men for the charity TV show.
The former model and her husband were hospitalised with coronavirus and went on to recover, but they are still experiencing after-effects months later.
The televised fitness sessions will raise money for Age UK
Lusardi is recovering from coronavirus after being admitted to hospital.
The 61-year-old actress spent 10 days in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus, with symptoms including sickness and diarrhea.
The former model was 'taken to death's door' by the coronavirus but now looks to be on fully on the mend
The star is now recovering from the illness.
Dancing On Ice star's husband Sam Kane confirms news and praises 'miracle hospital workers'
The 61-year-old former Emmerdale star and her soap star husband Sam Kane have both been in hospital battling coronavirus.
The Dancing On Ice star announced the news on Twitter.
The 60-year-old TV presenter and actress first wore the bikini in 1988.
This year, the daughter of one of the 1980’s most famous faces will be auditioning – former glamour model Linda Lusardi’s daughter, Lucy Kane. “I didn’t want my parents brought into it” she told The Daily Star. In a pre-recorded segment set to air tonight, Lucy wows the judges - Sir Tom Jones, Jennifer Hudson, Gavin Rossdale and Will.i.am – with her rendition of Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow.