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A handful of Strictly Come Dancing’s longest-serving professionals are “in danger” of being axed from the present because the BBC appears to be like in direction of “a recent begin”.
After a wave of allegations surfaced concerning the behaviour of the present’s skilled dancers earlier this yr, reviews recommend that bosses intend to convey a brand new era of youthful ballroom dancers to clean up its picture – leaving 5 names liable to being dropped.
Based on The Sun, these liable to being dropped are reportedly a number of the present’s longest-standing execs, together with Nadiya Bychkova, who joined the present in 2017, Neil Jones (2016), Karen Hauer (2012), Gorka Marquez (2016) and Katya Jones (2016).
4 of them have already been eradicated from this yr’s competitors, with Jones, who’s competing with Wynne Evans, the one one remaining.
Youthful professionals, equivalent to Jowita Pryzstal, who’s partnered with Pete Wicks, Vito Coppola, who’s dancing with Sarah Hadland are persevering with to dazzle viewers. One other skilled stated to be secure from the alleged shake-up is Nikita Kuzmin, who was eradicated together with his movie star companion Sam Quek on the weekend.
It’s thought that the BBC is seeking to the subsequent era of dancers to refresh Strictly’s picture after a collection of allegations which have continued to rock the present throughout its twentieth anniversary collection.
Earlier this yr, Amanda Abbington made a collection of allegations concerning the behaviour of professional Giovanni Pernice, who she danced with in final yr’s collection, forcing the BBC to drop him from the 2024 collection and launch a proper investigation. One other long-standing skilled, Graziano Di Prima, was additionally axed from the collection over allegations concerning his therapy of his movie star companion Zara McDermott.
Pernice has denied the allegations towards him whereas Di Prima stated he “deeply regrets” the occasions that led to his Strictly departure.
A supply informed The Solar: “The assessment of the line-up has all the time been about making a recent begin, and that was all the time going to be affected by which dancers carried out properly this collection.
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“The sensation is that the Strictly troupe is made up of some fading stars, whereas others are rising stars.”
“And in lots of instances there are specific characters whose sneakers can simply be stuffed with youthful, up-and-coming counterparts. It’s harsh but it surely’s simply a part of the standard turnover of showbusiness.”
The BBC declined to remark.
Skilled dancer Johannes Radebe, who joined the present in 2018, can also be regarded as exiting the collection in 2025, as sources declare his schedule is just too busy to slot in a return to the ballroom, with the dancer starring in Kinky Boots: The Musical for the primary half of 2025, whereas he works on a movie adaptation of his life story.
