EXCLUSIVE Strictly star John Whaite and his dance companion Johannes Radebe depart an awards ceremony hand-in-hand because it’s claimed ‘they may have been an merchandise’

Sequence 1: Natasha Kaplinsky and Brendan Cole

Strictly hit the headlines for all of the unsuitable causes throughout season one. Viewers have been transfixed by the obvious shut bond between newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky and her hunky companion Brendan Cole. 

Though the pair went on to win the present, their success was blighted by affair rumours. 

BBC presenter Natasha quickly cut up from long-term companion Mike Barnard whereas Brendan dumped his fiancée and fellow dancer Camilla Dallerup.

Writing in her e-book Strictly Inspirational, Camilla stated their cut up was like a ‘mini loss of life’.

‘You undergo the arc of grief, anger, bitterness,’ she stated. ‘My greatest buddy and dancing professionally with Brendan had each gone.’ 

Nevertheless, Natasha has all the time denied any wrongdoing, saying: ‘There was chemistry, in fact, and I actually fell in love with dancing, however I didn’t fall in love with Brendan.’

Sequence 5: Matt Di Angelo and Flavia Cacace

Of all of the Strictly romances there’s been over time, this stays one of the fascinating. 

Flavia Cacace was in a long-term relationship together with her dance companion Vincent Simone when she was partnered with Matt Di Angelo in 2007. He was eight years her junior.

Earlier than lengthy gossip was raging about how Flavia and Matt, then 19, have been secretly in love. Shortly after the present completed she known as time on her romance with Vincent and went public with Matt.

Trying again at their partnership, Matt instructed Day by day Mail: ‘It was a fairly loopy time. It was entrance web page information.

‘The humorous factor was the story didn’t begin off as true, however the extra you learn it, the extra you began to consider it and really act on it.’ 

Their romance led to 2010, and some weeks later Flavia admitted she was courting her newest dance companion, actor Jimi Mistry, who she went on to marry.

Sequence 7: Joe Calzaghe and Kristina Rihanoff

Former boxer Joe Calzaghe cut up along with his girlfriend of 5 years Jo-Emma Larvin only a week into the present in 2009. 

The sportsman started a relationship with Russian dancer Kristina Rihanoff quickly afterwards.

The pair loved a four-year romance however parted methods after Joe reportedly requested Kristina to not settle for a job dancing in a stage manufacturing.

Talking to Hi there! Kristina stated: ‘He was sick and uninterested in ready round for me, and stated that if I really beloved him, I wouldn’t have taken the job within the West Finish.’

Kristina is alleged to have additionally needed youngsters whereas Joe already has two sons from a earlier relationship. 

Sequence 8: Kara Tointon and Artem Chigvintsev 

Sadly for Kara Tointon and Artem Chigvintsev their relationship did not handle to go the gap.

After successful the present in 2010 the pair attached, love shortly blossomed they usually moved right into a London residence collectively.

Nevertheless, it’s believed Russian Artem’s visa points noticed him having to spend time aside from Kara for months on finish they usually ultimately determined to name it a day.

Actress Kara welcomed her child son, Frey with fiancé Marius Jensen in 2018, whereas Artem has struck up a romance with retired WWE wrestler, Nikki Bella since shifting to the US to compete on Dancing With the Stars in 2014.

Sequence 11: Ben Cohen and Kristina Rihanoff

Kristina Rihanoff was just lately compelled to defend her romance with Strictly companion Ben Cohen insisting that their relationship solely started as soon as his 11 yr marriage to spouse Abby had come to an finish. 

‘He left his spouse a yr in the past,’ she instructed Day by day Mirror. ‘Lately we began courting however we’re allowed to see one another as two single folks.’ 

Kristina – who has additionally dated Vincent Simone and ex companion Joe Calzaghe – stated there have been different {couples}, but she is the one one to be ‘attacked’.  

She stated: ‘Ben’s stated it many instances and I am going to say it once more – I wasn’t concerned within the breaking apart of his marriage.’

In the meantime Abby described the cut up and resultant divorce as ‘probably the most traumatic factor to ever occur to me’. 

Ben, 37, met Abby in 1995 on the age of 17, and the couple married in 2003 earlier than welcoming their daughters in 2008.

Sequence 11: Rachel Riley and Pasha Kovalev 

On the identical collection, Countdown’s math whiz Rachel Riley’s relationship together with her professional companion Pasha Kovalev finally ended her marriage to her husband of only one yr.

She wed Jamie Gilbert in 2012, collaborating on 2013’s season of the dancing present. By the top of 2013, that they had cut up and she or he was with Pasha – which she claims started after the present got here to an finish.

‘On Strictly, you kind an in depth bond along with your companion, however there was nothing romantic when Pasha and I have been dancing. It was simply dancing,’ she instructed the Mail the next January, insisting there isn’t any such factor as The Curse.

‘[Strictly] serves as a magnifying glass that reveals up pre-existing fault traces,’ she stated, explaining the scenario. She remains to be with Pasha in the present day.

Sequence 11: Susanna Reid 

Susanna Reid was one other sufferer of collection 11. She was billed as the most well-liked breakfast TV host and in a 15-year ­relationship when she reached the Strictly Come Dancing remaining that yr.

Nevertheless shortly after the present ended, the TV host cut up from her long-term companion Dominic Cotton.

Nevertheless, mother-of-three Susanna, who was paired with skilled Kevin Clifton, stated the programme was to not blame for her love issues. 

Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna instructed Day by day Mirror: ‘I feel folks assume Strictly was certain up in what occurred. It wasn’t. Clearly issues have been difficult in my private life however we’re getting issues sorted.’

Sequence 12: Sunetra Sarker 

Actress Sunetra Sarker additionally introduced her marriage cut up after starring on Strictly.

She parted methods together with her husband Nick Corfield after ten years of marriage simply earlier than the programme hit the screens.

The couple first met in 1989 whereas on vacation in Jersey and have a 13-year-old son collectively. 

Nevertheless, she stated the romance had ended lengthy earlier than her actuality present stint: ‘The reality is three years in the past me and my husband amicably cut up up and it clearly had nothing to do with Strictly.’

The Casualty actress, who performs Dr Zoe Hanna within the BBC medical drama, is now stated to be courting enterprise companion Scott Carey. Collectively, the pair arrange the meals agency Maintain Me Recent. 

Sequence 12: Caroline Flack  

Caroline Flack broke up together with her boyfriend of a yr and a half, Jack Avenue, after making her method into the Strictly Come Dancing semi-final.

In line with The Solar, she was ‘distraught’ backstage on the BBC present, however managed to placed on a courageous face to wow together with her Tango and prime the chief board.

A supply near her instructed the newspaper: ‘It got here to a pure finish and was mutual.’ 

Some contestants have ended relationships to have interaction in a romance with their dance companion on the present, however the supply famous that in Caroline’s case, this wasn’t the rationale.

‘Nobody else is concerned,’ they acknowledged.

Caroline had been seeing music supervisor Jack for round 18 months and she or he beforehand stated that he was tremendous together with her engaged on the expertise present regardless of its fame.

‘Jack’s been utterly tremendous about the entire curse factor,’ she stated, quoted in The Mirror. ‘He hasn’t as soon as been fearful’.

Sequence 13: Helen George  

It didn’t take lengthy earlier than the dreaded curse of Strictly struck once more.

Actress Helen George introduced her cut up from husband of three years, fellow actor Oliver Boot, after she was revealed as a contestant on the present.

‘I can verify that Helen separated from her husband a while in the past,’ a spokesperson for the star stated. She has not been linked to any fellow Strictly contestants or skilled dancers.

A Royal Academy Of Music graduate, Helen is greatest identified for starring as Nurse Beatrix ‘Trixie’ Franklin within the hit BBC interval drama Name The Midwife.

George has additionally carried out as a back-up singer for Sir Elton John and starred in a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Zippel known as The Girl In White.

She met her former companion on set of BBC drama Lodge Babylon, and the couple married in December 2012.

Sequence 13: Georgia Might Foote 

The actress was in a relationship together with her Coronation Avenue co-star Sean Ward when she took half within the 2015 collection of the present.

However cracks started to indicate because it was reported that Sean was enraged with jealousy over her resolution to participate, and even allegedly accompanied her to rehearsals initially of her Strictly journey.

Shortly after she completed runner-up within the remaining, she and Sean introduced their cut up – with Georgia seen kissing her dance companion Giovanni Pernice throughout a romantic journey to Disneyland quickly after.  

Nevertheless, shortly earlier than rehearsals for the 2016 collection started, Georgia and Giovanni known as time on their romance after only a yr. 

Giovanni has since moved on with 2018 contestant and former Pussycat Doll Ashley Roberts, whereas Georgia is courting rapper Kris Evans.

Sequence 14: Louise and Jamie Redknapp

Footballer Jamie Redknapp is alleged to have been supplied a spot on the Strictly line-up just lately, however understandably has refused after the collection was blamed for the demise of his marriage to spouse Louise.

Louise appeared on the collection in 2016, after which she and Jamie have been stated to be dealing with marital points. By the top of 2017, they have been divorced.

It was highly-speculated that Louise realised, through the present, that she needed to get again to work having sacrificed her profession for her marriage – with co-star Daisy Lowe stated to have helped her ‘rediscover her youth’.

A TV supply stated: ‘Strictly was once present that no superstar ever turned down. However the Curse has modified all that. There may be now a real concern that showing on the present can negatively affect relationships. Jamie solely has damaging emotions about Strictly now. There’s completely no method he would seem.’

Louise was additionally rumoured to have struck up a romantic bond together with her professional companion Kevin Clifton, however this has by no means been confirmed. 

Sequence 14: Kevin and Karen Clifton

Regardless of the rumours surrounding thrice-married Kevin whereas he partnered with Louise, nothing appeared to transpire between the 2. He was, in fact, married on the time too – to fellow professional Karen Clifton.

Nevertheless, since then, the pair have cut up up.

Kevin proposed to her, on her birthday, on stage throughout a efficiency of Burn the Flooring they usually wed in July 2015. However in March 2018, they confirmed that they have been now not collectively romantically.

They’ve since continued to work collectively as a professional dance partnership, nevertheless, insisting there isn’t any unhealthy blood.

Sequence 16: Stacey Dooley, Sam Tucknott and Kevin Clifton

Stacey’s boyfriend of 5 years Sam Tucknott, 30, revealed Stacey had left him in an interview with the Mail On Sunday in April. He known as her dance companion, three-times married Kevin Clifton, 36, a slippery snake

Sam confronted Kevin in livid video chat the place he branded him a ‘correct rat’. He instructed MoS in an unique interview he feels betrayed by the brand new couple’s romance. 

It has been alleged that Stacey and Kevin’s relationship was an ‘open secret’ on the Strictly tour Information has forged shadow over newest collection of present, resurrecting the so-called ‘Strictly curse’ that has seen 14 {couples} cut up.

The TV presenter, 32, broke her silence on Twitter quickly after, insisting there ‘are two sides to each story’ 

Sequence 16/17:  Katya and Neil Jones 

2018 noticed The Curse strike early on within the season, with drama escalating simply three weeks into the dwell reveals.

In a brand new twist, a love sq. fashioned when Katya Jones, who’s married to fellow present skilled Neil, was snapped throughout her celeb companion, comic Seann Walsh, on the road outdoors a pub in London. This took half on Sean’s girlfriend’s – actress and author Rebecca Humphries – birthday, no much less.

The pair brushed it off as a ‘one-off mistake’, regardless of them kissing and laughing overtly in public. Since then, Rebecca ‘dumped’ Seann by way of a Twitter assertion.

Seann and Katya didn’t pull out of the present, with their dalliance a huge elephant within the room as they nonetheless carried out on the collection, with Neil on set too.

Nevertheless, In August 2019, simply forward of collection 17, Neil and Katya introduced their cut up after 11 years of marriage. The break-up coming simply 10 months after her kiss with Seann.  

Sequence 18: Nadiya Bychkova,  Matija Škarabot and Kai Widdrington

In January 2022, Nadiya revealed she had cut up from her fiancé Matija Škarabot, with whom she shares her five-old daughter. 

The information broke shortly after she had partnered with married BBC Breakfast host Dan Walker and there have been rumours of a romance, which they have been fast to dispel.

The skilled dancer later revealed that she had in truth secretly cut up from her fiancé earlier than collection 18 had even started and through that point she struck up a dancer with fellow professional Kai – who had been romantically linked to his companion that collection – AJ Odudu. 

Whereas Nadiya didn’t disclose precisely when she and Kai began courting she stated in her first interview about their romance that she discovered him to be ‘He’s type and compassionate and makes me chortle. I really feel very relaxed with him.’ 

Sequence 18: Max George, Stacey Giggs and Maisie Smith

When Max appeared on collection 18 of Strictly he was fortunately loved-up with Stacey, whom he had been courting for 4 years, with the singer taking over the function of stepfather to her two youngsters. 

But months after showing on the present he started a relationship with fellow collection 18 star Maisie Smith, who had been linked to singer HRVY throughout her preliminary time on the present.  

But Max and Maisie are stated to have grown shut on the Strictly dwell tour, which came about a few months after they appeared on the present collectively. 

Stacey then accused her ex of dishonest on her with Maisie and reportedly felt ‘betrayed’ by her former beau.

Sequence 19: Adam Peaty and Eirianedd Munro

In an Instagram assertion in August 2022, Olympic swimmer Adam took to Instagram to substantiate that he and his girlfriend Eirianedd Munro had cut up after three years collectively.

He stated that the couple had determined to go ‘their separate methods’ however that their son George, who is 2 subsequent month, remained their ‘precedence’.

Asserting the information by way of social media, Adam wrote: ‘Eiri and George, I am sorry for letting you down. My solely curiosity is for the well-being of our household at this tough time.’

The cut up comes Adam raised eyebrows along with his chemistry with professional companion Katya Jones on the dance ground final yr, with eagle-eyed followers claiming they thought that they almost kissed on the finish of 1 steamy routine.

After the incident, Eirianedd admitted she had been ‘actually emotional’ after her sportsman beau’s ‘close to kiss’ with Katya.

Eirianedd, instructed followers she took a ‘brief break’ from social media after Adam and Katya obtained very shut on the finish of their racy Argentine Tango final autumn.

Sequence 19: Rose Ayling-Ellis and Sam Arnold

Strictly winner Rose Ayling-Ellis has wished dance companion Giovanni Pernice a contented birthday after splitting from her long-term boyfriend Sam Arnold.

The EastEnders actress, 27, was together with her companion for seven years, with him cheering her on as she lifted the glitterball trophy final yr.

However the couple have reportedly known as it quits as Rose continues to throw herself into work after being inundated with affords after successful Strictly.

It comes after it was just lately reported that Rose’s mates have expressed doubt over the couple’s future attributable to their busy work schedules and have stated they’re fearful that the notorious Strictly curse could strike once more. 

Rose – who has stored her relationship pretty non-public over time – holidayed in Barcelona by herself earlier this yr.