Strictly dancers who kept their jobs despite the scandal while Katya Jones was "chopped"

Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Katya Jones was reportedly removed from the BBC series after kissing Seann Walsh last year.

The popular dance show is renowned for its so-called "severe curse" – given the number of couples whose relationships separate during or after the show.

BBC officials allegedly offered 29-year-old Katya a reduced role as a "backup dancer" after the scandal, in an effort to save the show's image after the public break-up of Seann's relationship with her. girlfriend at the time, Rebecca Humphries.

However, her husband, Neil Jones, would have been "given the green light for a couple of celebrities", in view of the next series.

But is every professional dancer facing a demotion as a result of a scandal or speculation? These professional dancers lived to dance another rumba despite the rumors ….

Kevin Clifton:

Kevin was paired with two celebrity dancers who suffered a breakup after being matched with them.

Louise Redknapp is separated from Jamie, her 19 year old husband, just months after her appearance in the show in 2016.

While the rumor was that the curse Strictly had raised her head again, Louise has since denied that Kevin or the series played a role in her divorce.

'Put the fire back in your stomach, but it did not break my relationship. After 20 years of marriage, you need a lot more, "she said.

More recently, Kevin was paired with journalist Stacey Dooley in 2018 and, in March, it was revealed that she had separated from Sam, her three-year-old boyfriend, with the coach Staff later claiming that he had found a message from his phone on the phone while he was getting ready. to leave their apartment.

They have not yet made public their love story, but on Friday, Stacey shared a comfortable snap on Instagram of the couple who had a bad language.

Giovanni Pernice:

Georgia May Foote of Coronation Street, who reached the final of the 2015 series with her professional partner Giovanni Pernice, was attending co-star Sean Ward at the time of her appearance in the series.

However, they separated once the competition was over. Georgia later confessed that Giovanni and she were in a relationship, although she always denied that the relationship had developed between the two men during the show.

The pair had a year before separating.

Giovanni now attends Ashley Roberts, Pussycat Dolls, after their encounter at the series in 2018.

Brendan Cole:

The first victims of this curse were Natasha and Brendan, champions of the very first series in 2004.

The couple found themselves at the center of business speculation after the separation of their partners at the time: Natasha from Mike Barnard and Brendan from his fiancée Camilla Dallerup, who became a future champion with Tom Chambers in 2008.

Natasha denied that anything had happened between them saying, "I certainly fell in love with the dance, but I did not fall in love with Brendan."

Brendan, meanwhile, said he "did not cross any border with Natasha," adding that his relationship with Camilla had ended early in the series "so what happened next."

He added, "I never talked about the relationship Natasha and I had in the series.

"What I learned is that Strictly is not reality. It's a TV show where emotions are very strong. "

Pasha Kovalev:

Pasha Kovalev was twinned with Rachel Riley who, at the time, was married to her academic boyfriend, Jamie Gilbert, when she spoke for the 2013 series – though their presence in the series was the Countdown star being the fifth. to be eliminated.

She separated from her husband a few weeks after the end of her stint in the series and began dating Pacha the following summer.

The couple is still together, and Pacha recently revealed that he would not be coming back in the series for the 2019 series.

Flavia Cacace:

Professional dancer Flavia Cacace was in a relationship with Vincent Simone before teaming up with the former EastEnders star of the 2007 series.

The two finalists found themselves in front of Alesha Dixon and Matthew Cutler, but Flavia earned another type of award by separating from Vincent and started dating Matt, their couple remaining in pairs until 2010.

The Curse Strictly has once again attracted the attention of Flavia after his partnership with actor Jimi Mistry in 2010, meeting a few weeks after his separation from Matt.

The couple is married in 2013 and is still together so far.