Strictly Come Dancing ‘renews contracts for all skilled dancers’ (Image: PA)
Strictly Come Dancing is ready to welcome again all its skilled dancers from its final sequence, with the likes of Katya Jones, Oti Mabuse, Johannes Radebe anticipated to return.
Final month, the much-loved BBC sequence wrapped up following a restricted run in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Strict measures had been put in place to make sure the security of the crew, execs and movie star contestants and noticed the present’s stars placed in bubbles away from their households for as much as 4 months.
In accordance with experiences, bosses had been left impressed by the professionals ‘dedication’ to Strictly to ensure that it to go forward amid a difficult 12 months and are actually mentioned to be renewing all of their contracts.
‘Bosses rewarded them for his or her dedication and onerous work in making certain the present was capable of go forward,’ a TV insider revealed.
‘They’re effectively conscious that with out the willingness of the professional dancers to place their lives on maintain, Strictly wouldn’t have gone forward.’
Oti Mabuse and Invoice Bailey had been topped champs for 2020 (Image: BBC)
The supply advised The Sun: ‘They’ve rewarded each one of many dancers with a contract every for the following sequence.’
Contract offers are set to be ‘hammered out’ over the following few weeks.
Strictly returned in 2020, albeit with a number of modifications following issues that Covid-19 would stop it from going forward.
There was no stay studio viewers all through the sequence and it wrapped up early after 9 weeks, as an alternative of the present’s regular 13-week run.
Finalists this 12 months had been EastEnders star Maisie Smith, Made In Chelsea’s Jamie Laing, singer HRVY and Bill Bailey, who was crowned champ.
Invoice’s win was a double history-making second for Strictly Come Dancing, as he turned the oldest star to win on the age of 55 and his skilled accomplice Oti turned the primary to take house the glitterball trophy two years working.
She received the present in 2019 with cleaning soap star Kelvin Fletcher.
2020 additionally noticed Strictly’s first ever same-sex couple, as dancer Katya was paired with boxer Nicola Adams. They sadly needed to bow out of the competitors early, as a consequence of Katya testing positive for Covid-19.
When contacted by Metro.co.uk, a spokesperson for Strictly declined to remark.