Strictly Come Dancing is ready to return to screens tonight, however one acquainted face might be lacking from the lineup after lacking out on getting a star accomplice.
The BBC dancing collection has slowly been revealing its star-studded line-up for this season over the previous few weeks, with the likes of Towie’s Pete Wicks, comic Chris McCausland, and Love Island contestant Tasha Ghouri all introduced to be competing for the glitter ball trophy.
Whereas the pairings have but to be formally introduced, it has been confirmed that fan favorite Kai Widdrington received’t be partaking as a star accomplice as a consequence of a scarcity of feminine contestants.
The 29-year-old joined the present in 2021 and was first paired with TV presenter AJ Odudu earlier than working with Unfastened Ladies’s Kaye Adams and, most just lately, Angela Rippon on final 12 months’s season.
Regardless of having an ideal run together with his now shut good friend, Angela, a supply confirmed in August that ‘Kai has turn into the primary casualty of this 12 months’s male-heavy line-up.’
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Whereas the skilled dancer has stored largely tightlipped in regards to the producer’s resolution, he has since damaged his silence, telling the Each day Star he’s hopeful he might be paired with a star subsequent season.
‘Everybody needs to get a star’, he mentioned. ‘Sadly it wasn’t my time this collection. Two boys couldn’t have one this collection and sadly I’m one among them.’
‘A few of us don’t get companions and that’s the best way it’s. Let’s see what occurs subsequent 12 months. Hopefully I’ll get one then.’
He continued to say the brand new season ‘goes to be a incredible collection’ and mentioned whereas he has missed out on nabbing a accomplice, he has been stored busy with group routines.
‘We now have been filming loads of the group routines. There are some wonderful ones. We now have labored actually arduous by the summer time to get them prepared for the collection. One of many ones I characteristic in may be very humorous.’
He additionally informed MailOnline earlier this week: ‘Everybody needs to get a celeb, however sadly it wasn’t my time this 12 months. Hopefully, I’ll get one subsequent 12 months. Sadly, there’s 9 male celebs and 6 feminine celebs.’
It comes after Kai and his ex-girlfriend and Strictly co-star, Nadiya Bychkova, reportedly ‘needed to be separated’ whereas attending the Nationwide Tv Awards on Thursday evening.
The skilled dancers first met on the favored BBC present in 2021 and introduced their relationship in 2022. However after two years collectively, a supply revealed the pair had parted methods in July.
‘It’s heartbreaking’, they mentioned. ‘Kai and Nadiya appeared like essentially the most good couple and have been so, so blissfully in love.’
Regardless of claims the previous golden couple remained ‘extremely shut’, their pink carpet look earlier this week appeared to show in any other case.
Each attended the celebrated NTA occasion on Thursday evening, with Nadiya seen strolling the carpet in an attention grabbing pink costume full with a protracted prepare.
Kai, in the meantime, walked the carpet together with his former dance accomplice Angela in a dapper swimsuit with a bow tie.
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Metro.co.uk can verify that the previous couple didn’t work together on the carpet, nor did they stroll it concurrently Nadiya, was one of many final to reach.
Talking to the MailOnline, the frosty remedy continued contained in the O2, with an onlooker revealing: ‘When the pair acquired contained in the O2, they gave one another a really huge berth.’
‘Organisers had ensured there could be no awkward digicam pictures by holding the frosty pair aside from one another.’
Strictly Come Dancing airs at 7.20 pm on September 14, on BBC One and iPlayer.
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