Series 1: Natasha Kaplinsky and Brendan Cole
They did/didn’t they An affair was rumored between Natasha Kaplinsky, Brendan Cole and their hunky boyfriend.
Strictly was a scandal during its first season. The apparent intimacy between Natasha Kaplinsky, newsreader, and Brendan Cole (hunky partner) was captivating.
Affair rumours hampered the couple’s success at the event, which they won.
BBC presenter Natasha soon split from long-term partner Mike Barnard while Brendan dumped his fiancée and fellow dancer Camilla Dallerup.
Camilla wrote in Strictly Inspirational that their separation was like a “mini-death”.
She stated, “You move through the arcs of grief, anger and bitterness.” “My best friend, and my partner in professional dancing with Brendan had both died.”
Natasha, however, has never denied wrongdoing. She said: “There was chemistry and I definitely fell in love dancing. But I didn’t fall in love Brendan.”
Series 5: Matt Di Angelo and Flavia Cacace
This is the best of all the Strictly Romances that have been made over the years.
Clandestine: Before long gossip was raging about how Flavia and Matt, then 19, were secretly in love
Flavia Cacace had a relationship for many years with Vincent Simone, her long-term partner in dance when she was paired with Matt Di Angelo. He was just eight years younger than her.
Before long gossip was raging about how Flavia and Matt, then 19, were secretly in love. Soon after finishing the series, she ended her secret romance with Vincent. She went public with Matt.
Looking back at their partnership, Matt told Daily Mail: ‘It was a pretty crazy time. The story was on the front pages.
“The truth is that the story didn’t start out as real, but you began to believe and act upon it.
Flavia ended their romance in 2010 and revealed that she was currently seeing actor Jimi Mitristry. Flavia later got married.
Series 7: Joe Calzaghe and Kristina Rihanoff
Not to be: Kristina is said to have also wanted children while Joe already has two sons from a previous relationship
Over: Unfortunately for Kara Tointon and Artem Chigvintsev their relationship didn’t manage to go the distance
Scandal: Kristina Rihanoff was recently forced to defend her romance with Strictly partner Ben Cohen
Joe Calzaghe was a boxer who split just one week after the start of 2009.
Soon after, the sportsman fell in love with Russian ballet star Kristina Rihanoff.
They had a four year-long relationship but split after Joe requested Kristina not take a dance role in a stage production.
Hello! Kristina said: ‘He was sick and tired of waiting around for me, and said that if I truly loved him, I wouldn’t have taken the job in the West End.’
Kristina was said to also have wanted children, while Joe has already two sons from an earlier relationship.
Series 8 Kara Tointon, Artem Chigvintsev
Kara Tointon, Artem Chigvintsev and their love didn’t last.
The couple met after winning the 2010 show and fell in love. They moved to London together.
However, it’s believed Russian Artem’s visa issues saw him having to spend time apart from Kara for months on end and they eventually decided to call it a day.
Actress Kara welcomed her baby son, Frey with fiancé Marius Jensen in 2018, while Artem has struck up a romance with retired WWE wrestler, Nikki Bella since moving to the US to compete on Dancing With the Stars in 2014.
Series 11: Ben Cohen and Kristina Rihanoff
Kristina Rihanoff was recently forced to defend her romance with Strictly partner Ben Cohen insisting that their relationship only began once his 11 year marriage to wife Abby had come to an end.
Daily Mirror reported that he had divorced his wife one year ago. She said, “Recently we began dating, but we are permitted to see one another as two separate people.”
Kristina – who has also dated Vincent Simone and ex partner Joe Calzaghe – said there have been other couples, yet she is the only one to be ‘attacked’.
She stated that Ben had said the same thing many times, and she would repeat it once more. He was not involved in his divorce.
Abby later described the divorce and split as “the most terrible thing to happen to me”
Ben, 37 years of age, first met Abby when she was 17 years old. The couple got married in 2003, and they had two daughters together in 2008.
Series 11: Pasha Kovalev and Rachel Riley
‘It doesn’t exist!’ After Rachel Riley divorced her husband, she ignored the existence of The Curse and reconnected with Pasha Kovalev.
Countdown’s math whiz Rachel Riley was in a relationship with Pasha Kovalev, her partner and pro-partner. This ended Rachel Riley’s marriage of only one year.
Jamie Gilbert was her husband and she took part in the 2013 season of the dance show. They had separated by 2013, and she was living with Pasha, which she claimed began shortly after the finale of the dancing show.
“On Strictly, it is easy to form close bonds with your partner. However, Pasha and my dancing were not romantic. She told Mail in January that it was simply dancing. However, she insists there is no The Curse.
‘[Strictly]”Serves as a magnifying lens that highlights pre-existing fault lines,” she explained. Pasha is still her friend today.
Series 11: Susanna Reid
Epiphany. Shortly after the finale of the show, Dominic Cotton became the TV host.
Divorcee: Actress Sunetra Sarker also announced her marriage split after starring on Strictly
Another victim of series 11 was Susanna Reid. She was billed as the most popular breakfast TV host and in a 15-year relationship when she reached the Strictly Come Dancing final that year.
After the end of the program, however, Dominic Cotton became the TV host’s long-term boyfriend.
Susanna, a mother-of-3, claimed that her relationship problems were not due to the programme.
Susanna, a Good Morning Britain host, said to Daily Mirror that people believe Strictly was tied up by what happened. It wasn’t. Although things were difficult for me personally, we have made progress.
Series 12: Sunetra Sarker
After starring in Strictly, Sunetra Sarker announced that she and her husband had split.
After a decade of marriage, she split with Nick Corfield just before the show aired.
Their 13-year-old son is their first child. They were on holiday in Jersey when they met.
But she claimed that their romance ended years before the reality TV show. ‘The truth was, three years ago I and my husband divorced amicably and it clearly had nothing to do Strictly.
Scott Carey, the Casualty actress who portrays Dr Zoe Hanna on BBC’s medical drama is said to now be her business partner. They co-founded Keep Me Fresh, a food company.
Series 12: Caroline Flack
Caroline Flack split with Jack Street, her boyfriend for a year, shortly after getting into the Strictly Come Dancing semifinal.
The price of success: Caroline Flack broke up with her boyfriend of a year and a half, Jack Street, after making her way into the Strictly Come Dancing semi-final
According to The Sun, although she seemed ‘distraught’ behind the scenes at BBC, she managed to show her bravery with Tango, and to top the leaderboard.
Sources close to her said to the newspaper that it was mutual and came to an end naturally.
Some contestants may have broken up with their partners to start a relationship, although the source stated that Caroline wasn’t one of them.
The men stated, “No one is involved”
Caroline was seeing Jack as music manager for 18 months. She previously stated that Jack liked Caroline working on talent shows, despite the reputation.
Quoted in The Mirror, she stated that Jack “has been absolutely fine” about the entire curse. “He hasn’t been concerned”
Series 13: Helen George
Over and out: Actress Helen George announced her split from husband of three years, fellow actor Oliver Boot, after she was revealed as a contestant on the show
The dreaded curse that was Strictly came back quickly.
After being revealed on the show as a contestant, Helen George, actress, announced her separation from Oliver Boot, husband of three-years, and she is now divorced.
According to a spokesperson, Helen split from her husband several years ago. She is not linked with any other Strictly dancers or professionals.
Helen, a Royal Academy Of Music graduate is most well-known for her role as Nurse Beatrix Franklin in BBC’s period drama Call The Midwife.
George was also a backing singer for Sir Elton John, and appeared in The Woman In White by Andrew Lloyd Webber & David Zippel.
Her ex-partner met her on the set of BBC Drama Hotel Babylon. The couple were then married in December 2012.
Break-up: Shortly after she finished runner-up in the final, she and Sean announced their split
Series 13: Georgia May Foote
She was in a romantic relationship with Sean Ward (Costar of Coronation Street) when she appeared on the 2015 series.
The cracks began to emerge when Sean was reported to be jealous over the decision of Sean to participate in her Strictly journey.
She and Sean split shortly after finishing runner up in the final. Georgia was seen kissing Giovanni Pernice, her partner in dance, during a romantic getaway to Disneyland.
But, just before the rehearsals began for the 2016 series, Georgia and Giovanni decided to end their year-long romance.
Giovanni moved on to Ashley Roberts (2018), a former Pussycat doll contestant. Georgia now dates Kris Evans.
Series 14: Louise Redknapp & Jamie Redknapp
Divorced: Louise Redknapp appeared on the series in 2016, after which she and Jamie were said to be facing marital issues
Jamie Redknapp, a footballer, is reported to have received a spot on Strictly’s line-up in recent weeks. However, he declined the offer after Louise was accused of causing the breakup of their marriage.
Louise first appeared in the series on 2016 and Jamie was said to be having marital difficulties. The couple was divorcing at the end 2017.
There was much speculation that Louise had realized during the series that she would like to go back to work, having lost her job for her marriage. Daisy Lowe is said to have assisted her in’rediscovering her youth’.
According to a TV source, “Strictly” used to be a show no celeb ever rejected. The Curse changed everything. Now, there is a real concern about the potential for appearing on the show to negatively affect relationships. Jamie has only negative opinions about Strictly right now. There’s absolutely no way he would appear.’
Rumours also suggested that Louise had forged a relationship with Kevin Clifton her professional partner, although this was never confirmed.
Series 14: Kevin Clifton and Karen Clifton
Split: In 2018, The Cliftons, a couple of professional dancers who were married in 2017, split romantically.
Rumours circulating about Kevin’s thrice-married status while he was partnered with Louise were true, but nothing happened between them. As it turns out, he was also married to Karen Clifton at the time.
Since then the couple has been separated.
Kevin proposed on her behalf to her during Burn the Floor’s performance on her birthday. The couple were married July 2015. However, they announced that their relationship was over in March 2018.
The two have continued their collaboration as a professional dance partner, but insist that there are no bad blood.
Series 16: Stacey Dooley, Sam Tucknott and Kevin Clifton
The end is near: Stacey’s boyfriend Sam, 30 (of five years), said that Stacey had left him during an interview with Mail On Sunday
In an interview in the Mail On Sunday, April 30, Sam Tucknott (Stacey’s five-year boyfriend) revealed that Stacey had split with him. She called Kevin Clifton (36), her three-times husband, a slippery snake.
Kevin confronted Sam in a furious videochat where he called him a proper rats’. In an exclusive interview, he told MoS that he felt betrayed because of the romance between them.
There has been speculation that Stacey was in a relationship with Kevin on Strictly tour. News is now covering the show and reviving the infamous ‘Strictly curse,’ which saw 14 couples break up.
Shortly after her Twitter silence, the TV host, now 32, declared that there were ‘two sides’ to any story.
All over: In August 2019, just ahead of series 17, Neil and Katya announced their split after 11 years of marriage
Series 16/17: Katya and Neil Jones
The Curse was on the loose in 2018, with the drama intensifying just three weeks into live broadcasts.
A love triangle was formed after Katya Jones (who is also married to Neil) was photographed all over Seann Walsh, comedian, outside a London pub. The photo was taken on Sean’s girlfriend Rebecca Humphries, an actress and writer.
Katya and Neil were dumped 10 months after Katya had a kiss with Seann. (Photo: Rebecca Humphries, ex-girlfriend)
They dismissed it as an ‘unique mistake’, even though they were openly laughing and kissing in public. In a Tweet, Rebecca said that she had ‘dumped Seann since then.
Seann, Katya, and Neil did not leave the show.
After 11 years of marriage, Neil and Katya separated in August 2019. It was only 10 months since her first kiss with Seann.