Alesha Dixon splits from partner Azuka Ononye after 18 years together as BGT star tells pals they’re ‘more like friends’

TV and euphony prima Alesha Dixon has told pals of a emotion divided with her spouse of 18 years Azuka Ononye.

The Britain’s Got Talent judge, 46, has confided successful them that she and the begetter of her 2 young daughters are separating.

Despite not being married, Alesha often called Azuka, 43, her “husband” — including erstwhile successful 2017 connected Michael McIntyre’s Big Show connected BBC1.

But they person not been photographed unneurotic successful nationalist since March erstwhile they attended a euphony lawsuit successful London’s Soho.

And successful caller pictures, Alesha appears to person been trying to fell her near manus wherever she had antecedently worn a ringing connected her wedding finger.

In October, she was seen without it successful a BGT publicity picture.

A person said: “Alesha’s been softly telling radical adjacent to her that she believes their narration is implicit and they’re going to separate.

“She and Azuka person been unneurotic astir 2 decades but their narration has go much similar a friendship.

“They’re devoted parents to their girls, who are 11 and six, and privation to absorption connected keeping their narration arsenic amicable arsenic imaginable for their sake.”

On Monday, choreographer and exemplary Azuka was seen astatine the Wicked premiere astatine London’s Royal Festival Hall with the couple’s eldest girl portion Alesha stayed away.

On November 15, some were astatine the Royal Albert Hall gig to ticker rapper Nas successful performance but appeared to beryllium connected abstracted sides of the venue.

Azuka shared a drawback of himself with friends connected the night, but Alesha was not seen with them.

Alesha past enactment a representation of herself with Azuka connected her Instagram relationship successful June.

Two months later, she went by herself to the GRM Gala celebrating the UK’s Black British euphony and entertainment.

Former Mis-Teeq vocalist Alesha met Azuka successful 2006 pursuing her short-lived matrimony to So Solid Crew rapper MC Harvey successful 2005 erstwhile helium confessed to an matter with vocalist Javine Hylton.

She had hired Azuka, besides a originative director, arsenic a dancer for her singing tour.

Opening up astir the commencement of their relationship, Alesha said she “played hard to get” earlier suffering an wounded that Azuka nursed her through.

She added: “I had a ft cognition and I couldn’t walk. He was virtually sleeping connected the floor, looking aft maine each day.

“I was conscionable looking astatine him thinking, ‘That is for amended oregon for worse isn’t it?’. I looked a state. He was sleeping connected the level due to the fact that I was connected the couch. I couldn’t adjacent get up the stairs. If helium tin transportation maine to the toilet, he’s a keeper.”

The couple’s archetypal girl was calved successful 2013 and their 2nd successful 2019.

In 2022, Alesha said: “I marque a precise conscious effort that my daughters person a precise loving, supportive location with 2 parents who are large relation models.”

Alesha finished filming the archetypal circular of BGT auditions past period and volition instrumentality to enactment connected the ITV amusement successful the New Year alongside Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Bruno Tonioli.

Her cause declined to remark past night.