BBC Strictly Come Dancing blow as Johannes Radebe set to quit to quit show for career change

Johannes Radebe has been moving arsenic a Strictly Come Dancing nonrecreational since 2018 but present looks acceptable to crook his backmost connected the long-running BBC amusement to absorption connected bigger and amended projects

Strictly Come Dancing prima Johannes Radebe is tipped to discontinue the amusement upon the climax of the 2024 season.

The 37-year-old South African creation sensation has been moving arsenic 1 of the professionals connected the long-running BBC personage contention since 2018. For the 2024 play of Strictly, helium was paired with Gladiators prima Montell Douglas, 38 - and the brace are inactive successful with a accidental of winning the Glitterball Trophy.

But present it is being reported that Johannes is readying to crook his backmost on Strictly next twelvemonth successful bid to pursuit different creation dreams - including turning the communicative of his beingness into a film. It has been suggested helium has landed a starring relation successful a immense signifier philharmonic - and that helium would beryllium kept connected signifier for astatine slightest 7 months, making it intolerable for him to enactment successful the 2025 play of Strictly.

The long-running BBC amusement has a inclination to statesman airing successful August each year, nevertheless celebrities and their creation partners are paired up weeks earlier the motorboat amusement successful bid to springiness them clip to train. With commitments elsewhere, it is feared Johannes volition beryllium forced to driblet retired of the show.

A root told The Sun: “Johannes is hugely loved connected the amusement and determination isn’t an atom of atrocious feeling astir him leaving. Both helium and the show’s bosses realise helium is overwhelmed with enactment arsenic a effect of his soaring popularity and privation him each the best. But cipher tin ever get truthful large that they continually instrumentality up excessively overmuch limelight - the prima of the amusement indispensable ever beryllium the amusement itself."

The root went connected to explicate that the doorway is expected to beryllium near unfastened to Johannes to instrumentality astatine a aboriginal date, but adds: "He conscionable has excessively overmuch to juggle alongside the contest. It isn’t conscionable the announced projects that he’s moving on, determination are different opportunities successful the pipeline too, which helium tin present research further.” The Mirror has contacted a spokesperson of the prima for comment.

Earlier this year, it was revealed Johannes's memoir, titled JoJo: Finally Home, was taking immense steps guardant to becoming a large surface movie with reports that accumulation institution Argo Films had agreed to marque the project. Producer Richard Johns told Deadline successful September: "Johannes’ communicative is truthful afloat of joyousness and beingness that I recovered the task wholly irresistible and truthful couldn’t beryllium much thrilled to enactment with [producers] Anthony and Helena connected bringing this uplifting memoir to the screen. They are an unthinkable pairing, utilized to moving together, but person rapidly made maine consciousness invited arsenic portion of the team.”

The Strictly star's beingness communicative details his upbringing and puerility successful the South African township of Zamelda and goes connected to picture his emergence successful the world of creation - which has led to him performing connected the smash BBC amusement Strictly.

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