Everything Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman said about the Strictly Come Dancing scandal

As the caller bid of Strictly Come Dancing kicks off, hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman are backmost hosting aft months of contention surrounding the BBC show

Strictly Come Dancing hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman are backmost hosting the BBC amusement aft months of ungraded surrounding the show.

Tess, 55, volition beforehand the BBC amusement - which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this twelvemonth - erstwhile again alongside Claudia Winkleman, 52.

The caller bid comes pursuing the ungraded that has surrounded the show lately. Strictly has faced claims astir what it's seemingly been similar down the scenes successful erstwhile years. Amid the controversy, the BBC announced successful July that it was introducing "additional steps to fortify payment and support" connected the amusement moving forward. They are said to see present having a accumulation squad subordinate contiguous during grooming country rehearsals "at each times".

In recent, determination person been a drawstring of allegations made against Graziano Di Prima implicit his interactions with Zara McDermott during rehearsals for the programme. The Italian nonrecreational dancer admitted to kicking her during a rehearsal but denied spitting astatine her.

Giovanni Pernice is besides under investigation pursuing Amanda Abbington's complaints astir his 'militant' grooming techniques. She blasted him arsenic 'abusive, cruel and mean'. She claims she was near suffering from PTSD aft pulling retired of the show, stating 'I should ne'er ever person danced with him'. He vehemently denied the claims.

But what person Tess and Claudia said astir the bullying allegations? Earlier this year, Tess was said to beryllium feeling "worried" up of the caller bid and the bullying and maltreatment claims. It was claimed that Tess was feeling fearful astir what could yet hap amid the drama.

A root adjacent to Tess has told Heat World she was feeling the unit amid fears she could person been dragged into the drama. The insider told the publication: "Tess has been getting precise stressed astir the aboriginal of the show, and she worries that this bid could beryllium the past due to the fact that of each this controversy. This Graziano play is the past happening they needed pursuing connected from Giovanni, and she’s not definite however overmuch much Strictly tin take."

The root went connected to picture however overmuch the amusement means to Tess, who has been portion of the accumulation for 20 years. "She hates that it’s being destroyed," they claimed. "Obviously, she doesn’t spot what goes connected during rehearsals, but she’s ever got connected good with the nonrecreational dancers. She feels rather protective of them, but she knows the bosses indispensable support the contestants."

Meanwhile, Claudia confessed to feeling the nerves up of the caller series. Speaking of her feelings erstwhile she archetypal hears the iconic taxable tune loop out, Claudia admitted she excessively feels the nerves that contestants often notation to. She admitted: "I’m perfectly terrified and I compression Tess connected the limb and I emotion her due to the fact that she lets me."

Judge Anton Du Beke, arsenic good arsenic erstwhile pros James Jordan and Janette Manrara, came nether occurrence recently. Many celebrities person stepped guardant to stock their experiences connected the show. Will Bailey was forced to retreat from the amusement successful 2019 erstwhile helium sustained an wounded aft jumping disconnected a array during a rehearsal.

He urged bosses to marque changes implicit their work of attraction and insisted helium had nary hard feelings towards erstwhile creation spouse Janette. In a caller conference, Tim Davie was asked whether helium considered taking the amusement disconnected the air. Tim said: "Simply put, from my constituent of view, I request to beryllium assured that we person the close safeguarding procedures and work of attraction processes successful spot to present a afloat show. And that is the archetypal question I inquire arsenic manager general.

"I deliberation I americium assured by the robust actions actually, that we person taken successful presumption of the changes we've made, accumulation squad members successful the grooming room, the 2 caller roles, successful presumption of payment producers, that we are successful a presumption to present a precise bully play this year.

"And that's been my focus. So I deliberation it's ever been astir however we marque definite that we present a amusement that is fun, and entertaining, but besides appropriately supports everyone involved. And with that reassurance, absolutely. I'm looking guardant to the adjacent season."

The adjacent question helium was asked was regarding the work of attraction for contestants. It was enactment to him that helium had taken his oculus disconnected the shot erstwhile it came to what happened successful the grooming room. He was besides asked wherefore helium didn't bring successful the caller protocols sooner.

Davie said: "I'm precise atrocious that anyone has had an acquisition connected strictly that hasn't been wholly positive. I deliberation that is thing that we bash bespeak on, and I'm atrocious astir that. I deliberation that determination are intelligibly learnings, specifically, with respect to oversight successful the grooming rooms that we person needed to address. And with the payment of hindsight, you ever look astatine these things and accidental 'Could we person done more?' Of course, you could.

"But the cardinal present is you code the situation. And arsenic I say, I won't spell into repetition. But the measures we've taken, I believe, are an due and just effect to what we cognize present successful presumption of making definite that the grooming rooms we person the close oversight, and that radical person a affirmative acquisition coming done the show. I bash judge overall, hundreds of radical person travel done this amusement and had a affirmative experience.

"It is not close to characterise it that we haven't had the important work of attraction proviso successful the show. Having said that, there's intelligibly immoderate learning present and I deliberation the squad person acted to code that. If we get immoderate caller information. Of course, we enactment fairly, proportionately, and code it."

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