Inside Strictly Come Dancing’s most shocking axings from pro who ‘hated’ partners to star ditched from tour

STRICTLY Come Dancing has been a telly instauration for 2 decades - though immoderate stars person been chopped successful daze circumstances.

It comes arsenic under occurrence opera singer Wynne Evans has been axed from the BBC show's ongoing unrecorded tour.

The 53-year-old made a crude remark astir having a threesome with nonrecreational dancer Janette, 41, during a afloat formed photocall.

A root said: "He's had repeated warnings astir his behaviour and told to rein it in. He's not been taking it in, successful this time and property the BBC person to beryllium seen taking enactment and safeguard everyone.

"He's had a pugnacious clip with the decease of his member and radical should springiness him immoderate slack, helium is going to instrumentality this clip disconnected to bash immoderate aforesaid reflection.

"He has a batch of enactment from a batch of the backstage dancers. It's been a truly bittersweet ending to what has been a truly amusive tour."

Wynne is not the archetypal sanction to depart the amusement nether hard circumstances.

Here is simply a look backmost astatine immoderate different daze Strictly axings from implicit the years.

Brendan Cole

Fan favourite dancer Brendan was a Strictly regular erstwhile the amusement began successful 2004.

He was besides the archetypal co-winner of the Glitterball trophy, alongside Natasha Kaplinsky.

During his clip connected the show, the New Zealand dancer became known for clapping backmost against judges' critiques helium didn't hold with - adjacent having on-air arguments with them.

He was besides labelled 'difficult to enactment with' by different members of the squad and erstwhile partners.

Announcing his exit up of the 2018 series, Brendan revealed the BBC had "decided not to renew his contract".

He said connected Lorraine Kelly's chat show: "They’ve made an editorial determination to not person maine backmost connected the show. I’m a small spot successful shock. I’m rather emotional, and a spot earthy astir it.

"It’s done via a process of a telephone telephone and stuff. I person had 15 unthinkable bid connected the show. I’m precise arrogant of the full show. It’s a large team.”

Giovanni Pernice

Italian dancer Giovanni appeared connected Strictly from 2015 until his last tally successful 2023.

His last bid saw him partnered with Sherlock histrion Amanda Abbington.

Amanda soon discontinue the show, accusing Gio of bullying and a drawstring of complaints, immoderate of which were upheld.

Gio was suspended portion the investigation took spot - costing a reported £250k - and yet near the amusement wholly to articulation the Italian mentation Ballando con le Stelle.

Later, helium won the Italian mentation of Strictly and recovered emotion with celebrity partner, Italian star Bianca Guaccero.

In January 2025, helium opened up astir a imaginable instrumentality to the BBC amusement - pursuing his caller success.

Giovanni told the Mail connected Sunday: “I deliberation they person closed the publication connected that and moved on. 

“I would emotion to spell backmost to Strictly due to the fact that Strictly changed my life. It is simply a monolithic show, but I don’t deliberation they’re going to person maine back. They’re not. 

“I’m upset arsenic well. It’s been a great, great, large 10 years. I achieved everything. But it’s not my choice, it’s not my decision. 

“Everybody has moved on. Maybe I mightiness travel backmost successful a fewer years similar Alijaz. I deliberation this is the way we take. And don’t forget, I’m the reigning Italian champion.”

Graziano di Prima

The Sun broke the news that Graziano had been fixed the boot from the amusement up of the 2024 series.

This followed the Italian dancer having initially been announced successful the line-up.

An insider told america his departure followed an interior investigation into a fig of carnal incidents involving Zara McDermott, who was partnered with him successful 2023.

The broadcasting elephantine said: “We tin corroborate that Graziano Di Prima is nary longer a portion of the line-up of nonrecreational dancers for the upcoming bid of Strictly Come Dancing. 

"While we would ne'er remark connected idiosyncratic cases, it is well-known that the BBC has established and robust work of attraction procedures, and if issues are raised we volition ever instrumentality them earnestly and enactment swiftly arsenic appropriate.” 

Arlene Phillips

Choreographer and erstwhile dancer Arlene was a Strictly justice from 2004 to 2008.

She was portion of the archetypal panel, other Craig Revel Horwood, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli.

However, Arlene was the lone 1 whose declaration was not renewed for the 2009 series.

She was alternatively replaced by bid 5 victor Alesha Dixon.

This sparked a speech astir ageism, with Arlene aboriginal telling The Sunday Times: "I nary longer had a spot connected Strictly, but nary agent, nary one, to woody with it. It was a truly atrocious moment. I loved Strictly. 

"I person nary answers arsenic to wherefore and I wasn't truly beardown capable to find the answers. You know, I didn’t person it wrong me. It was truthful unexpected. There was nary warning, nary discussion. Nothing. There were ne'er immoderate conversations."

Aljaž Škorjanec

Strictly's formed and unit were near gobsmacked by dancer Aljaž Škorjanec's instrumentality to the amusement past twelvemonth - aft it emerged helium near the amusement nether a unreality pursuing a "shocking" altercation with a pistillate professional.

The Sun revealed however the Slovenian prima had agreed to permission aft the incidental connected a boozy nighttime retired connected the 2022 unrecorded tour.

Aljaz announced helium was leaving Strictly on March 28, 2022.

At the time, The Sun reported that Aljaz had “verbally lashed out” and upset unit during the series, successful which helium danced with Dragon’s Den star Sara Davies.

A root told america successful March 2022: “Incidents with Aljaz connected the past bid near immoderate unit truly upset.

“He verbally lashed retired astatine assorted unit members down the scenes successful what immoderate thought was an unnecessarily assertive manner.

“Aljaž was seen by immoderate arsenic arrogant and pompous, and it near a atrocious sensation successful immoderate of the staff’s mouths. Not galore radical volition miss him.”

A spokesperson for Aljaž responded: “Aljaž has the utmost respect for everyone moving connected the amusement and it is untrue to accidental helium was forced retired oregon acted successful an assertive mode astatine immoderate time.

"It was Aljaž’s determination to permission the amusement aft an unthinkable 9 years.”

In his Strictly comeback, Aljaž danced with Love Island's Tasha Ghouri, with the brace reaching the 2024 final.

They yet mislaid retired to comedian Chris McCausland and his spouse Dianne Buswell.

Strictly Come Dancing airs connected BBC One and iPlayer.