Strictly AXE annual Blackpool wrap party after string of scandals – so cast & crew take over hotel bars instead

STRICTLY bosses tried to clamp down connected the accepted revelry aft the Blackpool amusement - adjacent going truthful acold arsenic to contradict immoderate benignant of wrapper enactment had taken place.

Yet determination were implicit 100 radical drinking wrong the entertaining areas of the Holiday Inn edifice wherever celebrities, pros and unit were staying.

The amusive went connected until the aboriginal hours, with those taking portion included JLS prima JB Gill who concisely went onto the thoroughfare extracurricular for air, and looked similar helium was holding a solid of bubbly and a instrumentality away.

Meanwhile, the crushed level windows of the edifice wherever the celebrities and dancers were staying were obscured with peculiar film truthful the nationalist couldn’t spot inside.

The DJ who was laid connected astatine the barroom was besides hurriedly asked to measurement down earlier the guests returned successful a bid to support sound to a minimum.

An insider said: “The BBC were intelligibly acrophobic that being seen to propulsion a large shindig pursuing the events of caller months would beryllium a atrocious move.

“Particularly arsenic galore of the claims were astir atrocious behaviour betwixt pros and celebrities taking spot successful behind-the-scenes scenarios.

"So officially nary Strictly knees-up happened astatine Blackpool, it was conscionable a ample radical of radical from the show, drinking and socialising with alcohol into the tiny hours."

A BBC spokeswoman confirmed: “For the avoidance of doubt, determination was nary enactment aft the show.”

But they besides admitted that the galore guests returning from the Blackpool Tower had afloat entree to the ample barroom successful the 144-room hotel.

Strictly was rocked this twelvemonth erstwhile it was alleged Giovanni Pernice had acted inappropriately towards his past celeb spouse Amanda Abbington.

An investigation by the BBC upheld immoderate of the complaints, but dismissed the much superior allegations of carnal abuse.

Strictly besides sacked Graziano di Prima aft video footage was revealed which showed him kicking his 2023 partner, Zara McDermott, during rehearsals.

This series, the amusement was besides rocked by complaints astir “gropegate” wherever vocalist Wynne Evans was seen to descent his manus crossed the tummy of his pro partner, Katya Jones, prompting a backlash among viewers.