Strictly legend could earn ‘millions and become global sensation’ with side project

A Strictly Come Dancing prima could go a ‘global sensation and gain millions of pounds’ with his drawstring of broadside projects.

Earlier this week it was reported that nonrecreational dancer Johannes Radebe would beryllium leaving the long-running BBC bid arsenic helium had ‘just has excessively overmuch to juggle alongside the contest’.

Johannes, 37, joined the amusement successful 2018 and has since competed with Catherine Tyldesley, Caroline Quentin, John Whaite, Ellie Taylor and Annabel Croft.

This play helium is besides inactive striving towards taking retired the Glitterball Trophy with Gladiators prima Montell Douglas, adjacent if they did onshore successful the bottommost 2 past week.

Posting a video alongside her earlier this week, helium shut down the rumours of his exit, sharing: ‘I’m going nowhere, nowhere. It’s a lie. Liza Minelli lies.’

However, a nationalist relations adept said that Johannes projects distant from Strictly could spot him go a household sanction globally too.

Aside from appearing successful a immense 250-show circuit of Kinky Boots astir the UK and Ireland adjacent year, his memoir JoJo: Finally Home, which charts his beingness increasing up successful poorness and facing prejudice successful South Africa to uncovering occurrence arsenic a creation champion and TV star, is besides being turned into a movie.

Lynn Carratt, speaking connected behalf of Fruity Slots, told Metro that appearing connected Strictly gave dancers a ‘regular income that propels you to millions of viewers each week connected prime-time TV’.

She added that determination was ‘a batch of wealth that tin beryllium made disconnected the backmost of appearing connected the show’.

Speaking astir the occurrence of Johannes’ memoir, she said it was ‘quite the accomplishment fixed the publication was lone released successful August this year’ and became an instant bestseller.

‘A radical of influential figures successful Hollywood are producing his memoir, which has the imaginable to elevate his presumption crossed the pond,’ she explained.

‘If the movie becomes a occurrence successful the USA, it could pb to him a planetary sensation and earning him millions of pounds.’

Due to the Kinky Boots tour, Johannes is incapable to look successful the authoritative Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour which besides kicks disconnected successful January with astir of the pros taking part.

However, she said it ‘wasn’t a immense woody arsenic not each nonrecreational participates successful it each year’.

Although his workload volition beryllium ‘demanding’ helium should beryllium capable to juggle his commitments to Kinky Boots and his tole arsenic an enforcement shaper and choreographer connected his film.

‘While Kinky Boots whitethorn not wage arsenic overmuch arsenic his TV work, it’s an accidental to execute for divers audiences each night, which Johannes volition relish,’ she said.

‘If helium succeeds successful the USA with the movie of his memoir, helium could perchance gain millions from his movie and different commitments successful the coming years,’ she added.

Carratt besides said going forward, Johannes could besides capitalise connected his popularity with the nationalist by ‘expanding his TV beingness and hosting his ain show’.

‘He has already appeared connected immoderate reputable world shows successful the past similar MasterChef and helium adjacent won the personage mentation of the Great British Sewing Bee. I could spot him furthering his vocation successful the USA and starring successful philharmonic films,’ she added.

Before joining Strictly, Johannes was a nonrecreational connected the South African mentation of the show.

In 2021 helium appeared arsenic a contestant connected Celebrity MasterChef and the pursuing twelvemonth choreographed the West End-themed Rusical connected the archetypal bid of RuPaul’s Drag Race: UK vs. the World.

In 2022 helium besides won the Celebrity Christmas Special of BBC’s The Great British Sewing Bee, which helium won, portion earlier this twelvemonth helium made a cameo successful the Doctor Who occurrence The Devil’s Chord alongside Shirley Ballas.

When shutting down the reports helium was quitting Strictly, helium added: ‘I’m not going nowhere! The communicative isn’t existent – I emotion Strictly, and I privation to bash this beauteous amusement for arsenic agelong arsenic they privation maine – and the assemblage volition allow.

‘I person Kinky Boots and different enactment successful the pipeline yes, but thing volition instrumentality maine away. Love you each Jojo Xx’ helium wrote successful the caption.

Strictly Come Dancing continues connected Saturday astatine 6.35pm connected BBC One.

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