BBC says production team member will attend rehearsals ‘at all times’ amid concern about behaviour of some dancers
Strictly Come Dancing professional dancers will no longer be left on their own with contestants during rehearsals, the BBC has announced.show, the broadcaster announced on Tuesday that a member of the Strictly Come Dancing production team will be present during training room rehearsals “at all times”.
It comes after the departure of two male dancers from its professional ranks after complaints were made. The BBC confirmed last month thatThe 33-year-old Italian dancer has been fighting “serious complaints” about alleged “threatening and abusive behaviour”, after the actor Amanda Abbington, his partner in last year’s series, quit the show after five weeks.
was also leaving the show. Earlier on Tuesday the TV personality and former Love Island contestant Zara McDermott, who was partnered with Di Prima last year, said she now found it “incredibly distressing” to watch back footage from the Strictly training room, but had been scared of a potential backlash if she spoke out.
She said: “I fully understood the level of commitment and hard work that Strictly was going to be and I dedicated everything to it. I am a resilient person and I was fully prepared to put in whatever it took.” She also praised “the entire production team and everyone behind the scenes”, adding that her fellow contestants “were so amazing to work with”.
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