Strictly Come Dancing is ready to have a serious shakeup as 5 skilled dancers are reportedly being axed forward of the new series later this 12 months, including longest standing feminine skilled dancer Karen Hauer.
Karen, who began as a pro on the BBC series all the way in which again in 2012, is reportedly the newest skilled dancer to be lower from the series, with a supply telling the Daily Mail Karen discovered the information final week.
The supply claimed: “Karen is the latest professional dancer to be told her contract will not be renewed this year.
“It’s very a lot a case of out with the previous and in with the new. As the longest-serving feminine dancer, Karen discovered final week that her time on Strictly is over.”
Karen with her most recent celebrity dance partner Harry Aikines-Aryeetey
So far Karen has not commented on these claims, but another source claimed she was “very upset” over the news, and is looking to continue her work in the fitness industry.
However, Karen isn’t the only beloved Strictly professional dancer set to be leaving the series, with many other pros reportedly being “axed” from the series as a part of a serious shakeup for the series, which follows hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman’s departure from the present on the finish of final season.
In an announcement to Cosmopolitan UK, a spokesperson for the BBC said: “Plans for Strictly Come Dancing 2026 will probably be confirmed in due course.”
Here are all the opposite execs rumoured to be leaving.
The skilled dancers set to be ‘axed’ from Strictly
Nadiya Bychkova
Nadiya, 36, who has been on the show since 2017 is reportedly set to be leaving the show and is said to be “distraught” at listening to the information of her axing.
A supply advised The Sun: “The information got here as such an enormous shock as Nadiya’s life was Strictly and to search out out she’s not been invited again as full time pro has actually damaged her coronary heart. No one was anticipating producers to cut so many professionals.”
Nadiya’s most recent celebrity partner on the show was ex-rugby player Chris Robshaw and the pair were the second to be eliminated from teh show.
Gorka Marquez
Fan favourite male professional dancer Gorka Marquez is also reportedly not set to be returning.
Gorka has been on the show since 2016, but didn’t compete with a partner on last year’s series due to other commitments which included being a judge on the Spanish version of Strictly Come Dancing.
Luba Mushtuk
Luba, 36, who has been on the show since 2018, is also set to be leaving Strictly ahead of the new series this autumn. She did not have a celebrity partner for the most recent series.
Michelle Tsiakkas
Michelle, 30, only joined the show back in 2022 and since then has only had one celebrity partner which was Jamie Borthwick. The pair came seventh in the contest, and since then Michelle has not gone onto have a celebrity partner.
Cosmopolitan UK has reached out to the professional dancers’ representatives for comment
