STRICTLY Come Dancing professional Nadiya Bychkova has been axed from this year’s main line-up. The Ukrainian dancer, 31, has been told by bosses she will not be getting a celebrity partner in the upcoming series.
The Playboy model, who joined the BBC1 show in 2017, has grown close to her male dancers every year — and producers are scrambling to save the family show’s image.
Last year the leggy blonde, who is engaged to Slovenian footballer Matija Skarabot, 32, was romantically linked to ex- England goalie David James, 50, her dance partner.
She said he was “delighted” people believed they were in love and told her: “We must be going in the right direction. That’s how it should look.” In 2018 former Blue singer Lee Ryan, 37, was said to be.
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