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Now Strictly struggles to sign up female stars: As Zara McDermott speaks out and crisis threatens the show's future, things 'are starting to feel dire' reveals KATIE HIND
It's at this time of year that Strictly's casting boss normally puts the finishing touches to her star-studded line-up. This time round, however, it's been quite a struggle.
After months of being bombarded with calls from agents begging for their clients to be given a place in the Saturday night favourite, Stefania Aleksander, the show’s long-serving booker, has usually signed up at least six or seven celebrities, whose names inevitably find their way into the public domain. The show, according to inside sources, is in ‘meltdown’ and the upper echelons of both Strictly and the wider BBC have been locked in meetings over the weekend as they attempt to work out how they can survive the scandal. After days of deliberating over whether she would address the story – which was revealed by The Mail on Sunday at the weekend – she told her two million Instagram followers how she feared a public backlash even though it was not her who made the complaint.
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