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The show must go on! Strictly professionals return to work for 2024 series as Kai Widdrington joins Nikita Kuzmin and Neil Jones amid ongoing misconduct chaos


The BBC show has been engulfed by drama since Giovanni Pernice was suspended and Graziano Di Prima was sacked.

The BBC show has been engulfed by drama since Giovanni Pernice was suspended after his celebrity partner Amanda Abbington accused him of abusive behaviour, saying he was 'cruel and mean.' It was followed by Graziano Di Prima's sacking last month over reports he verbally and physically abused Zara McDermott during rehearsals. The BBC show has been engulfed by drama since Giovanni Pernice was suspended and Graziano Di Prima's sacking, but smiling Neil Jones and Nikita Kuzmin brushed it off

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