How Strictly’s Popular Dancers have actually Ended up In Debt

For viewers tuning into BBC’s megahit Strictly Come Dancing, they would be ideal in assuming that its stars must be earning a substantial fortune.

Whether it be the tireless hours of training, or being an on-screen component for weeks on end, the show’s expert dancers have helped make the series a fascinating watch throughout the autumn months.

However, while it has been presumed that Strictly experts must earn a pretty cent, and years of success, through their time on the show, for many it’s a completely various story.

Pros who have actually bid farewell to the Strictly dancefloor recently have actually shared their struggles with piling debts and money troubles, with some even facing the possibility of losing their homes.

Recently, Ben Cohen and Kristina Rihanoff end up being the latest stars to be struck by the notorious ’Strictly curse’ after their 12-year romance ended in heartbreak. MailOnline then it was the extreme financial difficulties they had just recently experienced are believed to have actually lagged their split.

MailOnline peels back the shine behind Strictly stars’ paychecks to expose the fact about how for many, the cash stops as quickly as the ballroom lights go dark …

Kristina Rihanoff

How Strictly’s popular dancers have wound up in financial obligation – as Kristina Rihanoff’s monetary problems are blamed for split from Ben Cohen (visualized on the program in 2013)

Kristina formerly appeared on Strictly as a professional from 2008 to 2015, making headlines when she began a love with her celebrity partner Ben Cohen.

However, last year, the couple shared fears that they might lose their home after being struck by money concerns, with Ben laying bare their monetary woes in court.

The degree of the couple’s struggles were laid bare in unusual circumstances – throughout a court look last September when Kristina, 47, was captured driving without insurance coverage.

Giving evidence throughout the case, England World Cup winning rugby star Ben, 46, admitted he had made a mess of the handling of their car insurance coverage policy and told how he was ’fighting to save his relationship and home’.

A pal of the couple told the Mail he stated: ’The past six months have been hell for them and it has torn the love they had apart. For the sake of their family, they have actually picked to move forward as separate individuals.

’Those near to them who know them as a couple had hoped they would have the ability to work things out however for now it’s over and it looks like there’s no going back.’

The couple were entrusted to debilitating debts after they tilled every cent they had into a yoga studio which plunged into crisis during the Covid pandemic.

In a tortuously frank admission Ben informed the court: ’I get up every day and I battle not to lose everything – to lose my automobiles and my home and my relationship. I’m so overdrawn.’

Last year the couple shared fears that they might lose their home after being struck by money concerns, with Ben laying bare their monetary troubles in court (envisioned in 2021)

When questioned about the strains on his and Kristina’s relationship, he said: ’We’re still living together. We’re in it economically.

’We’re in company together so the problem is that we opened business before Covid and we got the worst intensities of it and in all truthfully this is just another issue for me to handle.

’I have actually got credit cards that are overdrawn. I’m overdrawn in both accounts. We have actually got an organization debt since of Covid. It’s just another problem.’

The company was listed to be compulsorily struck off on December 27, 2022, however the action was suspended 9 days later and ceased on April 28, 2023.

Records also expose that a food services company called Soo Greens Ltd which is 100 per cent owned by Soo Yoga Group Ltd was successfully ₤ 6,633 at a loss, considering future liabilities, in its last represent the duration ending on July 31, 2020.

The company’s represent the year ending in July 2021 have actually still not been filed and are now nearly 29 months past due.

Another company called Soo Purple Mountain Ltd which is also owned by the Soo Yoga Group, was set up in December 2021 and dissolved by a voluntary strike off in February this year without ever filing accounts.

A 4th company called Soo Group Ltd which was half owned by Cohen and half owned by three other individuals was likewise integrated and willingly struck off on the very same dates.

A fifth business called Yoga Wellbeing which is 100 percent owned by Rihanoff was ₤ 5,041 in the red, taking into account future liabilities, at the end of July 2020. Its accounts are also almost 29 months past due, according to Companies House records.

AJ Pritchard

AJ initially rose to popularity as a candidate on Strictly Come Dancing from 2016 to 2019, leaving the show simply months before the Covid pandemic (pictured with Saffron Barker in 2019)

But AJ has because shed light on the money problems some Strictly stars can face, and shared that he was plunged into financial obligation when his dance tour was cancelled in 2020

AJ first increased to popularity as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing from 2016 to 2019, leaving the program just months before the Covid pandemic.

While the star had actually previously wished to kickstart a brand-new period of dance success by leaving the show, the pandemic required him to cancel his scheduled dance trip, plunging himself and brother Curtis into debt.

Speaking with MailOnline, AJ clarified the cash problems some Strictly stars can deal with after leaving the program.

He said: ’We had a company where we were running our own trip and the trip was cut short. We paid all of our dancers since, personally, I seemed like that was the ideal thing to do. We wound up with a barrel expense which came out of our own pocket.

’We didn’t make money, myself or Curtis, but we paid all of our dancers. It’s a hard decision to be made, but that’s what it is when you are running your own business.

’They absolutely did value it. I perhaps didn’t value the financial obligation that I was left in however, hello, it’s a choice that was made.’

AJ said it is hard when a great deal of his good friends believe he’s a ’millionaire’ after starring on Strictly, nevertheless, he described that after they paid their taxes and VAT, the figure he makes is no place near that.

The dancer said: ’I think a great deal of people expect you to go on to Strictly or Love Island and quickly be a millionaire. Once you have actually paid your tax and your VAT, and if you’re a limited company, that’s not even close.

’I believe transparency is a favorable thing in this day and age, however many individuals don’t really want to talk about their financial resources.

’And I believe individuals are fascinated by cash. People love to see numbers and enjoy to see nice things, and a lot of times you require to live within your own ways.’

After leaving shows such as Strictly and Love Island, Curtis and AJ were thrown into a variety of huge cash deals and AJ states some individuals have no idea how to deal with that sort of amount of money.

Former I’m A Celebrity star AJ revealed he and Curtis ’wish to make a difference’ and have established ’using our own money’ a monetary investment firm called FINT to assist to ’inform’ people.

AJ became really open about how sometimes the TV bookings and photoshoots can unexpectedly stop and stars need to discover how to ’adapt’ their profession.

AJ said it is hard when a lot of his pals believe he’s a ’millionaire’ after starring on Strictly, as after they paid their taxes and VAT, the figure he earns is nowhere near that

He continued: ’It’s really tough I think in our industry, the show business and a lot of other industries today because a lot of individuals are being laid off. It does play on your psychological health if you don’t have that next task.

’Myself and Curtis have invested cash, from my extremely first wage on Strictly I’ve constantly had actually that money invested into different portfolios. Therefore, if I didn’t have a job in six months time, I do have money there that I can make use of if I need it.

’And at the end of the day, there are constantly tasks out there. It’s simply often having to change what it is you think you are going to do and adapt a bit. Adapting is tough but you do have to adjust often.

’It is necessary that people go into these huge shows that they’re taking pleasure in but they have an occupation behind them like myself and Curt. We’re both professional dancers, we can go all over the world and teach.’

Every day, individuals are facing the expense of living crisis and AJ admitted he is no various and is frequently snapped back into the ’real life’ as he’s discovered the significant increase in daily items.

He discussed: ’Each and every single day I’m brought back to reality. I pulled up at the gas pump today and the diesel was 10p more expensive due to decisions that have actually been made much greater up than my paycheck. That’s the real world.

’I was like, ’What 10p more pricey from yesterday to today’, like that’s insane. I think individuals forget, the expense of living and inflation’s increased.

’Even when inflation boils down, it doesn’t suggest that it goes back to what it was. Life is going to be tough for a lot of individuals this year and I don’t think it’s going to get any easier.’

Robin Windsor

Despite drawing in an excellent ₤ 100,000 as a star of Strictly, Robin Windsor tragically died with just ₤ 879 in his company’s organization account

Despite drawing in an outstanding ₤ 100,000 as a star of Strictly, Robin Windsor tragically died with just ₤ 879 in his company’s company account.

The dancer was discovered dead in a London hotel in February last year, and in the wake of his passing it was revealed his company had not traded for a long time and according to Companies House Records was dealing with an ’active proposition’ to be struck off.

The business Happy Feet Creative Limited was owed nearly ₤ 5,000 the last time it filed accounts, however owed lenders ₤ 15,000, meaning it was ₤ 8,350 in the red.

At the height of his star in 2015 and 2016 he held more than ₤ 23,000 in the business and advanced himself ₤ 35,000 from the business, which was paid back.

The company had funnelled incomes from a ’variety of agreements to supply carrying out arts services within the media industry’, paperwork said.

In the months prior to his death, Robin had been dealing with a Fred Olsen Cruise – together with fellow Strictly professional Gordana Grandosek Whiddon – and published images of himself when the boat docked in South Africa.

Robin previously informed how he was paid ₤ 100,000 a year during his time on Strictly which pertained to an end after the 12th series in 2014.

The dancer was found dead in a London hotel in February, and in the wake of his passing it was exposed his firm had actually not traded for some time (imagined on the show in 2013)

He likewise recalled one time he made ’ridiculous money’, telling This Is Money: ’My dance partner and I were once paid ₤ 10,000 each to remain in a luxury resort in Mauritius for a week and dance the cha-cha-cha at an event. Our dance lasted two minutes.’

He remembered in September 2022 that the ’finest’ year of his monetary life was 2010, ’my very first year on Strictly Come Dancing’.

He stated: ’All of a sudden, I was making money I had actually only dreamt about. I probably made about ₤ 100,000 that year – not just from Strictly however from work off the back of the show such as the trip and personal performances.

’When you’re on prime-time TV, everyone wants a little piece of you.’

Discussing his Strictly exit, Robin said he became so ’bitter’ about not being allowed to return that he could not bear to view it, and he went into a ’consistent decline’ after leaving the show.

Graziano Di Prima

Graziano was drastically sacked by managers in 2015 following claims of gross misconduct towards his former celebrity partner Zara McDermott

Following his departure from the program, Graziano attempted to cash on his appearances on the program, with personalised video messages on Cameo

Graziano was when considered a preferred amongst Strictly fans, however last year he was dramatically sacked by employers following claims of gross misbehavior towards his former superstar partner Zara McDermott.

The dancer later on verified and regretted his actions versus Zara.

Addressing his exit from the show, a ’devastated’ Di Prima composed on Instagram: ’I deeply are sorry for the occasions that caused my departure from Strictly.

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’My intense enthusiasm and determination to win may have affected my training routine.

’While appreciating the BBC HR process, I acknowledge it’s just ideal for the sake of the show that I step away. I am distressed that I wasn’t permitted to provide a quote to the online newspaper article, and I take on board the level of sensitivity of the circumstance.

’There’s more to this story that I am not able to discuss at this time, but I am devoted to being strong for my household and pals. I want the Strictly household nothing but success in the future.’

Following his departure from the show, Graziano attempted to cash on his looks on the program, with personalised video messages on Cameo.

The dancer charged $100 (₤ 78) for a video message, and continued to describe himself as a ’professional dancer on Strictly’ on his profile.

And the stars who have cashed in on their Strictly success …

Oti Mabuse

For numerous fans, Oti is thought about one of Strictly’s most successful exports, with the dancer crowned series champ for 2 years in a row, in 2019 and 2020

Ever since, she has appeared as a judge on Dancing On Ice, and also made a reported ₤ 200,000 charge for her stint on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! in 2015

For lots of fans, Oti is considered one of Strictly’s most successful exports, with the dancer crowned series champion for 2 years in a row, in 2019 and 2020.

The dancer was reported to be on a ₤ 410,000 income before she left the program in 2022, and given that her exit has actually accumulated a big fortune with a string of effective TV gigs.

Ever since, she has actually appeared as a judge on Dancing On Ice, and was also a panellist on The Masked Dancer, and BBC’s The best Dancer, adding to a rumoured fortune of more than ₤ 1.4 million.

Before joining the Strictly lineup, Oti also worked as an expert dancer on Strictly’s German equivalent, Let’s Dance.

Oti is listed as a director of Pure Mabuse Limited, which she established with her spouse Marius Iepure, which was set up in February 2017, and has noted possessions of ₤ 510,953, according to its most current accounts.

In 2022, Oti also signed a big-money offer to collaborate with Bravissimo on a ’confidence increasing’ underwear variety, and she and hubby Marius also share a ₤ 590,000 London mansion.

Between them, Oti and Marius hold ₤ 750,000 of assets in 4 private business, which they co-own. including the home firm, Lionshead, which notched up ₤ 110,582 in assets as of in 2015.

And Oti has just added to her fortune in recent months by appearing on I’m A Star Get Me Out Of Here! where she was supposedly paid a ₤ 200,000 charge.

Kevin Clifton

Kevin Clifton was crowned Strictly champion in 2018 with Stacey Dooley, and after leaving the show in 2020, has actually moneyed in with a string of stage functions

However, the dancer has formerly shared that it hasn’t always been easy, exposing in 2019 that he utilized to sleep in his automobile while trying to start his carrying out profession

Since leaving Strictly in 2020, Kevin Clifton has actually taken to the phase, performing in Strictly Ballroom, Rock of Ages and War of the Worlds.

His company Supreme Dance stated ₤ 104,993 in its latest properties with ₤ 42,234 staying after costs.

However, the dancer has previously shared that it hasn’t constantly been easy, exposing in 2019 that he used to sleep in his car while trying to kickstart his performing profession, while juggling it with an office task.

Speaking on his podcast The Kevin Clifton Show, he said: ’If there’s nobody there, I’ll sleep in my vehicle and then I can manage 2 of my dance lessons tomorrow.

’I spent loads of time sleeping in my automobile – essentially living out of my automobile – and having no work. It’s not all glamour. People believe we live these simple, showbiz, glamorous lives and it’s not like that.

’There’s been times where I was just getting fired from task after job – regular office tasks, simply trying to sustain my dancer profession.

’I was generally searching in my wallet going, I have actually just been fired from another job. I’ve got four lessons tomorrow; I currently can’t pay for 2 of them.

’I’m going to have to blag it with the teacher and say,” Oh, there’s been an issue at the bank. I’m going to have to provide you the money on my next lesson.” James and Ola Jordan

Business: James and Ola Jordan have actually cashed in on their joint weight-loss in the last few years, establishing a fitness site called Dance Shred where they charge ₤ 12.99 per month to subscribe

James Jordan left Strictly in 2013 with his partner Ola following suit 2 years lateer.

James has actually appeared on Celebrity Big Brother, returned a few years later for the All Stars variation and won Dancing On Ice in 2019.

The couple have actually capitalized their joint weight-loss in the last few years, setting up a physical fitness site called Dance Shred where they charge ₤ 12.99 per month to subscribe.

The set sold their Kent mansion for ₤ 2.5 million previously this year and have actually considering that scaled down to a home more ’appropriate’ for their daughter Ella.

Much of their income is funnelled through their company James and Ola Dance Academy which most just recently had ₤ 774,023 in possessions and ₤ 465,002 after expenses.

They make money by selling signed images for ₤ 9.50 while Ola offers dance lessons to fans at ₤ 300 a pop.

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