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How Strictly’s Popular Dancers have Ended up In Debt

For audiences tuning into BBC’s megahit Strictly Come Dancing, they would be best in assuming that its stars need to 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 actually assisted make the series a captivating watch throughout the fall months.

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

Pros who have actually bid farewell to the Strictly dancefloor recently have shared their struggles with piling financial obligations and money woes, with some even dealing with the prospect of losing their homes.

Recently, Ben Cohen and Kristina Rihanoff end up being the current stars to be hit by the infamous ‘Strictly curse’ after their 12-year love ended in heartbreak. MailOnline then exposed it was the serious financial problems they had actually just recently experienced are thought to have actually lagged their split.

MailOnline peels back the glitter behind Strictly stars’ paychecks to expose the truth about how for numerous, the cash stops as soon as the ballroom lights go dark …

Kristina Rihanoff

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

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

However, last year, the couple shared worries that they could lose their home after being struck by money troubles, with Ben laying bare their monetary problems in court.

The level of the couple’s battles were laid bare in unusual situations – during a court look last September when Kristina, 47, was captured driving without insurance coverage.

Giving proof throughout the case, England World Cup winning rugby star Ben, 46, confessed he had actually made a mess of the handling of their vehicle insurance plan and informed how he was ‘battling to conserve his relationship and home’.

A good friend of the couple informed the Mail he stated: ‘The previous 6 months have been hell for them and it has torn the love they had apart. For the sake of their family, they have picked to move forward as different individuals.

‘Those near them who understand them as a couple had hoped they would be able to work things out but for now it’s over and it appears like there’s no going back.’

The couple were entrusted to crippling debts after they tilled every penny 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 fight not to lose everything – to lose my cars and trucks and my house and my relationship. I’m so overdrawn.’

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

When questioned about the stress on his and Kristina’s relationship, he said: ‘We’re still cohabiting. We’re in it economically.

‘We’re in organization together so the issue is that we opened the service before Covid and we got the worst severities of it and in all honestly this is simply another issue for me to handle.

‘I’ve got charge card that are overdrawn. I’m overdrawn in both accounts. We have got a service debt due to the fact that of Covid. It’s just another issue.’

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

Records also reveal that a food services business called Soo Greens Ltd which is 100 percent owned by Soo Yoga Group Ltd was efficiently ₤ 6,633 at a loss, taking into account future liabilities, in its last represent the period ending on July 31, 2020.

The company’s accounts for the year ending in July 2021 have still not been submitted and are now almost 29 months overdue.

Another business called Soo Purple Mountain Ltd which is likewise owned by the Soo Yoga Group, was established in December 2021 and liquified 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 3 other individuals was likewise included and voluntarily struck off on the exact same dates.

A fifth business called Yoga Wellbeing which is one hundred percent owned by Rihanoff was ₤ 5,041 at a loss, considering future liabilities, at the end of July 2020. Its accounts are likewise almost 29 months overdue, according to Companies House records.

AJ Pritchard

AJ initially rose to fame as an entrant on Strictly Come Dancing from 2016 to 2019, leaving the program just months before the Covid pandemic (pictured with Saffron Barker in 2019)

But AJ has considering that clarify the cash concerns some Strictly stars can face, and shared that he was plunged into debt when his dance tour was cancelled in 2020

AJ first increased to fame 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 formerly wanted to start a brand-new era of dance success by departing the program, the pandemic forced him to cancel his scheduled dance tour, plunging himself and bro Curtis into debt.

Speaking to MailOnline, AJ clarified the cash woes some Strictly stars can face after leaving the show.

He said: ‘We had a business where we were running our own trip and the tour was interrupted. We paid all of our dancers because, personally, I felt like that was the best thing to do. We ended up with a barrel costs which came out of our own pocket.

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

‘They definitely did appreciate it. I possibly didn’t appreciate the financial obligation that I was left in however, hey, it’s a choice that was made.’

AJ said it is hard when a lot of his buddies think he’s a ‘millionaire’ after starring on Strictly, nevertheless, he explained that after they paid their taxes and VAT, the figure he earns is nowhere near that.

The dancer said: ‘I believe a great deal of individuals expect you to go on to Strictly or Love Island and immediately be a millionaire. Once you’ve paid your tax and your VAT, and if you’re a limited business, that’s not even close.

‘I think transparency is a favorable thing in this day and age, however the majority of people don’t actually want to discuss their financial resources.

‘And I think people are interested by cash. People like to see numbers and love to see nice things, and a great deal of times you need to live within your own means.’

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 handle that type of sum of cash.

Former I’m A Celebrity star AJ exposed he and Curtis ‘wish to make a distinction’ and have actually established ‘using our own cash’ a monetary investment company called FINT to help to ‘inform’ individuals.

AJ became really open about how sometimes the TV reservations and photoshoots can suddenly stop and stars need to find out how to ‘adjust’ their profession.

AJ said it is hard when a lot of his friends believe he’s a ‘millionaire’ after starring on Strictly, as after they paid their taxes and VAT, the figure he makes is no place near that

He continued: ‘It’s really difficult I believe in our market, the home entertainment market and a great deal of other markets right now because a great deal of people are being laid off. It does play on your psychological health if you don’t have that next job.

‘Myself and Curtis have invested money, from my very first pay check on Strictly I’ve always had actually that money invested into different portfolios. Therefore, if I didn’t have a task in 6 months time, I do have cash there that I can make use of if I require it.

‘And at the end of the day, there are always jobs out there. It’s simply often having to alter what it is you believe you are going to do and adjust a bit. Adapting is tough however you do need to adjust sometimes.

‘It’s essential that people enter into these big programs that they’re enjoying but they have a profession behind them like myself and Curt. We’re both expert 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 ‘genuine world’ as he’s seen the dramatic increase in everyday items.

He discussed: ‘Every day I’m reminded truth. I pulled up at the petrol pump today and the diesel was 10p more costly due to choices that have actually been made much higher up than my paycheck. That’s the genuine world.

‘I was like, ‘What 10p more costly from yesterday to today’, like that’s crazy. I believe individuals forget, the cost of living and inflation’s gone up.

‘Even when inflation comes down, it does not imply that it goes back to what it was. Life is going to be hard for a lot of individuals this year and I do not think it’s going to get any simpler.’

Robin Windsor

Despite drawing in an outstanding ₤ 100,000 as a star of Strictly, Robin Windsor tragically passed away with simply ₤ 879 in his business’s organization account

Despite pulling in a remarkable ₤ 100,000 as a star of Strictly, Robin Windsor tragically passed away with simply ₤ 879 in his business’s business account.

The dancer was found dead in a London hotel in February last year, and in the wake of his passing it was exposed his firm had actually not traded for a long time and according to Companies House Records was dealing with an ‘active proposal’ to be struck off.

The business Happy Feet Creative Limited was owed nearly ₤ 5,000 the last time it filed accounts, however owed creditors ₤ 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 company and advanced himself ₤ 35,000 from the business, which was paid back.

The business had actually transported earnings from a ‘wide range of agreements to provide carrying out arts services within the media market’, documentation stated.

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

Robin previously told how he was paid ₤ 100,000 a year during his time on Strictly which concerned 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 company had not traded for a long time (visualized on the show in 2013)

He also recalled one time he earned ‘ridiculous money’, telling This Is Money: ‘My dance partner and I were when paid ₤ 10,000 each to remain in a high-end resort in Mauritius for a week and dance the cha-cha-cha at an occasion. Our dance lasted two minutes.’

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

He said: ‘All of a sudden, I was generating income I had actually just dreamt about. I most likely made about ₤ 100,000 that year – not simply from Strictly however from work off the back of the show such as the tour and personal performances.

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

Discussing his Strictly exit, Robin said he ended up being so ‘bitter’ about not being enabled to return that he couldn’t bear to see it, and he went into a ‘consistent decrease’ after leaving the show.

Graziano Di Prima

Graziano was significantly sacked by employers last year following claims of gross towards his former celeb partner Zara McDermott

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

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

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

Addressing his exit from the show, a ‘ravaged’ Di Prima wrote on Instagram: ‘I deeply regret the events that resulted in my departure from Strictly.

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‘My extreme passion and determination to win might have impacted my training regime.

‘While appreciating the BBC HR process, I acknowledge it’s only best for the sake of the program that I step away. I am distressed that I wasn’t allowed to offer a quote to the online newspaper article, and I take on board the level of sensitivity of the situation.

‘There’s more to this story that I am not able to talk about at this time, but I am committed to being strong for my friends and family. I wish 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 customised 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 many fans, Oti is thought about one of Strictly’s most effective exports, with the dancer crowned series champion for 2 years in a row, in 2019 and 2020

Since then, she has actually appeared as a judge on Dancing On Ice, and also earned a reported ₤ 200,000 cost for her stint on I’m A Star Get Me Out Of Here! last year

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

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

Since then, she has actually looked like a judge on Dancing On Ice, and was likewise a panellist on The Masked Dancer, and BBC’s The Greatest Dancer, adding to a rumoured fortune of more than ₤ 1.4 million.

Before signing up with the Strictly lineup, Oti likewise worked as a professional dancer on Strictly’s German equivalent, Let’s Dance.

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

In 2022, Oti also signed a big-money offer to team up with Bravissimo on a ‘self-confidence boosting’ underwear range, and she and partner Marius likewise share a ₤ 590,000 London estate.

Between them, Oti and Marius hold ₤ 750,000 of properties in four private business, which they co-own. consisting of the residential or commercial property company, Lionshead, which notched up ₤ 110,582 in possessions since last year.

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

Kevin Clifton

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

However, the dancer has actually previously shared that it hasn’t constantly been simple, revealing in 2019 that he utilized to sleep in his automobile while trying to kickstart his performing profession

Since leaving Strictly in 2020, Kevin Clifton has taken to the stage, carrying out 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 remaining after expenses.

However, the dancer has previously shared that it hasn’t constantly been easy, revealing in 2019 that he used to oversleep his vehicle while attempting to kickstart his carrying out career, while juggling it with a workplace job.

Speaking on his podcast The Kevin Clifton Show, he said: ‘If there’s no one there, I’ll sleep in my automobile and then I can afford two of my dance lessons tomorrow.

‘I spent loads of time oversleeping my car – basically living out of my car – and having no work. It’s not all glamour. People believe we live these simple, showbiz, attractive lives and it’s not like that.

‘There’s been times where I was just getting fired from task after task – normal workplace jobs, just trying to sustain my dancer career.

‘I was generally searching in my wallet going, I’ve just been fired from another job. I have actually got 4 lessons tomorrow; I currently can’t spend for 2 of them.

‘I’m going to need to blag it with the instructor and say,” Oh, there’s been an issue at the bank. I’m going to have to give you the cash on my next lesson.” James and Ola Jordan

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

James Jordan left Strictly in 2013 with his spouse Ola following fit 2 years lateer.

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

The couple have cashed in on their joint weight loss recently, establishing a physical fitness website called Dance Shred where they charge ₤ 12.99 monthly to subscribe.

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

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

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

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