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How Strictly’s Popular Dancers have actually Wound Up In Debt

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

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

However, while it has been presumed that Strictly must make a quite cent, and years of success, through their time on the show, for most it’s a wholly various story.

Pros who have bid farewell to the Strictly dancefloor over the last few years have shared their battles with piling debts and cash issues, with some even dealing with the prospect of losing their homes.

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

MailOnline peels back the glitter behind Strictly stars’ incomes to expose the truth about how for lots of, the cash stops as quickly as the ballroom lights go dark …

Kristina Rihanoff

How Strictly’s popular dancers have actually ended up in debt – as Kristina Rihanoff’s financial troubles are blamed for split from Ben Cohen (visualized on the show in 2013)

Kristina previously appeared on Strictly as an expert from 2008 to 2015, making headings when she started a romance with her celeb partner Ben Cohen.

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

The level of the couple’s struggles were laid bare in unusual circumstances – during a court appearance last September when Kristina, 47, was caught driving without insurance coverage.

Giving evidence throughout the case, England World Cup winning rugby star Ben, 46, admitted he had actually bungled the handling of their automobile insurance coverage and told how he was ‘combating to save his relationship and home’.

A friend of the couple informed the Mail he said: ‘The previous 6 months have been hell for them and it has actually torn the love they had apart. For the sake of their household, they have actually chosen to move forward as separate people.

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

The couple were entrusted to crippling financial obligations after they ploughed every penny they had into a yoga studio which plunged into crisis throughout the Covid pandemic.

In a tortuously frank admission Ben told the court: ‘I get up every day and I fight not to lose whatever – to lose my cars and trucks and my house and my relationship. I’m so overdrawn.’

In 2015 the couple shared worries that they could lose their home after being struck by money woes, with Ben laying bare their monetary concerns in court (imagined in 2021)

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

‘We stay in business together so the problem is that we opened the business before Covid and we got the worst severities of it and in all honestly this is simply another problem for me to handle.

‘I have actually got charge card that are overdrawn. I’m overdrawn in both accounts. We have got a company debt because of Covid. It’s simply another issue.’

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

Records also reveal that a food services company called Soo Greens Ltd which is 100 per cent owned by Soo Yoga Group Ltd was effectively ₤ 6,633 at a loss, taking into consideration future liabilities, in its last accounts for the duration ending on July 31, 2020.

The business’s accounts for the year ending in July 2021 have still not been submitted and are now nearly 29 months past due.

Another company called Soo Purple Mountain Ltd which is likewise 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 submitting accounts.

A 4th business called Soo Group Ltd which was half owned by Cohen and half owned by 3 other people was also integrated and willingly struck off on the same dates.

A 5th company called Yoga Wellbeing which is one hundred percent owned by Rihanoff was ₤ 5,041 in the red, taking into consideration future liabilities, at the end of July 2020. Its accounts are likewise almost 29 months past due, according to Companies House records.

AJ Pritchard

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

But AJ has considering that shed light on the cash woes some Strictly stars can deal with, and shared that he was plunged into debt when his dance trip was cancelled in 2020

AJ first rose to fame as a participant on Strictly Come Dancing from 2016 to 2019, leaving the program simply months before the Covid pandemic.

While the star had previously intended to start a new era of dance success by leaving the show, the pandemic required him to cancel his planned dance trip, plunging himself and sibling Curtis into debt.

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

He stated: ‘We had a company 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 right thing to do. We wound up with a barrel bill which came out of our own pocket.

‘We didn’t get paid, 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 possibly didn’t value the financial obligation that I was left in however, hi, it’s a decision that was made.’

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

The dancer stated: ‘I think a lot of people expect you to go on to Strictly or Love Island and instantly be a millionaire. Once you’ve paid your tax and your VAT, and if you’re a minimal company, that’s not even close.

‘I believe transparency is a favorable thing in this day and age, however the majority of people don’t truly want to talk about their finances.

‘And I believe people are captivated by money. People like to see numbers and love to see nice things, and a lot of times you need to live within your own ways.’

After leaving shows such as Strictly and Love Island, Curtis and AJ were tossed into a number of huge cash offers and AJ says some individuals have no concept how to manage that kind of amount of cash.

Former I’m A Celebrity star AJ exposed he and Curtis ‘want to make a difference’ and have actually set up ‘utilizing our own cash’ a financial investment company called FINT to help to ‘inform’ people.

AJ ended up being really open about how often the TV reservations and photoshoots can all of a sudden stop and stars have to learn 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 makes is no place near that

He continued: ‘It’s truly hard I believe in our industry, the entertainment market and a great deal of other markets right now since a lot of people are being laid off. It does play on your mental health if you do not have that next job.

‘Myself and Curtis have actually invested money, from my really first salary on Strictly I’ve constantly had actually that money invested into different portfolios. Therefore, if I didn’t work in six months time, I do have money there that I can draw on if I need it.

‘And at the end of the day, there are always tasks out there. It’s just in some cases having to alter what it is you believe you are going to do and adjust a bit. Adapting is hard but you do have to adapt in some cases.

‘It is essential that people enter into these huge shows that they’re enjoying but they have an occupation 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 cost of living crisis and AJ confessed he is no different and is regularly snapped back into the ‘real life’ as he’s noticed the remarkable increase in everyday products.

He described: ‘Every day I’m reminded truth. I brought up at the fuel 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 pricey from yesterday to today’, like that’s insane. I think individuals forget, the cost of living and inflation’s gone up.

‘Even when inflation comes down, it doesn’t indicate that it goes back to what it was. Life is going to be tough for a great deal of individuals this year and I do not believe it’s going to get any simpler.’

Robin Windsor

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

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

The dancer was discovered dead in a London hotel in February in 2015, and in the wake of his passing it was revealed his firm had actually not traded for some time and according to Companies House Records was dealing with an ‘active proposition’ to be struck off.

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

At the height of his celeb in 2015 and 2016 he held more than ₤ 23,000 in the company and advanced himself ₤ 35,000 from the company, which was repaid.

The company had directed earnings from a ‘wide range of contracts to offer performing arts services within the media industry’, paperwork stated.

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

Robin formerly told 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 discovered dead in a London hotel in February, and in the wake of his passing it was exposed his firm had actually not traded for a long time (imagined on the show in 2013)

He likewise remembered one time he made ‘ridiculous money’, telling This Is Money: ‘My dance partner and I were when 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 2 minutes.’

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

He said: ‘Suddenly, I was generating income I had actually only dreamt about. I probably made about ₤ 100,000 that year – not simply from Strictly however from work off the back of the program such as the tour and personal efficiencies.

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

Speaking about his Strictly exit, Robin stated he became so ‘bitter’ about not being allowed to return that he could not bear to enjoy it, and he went into a ‘steady decline’ after leaving the program.

Graziano Di Prima

Graziano was drastically sacked by bosses 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 looks on the show, with customised video messages on Cameo

Graziano was once considered a favourite among Strictly fans, however last year he was considerably sacked by bosses following claims of gross misbehavior towards his former celeb partner Zara McDermott.

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

Addressing his exit from the program, a ‘devastated’ Di Prima wrote on Instagram: ‘I deeply are sorry for the events that caused my departure from Strictly.

Strictly Come Dancing abundant list: The professional dancers waltzing all the way to the bank after earning MILLIONS thanks to the program

‘My extreme passion and determination to win might have affected my training routine.

‘While respecting the BBC HR process, I acknowledge it’s just best for the sake of the program that I step away. I am distressed that I wasn’t permitted to offer a quote to the online news stories, and I take on board the level of sensitivity of the scenario.

‘There’s more to this story that I am not able to discuss at this time, however I am committed to being strong for my family and good friends. I want the Strictly household absolutely nothing however success in the future.’

Following his departure from the program, 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 refer to himself as a ‘expert dancer on Strictly’ on his profile.

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

Oti Mabuse

For lots of fans, Oti is considered among Strictly’s most successful exports, with the dancer crowned series champ for two years in a row, in 2019 and 2020

Ever since, she has actually looked like a judge on Dancing On Ice, and also earned a reported ₤ 200,000 charge for her stint on I’m A Star Get Me Out Of Here! in 2015

For lots of fans, Oti is considered among 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 wage before she left the show in 2022, and because her exit has generated a huge fortune with a string of effective TV gigs.

Ever since, she has appeared as 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 also worked as an expert dancer on Strictly’s German equivalent, Let’s Dance.

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

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

Between them, Oti and Marius hold ₤ 750,000 of possessions in 4 personal companies, which they co-own. including the home company, Lionshead, which notched up ₤ 110,582 in possessions as of last year.

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

Kevin Clifton

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

However, the dancer has actually previously shared that it hasn’t always been simple, exposing in 2019 that he utilized to sleep in his cars and truck while attempting to kickstart his performing profession

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

His firm Supreme Dance stated ₤ 104,993 in its most current assets with ₤ 42,234 staying after costs.

However, the dancer has previously shared that it hasn’t constantly been simple, exposing in 2019 that he used to sleep in his vehicle while attempting to start his carrying out career, while juggling it with a workplace task.

Speaking on his podcast The Kevin Clifton Show, he said: ‘If there’s no one there, I’ll sleep in my automobile and after that I can afford 2 of my dance lessons tomorrow.

‘I invested loads of time oversleeping my car – essentially living out of my automobile – and having no work. It’s not all glamour. People think we live these simple, showbiz, glamorous lives and it’s not like that.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The couple have capitalized their joint weight-loss in current years, establishing a fitness site called Dance Shred where they charge ₤ 12.99 per month to subscribe.

The set offered their Kent estate for ₤ 2.5 million previously this year and have actually given that downsized to a home more ‘ideal’ for their child Ella.

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

They make additional money by offering signed photos for ₤ 9.50 while Ola uses dance lessons to fans at ₤ 300 a pop.

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