A Strictly Come Dancing skilled left the BBC present 5 years in the past – however now he is again.
Kevin Clifton joined Strictly in 2013 and remained a part of the glitter insanity till 2019, after successful the coveted glitterball glory with Stacey Dooley in collection 16.
The dance companions grew to become actual companions and now share their younger daughter Minnie after getting collectively shortly after their massive win.
Kevin, 42, initially introduced his departure from Strictly by thanking the present and his fellow skilled dancers for ‘inspiring’ him, and vowed to depart ‘on a excessive’ by transferring into a brand new chapter.
Nonetheless, it appears he nonetheless has plenty of love for the present that launched him to fame after returning to the studio this week.
Final evening the Grimsby-born choreographer took to his Instagram Story with a photograph taken within the studio.
He shared the photograph and not using a caption on his socials, leaving Strictly fanatics questioning what he was as much as after apparently capturing the photograph from behind the judges’ desk.
His submit will little doubt ship followers right into a frenzy as Strictly viewers have lengthy said that issues are actually ‘not the identical’ with out him.
What was clear from the photograph, nevertheless, was that the wheels have been in full movement to arrange the studio for Halloween week, with spooky decorations on show all over the place.
Tonight the likes of Shayne Ward, Tasha Ghouri, Pete Wicks, Chris McCausland and Jamie Borthwick return for week 6, performing routines in Halloween apparel for Strictly’s extremely anticipated spooky particular.
Viewers are handled to the primary Argentine tango of Sarah Hadland’s collection, as Sam Quek performs a Time Warp jive and Wynne Evans channels Jamiroquai for his salsa.
They’re all determined to maintain their locations within the competitors after Paul Merson was despatched residence final week – and maybe they’re going to really feel the added stress of a former Strictly legend watching within the crowd?
Kevin actually would not be the primary former Strictly professional to return to the ballroom, as Oti Mabuse was noticed within the crowd final weekend after choreographing an expert quantity.
Beforehand talking about Strictly reaching 4 finals in a row, Kevin spilled some glitzy beans on what goes on behind the cameras.
In 2021, the dancer hinted at a feud between a pair as an expert ‘apparently made it clear’ that they did not like their well-known companion.
He continued: ‘It would not occur usually, [but] I’ve seen it.
‘I will not identify names, however I’ve seen somebody who wasn’t pleased with their mixture and he made that very clear.’
Nonetheless, Kevin, who has beforehand labored with the likes of Susanna Reid, Louis Redknapp and Susan Calman, has at all times made it clear he would return to Strictly when the time was proper.
“Would you return, Kev?”, he was as soon as requested in a Q&A by a fan.
He replied, “Sure, somebody requested me this.
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‘I by no means say by no means. Strictly talking, I felt like I used to be leaving on the proper time.
“I have been on the present for seven years and there is plenty of issues I do, it is not simply ballroom dancing.”
He added: “I’ve finished plenty of theater and stuff, and I really like singing and performing and all that different stuff, and so it has been an ongoing dialog with Strictly that I wish to discover another issues.”
Strictly Come Dancing continues tonight at 6:25pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
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