Champ Oti set for next Strictly
STRICTLY dancer Oti Mabuse has kept her place on the show despite being caught up in a ballroom “scandal” with partner Kelvin Fletcher last year.
BBC bosses yesterday announced she will be back this autumn with the other 16 professionals – except Kevin Clifton who quit last week.
Oti will be relieved learn she is back.
There had been fears she might be sidelined after she and ex-emmerdale star Kelvin Fletcher made headlines over their close friendship.
BBC chiefs frown on such publicity as Strictly is billed as a family show.
The pair – who are both married – won the 2019 series but their victory was overshadowed by rumours about their relationship even though they insist they are just good friends.
All the other Strictly dancers, including 53-yearold original pro Anton Du Beke, who came third in the last series alongside partner, Eastender Emma Barton, will return. to ★
ANT and Dec share a joke in front of a crowd including Prince Charles.
The telly duo were dressed in their best suits on stage at the London Palladium.
The Geordie pair were appearing at the Prince’s
Trust Awards bash to honour inspiring young people.
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But entertainers at the event all avoided handshakes with the prince on the red carpet due to the coronavirus threat.
Instead celebs including
The Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, used the Indian “namaste” gesture to avoid physical contact.
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Charles also used the traditional greeting when he met former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan.