Strictly Come Dancing pro dancers who quit and why: Aljaz Skorjanec, Oti Mabuse and more

in 2006 and was partnered with DJ Spoony. Ola competed on the show for a number of years and was even crowned champion in 2009 alongside broadcaster Chris Hollins. The dancer then decided to leave the show in 2015 following series 13 in which she was paired with Iwan Thomas. Soon after, Ola spoke about whether she would return, explaining: "I did ten years and it was full-on. It's six months out of your life to do Strictly without any weekends or days off.

At the time, the BBC said they had offered the dancer a "reduced role" but that James had declined their offer. Since then, he's gone on to do other shows includingKristina Rihanoff In 2008, Kristina Rihanoff joined Strictly and was partnered with former political journalist John Sergeant. However, her first season wasn't exactly a success as John decided to famous withdraw because he believed may have controversially "won it".

Kristina then left the show in 2016 and told HELLO!: "It's a bittersweet situation. I was on Strictly for eight years, and I always love the dancing side of it. But I feel relieved because I wasn't happy towards the end. I'm also sad because I'm going to miss everyone."

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