Karen Clifton and Will Young’s bitter feud and most explosive Strictly fall outs

Strictly Come Dancing has a number of the largest feuds on TV behind the scenes.

Extraordinarily excessive strain to carry out week on week and the exhausting rehearsals take their toll on the relationships between Strictly professionals and their superstar companions.

Feuds have escalated into screaming matches, quitting and even rumours of violence when all of it turns into too heated on the dance ground.

We check out the most-talked about fights within the Strictly ballroom.

Karen Clifton and Will Younger

It is claimed Will Young sensationally give up Strictly in October 2016 due to his fixed clashing along with his skilled accomplice Karen Clifton.

He had been tipped to win the glitterball trophy that 12 months.

However the Pop Idol star was stated to be fed up with being scolded and the lengthy hours have been reported to have left him feeling exhausted.

A supply informed The Mirror on the time: “Karen was simply doing her job, she was coaching him laborious however ultimately he simply didn’t need to maintain getting informed off and corrected on a regular basis.

“It infuriated him. They squabbled a number of occasions throughout rehearsals and it left him feeling exhausted. He simply discovered the entire course of too taxing and did not assume it was value such an enormous effort.”

Karen made no secret of how laborious she pushes her superstar companions in rehearsals as she stated she’s going to prepare for 10 hours a day throughout Strictly.

The Strictly skilled vowed it was necessary to coach for as many hours as attainable.

She beforehand informed Your Healthy Living web site: “Whereas on Strictly I prepare for about 10 hours a day.

“There’s lots of dedication, work and energy that goes into ensuring that your superstar accomplice has the boldness and belief to go on the market and carry out. You attempt to prepare for as many hours as attainable.”

Nonetheless, Will confessed he thought he would do “5 minutes, have a espresso, buy groceries” however in actuality Karen was working him “actually laborious”.

He stated: “Karen is working me actually laborious. I assumed we’d do 5 minutes, have a espresso break, buy groceries.”

Alexandra Burke and Gorka Marquez

Alexandra Burke allegedly waged battle on her skilled accomplice Gorka Marquez for courting rival star Gemma Atkinson in November 2017.

Sources claimed the West Finish star was livid her accomplice was romancing her competitor as she was stated to be involved it may hamper her Strictly journey.

Gorka and Alexandra beforehand admitted that they had full-blown screaming matches whereas they have been rehearsing collectively.

The Spanish dancer admitted the singer introduced out the “beast” in him whereas she claimed he was “scared” of her.

Gorka informed The Sun: “She shouts extra to me than I shout at her. She brings the beast out of me.”

Alexandra added: “He’s terrified of me. There was one time that he stopped mid-dance and I shouted and I screamed at him saying, ‘You are supposed to be a professional, don’t ever cease’. He was like, ‘Whooah, OK woman. I’ll by no means cease once more’.”

Nonetheless, different sources performed down claims of a bitter feud brewing between the pair.

A supply informed MailOnline: “That is simply full nonsense, Alex and Gorka are getting on very well – they’re positively pushing one another within the rehearsal room to be the most effective they are often and create wonderful routines.”

Danny John-Jules and Amy Dowden

Danny John-Jules hit headlines when he allegedly “repeatedly shouted and swore” at his accomplice Amy Dowden in 2018.

It was claimed BBC bosses slapped the actor with a “closing warning” about his “bullying” behaviour in the direction of the dancer throughout rehearsals in November final 12 months.

A supply informed The Sun on the time: “Danny has been actually indignant. He turned up and was ignored virtually by everybody and was livid with Amy. Danny has been fairly vocal that he thinks Amy has intentionally tried to break his popularity.

“Danny has been vocal to members of the manufacturing crew that Amy has actually “turned him over” – and he blames her for them not being booked on the Strictly Tour in January.”

The British singer furiously denied the bullying accusations as he maintained he had behaved as a “skilled” all through his time on the dance present.

Danny insisted he and Amy had by no means had a dialog that wasn’t about dancing.

He stated: “I got here in skilled and I left skilled.

“As many occasions as I had Amy dripping off me and I used to be dripping off her, at no level did we ever have a dialog that wasn’t about dance.”

Others sources downplayed the so-called incident as a “minor disagreement”.

Insiders claimed Danny and Amy had a “powerful week” attempting to excellent their Samba routine which had proved to be difficult.

A Strictly manufacturing supply informed Express.co.uk: “Danny and Amy have had a tricky week attempting to grasp their troublesome Samba.

“They’d a minor disagreement earlier this week however have been shortly again into rehearsals that very same day and had a great rehearsal yesterday.

“They’re excited to carry out collectively tomorrow night time.”

They have been voted off the present that very same week.

Fern Britton and Artem Chigvintsev

Violence was stated to have damaged out between Fern Britton and Artem Chigvintsev whereas they danced on Strictly collectively in 2012.

The TV presenter accused her skilled accomplice of kicking and shoving her whereas he was educating her routines throughout gruelling rehearsals.

Fern dropped the violence bombshell claims whereas she mentioned her Strictly expertise at an occasion hosted by The Times.

She stated: “He would take a look at my toes and simply kick me or shove me. He was like, ‘Shut your face. Go dwelling earlier than I kill you.’

“I might say, ‘Oh please simply kill me, it will be simpler.’ Or what was his different one? ‘Should you go for a cup of tea now, I’ll blow off like an atomic bomb.’ I assumed, properly I gained’t appropriate him on that one.

“We did love one another for a second or two however he wasn’t allure personified. I did sort of get pleasure from it nevertheless it was grim on the identical time.”

Nonetheless, Artem hit again on the sensational claims when he admitted his superstar accomplice’s phrases come as a “shock” to him.

The skilled dancer stated he believed he had handled Fern with “respect and real care” throughout their Strictly journey collectively.

He informed The Irish Examiner: “Latest statements apparently made by Fern, while not reflecting any scenario I recognise, are troublesome to disregard.

“I imagine I handled Fern with respect and real care, and these claims about me are the alternative of the whole lot I imagine in and the particular person I’m.

“I can’t think about what has prompted such statements which come as a shock to me. I simply need to thank all my followers and associates for his or her help and perception in me.”

Gregg Wallace and Aliona Vilani

Gregg Wallace blamed his early eviction on his feud along with his dance accomplice Aliona Vilani in 2014.

The MasterChef star had no qualms dishing the dust on his accomplice as he claimed she did not like him in an interview following their exit.

He informed OK! magazine: “I didn’t notably get pleasure from Strictly. I like dancing, but when I have been paired with anyone who favored me then I might have completed higher.”

However Aliona went onto raise the glitterball trophy along with her subsequent superstar accomplice Jay McGuiness in 2015 earlier than she give up the present.