Unless she's watching the other side.

I don' think Ola or Kristina will be returning next year .

I would be gutted to see that happen

I've just surprised myself by realising I'd miss Ola more than Kristina If Ola wasn't married to James I think people might be more willing to accept that in general Ola does quite a good job 'showcasing' her celebs.

I'm surprised she stayed when James got the boot. He's not helped her cause, with the constant derogatory comments about the judges, other pros and celebs.

It's a shame she's leaving as she's a great dancer. Looking back at her celebs, she's not always had the most gifted dancer... I know she won with Chris, but that was surprising.

Let me guess ..... quoting The Sun?

Not necessarily from the link that I found:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/t...rdan-quit.html


Looks more like they mean that she announced it mid-series (ignoring the fact that it's only an annual contract of course)

I do not think there is a clause where you can go mid season as all of the pro dances are learnt in the summer with them all being there, also you are expected back for the final with your partner and I am guessing for random ITT appearences too.

She obviously has left to grab the headlines amid the show being on, however it was the worst day to do it as it turned out as people were far more concerned for those who lost their lives in Paris then some jumped up publicity whore.

Its certainly not front page news, but I hope it's correct - can't stand her.

Wouldn't bother me a bit if she went. It would also save us from the gob in the background pontificating about her partners, marks etc.

Has she confirmed or denied it officially?

I'm wondering if they just gave her the night off if she wasn't in the pro dance.

I wondered that too. If the Pro dance is ballroom based for example, it would make sense for Jo Clifton to be in it, and as there is a "spare" lady Pro, perhaps Ola was left out of this one.

There isn't a spare is there? There are 8 of each (M/F) but they're not always in the all the pro dances.

Eg. Natalie and Anton weren't in the chess one.

Kristina wasnt there either and tweeted she wasnt needed for the pro dance, only four were usedd.

Perhaps but as I don't watch the show in that much detail I don't even know how many are in it, or were to start with. We'll have to wait and see if Ola turns up to Blackpool next week.

James is constantly dragging her down; I used to like them as a couple but I have gone off them as a couple. He is not doing her any favours.

Ola is one of my favorite pros ; I have 3 : Aliona, Ola and Kristina. I will be disappointed to see her go but I wouldn't be surprised if this rumour turn out to be true . Maybe it's for the best .

Slightly Off-topic but I hope Kristina stays next year; if she leaves as well, I will only have Aliona left

Surely if she had quit, James would be posting about it on twitter? He's certainly not shy about airing his views on there.

I was thinking the same to be honest. Not all pros are in every dance, every week. Is it just unfortunate timing?

James hasn't got on his high horse on Twitter saying that it's all rubbish, so maybe there's a bit of truth to it. I'd be surprised if she went mid series though. I thought letting the pro's who aren't needed have a night off instead of being rent-a-mob was quite nice really. TBH I'm not bothered if she's not there next year, she hasn't really been present lately, as if she were just going through the motions.

I'm almost certain that once we get to the stage where there are as many spare pros as contestants they start giving them some nights off so you can see all the contestants. Then when you are down to 4 they bring them all back in again to create a crowd.

Ola is a beautiful dancer, her moves flow naturally and you can sense her love of dancing.

But I guess it's time to move on. I just hope we still get to see her somewhere.

Aliona will be the only eye candy left

I'm sure you are wrong.

I remember the subject of the professional dancers' contracts on the show being brought up on ITT last year. Zoe Ball was interviewing Anton Du Beck on his future on the show as a professional dancer after leaving the competiton and according to him, all the professionals sign an one year contract.

So if I have got my facts right here, I have a tendency to get my facts wrong If Ola has indeed left the series prior to its conclusion, then she is under contract and I can also imagine the producers won't be very happy with her doing that.

Ola was still under contract to the BEEB when she had her accident whilst in training for a non-BEEB show.
I still cannot fathom out how she got away with that.

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