The contestants of Strictly Come Dancing have been warned they are going to be given the boot if they’re caught snogging within the upcoming sequence.
For months, the 2020 sequence of the long-running BBC dance competitors has been placing plans in place to permit the present to securely return amid the continued coronavirus pandemic.
However even the very best laid plans typically go awry, and already Strictly is going through a Covid disaster – with just a little over two weeks earlier than the 18th sequence is because of kick off.
Singer and former CBBC presenter HRVY – actual identify Harvey Cantrell, 21 – sparked an alert when he examined constructive for the Covid-19 virus this week.
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And now anxious BBC bosses are mentioned to be doing all the things they’ll to forestall additional infections – together with banning stars from kissing.
A supply instructed The Solar: “Whereas a lot of the execs are coupled up, there’s by no means any ensures about what may occur.
“HRVY has been fairly open concerning the reality he’s recreation for a little bit of romance. However clearly, within the present local weather, we don’t need him mingling exterior of his bubble or placing himself — or others — at any danger.”
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And it appears the BBC will likely be taking a ‘zero tolerance’ strategy.
The supply claimed: ”Celebs caught within the act have been instructed they face being chopped from the present. It’s a case of 1 strike and so they’re out.”
Producers and executives might have their work reduce out for them, nonetheless, as Strictly famously suffers from a relationship and marriage wrecking “curse”.
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Many excessive profile break-ups have occurred attributable to star contestants {and professional} dancers falling for one another behind the scenes after spending days on finish with their our bodies pressed up towards one another in rehearsals and on stage.
Whereas comic Seann Walsh and Katya Jones are only one instance of a pairing who have been caught locking lips in public again in 2018.
The duo noticed their skilled relationship lapse into a private one – regardless of each being in romances with different folks.
