Brendan Cole claims there are always plenty of love affairs on Strictly Come Dancing and most of them ‘haven’t been found out.’
The 47-year-old dancer – who appeared in 15 series of the hit BBC talent show before leaving in 2018 – has insisted sparks often fly between the professionals and their celebrity partners and many of the flirtations turn into romance – but he’s adamant most of them stay secret.
Speaking to The Sun, he explained: ‘Show me a series where there hasn’t been a little bit of love magic. Generally, every year something happens between a dancer and a contestant.
‘I’ve been in series where five or six little love connections have been happening and most of them haven’t been found out.’
Brendan went on to insist romance between the dancing partners is to be expected because of the amount of time they spend together and the tactile nature of dancing.
He added: ‘In that particular environment, where you are hands-on with each other 24/7, there’s a little excitement between two people.’
It comes after previous contestant HRVY declared the so-called Strictly curse is ‘real’ in an exclusive chat with Metro.co.uk.
The 24-year-old music star – who appeared on the BBC show in 2020 – explained: ‘I know it’s real. I’m not going to say any more than that, but as someone who’s done the show – I’m not saying that I’ve experienced it firsthand myself – but I may have seen … It’s definitely a real thing.
‘People talk about it and it’s like a bantering thing and I thought the same thing until I did it and then was like, “Wow, yeah.”‘
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HRVY – whose real name is Harvey Cantwell – even likened Strictly to ITV dating show Love Island.
He explained: ‘It could be the intimacy of dancing. It could be the fact that you’re with a group of people for weeks and weeks and weeks.
‘You could almost say it’s like Love Island but you’re not on an island, you’re in a dance studio but it’s definitely real.’
One of the most significant cases of the Strictly curse of recent years occurred in 2018 when comedian Seann Walsh was photographed kissing his professional partner Katya Jones.
Katya was married to fellow dancer Neil Jones at the time, while Seann was in a relationship with actor Rebecca Humphries.
In 2018, television presenter Stacey Dooley won the sixteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing with her partner, Kevin Clifton.
The couple confirmed they were in a relationship by April of the next year and announced last year they were expecting their first child.
After ending Strictly as runners-up in 2018, Joe Sugg and Dianne Buswell got together following much speculation about the state of their relationship.
Dianne split from her boyfriend, Emmerdale actor Anthony Quinlan while taking part in the competition.
In November 2013, Countdown star Rachel Riley announced that she was separating from her husband, Jamie Gilbert, who she met at university.
Later that year, she and her Strictly dance partner Pasha Kovalev started dating. They married in 2019 and have two daughters together.
Elsewhere, pro dancers Kai Widdrington and Nadiya Bychkova, while former contestants Tyler West and Molly Rainford have appeared to go public with their romance.
Most recently, John Whaite, who competed in the 2021 series of Strictly, has opened up about ‘falling in love’ with his professional partner Johannes Radebe, while in a relationship.
Strictly Come Dancing continues on Saturday on BBC One and iPlayer.
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