Dianne Buswell and Chris McCausland, who reportedly have been barred from working together once the season premieres in late September, are now facing a ban on collaboration.
Due to the tight schedules Strictly Come Dancing requires, Dianne Buswell and Chris McCausland, who were the winners of Strictly last year, are reportedly “not allowed” to collaborate this year.
Chris was the first blind contestant on the show, so it was a historic partnership between the professional dancer and comedian last year. They eventually prevailed, and along the way they developed a lovely friendship. Since then, they have co-hosted a podcast called Winning Isn’t Everything, which makes reference to what Dianne’s father had in mind when she first teamed up with Chris.
On Friday (19 September), the day before Strictly’s launch show, Chris took to X, formerly known as Twitter to share a worrying update about the podcast. A fan wrote: “Chris!! Your podcast can’t be ending, I spend all week wishing it was Thursday. We were robbed with a shorter one too this week.”
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Chris responded by stating that it was, regrettably, something that was possible. He said, “It’s a possibility.” “At the moment, it doesn’t seem like Dianne will be permitted to do it through Strictly,” Dianne said.
Couples can sometimes spend hours in the rehearsal room during the strictly scheduled rehearsals, which are a common occurrence. Fans have previously expressed concern for Dianne’s well-being because they were concerned about her putting herself through such a demanding schedule given that she just announced she is pregnant.
The Australian dancer took to social media last week to share that she and partner Joe Sugg – who she danced with on Strictly in 2018 – are expecting their first child together. She is the first person to compete on the show whilst pregnant and is said to be taking the Strictly and all its rehearsals at her own pace with regular breaks.
Every employee who works on Strictly adheres to duty of care and welfare guidelines, according to an insider. There will be frequent breaks and rest/warm-up periods throughout the rehearsal, which will have been planned by Dianne and tailored to the partner’s pace.
For her pregnancy announcement, Dianne and Joe uploaded a video to their social medias. Fittingly set to the Elton John son Tiny Dancer, the two set up a canvas and pretended to paint before swivelling the picture around to reveal a painting of three stick figures. One represented Dianne, with her signature red hair, another represented Joe and a third, much smaller stick figure represented their baby.
The painting’s top also had “2026,” but that was the only information they provided regarding the due date. Joe’s caption did, however, reveal a baby id. The YouTuber continued with the video, “Our little boy, we can’t wait to meet you.”
Dianne and Joe made it to the final when he appeared on Strictly, but were beaten to the glitterball by Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton, who are also in a relationship now. Dianne has been in the final a total of three times, the third being with EastEnders’ Bobby Brazier. However, she has only won the once.
She also won a BAFTA for her most recent series, which’s waltz in “You’ll Never Walk Alone with Chris” was chosen as the year’s most memorable performance.
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