The news of his exit was confirmed by the BBC, following a flurry of reports he had made the decision to quit the show.<\/p>\n
Confirming the professionals taking part in this year\u2019s show, Pernice\u2019s name was noticeably missing from the line-up.<\/p>\n
During his tenure on the show, Pernice lifted the Glitterball in 2021 alongside Rose Ayling-Ellis, and found himself in the final on multiple occasions, including in 2015 with Georgia May Foote, in 2017 with Debbie McGee and in 2018 with Faye Tozer.<\/p>\n
Some of his other partners have included Laura Whitmore, Michelle Visage, Ranvir Singh and, most recently, Amanda Abbington.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the BBC has confirmed that Dianne Buswell, Nadiya Bychkova, Graziano Di Prima, Amy Dowden, Karen Hauer, Katya Jones, Neil Jones, Nikita Kuzmin, Gorka Marquez, Luba Mushtuk, Jowita Przystal, Johannes Radebe, Kai Widdrington, Nancy Xu, Carlos Gu, Lauren Oakley, Michelle Tsiakkas and Vito Coppola will all take to the dance floor once more in Strictly 2024.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>The news of Pernice\u2019s departure comes shortly after the Italian dancer denied allegations of \u201cabusive or threatening behaviour\u201d towards his former dance partners, following reports that the BBC had begun an investigation after three ex contestants instructed lawyers.<\/p>\n
Taking to Instagram, Pernice wrote: \u201cTo my dear fans, you will be as surprised as I am that allegations have been made about my dance teaching methods in the media this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course, I reject any suggestion of abusive or threatening behaviour, and I look forward to clearing my name.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n He added: \u201cThose who have followed my journey on Strictly Come Dancing over the last decade will know that I am passionate and competitive. No-one is more ambitious for my dance partners than me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI have always striven to help them be the very best dancers they can be. This has always come from a place of love and wanting to win \u2013 for me and my dance partners. Thank you all again for your continued love and support! Giovanni.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n During last year\u2019s competition, Abbington made the decision to bow out<\/a> just five weeks in, citing \u201cpersonal reasons\u201d.<\/p>\n Long-standing co-host Tess Daly recently teased what\u2019s to come for fans this year as the show reaches a landmark.<\/p>\n Speaking to RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press in the winners\u2019 room at the BAFTA Television Awards<\/a> with P&O Cruises, after the series won the award for Best Entertainment Programme, Daly addressed what to expect.<\/p>\n She said: \u201cIt\u2019s a big year for us.\u201d<\/p>\n A premiere date for Strictly Come Dancing 2024 is yet to be announced, but fans can certainly expect its return in early autumn.<\/p> Strictly Come Dancing will return later this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out more of our\u00a0Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what else is on.\u00a0For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n The BBC has confirmed this year’s Strictly pros, with Pernice noticeably missing from the line-up. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":52961,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/giovanni-pernice-officially-exits-strictly-come-dancing-after-9-years-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/giovanni-pernice-officially-exits-strictly-come-dancing-after-9-years-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/giovanni-pernice-officially-exits-strictly-come-dancing-after-9-years-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/giovanni-pernice-officially-exits-strictly-come-dancing-after-9-years-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/giovanni-pernice-officially-exits-strictly-come-dancing-after-9-years-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/giovanni-pernice-officially-exits-strictly-come-dancing-after-9-years-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/giovanni-pernice-officially-exits-strictly-come-dancing-after-9-years-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The BBC has confirmed this year's Strictly pros, with Pernice noticeably missing from the line-up.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/52960"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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