Pointless: Joanne Clifton reveals she may make Strictly return
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Joanne Clifton won the hearts of the nation after landing a spot on the Strictly Come Dancing professional line-up in 2014. However, the dancing champion parted ways with the show in 2017 after taking home the Glitterball trophy.
People sometimes get a little bit too opinionated and too passionate about it
Joanne Clifton
The Grimsby born star, 37, decided to leave the BBC One competition after she was crowned the winner alongside Newsround’s Ore Oduba.
Joanne performed on the programme alongside Radio One DJ Scott Mills, Ore and ITV’s Judge Rinder throughout her three-year stint.
With dancing comes intimate contact with a dance partner due to routines such as the tango or samba.
However, since Strictly first aired on BBC back in 2004, several dancing pros and their celebrity partners have found themselves at the centre of the famous “Strictly curse” conspiracy theory.
Addressing the theories that dancers often engage in affairs with their partners, Joanne exclusively told Express.co.uk: “It’s just like comes with the job, doesn’t it.
“Just let everybody have their own ideas, we just get on with it we’re too busy on Strictly to even bother with hearing all these rumours and stuff when literally, it’s go, go, go seven days a week for the pros.”
Detailing their hectic schedule, Joanne added: “On Sundays, we have to choreograph and the celebrities get the day off and stuff but we have to choreograph seven days a week, we’ve got our pro rehearsals for the groups.
“We’ve got our music act rehearsals, as well, we’ve got all kinds of stuff going on.”
The dancer who specialises in Latin and ballroom continued: “We’ve got to film It Takes Two, we’ve got to film the interviews of how last week went, how we think the next week is going to go and how training is going.
“We’ve got to film the little videotape that’s on just before we do the dance, and it’s just absolutely jam-packed and there’s just no time to even bother about any all of these conspiracy theories and all that.”
Speaking about one conspiracy that still stands fresh in her mind, Joanne revealed that she and brother Kevin Clifton were left bewildered after seeing social media speculation.
She explained: “There was a thing on one of our first my first years where me and Kevin were apparently Len Goodman’s God-children, and that’s why we’ll be doing well, it’s absolutely bizarre the things that people think and come up with.”
Joanne claims that viewers at home “forget” that Strictly serves as an “entertainment” show rather than a dance competition.
“The Strictly fans are absolutely amazing, they get so passionate about it and sometimes, you know, when a couple who is not as good keeps getting through, it’s because the public are voting for them because they want to be entertained.
“They want to go, ‘Oh, how, how is this person going to muck up this time?’ and stuff like that.”
She added: “It’s just it’s an entertainment programme and just, people sometimes get a little bit too opinionated and too passionate about it.”
The dancer who is currently appearing in Eurobeat: The Pride of Europe admitted that it is “tough” for both the professional dancer as well as their celebrity pairing.
Joanne who recently completed writing her own musical alongside A1 star Ben Adams added: “You have to choreograph as well and you know, it’s a tough job and we work blooming hard.
“We’ve got all the pro dances as well but all the group dances, sometimes two a week on the theme weeks and stuff like that, plus, if we’re dancing to a music act coming in, it’s literally just on the go all the time.”
Since bidding farewell to Strictly, Joanne has gone on to take the leading role of Millie Dillmount in the UK tour of Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2017, following in the footsteps of Amanda Holden and Donna Steele.
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