For viewers tuning into BBC's megahit Strictly Come Dancing, they would be right in presuming that its stars need to be making a large fortune.

Whether it be the steadfast hours of training, or being an on-screen fixture for weeks on end, the show's professional dancers have actually assisted make the series a captivating watch throughout the autumn months.

However, while it has actually been presumed that Strictly professionals must make a quite cent, and years of success, through their time on the show, for many it's an entirely various story.

Pros who have bid farewell to the Strictly dancefloor recently have shared their struggles with piling debts and money woes, with some even facing the possibility of losing their homes.

Recently, Ben Cohen and Kristina Rihanoff end up being the latest stars to be struck by the notorious 'Strictly curse' after their 12-year romance ended in heartbreak. MailOnline then exposed it was the extreme monetary problems they had recently experienced are believed to have been behind their split.

MailOnline peels back the shine behind Strictly stars' incomes to reveal the reality about how for lots of, the cash stops as quickly as the ballroom lights go dark ...

Kristina Rihanoff

How Strictly's popular dancers have ended up in financial obligation - as Kristina Rihanoff's monetary difficulties are blamed for split from Ben Cohen (imagined on the show in 2013)

Kristina previously appeared on Strictly as a professional from 2008 to 2015, making headings when she began a love with her star partner Ben Cohen.

However, in 2015, the couple shared fears that they could lose their home after being struck by cash troubles, with Ben laying bare their financial issues in court.

The degree of the couple's struggles were laid bare in unusual circumstances - throughout a court look last September when Kristina, 47, was caught driving without insurance coverage.

Giving evidence throughout the case, England World Cup winning rugby star Ben, 46, confessed he had mishandled the handling of their vehicle insurance coverage and told how he was 'battling to conserve his relationship and home'.

A friend of the couple told the Mail he said: 'The previous six months have actually been hell for them and it has actually torn the love they had apart. For the sake of their family, they have actually chosen to go forward as separate individuals.

'Those near them who understand them as a couple had hoped they would be able to work things out however for now it's over and it looks like there's no going back.'

The couple were entrusted to debilitating debts after they tilled every cent they had into a yoga studio which plunged into crisis during the Covid pandemic.

In a tortuously frank admission Ben told the court: 'I get up every day and I battle not to lose everything - to lose my automobiles and my home and my relationship. I'm so overdrawn.'

Last year the couple shared fears that they might lose their home after being struck by money problems, with Ben laying bare their financial problems in court (envisioned in 2021)

When questioned about the pressures on his and Kristina's relationship, he said: 'We're still cohabiting. We remain in it economically.

'We stay in business together so the issue is that we opened the service before Covid and we got the worst intensities of it and in all honestly this is simply another issue for me to deal with.

'I've got charge card that are overdrawn. I'm overdrawn in both accounts. We have actually got an organization debt due to the fact that of Covid. It's just another problem.'

The business was noted to be compulsorily struck off on December 27, 2022, but the action was suspended 9 days later on and discontinued on April 28, 2023.

Records also expose that a food services company called Soo Greens Ltd which is 100 percent owned by Soo Yoga Group Ltd was successfully ₤ 6,633 at a loss, taking into consideration future liabilities, in its last accounts for the period ending on July 31, 2020.

The company's represent the year ending in July 2021 have actually still not been filed and are now nearly 29 months overdue.

Another business called Soo Purple Mountain Ltd which is also owned by the Soo Yoga Group, was set up in December 2021 and dissolved by a voluntary strike off in February this year without ever filing accounts.

A 4th business called Soo Group Ltd which was half owned by Cohen and half owned by 3 other individuals was also incorporated and willingly struck off on the exact same dates.

A 5th company called Yoga Wellbeing which is one hundred percent owned by Rihanoff was ₤ 5,041 at a loss, considering future liabilities, at the end of July 2020. Its accounts are also almost 29 months overdue, according to Companies House records.

AJ Pritchard

AJ first increased to fame as a candidate on Strictly Come Dancing from 2016 to 2019, leaving the show simply months before the Covid pandemic (pictured with Saffron Barker in 2019)

But AJ has since shed light on the money concerns some Strictly stars can deal with, and shared that he was plunged into financial obligation when his dance trip was cancelled in 2020

AJ first increased to fame as an entrant on Strictly Come Dancing from 2016 to 2019, leaving the program simply months before the Covid pandemic.

While the star had actually formerly intended to kickstart a brand-new period of dance success by departing the show, the pandemic forced him to cancel his planned dance tour, plunging himself and brother Curtis into debt.

Speaking to MailOnline, AJ clarified the cash concerns some Strictly stars can deal with after leaving the program.

He stated: 'We had a company where we were running our own trip and the trip was interrupted. We paid all of our dancers because, personally, I felt like that was the ideal thing to do. We wound up with a VAT bill which came out of our own pocket.

'We didn't make money, myself or Curtis, however we paid all of our dancers. It's a hard choice to be made, but that's what it is when you are running your own business.

'They definitely did value it. I maybe didn't appreciate the financial obligation that I was left in however, hi, it's a choice that was made.'

AJ said it is hard when a lot of his good friends believe he's a 'millionaire' after starring on Strictly, nevertheless, he explained that after they paid their taxes and VAT, the figure he earns is nowhere near that.

The dancer said: 'I believe a great deal of people anticipate you to go on to Strictly or Love Island and instantly be a millionaire. Once you have actually paid your tax and your VAT, and if you're a minimal company, that's not even close.

'I believe openness is a favorable thing in this day and age, however the majority of people don't truly desire to discuss their finances.

'And I think individuals are captivated by cash. People enjoy to see numbers and love to see nice things, and a great deal of times you need to live within your own ways.'

After leaving programs such as Strictly and Love Island, Curtis and AJ were thrown into a number of big money offers and AJ states some people have no idea how to handle that sort of amount of cash.

Former I'm A Celeb star AJ exposed he and Curtis 'want to make a difference' and have established 'utilizing our own cash' a financial investment business called FINT to assist to 'inform' people.

AJ became extremely open about how in some cases the TV reservations and photoshoots can unexpectedly stop and stars have to find out how to 'adapt' their profession.

AJ said it is hard when a great deal of his buddies think he's a 'millionaire' after starring on Strictly, as after they paid their taxes and VAT, the figure he makes is no place near that

He continued: 'It's actually tough I think in our market, the show business and a lot of other markets today because a lot of individuals are being laid off. It does play on your mental health if you don't have that next job.

'Myself and Curtis have actually invested cash, from my very first salary on Strictly I have actually constantly had actually that money invested into different portfolios. Therefore, if I didn't have a job in 6 months time, I do have cash there that I can draw on if I need it.

'And at the end of the day, there are constantly jobs out there. It's just sometimes having to alter what it is you believe you are going to do and adapt a bit. Adapting is hard however you do need to adapt sometimes.

'It is necessary that people enter into these big programs that they're enjoying however they have an occupation behind them like myself and Curt. We're both expert dancers, we can go all over the world and teach.'

Every day, people are facing the cost of living crisis and AJ admitted he is no various and is frequently snapped back into the 'real life' as he's noticed the remarkable boost in daily items.

He described: 'Every day I'm reminded reality. I pulled up at the petrol pump today and the diesel was 10p more costly due to choices that have actually been made much higher up than my income. That's the real world.

'I resembled, 'What 10p more expensive from the other day to today', like that's insane. I believe people forget, the expense of living and inflation's increased.

'Even when inflation boils down, it does not suggest that it goes back to what it was. Life is going to be tough for a great deal of individuals this year and I do not believe it's going to get any simpler.'

Robin Windsor

Despite drawing in an impressive ₤ 100,000 as a star of Strictly, Robin Windsor unfortunately passed away with just ₤ 879 in his business's service account

Despite pulling in an outstanding ₤ 100,000 as a star of Strictly, Robin Windsor unfortunately died with simply ₤ 879 in his business's organization account.

The dancer was discovered dead in a London hotel in February in 2015, and in the wake of his passing it was revealed his firm had actually not traded for a long time and according to Companies House Records was dealing with an 'active proposition' to be struck off.

The company Happy Feet Creative Limited was owed practically ₤ 5,000 the last time it filed accounts, however owed lenders ₤ 15,000, meaning it was ₤ 8,350 in the red.

At the height of his celebrity in 2015 and 2016 he held more than ₤ 23,000 in the business and advanced himself ₤ 35,000 from the business, which was paid back.

The company had channelled revenues from a 'wide array of agreements to supply carrying out arts services within the media market', documentation stated.

In the months prior to his death, Robin had been working on a Fred Olsen Cruise - alongside fellow Strictly professional Gordana Grandosek Whiddon - and posted photos of himself when the boat docked in South Africa.

Robin formerly informed how he was paid ₤ 100,000 a year during his time on Strictly which concerned an end after the 12th series in 2014.

The dancer was found dead in a London hotel in February, and in the wake of his passing it was exposed his company had not traded for a long time (visualized on the show in 2013)

He likewise remembered one time he earned 'ridiculous cash', informing This Is Money: 'My dance partner and I were once paid ₤ 10,000 each to remain in a luxury resort in Mauritius for a week and dance the at an occasion. Our dance lasted two minutes.'

He remembered in September 2022 that the 'finest' year of his monetary life was 2010, 'my first year on Strictly Come Dancing'.

He stated: 'Suddenly, I was generating income I had actually only dreamt about. I probably made about ₤ 100,000 that year - not just from Strictly however from work off the back of the program such as the trip and personal efficiencies.

'When you're on prime-time TV, everybody desires a little slice of you.'

Discussing his Strictly exit, Robin stated he ended up being so 'bitter' about not being enabled to return that he couldn't bear to see it, and he went into a 'consistent decline' after leaving the show.

Graziano Di Prima

Graziano was considerably sacked by bosses in 2015 following claims of gross misbehavior towards his former superstar partner Zara McDermott

Following his departure from the show, Graziano tried to cash on his looks on the program, with personalised video messages on Cameo

Graziano was as soon as considered a preferred amongst Strictly fans, but in 2015 he was significantly sacked by managers following claims of gross misbehavior towards his former celebrity partner Zara McDermott.

The dancer later on verified and regretted his actions against Zara.

Addressing his exit from the program, a 'ravaged' Di Prima composed on Instagram: 'I deeply are sorry for the occasions that led to my departure from Strictly.

Strictly Come Dancing abundant list: The expert dancers waltzing all the way to the bank after earning MILLIONS thanks to the program

'My extreme passion and determination to win might have affected my training program.

'While appreciating the BBC HR process, I acknowledge it's just best for the sake of the show that I step away. I am saddened that I wasn't enabled to offer a quote to the online newspaper article, and I take on board the level of sensitivity of the situation.

'There's more to this story that I am not able to go over at this time, but I am committed to being strong for my household and friends. I want the Strictly family absolutely nothing but success in the future.'

Following his departure from the show, Graziano tried to cash on his appearances on the show, with personalised video messages on Cameo.

The dancer charged $100 (₤ 78) for a video message, and continued to describe himself as a 'professional dancer on Strictly' on his profile.

And the stars who have capitalized their Strictly success ...

Oti Mabuse

For many fans, Oti is thought about one of Strictly's most successful exports, with the dancer crowned series champ for 2 years in a row, in 2019 and 2020

Ever since, she has actually looked like a judge on Dancing On Ice, and also earned a reported ₤ 200,000 fee for her stint on I'm A Star Get Me Out Of Here! last year

For lots of fans, Oti is thought about one of Strictly's most effective exports, with the dancer crowned series champ for two years in a row, in 2019 and 2020.

The dancer was reported to be on a ₤ 410,000 salary before she left the program in 2022, and because her exit has generated a huge fortune with a string of successful TV gigs.

Since then, she has looked like a judge on Dancing On Ice, and was likewise a panellist on The Masked Dancer, and BBC's The Greatest Dancer, adding to a rumoured fortune of more than ₤ 1.4 million.

Before signing up with the Strictly lineup, Oti also worked as a professional dancer on Strictly's German equivalent, Let's Dance.

Oti is noted as a director of Pure Mabuse Limited, which she set up with her other half Marius Iepure, which was set up in February 2017, and has actually listed assets of ₤ 510,953, according to its latest accounts.

In 2022, Oti likewise signed a big-money offer to work together with Bravissimo on a 'confidence enhancing' underwear variety, and she and hubby Marius also share a ₤ 590,000 London estate.

Between them, Oti and Marius hold ₤ 750,000 of assets in 4 private companies, which they co-own. consisting of the property company, Lionshead, which notched up ₤ 110,582 in properties since in 2015.

And Oti has just contributed to her fortune in current months by appearing on I'm A Star Get Me Out Of Here! where she was supposedly paid a ₤ 200,000 cost.

Kevin Clifton

Kevin Clifton was crowned Strictly champ in 2018 with Stacey Dooley, and after leaving the program in 2020, has moneyed in with a string of phase functions

However, the dancer has previously shared that it hasn't constantly been easy, revealing in 2019 that he used to oversleep his car while attempting to kickstart his performing profession

Since leaving Strictly in 2020, Kevin Clifton has actually taken to the stage, carrying out in Strictly Ballroom, Rock of Ages and War of the Worlds.

His company Supreme Dance declared ₤ 104,993 in its newest possessions with ₤ 42,234 staying after bills.

However, the dancer has actually formerly shared that it hasn't always been easy, exposing in 2019 that he used to sleep in his automobile while attempting to kickstart his performing career, while managing it with a workplace job.

Speaking on his podcast The Kevin Clifton Show, he stated: 'If there's no one there, I'll oversleep my vehicle and after that I can afford two of my dance lessons tomorrow.

'I invested loads of time sleeping in my cars and truck - basically living out of my car - and having no work. It's not all glamour. People think we live these simple, showbiz, glamorous lives and it's not like that.

'There's been times where I was just getting fired from job after job - typical office jobs, simply trying to sustain my dancer career.

'I was basically searching in my wallet going, I've just been fired from another job. I have actually got four lessons tomorrow