Janette Manrara reportedly dated two other Strictly Come Dancing stars before marrying husband Aljaž Škorjanec.
The 38-year-old dancer retired from her professional ballroom role on the show last year and instead took up a presenting gig alongside host Rylan Clark on the spin off programme It Takes Two.
While her last routine on the BBC stage had been emotional, Janette had always wanted to try her hand at hosting on television.
The champion dancer has also had much success when it comes to relationships while working at the broadcasting giant.
Although Janette and husband Aljaž had met at a dance studio in London 2009, it is believed the pair became an item in 2011 two years before he won his first year with model Abbey Clancy.
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However before they were officially couple, Janette reportedly had other relations with two other co-star of the glitzy show – pro dancers – Pasha Kovalev and Artem Chigvintsev.
Speaking about Janette’s romance with Pasha at the time, a source told the Mirror in 2013: “She enjoyed a brief romance with Pasha.
“None of the relationships went very far or lasted for a long time.
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“Now they are all good friends and can laugh and joke about it, which is fortunate because they will be working very close together.
“Janette is obviously a very attractive woman but she’s very into Aljaz now. They have been together for two years and do everything together.”
It seems fate had other plans for the dancers, with Artem now dating Nikki Bella, who is a professional wrestler and Pasha married his on-screen celebrity partner Rachel Riley.
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The Countdown bombshell and Pasha share two children together – Maven, age two, and Noa, who was welcomed into the world in November last year.
More recently Aljaž and his American native wife Janette, appeared on ITV’s Lorraine discussing how emotional it was for Janette to hang up her dancing shoes last year.
Janette explained that she had begged show bosses for one last special dance for months before they told her she would be dancing live with her husband to Ed Sheeran’s performance on the programme.
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Christine Lampard who was standing in for usual presenter Lorraine, said: “That must have been emotional for you guys right? Dancing along to Ed?”
“We were in tears after. It was such a special moment and one we will never forget,” added Aljaz.
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