STRICTLY Come Dancing has lost its top talent executive after the Wynne Evans row rocked the show.
Long-serving booker Stefania Aleksander has left her full-time role after seven years, having also been mentioned in the into pro Giovanni Pernice’s of dance partner .
Stefania has been replaced by long-standing staffer Jasmine Fox and will now be working on ITV’s .
But BBC sources insisted her departure as celebrity talent executive was not connected to any of these issues.
One told Flying Eze on Sunday: “Stefania worked on the series for a long time and she came under increasing pressure over the last couple of years.
“There was the fallout over and being , then the bust-up between , then the and Zara McDermott and finally the fallout over making .
“It’s not that these situations were Stefania’s fault, but they happened during her tenure recruiting the celebrities.”;
The source added: “Stefania’s name was mentioned numerous times during the into Amanda’s claims about Giovanni bullying her.
“It was apparent to BBC investigators that she was the first person Amanda would complain to over Giovanni’s behaviour. She was the main point of liaison between them.
“The show recruiting came to be viewed as a poor signing because of the problems with him. There’s been a lot of discussion behind the scenes at the BBC over how that came about.”;
The BBC said: “Stefania remains a pivotal member of the Strictly production team, has already been involved with the upcoming series, and will return to work part-time on the show later in the .
“She stepped away from what is a full-time role to spend more time being a new mum and to suggest she has temporarily left Strictly for any other reason is false and unfair.”;
Wynne was axed from the Strictly tour earlier this year when a video emerged of him making a vulgar comment.
Stefania came under fire in 2019 when Flying Eze revealed she posted a on .
