May 16: Giovanni Pernice sensational ends Strictly Come Dancing after nine years on the program.

May 17: Giovanni will be center of an official investigation after three former partners – believed to be Amanda Abbington, Laura Whitmore and Ranvir Singh – lodged complaints with the BBC.

June 16: Giovanni drops one official statement promising to clear his name and denies wrongdoing.

July 8: Strictly confirm Aljaz Skorjanec returns to the serieswho replaces Giovanni, having first quit the show two years ago.

July 10: Amanda Abbington launches new legal proceedings to obtain the rehearsal footage from her time with Giovanni, after he allegedly refused to release the videos.

July 13: Graziano Di Prima has been axed from Strictly for “gross misconduct” after footage of his treatment of Zara McDermott came to the attention of the BBC.

Graziano quickly broke his silence, He apologized for his behavior in a statement, saying he “deeply regrets it”, adding that his “intense passion and determination to win may have affected his training schedule.”

July 15: Strictly bosses implement new duty of care protocolsincluding having a companion present during all rehearsals.

July 16: Zara McDermott is speaking out publicly for the first time. She says that while the production team were “fantastic to work with”, she found the rehearsal space “completely different”, confirming that there is footage of “certain situations”.

July 19: Anton Du Beke is was spotlighted for its “1970s setting” and treatment of female celebrity stars, notably after referring to 2009 partner Laila Rouass as a “p***” after getting a spray tan.

July 21: Paralympian Will Bayley, who has arthrogryposis in his limbs, revealed that he was encouraged to jump off a table during a dance routinedespite fear. The stunt caused an injury that forced him to pull out of the show.

July 22: MasterChef’s Gregg Wallace admits that he broke down in tears and got a nasty stress rash in the face during his time on Strictly in 2014.

July 22: Despite ongoing problems have Strictly professional actors begin rehearsals for this year’s series.

July 23: Celebrity agent Melanie Blake claims she was sexually assaulted by an unnamed professional dancer while playing backstage on the show, and claims she witnessed ageism, rudeness and rough treatment to the detriment.

July 23: Strictly is forced to increase security after “an intruder scales the wall in the rehearsal studio”.

July 23: Breaking his silence on the ongoing allegations against Strictly, BBC boss Tim Davie says he is “deeply saddened”, adding: “Hundreds of people, whether they’re pros, contestants or crew have been part of it and had a brilliant experience.

“At the same time if someone thinks there was something wrong or if they want to talk about their experience then of course we want them to raise it with us. Don’t be in doubt that we will take it seriously, listen and deal with it appropriately . “

July 24: Strictly 2023 star Krishnan Guru-Murthy gives a bombshell interview with Amanda Abbington on Channel 4 News, in which she claims she was bullied, with some of “degradation of a sexual nature”.

July 27: Laura Whitmore releases a statement about her Strictly experienceand said “I thought my experience was specific to me but I have since learned I was wrong”.

She adds that she is not part of the official complaint, but has come forward to support Amanda with the BBC, along with others.

July 28: Laila Rouass speaks out against the accusations regarding Anton Du Bekesays she “never felt pressured” by him and “personally insisted on six to seven hours of exercise a day”.

August 10: Graziano breaks his silence on his Strictly ax and says “these vile, false accusations have ruined my life.”

He also told about ‘shocking’ end to his friendship with Zara McDermott.

We revealed that too Amanda Abbington was also quizzed for the second time as Strictly execs recruited 15 new staff to oversee rehearsals.

August 11: Just as the investigation was expected to conclude, Amanda made a dramatic intervention. Giovanni was about to be cleared until Amanda submitted more text messages.

August 24: Graziano Di Prima called in top lawyers to sue the BBC and try to clear his name. He recruited big hitters Whitestone Chambers to fight his corner.

A source said: “They have also looked at his BBC contract and believe there are grounds to sue.”

At the same time the BBC too delayed the release of the results of the probe to Giovanni Pernice. The Sun revealed that the outcome of the three-month investigation was unlikely to be announced until August.

September 13th: Wins Strictly Best Talent Show at the National Television Awards

September 14: Strictly Come Dancing returned to TV – without Giovanni AND without the results of the survey being revealed.

September 30: BBC apologizes to Amanda over Strictly bullying scandal – but Giovanni is cleared of almost all allegations of abuse.

Amanda released a statement saying she is not happy with the outcome, while Gio shared his joy.

October 22: Giovanni returns to UK TV for an interview about Lorraine and talks about clearing his name.