FURIOUS Strictly Come Dancing pros have hit out at judges’ demands for an inflation-busting 11 per cent pay rise.
The dancers have been firing angry messages in their WhatsApp group in the wake of The Sun’s revelations yesterday.
They are also now considering asking for a pay bump too after it emerged head judge Shirley Ballas, reportedly on £500,000 a year, could receive an extra £55,000.
In contrast, the pros — who often train for up to ten hours a day, six days a week — receive a flat fee of £35,000.
Earlier tonight, an insider said: “The pros are seething.
They work their a***s off for three months of the year, while the judges swan in on a Saturday, watch some nice dancing and air their thoughts.
“A few of the dancers mooted the idea of staging their own protest.
“But they are well aware there’s a cost of living crisis and they all love and are appreciative of their jobs.”
The BBC is said to be standing firm over demands by Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke.