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Former Strictly Come Dancing professional Aljaz Skorjanec has called for the BBC to put\u00a0Neil Jones with a celebrity partner more often, after he missed out again this year. Despite being on the show for eight years, the dancer has only ever had two partners, Alex Scott in 2019, and Nina Wadia in 2021.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Express.co.uk, former winning profesional Aljaz said Neil is one of the only Strictly stars he still speaks to after leaving the show last year, and wishes he was given more of a chance. He spilled: “Neil, I still speak quite a lot to now because he’s just had a little baby girl who is absolutely beautiful.<\/p>\n
“I wish we would’ve seen him more. I think he’s such a cool and funny guy. He has this really lovely personality. It’s a shame that we haven’t seen more of him really.<\/p>\n
“I think he’s a tremendous dancer as well, he’s a world champion, he’s a Blackpool champion, when I was a part of it he was the only one really, him and Katya [Jones], that had those big titles.<\/p>\n
“Nadiya [Bychkova] has them in all ten dances, but Neil and Katya were kind of the only ones who were excelling on an amateur level out of the professionals. I hope and I wish that he gets more chances on the Strictly floor, I think he definetly deserves it.”<\/p>\n
Read More… <\/strong> Taylor Swift enjoys birthday eve night out with A-list pals but not Travis Kelce<\/strong><\/p>\n After viewers learned he wasn’t a part of the pairings earlier this year, many took to social media to hit out about the decision. One wrote: “What does Neil have to do to get a partner? Robbed us again of seeing one of the best male pro dancers and choreographers.” A second echoed: “Very miffed that Neil hasn’t got a partner again.”<\/p>\n A third added: “What does Neil have to do to get a partner?! Flaming Nora!” Neil, 37, said of the decision: “If anyone makes a joke and we do joke around with each other a lot it’s still I won 45 titles… four-times world champion… 15 times British… I have done it all, I don’t need it.<\/p>\n “The guys know it as well and they really respect me, and they will even make the joke when something happens, ‘but Neil is a four-time world champion’ and they have never won any of those events,” he added to Mail Online.<\/p>\n Don’t Miss… <\/strong> ![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/79\/590x\/secondary\/Neil-Jones-5113233.jpg?r=1702470906730\")
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