TASHA Ghouri is the latest star to be hit by the Strictly curse – after splitting from her boyfriend Andrew Le Page.
Reality TV star Tasha danced with Aljaž Škorjanec during the last series of the show and will dance in the BBC show's nationwide tour which starts on Friday.
Pals said Tasha, 26, and Andrew, 29, who started dating after meeting on Love Island in 2022, quietly split earlier this month.
She has since set up a profile on celebrity dating app Raya – and included pictures of herself from her Instagram account which she originally posted on December 19.
A source said: “Tasha was madly in love with Andrew but the cracks started to show when she appeared on Strictly.
“She gave her all in that competition. Her focus was purely on her dances with Aljaz and that drove a wedge between them as time went by.
“Now she’s going off on tour she’s going to be away from Andrew again.
“They talked about ending their relationship at the start of January and she’s heading out on the Strictly tour as a single woman.”
A friend close to Tasha confirmed the pair had “hit a rocky patch” and said they had broken up.
Tasha’s Raya profile describes herself as a “Northern girly” who is “always smiling and laughing”.
She uploaded new photographs of herself in a red dress which she posted on Instagram in December with the caption: “Christmas party.”
Before appearing on Strictly last year, Tasha told The Sun she wasn’t worried about the show’s curse – which has seen a number of the contestants splitting from their other halves over the show’s 20-year run.
She said in September last year: “Andrew, to me, is the hottest man on this whole planet.
“Me and Andrew trust each other 100 per cent.
“It’s not a make-or-break for us. We’re going to breeze through this because we’re going to marry each other one day, you know?
“It doesn’t bother us at all. We didn’t have a discussion about ‘the Strictly curse’ because we trust each other.
“It doesn’t play on our mind.”
On January 1, Tasha posted love hearts on a photograph posted on Instagram by Andrew with the caption: “2025 let’s get it.”
Tasha will take to the dancefloor on the Strictly live shows for the first time on Friday at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena.
She is paired with Aljaz, who is married to former Strictly pro Janette Manrara.
Estate agent Andrew and model Tasha were firm favourites on Love Island after they fell for each other in series eight.
She made history as the first ever deaf contestant to appear on the hit ITV show.
The pair moved in together in London just weeks after leaving the show and in February last year bought a new house together which they had been renovating.
