Flavia and Vincent Argentine Tango

Then they split up and Flavia fell deeply in love with the woman star lover in 2007 show, previous EastEnders actor Matt di Angelo.

The distraught Vincent — just who calls himself the Italian Stallion — discovered another person, in which he along with his brand-new girlfriend Susan Duddy have a child boy. However, there was clearly a bit of a blip when it was uncovered that Vincent have been having an affair with fellow purely professional performer Kristina Rihanoff.

At the same time, he and Flavia proceeded to dance collectively skillfully.

Today Flavia and Matt are not any longer something, but she and star Jimi Mistry — with whom she was paired in Strictly’s 2010 show — tend to be romantically included, despite the woman fix not to love another partner on program.

Earlier this month Flavia and Vincent began a British tango trip together, which each night leaves them in each other’s arms, entwines their particular legs and tosses them into enthusiastic on-stage kisses.

Their on-stage biochemistry sizzles, and, as word spreads, some theatres are stating that Midnight Tango — which matches these with ten of world’s best performers — is their quickest offering tv show of 2011.

So how does it work between them? Is it possible to divorce yourself from steamy clinches, ignore your enthusiastic history and continue to be detached while carrying out the world’s sexiest dance?

Partners: Flavia gets close and private with brand-new beau Jimi Mistry after splitting up with old fire Matt di Angelo, right

Flavia, 32, claims: ‘We love both and maintain both more than such a thing, but we became a lot more like sibling and cousin. We’d realized all we’d attempt to in competitive dance, but there is some thing missing.

‘But I experienced tunnel eyesight. You would have experienced hitting me on the head with a hammer before I’d have seen anything was wrong with our commitment.’

Vincent, in addition 33, acknowledges he'd been envious of just who she could be partnered with when they signed up to Strictly in 2006. That first year, though, Flavia ended up being combined with Jimmy Tarbuck, whom the Italian Stallion decided had been no hazard.

The next 12 months, their great concern had been the darkly brooding Welsh television presenter Gethin Jones, therefore Vincent was relieved when she ended up being paired with 20-year-old Matt di Angelo. ‘This one is a child, ’ Vincent reflected at that time. ‘He’s maybe not Flavia’s kind.’

But he was wrong. Flavia says: ‘Meeting Matt unsealed my eyes. For 11 many years Vincent and I also have been together, we’d never ever also gone to the cinema or off to supper, because we were always rehearsing.

‘So whenever Matt took me away, I thought: “Wow, that is an effective boyfriend.”

‘It had been an entire shock to believe method about Matt. Vincent and I also was competitors performers since our teens and things had gone on from there.

Kicking off: Flavia and Matt became closer after which romantically involved during shows for the BBC show

‘Earlier that summer time we’d separated, but while we were divided, we’d however gone on vacation with my family. He’d been my first boyfriend and I also had been sheltered and shy, because my life was focused on dance.

‘Matt ended up being a plus — I hadn’t likely to love him. It was hard explaining to Vincent the way I was experiencing.’

Vincent agrees. ‘It was a difficult time. We had invested so many intense years together, imaginable how difficult it absolutely was for us. Although our love ended up being on / off, i possibly could never imagine united states being aside. But I happened to ben’t aggravated with Matt; it had been only sad in my situation and Flavia.

‘however it was constantly destined to end because we invested all-day and night with one another dancing. After that we became sluggish without realising it, and rather than practising, we’d say: “Let’s perhaps not bother.” ’