BBC Strictly's Johannes Radebe issues four-word response over rumours he's leaving series

Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Johannes Radebe has hit back at rumours that he's quitting the BBC series.

Johannes posted a video on Instagram on Thursday night from the rehearsal room with his Olympian partner Montell Douglas where he was adamant that he won't be leaving the show anytime soon.

He said: "I'm not going nowhere! The story isnt true - I love @bbcstrictly and I want to do this beautiful show for as long as they want me - and the body will allow. I have Kinky Boots and other work in the pipeline yes but nothing will take me away. Love you all Jojo Xx"

Rumours have been circulating around the 37-year-old South African dancer quitting after this series ends. Johannes and Montell have remained near the top of the leaderboard throughout the competition, but fans were gobsmacked when the couple ended up in the dreaded dance-off on Sunday after performing an emotional Waltz to Whitney Houston’s classic hit, I Will Always Love You.

However, they were saved by the judges who unanimously voted to send Sam Quek and Nikita Kuzmin home instead. Since the shock result, Johannes has posted to social media revealing his thoughts about the dance-off.

“Being in the dance off is pretty awful when you suddenly realize the fun time dancing and laughing might be cut short with your new beautiful friend, who you've become obsessed with...it's a horrendous feeling,” he wrote alongside a snap of him and Montell dancing the waltz.

On Strictly It Takes Two earlier this week he admitted how tough it had been and said he was "crumbling". He told host Fleur East: “I found myself crumbling at the thought of not being in the same room with her (Montell) on Monday and figuring out a dance.

“To be honest with you I cried and she was there saying ‘it’s not over, the music is not over’. That day the teacher-student dynamic changed completely and I felt like we were partners at that moment and it showed us that we wanted to be here.”

Strictly Come Dancing is on BBC One and BBC iPlayer