Strictly stars forced to slash ticket prices by 80% after failing to sell out tours
ALJAZ Skorjanec and Janette Manrara are the latest Strictly stars to slash ticket prices by 80% after failing to sell out their tour.
Tickets for the couple's May 21 performance at the
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Aljaz Skorjanec and Janette Manrara are the latest Strictly stars to slash ticket prices
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By comparison, fans booking through Ticketmaster are being charged between £34 and £88 for the same event, raising questions about demand and pricing strategy for the show.
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The sudden drop in prices echoes similar recent struggles faced by other Strictly stars with their live events.
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Just last month, The Sun revealed that Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood was forced to
Tickets for his gig at Birmingham's 2,262-seat Symphony Hall, scheduled for April 20, were originally priced between £39 and £89.
But in a last-ditch attempt to fill empty seats, prices were quietly dropped to just £11 on seat-filling site Show Film First - a platform often used by artists and theatre producers to salvage undersold events.
Despite the steep discount, more than a third of tickets were still unsold just hours before Craig took to the stage.
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The evening had promised 'big songs, tall tales, and glamour', as Craig swapped critiques for cabaret to showcase his lesser-known musical talents.
Around the same time,
Inside Strictly couple Janette Manrara and Aljaz Skorjanec's luxury babymoon at Slovenian retreat
Tickets for her tour, A Special Evening with Nadiya, were being
Seats originally priced between £27 and £43 were cut to just £5 in a desperate attempt to fill seats - also through Show Film First.
During the show, Nadiya pledged to lift the lid on her life story and share behind-the-scenes gossip from her time on Strictly, as well as perform some of her most memorable dances from the BBC series.
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Here is a full list of who has been lucky enough to
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Tickets for their London Palladium performance are now available for just £15
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Craig Revel Horwood was forced to slash his tickets by more than 70 per cent
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Nadiya Bychkova faced her own challenges in selling out her 'tell-all' one-woman show
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