Giselle Peacock burned and bitter over ex-husband Artem Chigvintsev

 Giselle Peacock and her ex-husband Artem Chigvinstev

Giselle Peacock, the ex-wife of Strictly Come Dancing's Artem Chigvinstev had some harsh things to say about him after he took come the top prize with his now girlfriend Kara Tointon.

She said: “He was a sweet, skinny Russian boy when I met him but he became more and more obsessed with fame, success and money. Kara can have him. She’s welcome to him.”

Artem allegedly seduced Giselle into marriage to get his green card in America and dumped her as soon as he found success on So you think you can dance.

“He literally disappeared out of my life and started staying with a friend. He stopped taking my calls. He never even went back to my dad’s house to pick up his clothes. I was left to pay his outstanding bills and cancel dance lessons he had scheduled with his students.

I remember their audition and I was surprised that he had been married before. I could tell from their Youtube video, Giselle seemed to the one more into him. I think she is the one that always loved him more.


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Although, she does come across as an bitter ex, I think there's truth to her story. I think he did use her and dump her without saying a word as soon as he got rich and famous.

Interestingly enough, Artem dated Dancing with the Stars judge, Carrie Ann Inaba, 14 years his senior  for two years and she confessed “I’m more the bread-winner right now but I think things will change.”

Despite of her rant against her ex, she does appear to have moved on. “We’ve decided to leave the past behind us. We’re older now and life has moved on.”

Denys Drozdyuk returns to competition!

 Denys and his partner Antonina in Blackpool 2010

Photo credit:Volgyi Attila

The winner of So you think you can dance Canada, Denys Drozdyuk returned to ballroom competitions with his partner Antonina Skobina almost immediately after the show.

Denys has been compared to the great ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev. I do see the resemblance.

                                       

Denys in a photo shoot                                                      The late Rudolf Nureyev
Photo credit: CTV                                              Photo credit: Rudolf Nureyev Foundation

I love this dancer because he is different from previous ballroom contestants on SYTYCD. Most of them quit competition and end up doing shows or dancing with celebrities on Dancing with the Stars or Strictly Come Dancing. Some good examples of ex-contestants that have gone to reality TV or just shows are Pasha Kovalev and Anya Garnis, Artem Chigvintsev, Chelsie Hightower and Lacey Schwimmer.

In this interview with Hanna Kattunen with Dancesportinfo, she explain her opinion on this.

"Some people, some dancers choose to go there and choose not to develop their own dancing anymore. So, from our point of view, it is a loss of some great dancers but it is also an opportunity for some of them, who, for instance, might not have been able to make the Blackpool final, to make their dancing successful for them, in a different form."

Denys seems to be all about the dancing. Unlike other dancers, he's not following the quick and easy money, but he is continuing to develop his dancing. His first result back was lower than what I expected considering he was Top 59 at Blackpool this year, but this makes sense because he did spend months away from ballroom training.

Here's a montage of his brilliance on the show



I hope Denys continues competing and staying true to dancing.