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BBC bosses are split over whether to dump Anton Du Beke and bring Bruno Tonioli back to the Strictly panel.
Du Beke was brought in as a judge on a temporary basis after Tonioli stood down from the role because Covid restrictions meant he could not appear both on the show and its US version, Dancing With The Stars.
He had previously flown between Los Angeles and England for the two programmes.
Sources at the BBC say that his decision to choose the role in the States, which is understood to pay him in the region of £800,000 rather than the £250,000 he was getting for his Strictly duties, means that some chiefs think their loyalty should lie with Du Beke.
Anton Du Beke was brought in as a judge on a temporary basis after Tonioli stood down from the role
They also fear that Anton might quit the show, which he has appeared on as a professional dancer since its inception, if he is axed from the judging panel.
However, others view Tonioli as a Strictly superstar who is both adored and missed by the show's ten million viewers.
An insider told The Mail on Sunday: 'The BBC are in a real quandary here. Anton has been so loved and such a pro, so it seems wrong to get rid of him. It seems disloyal, but then it was Bruno's job.
'It would be going a bit far to suggest there is a row going
