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Strictly Come Dancing (series 14)
''Strictly Come Dancing'' returned for its fourteenth series with a launch show on 3 September on BBC One, with the live shows starting on 23 September 2016. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman returned as hosts, while Zoe Ball returned to host '' Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two'' on BBC Two. Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, Craig Revel Horwood and Darcey Bussell returned as judges. This was Goodman's final series as head judge. The series was won by BBC Sport presenter Ore Oduba and Joanne Clifton. Oduba became the first champion to have ever landed in the bottom two more than once, and he remains the most recent winner to do so at all. This series also saw Kevin Clifton reach his fourth consecutive final, a 'Strictly' first. Professional dancers On 28 June 2016, the list of professionals who were returning for the fourteenth series was revealed. Professionals from the last series who would not return included last series' and two time professional winner of the show Aliona Vilani, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ore Oduba
Ore Oduba (born 17 November 1986) is a British television and radio presenter who has also worked as an actor. He is best known for winning the fourteenth series of BBC One's ''Strictly Come Dancing'' in 2016. He presented the CBBC news programme ''Newsround'' from 2008 until 2013. In 2018 he hosted the game show '' And They're Off!'' in aid of Sport Relief. In 2019 he began his musical theatre career, starring in the UK tour of '' Grease''. He also appeared alongside Jason Manford in '' Curtains the Musical''. Oduba made his West End debut in January 2020. Early life and education Oduba was born on 17 November 1986 in London, to Nigerian parents and was brought up in Dorset, in southwest England, with his brother and two sisters. He often travelled between the UK and Nigeria, where his father is a leading lawyer. . He was educated at Dumpton School, then Canford School, a co-educational independent school for both boarding and day pupils in the village of Canford Magna, near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Jordan
Aleksandra "Ola" Jordan (''née'' Grabowska; born 30 September 1982) is a British-Polish professional ballroom dancer and model. She appeared as a professional on the British TV show ''Strictly Come Dancing'' from 2006 to 2015. After winning a championship event in her native Poland, Jordan moved to England and began a new partnership with James Jordan. They married on 12 October 2003 and live near Maidstone in Kent. In 2018, she became a judge on ''Dancing with the Stars: Taniec z gwiazdami'' in Poland. Dancing career Jordan has been dancing since the age of twelve when her school advertised a dance club. Before dancing with James Jordan, she had danced with John Lowicki in Poland. She won Poland's Open Championships in 1999 and went on to take 12th place in the following year's World Championships. The first recorded dance by Ola Grabowska and James Jordan as a partnership was in the Dutch Open in 2000, though they did not turn professional until 2003. The couple withdrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadow Chancellor
The Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer in the British Parliamentary system is the member of the Shadow Cabinet who is responsible for shadowing the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The title is given at the gift of the Leader of the Opposition and has no formal constitutional role, but is generally considered the second-most senior position on the opposition frontbench, after the Leader. Past Shadow Chancellors include Harold Wilson, James Callaghan, Edward Heath, Geoffrey Howe, Ken Clarke, Gordon Brown, and John McDonnell. The current Shadow Chancellor is Rachel Reeves, who has held the position since 9 May 2021. She is the second woman to hold the position. The name for the position has a mixed history. It is used to designate the lead economic spokesman for the Opposition. The name 'Shadow Chancellor' has also been used for the corresponding position for the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson. This was a source of humour for Chancellor Gordon Brown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloe Hewitt
''Strictly Come Dancing'' (informally known as ''Strictly'') is a British dance contest show in which celebrities partner with professional dancers to compete in mainly ballroom and Latin dance. Each couple is scored by a panel of usually 4 judges. The title of the show is a continuation of the long-running series ''Come Dancing''. The format has been exported to 60 other countries—under the title ''Dancing with the Stars''—licensed by BBC Worldwide, and led to a modern dance-themed spin-off ''Strictly Dance Fever''. The ''Guinness World Records'' named ''Strictly'' to be the world's most successful reality television format in 2010. The series is currently presented by Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman. Bruce Forsyth co-presented the series with Daly until 2014. The series has been broadcast on BBC One since 15 May 2004, typically on Saturday evenings with a following Sunday night results show. From series 2 onwards, the show has been broadcast in the run up to Christmas. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AJ Pritchard
Alex Joseph Pritchard (born 5 November 1994) is a British dancer and choreographer. In 2013, he auditioned for the seventh series of ''Britain's Got Talent'' along with professional partner Chloe Hewitt, where they reached the semi-finals. From 2016 to 2019, Pritchard appeared as a professional dancer on the BBC One dance series ''Strictly Come Dancing''. In 2020, he participated in the twentieth series of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' Early life Pritchard was born on 5 November 1994 in Sneyd Green, Stoke-on-Trent. He began dancing at the age of 12, and his parents partnered him with Chloe Hewitt from their dance school. He has a younger brother, Curtis, a fellow dance professional, who appears on ''Dancing with the Stars'' in Ireland. Career In 2013, Pritchard and his professional dance partner Hewitt auditioned for ''Britain's Got Talent''; the pair eventually reached the live semi-finals. In September 2018, Pritchard took part in BBC's ''Celebrity MasterChef'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Britain's Got Talent (series 7)
The seventh series of British talent competition programme ''Britain's Got Talent'' was broadcast on ITV, from 13 April to 8 June 2013; because of England's international friendly with the Republic of Ireland that year, the show took a break on 29 May to avoid clashing with live coverage of the match. Because of the work schedule of Stephen Mulhern, host of ''Britain's Got More Talent'', filmed auditions had to be pushed back to mid-January that year, while no guest judge was brought in despite the absence of Simon Cowell for an audition session. Following the previous series, the programme's format was given a minor amendment - the cash prize offered to winners was reduced to £250,000 from this series onwards. The seventh series was won by shadow theatre troupe Attraction, the first foreign national participant to win the competition and finishing in first place and comedian Jack Carroll finishing in second place. During its broadcast, the series averaged around 10.4 million ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oksana Platero
Oksana (Dmytrenko) Platero ( ua, Оксана Дмитренко) is a Ukrainian ballroom and Latin dancer. She spent five seasons as a member of the troupe on Dancing with the Stars in the United States. She joined the United Kingdom's Strictly Come Dancing as a professional dancer in series 14. Early life Oksana Dmytrenko was born on 29 October 1988 in Ukraine. Dmytrenko's father left the family when she was five years old, leaving her mother, Inna, to raise Oksana as a single parent. The family lived in the city of Kharkiv where Inna sold clothing. At age six, Inna enrolled Dmytrenko in dance lessons. Dmytrenko has one younger brother, who was born in Ukraine after Oksana moved to the United States. In 2017, she joined ''Mira Quien Baila'' as a professional dancer in season 5. Career Oksana began competing as a Latin and ballroom dancer with partner Artem Plakhotnyi and later Igor Kantsedal. In 2004 she began partnering with Aleksandr Altukhov. The pair first competed fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancing With The Stars (U
''Dancing with the Stars'' is the name of various international television series based on the format of the British TV series ''Strictly Come Dancing'', which is distributed by BBC Studios, the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the format has been licensed to 60 territories. Versions have also been produced in dozens of countries across the world. As a result, the series became the world's most popular television programme among all genres in 2006 and 2007, according to the magazine ''Television Business International'', reaching the Top 10 in 17 countries. The show pairs a number of well known celebrities with professional ballroom dancers, who each week compete by performing one or more choreographed routines that follow the prearranged theme for that particular week. The dancers are then scored by a panel of judges. Viewers are given a certain amount of time to place votes for their favorite dancers, either by telephone or (in some countries) online. The couple with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorka Márquez
Gorka Márquez (; born 4 September 1990) is a Spanish professional dancer, best known for appearing on the British dance show ''Strictly Come Dancing''. Early life Márquez began dancing at the age of 12, and in 2010 he represented Spain at the World Latin Championships, before reaching the semi-finals of the 2012 World DanceSport Federation World Cup. In 2014, Márquez joined the touring live dance show ''Burn the Floor'' as one of their leads, performing with the dance company all over the world. ''Strictly Come Dancing'' In 2016 Márquez became a professional dancer on the BBC ballroom dancing show ''Strictly Come Dancing'' for its fourteenth series. He was partnered with ''EastEnders'' actress Tameka Empson, and they were eliminated in week three of the competition. In 2017, he returned in the show's fifteenth series. He was partnered with singer and former ''The X Factor'' winner, Alexandra Burke. They reached the final, finishing as joint runners-up. With Burke, Márque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burn The Floor
Burn the Floor is a live dance show which has performed around the world, including on Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway in New York City and the West End of London, West End in London. Since 1997, Burn the Floor has performed in over 130 countries worldwide. The show has also featured several alumni of various international versions of ''Strictly Come Dancing'' and ''So You Think You Can Dance''. Origin On April 7, 1997, Elton John's 50th birthday party included a 10-minute performance from a group of ballroom dancers. The birthday party is credited with starting the idea for Burn the Floor. Following John's party, Australian producer Harley Medcalf spent two years developing the idea. Medcalf brought a showcase of ballroom dance to an Elton John Aids fundraiser two years later. Among the talent Medcalf recruited for his stage show included a choreographer, Anthony Van Laast, and Australian ballroom dancers Jason Gilkison and Peta Roby. By 2000, the show played a two night stint at R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Jones (dancer)
Neil Jones (born 4 May 1982) is a British dancer and choreographer, best known for his role as a professional dancer in the BBC One dance series '' Strictly Come Dancing''. Dance career Jones began dancing at the age of three. He has danced ballet and trained in tap, modern, ballroom and Latin styles. He has represented Finland, the Netherlands and the UK during the course of his competitive career. He holds 45 dance championship titles, including 8 times British National, 8 times Dutch National, European and 4 times World Latin Champion including World Latin Showdance Champion. With his partner Katya Jones he was introduced at Blackpool in 2008. The couple became undefeated four-time British National Champions, and the three-time winners of the World Amateur Latin Championships. Katya Jones is also a professional dancer who also appears on the BBC celebrity dancing show '' Strictly Come Dancing''. In 2016 he appeared in series 14 of ''Strictly Come Dancing''. He was not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katya Jones
Katya Jones (born Ekaterina Andreevna Sokolova; rus, Екатерина Андреевна Соколова; 12 May 1989) is a Russian dancer and choreographer. She is best-known for being a professional dancer in the competition show ''Strictly Come Dancing'', which she won in 2017 with her dance partner Joe McFadden. In the 2020 series, Jones was paired with the retired professional and Olympic champion boxer Nicola Adams, the first same-sex couple to compete in the UK competition's format. Early life She was born in Sestroretsk, near Leningrad, Soviet Union, and started dancing at the age of six, training in gymnastics as well as Ballroom and Latin-American dancing. Her father is a senior oil company executive and her Korean mother is a graduate in engineering. ''Strictly Come Dancing'' In 2016, Jones became a professional in the BBC ballroom dancing show ''Strictly Come Dancing'' for its 14th series. Jones was partnered with the former Shadow chancellor, Ed Balls. For the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
