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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 WDSF World Formation Latin Championships, 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 Strictly Come Dancing (series 14), fourteenth series. He was partnered with ''EastEnders'' actress Tameka Empson, and they were eliminated in week three of the competition. In 2017 Márquez returned in the show's Strictly Come Dancing (series 15), fifteenth series. He was partnered with singer and former '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soccer Aid
Soccer Aid is an English annual charity event that has raised over £106 million in aid of UNICEF UK, through ticket sales and donations from the public. The televised event is an exhibition-style football match between two teams, England and the Soccer Aid World XI (formerly Rest of the World (ROW) until 2018), composed of celebrities and former professional players representing their countries. It is the only mixed-sex match officially sanctioned by The Football Association. Event details ''Soccer Aid'' was initiated in 2006 by Robbie Williams and Jonathan Wilkes. It initially took place every two years, but since the 2018 edition it is now held annually. The television broadcast is produced by Initial and distributed by Endemol Shine Sport, a Dutch company that distributes Dutch Eredivisie coverage. Television coverage began on ITV on 22 May 2006 in a show presented by Ant & Dec. Dermot O'Leary took over as main presenter in 2010. The ROW/World XI team narrowly leads ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasha Ghouri
Natasha Amber Ghouri (, born 11 August 1998) is a British model, dancer, author and television personality. She was born in Thirsk and was deaf from birth. Having taken up ballet at the age of 3, she became a commercial dancer and fashion model, appearing in the music video for "More Than Words" by Sleepwalkers featuring MNEK and a cast of Hard of Hearing dancers, and initially attracted attention for modelling earrings for ASOS. Her appearances on the eighth series of '' Love Island'', on which she and Andrew Le Page finished joint-fourth, brought her numerous ambassadorial roles, and she later launched a podcast, ''Superpowers with Tasha'', and released a book, ''Hits Different''. In 2024, she spent a week as the Dictionary Corner guest on ''Countdown'', and later that month, the BBC reported that she had gone viral on TikTok after uploading a Get Ready With Me video to TikTok using her deaf accent. She was a contestant and runner-up on Series 22 of ''Strictly Come Dancing' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punam Krishan
Punam Krishan (born 28 May 1983) is a Scottish doctor, TV personality and author. Born in Glasgow, she married Sandesh Gulhane and took a post at a medical partnership but left after burning out and became a locum general practitioner (GP). She has presented the BBC Scotland series ''Laid Bare'', appeared on '' Morning Live'' and ''The Weakest Link'', and written a ''Glasgow Times'' medical column and children's book. In 2024, she placed eleventh on the twenty-second series of ''Strictly Come Dancing'' with her professional dance partner Gorka Márquez. Life and career Punam Krishan was born 28 May 1983 in Glasgow, and grew up in a small tenement flat with her younger sister and extended family. Her parents had an arranged marriage, and moved from Kapurthala in Punjab to Scotland in the late 1970s, where her father owned a corner shop. She told Susan Swarbrick of ''The Herald'' in July 2019 that education was important to her family, with her parents taking the view that s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikita Kanda
Nikita Kanda (born 29 July 1995) is an English radio presenter and broadcaster. After joining the BBC Asian Network in 2021, she became the presenter of the ''Asian Network Breakfast'' in July 2022. In 2023, she competed in the twenty-first series of ''Strictly Come Dancing''. Life and career Nikita Kanda was born on 29 July 1995 in Birmingham, West Midlands. She is of Indian descent. She studied film and screen media at university, and after graduating, worked on Zee TV and presented the drivetime show on Asian Star 101.6FM. She took part in West End theatre productions including ''The Wiz'', ''Bugsy Malone'', '' Annie'' and ''Pocahontas''. Kanda also appeared as one of the thirty women on the final series of the ITV dating show ''Take Me Out'' in 2019. In March 2021, Kanda joined the BBC Asian Network, serving primarily as a regular relief presenter and hosted on Saturday afternoons. In July 2022, she began temporarily presenting the ''Asian Network Breakfast Show'', and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strictly Come Dancing (series 21)
''Strictly Come Dancing'' returned for its twenty-first series with a launch show on 16 September 2023 on BBC One, with live shows beginning on 23 September. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman returned as hosts, while Janette Manrara returned to host '' Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two'', alongside Fleur East, who was announced as the new co-host after Rylan Clark's departure in April 2023. In April 2023, the BBC announced that Shirley Ballas, Anton Du Beke, Motsi Mabuse, and Craig Revel Horwood would return to the judging panel. Actress Ellie Leach and her partner Vito Coppola were announced as the winners on 16 December, while Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin, and Bobby Brazier and Dianne Buswell were the runners-up. Format The couples dance each week in a live show. The judges score each performance out of ten. The couples are then ranked according to the judges' scores and given points according to their rank, with the lowest scored couple receiving one point, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Skelton
Helen Elizabeth Skelton (born 19 July 1983) is an English television presenter appearing regularly on BBC1's '' Morning Live''. She co-presented the BBC children's programme ''Blue Peter'' from 2008 until 2013, and since 2014 has been a presenter on '' Countryfile''. She co-presented two series of the BBC One programme '' Holiday Hit Squad'' alongside Angela Rippon and Joe Crowley. She also presented the daytime series ''The Instant Gardener'' that ran for two series. Early life Skelton was born on 19 July 1983, in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, and brought up on a dairy farm in the village of Kirkby Thore. She attended its local Primary School, and then Appleby Grammar School, ultimately graduating from Cumbria Institute of the Arts, where she gained a BA degree in journalism. During her time at college, she worked as an extra on ''Coronation Street'' and ''Cutting It.'' Skelton has said that if she was not a broadcaster, she would be a teacher. Her brother Gavin was a pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strictly Come Dancing (series 20)
''Strictly Come Dancing'' returned for its twentieth series with a launch show on 23 September 2022 on BBC One, with live shows beginning the following day on 24 September. The launch show was originally scheduled to be broadcast on 17 September, but was postponed following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman returned as hosts, while Rylan Clark and Janette Manrara returned to host '' Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two.'' In May 2022, the BBC announced that Shirley Ballas, Anton Du Beke, Motsi Mabuse, and Craig Revel Horwood would return to the judging panel. It was also confirmed that Bruno Tonioli, who had been absent from the two previous series due to travel restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, would be permanently leaving the show. In August 2022, the BBC confirmed that the show would return to the Blackpool Tower Ballroom for the first time since the seventeenth series. It was also announced that there would be a special them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katie McGlynn
Katie Louise McGlynn (born 16 July 1993) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Jodie "Scout" Allen in '' Waterloo Road'' (2011–2013), Sinead Tinker in ''Coronation Street'' (2013–2020), and Becky Quentin in ''Hollyoaks'' (2021–2022). In 2021, she was a contestant on the nineteenth series of ''Strictly Come Dancing''. Life and career Katie Louise McGlynn was born on 16 July 1993 in Rochdale, Greater Manchester to Ruth ( Carter) and Trevor McGlynn. The family lived in Littleborough, where she attended Wardle High School and studied A-levels in drama, English literature and media studies, during which time she made her acting debut as Gemma Gooch in an episode of '' Moving On'' was later cast as Jodie "Scout" Allen in the seventh series of the BBC school drama '' Waterloo Road''. McGlynn left the show at the end of the eighth series, and subsequently joined the cast of the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' as Sinead Tinker, a role she went on to pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced street in the fictional town of Weatherfield in Greater Manchester. The location was itself based on Salford, the hometown of the show's first screenwriter and creator, Tony Warren. Originally broadcast twice weekly, ''Coronation Street'' increased its runtime in later years, currently airing three 60-minute episodes per week. Warren developed the concept for the series, which was initially rejected by Granada's founder Sidney Bernstein, Baron Bernstein, Sidney Bernstein. Producer Harry Elton convinced Bernstein to commission 13 pilot episodes. The show has since become a significant part of British culture and underpinned the success of its producing Granada franchise. Currently produced by ITV Studios, the successor to Granada, the seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strictly Come Dancing (series 19)
''Strictly Come Dancing'' returned for its nineteenth series with a launch show on 18 September 2021 on BBC One, and the live shows beginning on 25 September. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman returned as hosts, while Rylan Clark-Neal returned to host '' Strictly: It Takes Two'' alongside new presenter Janette Manrara, who replaced Zoe Ball. In June 2021, the BBC announced that Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse, and Craig Revel Horwood would return to the judging panel. Anton Du Beke, who served as a guest judge in the previous series, joined the panel in place of Bruno Tonioli, who did not return for the second year in a row due to travel restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. In July 2021, the show's executive producer, Sarah James, said the show would return for a "full-length series", with fifteen celebrities, themed weeks, pre-recorded professional group dances, and a Christmas special, but no Blackpool Tower Ballroom special. For this series, the contestants were no lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maisie Smith
Maisie Louise Collender Smith (born 9 July 2001) is an English actress and singer. She appeared in the feature film ''The Other Boleyn Girl (2008 film), The Other Boleyn Girl'' (2008) and played the regular role of Tiffany Butcher in the BBC One, BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' from 2008 to 2014. In November 2016, Smith temporarily returned to ''EastEnders'' for a guest stint, before making a full-time return in January 2018. In October 2021 it was announced that she would once again be leaving ''EastEnders'' and her final scenes aired in December of that year; she made a one-off appearance in March 2022 to aid the departure of Keegan Baker (Zack Morris (actor), Zack Morris). In 2020, she competed in the Strictly Come Dancing (series 18), eighteenth series of ''Strictly Come Dancing'' alongside partner Gorka Marquez, reaching the final but losing out to Bill Bailey. Career Smith attended the Singer Stage School in Leigh-on-Sea for 18 months, and in 2006, she was cast in the film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strictly Come Dancing (series 18)
''Strictly Come Dancing'' returned for its eighteenth series with a launch show on 17 October 2020 on BBC One, and the live shows beginning on 24 October. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the series launched a month later than usual and ran for only nine weeks instead of the usual thirteen. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman returned as hosts, while Zoe Ball and Rylan Clark-Neal returned to host '' Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two''. Clark-Neal was replaced by Gethin Jones for four shows after coming into contact with someone who had tested positive for COVID-19. On 12 September, it was announced that for the first time since the tenth series, there would be no live show broadcast from the Blackpool Tower Ballroom due to the pandemic. However, it was announced shortly afterwards that there would be four episodes highlighting the best moments from previous series. The final episode featured a tribute to 2014 winner Caroline Flack, who had died on 15 February that year. Shirley Ball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
