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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, while the live shows began 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. Darcey Bussell, Len Goodman, Craig Revel Horwood, and Bruno Tonioli returned as judges. This was Goodman's final series as head judge. BBC Sport presenter Ore Oduba and Joanne Clifton were announced as the winners on 17 December 2016, while Louise Redknapp and Kevin Clifton, and Danny Mac and Oti Mabuse 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, and the highest scored couple receiving the most points (the maximum number of points available depends on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ore Oduba
Ore Oduba (born 17 November 1985) is a British television and radio presenter who has also worked as an actor. From 2008 until 2013, he presented the CBBC news programme '' Newsround''. 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. However, he is best known for winning the fourteenth series of BBC One's '' Strictly Come Dancing'' in 2016. Early life and education Oduba was born on 17 November 1985 in London, to Nigerian parents and was brought up in Wimborne Minster, 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 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Clifton
Kevin James Clifton (born 13 October 1982) is an English professional dancer and actor, who was a professional dancer on the BBC TV series ''Strictly Come Dancing'', having previously worked as an assistant choreographer. He has also featured on ''Burn the Floor''. He was given the nickname "Kevin from Grimsby" by Bruce Forsyth. Clifton appeared on ''Strictly Come Dancing'' from 2013 to 2019, appearing in every final except series Strictly Come Dancing series 15, fifteen and Strictly Come Dancing series 17, seventeen. Clifton won the Strictly Come Dancing (series 16) , sixteenth series with his celebrity partner Stacey Dooley, with whom he has been in a relationship since 2019. In March 2020, Clifton announced that he wouldn't be returning to ''Strictly'', saying that he wanted to focus on "other areas of his career." Since leaving Strictly, Clifton has appeared in multiple stage productions including the UK tours of ''Strictly Ballroom (musical), Strictly Ballroom'' and ''Chica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancing With The Stars (American TV Series)
''Dancing with the Stars'' is an American dance competition television series that premiered on ABC on June 1, 2005. It is the American version of the British reality TV competition ''Strictly Come Dancing'', and is part of the ''Dancing with the Stars'' franchise. The show pairs celebrities with professional dancers. Each couple competes against the others for judges' points and audience votes. The couple receiving the lowest combined total of judges' points and audience votes is usually eliminated each week until only the champion dance pair remains. Since the thirty-second season in 2023, the series is hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough, with Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough, and Bruno Tonioli serving as judges. In April 2022, it was announced that, beginning with the thirty-first season, ''Dancing with the Stars'' would move from ABC to Disney+. Since season thirty-two, the series has streamed live on both ABC and Disney+ simultaneously. On April 22, 2025, ABC ... [...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 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] |
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 ... [...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 eight times British National, eight times Dutch National, European and four 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''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katya Jones
Katya Jones (born Ekaterina Andreevna Sokolova; ; 12 May 1989) is a Russians, 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 Strictly Come Dancing series 18, 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. Between August 2013 and August 2019 she was married to Neil Jones (dancer), Neil Jones, a dancer and fellow cast member of ''Strictly Come Dancing''. 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 Russians, Russian and a senior oil company executive and her Koreans, Korean mother is a graduate in engineering. ''Strictly Come Dancing'' In 2016, Jones became a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliona Vilani
Aliona Valeriya Kavanagh (''née'' Vilani on 1 May 1984; ), also known by her stage name Aliona Vilani, is a Russian-Kazakh TV personality and was a professional dancer in the BBC series of ''Strictly Come Dancing''. Biography Vilani started learning ballet when she was five years old. She moved to Russia with her parents at age 9 and started ballroom dancing at age 11, continuing ballet. In 1997, aged 13, she moved to the United States and joined the Kaiser Dance Academy in Brooklyn, New York. In 2001 she was part of the US Ballroom team for the National Dance Congress that won the Amateur Ballroom category. Vilani turned professional at the age of 17. Since 2006 she has lived in Los Angeles where she competed, performed and coached. Her speciality is 10 Dance, she is also skilled in Salsa, Hip Hop and Jazz. In 2008–2009 she appeared in Dancing with the Stars Arena Tour in the U.S. In 2009 she appeared three times as a guest professional dancer on '' Dancing with the Stars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gleb Savchenko
Gleb Savchenko (; born 16 September 1983) is a Russian dancer and choreographer, who is currently a professional dancer on the Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series), U.S. version of ''Dancing with the Stars''. He previously appeared on the UK, Australian, and Russian versions of the show. Personal life Gleb was born in Moscow. He began dancing at 8 years old. Gleb was married to professional dancer Elena Samodanova, and they have a daughter, Olivia, born in November 2010. In March 2017, the couple announced that they were expecting their second child. Their second daughter, Zlata, was born on 1 August 2017. In November 2020, after 14 years of marriage, he and his wife Elena announced that they had decided to part ways. ''Dancing with the Stars'' (Australia) In 2012, Gleb appeared as a professional on the Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 12), twelfth season of Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series), ''Dancing with the Stars''. He was partnered with model Er ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristina Rihanoff
Kristina Rihanoff (,: Kristina Pshenichnykh; born 22 September 1977) is a Russian professional ballroom dancer. Early life The daughter of two engineers, Rihanoff was born and grew up in Vladivostok, Russia, and started taking dance lessons from aged 5. Her parents divorced when she was aged 12, during the time when the breakup of the Soviet Union was occurring. Living with her mother, aged 15 she became a part-time dance instructor to help the household budget, earning in a day what her professionally educated mother could earn in a month. She has a degree in Tourism and Hospitality; after finishing public school she studied with St Petersburg Branch of Modern Humanitarian Academy. Dance career Aged 21, she was asked to become an instructor to Russian dancers based in the United States. She also undertook displays and instructed on dance classes in the evenings. She developed her career over the next few years through a combination of teaching and performing, in the Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tristan MacManus
Tristan MacManus (born 23 July 1982) is an Irish dancer and television presenter. He is best known for his professional appearances on ''Dancing with the Stars (American TV series), Dancing with the Stars'', ''Strictly Come Dancing'' and ''Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series), Dancing with the Stars Australia''. In 2017, he went on tour with Mrs Brown's Boys for the Mrs Brown's Boys#Tours, Good Mourning Mrs Brown Live 2017 playing Elder Peach. MacManus is currently based in Australia where he somehow presented as a football expert despite never having playing beyond his park. From 2020 until 2023, he co-hosted the live morning show ''Studio 10'', alongside Sarah Harris (journalist), Sarah Harris, Narelda Jacobs and Angela Bishop, on Network 10. He was also a judge on the Australian version of ''Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series), Dancing with the Stars'', along with Craig Revel Horwood and Sharna Burgess, in 2019 and 2020. Early life MacManus began dancing i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Jordan
Aleksandra 'Ola' Jordan ( Grabowska; born 30 September 1982) is a Polish-British professional ballroom dancer, specialising in Latin American dancing. She appeared as a professional on the British BBC One television show ''Strictly Come Dancing'' (SCD) from 2006 to 2015, becoming champion in 2009. Prior to this, after winning a championship event in her native Poland, Aleksandra Grabowska 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 Aleksandra Grabowska has been dancing since the age of ten when her school advertised a dance club. Before dancing with James Jordan, she had danced with Przemek 'John' Lowicki in Poland. She won Poland's Open Championships in 1999 aged seventeen, and went on to take 12th place in the following year's World Championships. The first recorded dance by Ola Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
