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Strictly Come Dancing Series 12
''Strictly Come Dancing'' returned for its twelfth series beginning from 7 September 2014 with a launch show, and the live shows began on 26 and 27 September. Tess Daly returned to present the main show on BBC One alongside Claudia Winkleman, who was promoted to co-presenter in addition to the results show after Sir Bruce Forsyth departed the show after the eleventh series; however, Forsyth continued to host the Christmas and Children in Need specials. Zoe Ball returned as presenter of the spin-off show '' Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two'' on BBC Two. Judges Darcey Bussell, Len Goodman, Craig Revel Horwood, and Bruno Tonioli also returned. The shows from 1 to 16 November were hosted by Daly and Zoe Ball, after one of Winkleman's children was involved in an accident. Winkleman returned to co-host the show on 22 November. Caroline Flack and Pasha Kovalev were announced as the winners on 20 December, while Simon Webbe and Kristina Rihanoff, and Frankie Bridge and Kevin Clifton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Flack
Caroline Louise Flack (9 November 1979 – 15 February 2020) was an English television presenter and actress. Flack grew up in Norfolk and took an interest in dancing and theatre while at school. She began her professional career as an actress, starring in the comedy sketch show ''Bo' Selecta!'' (2002), and went on to present various ITV2 shows including ''I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW!'' (2009–2010) and ''The Xtra Factor (British TV series), The Xtra Factor'' (2011–2013). In 2014, Flack won the Strictly Come Dancing (series 12), twelfth series of BBC's ''Strictly Come Dancing'' and was praised for achieving a record perfect score in the final. The following year, she began presenting ''The X Factor (British TV series), The X Factor,'' replacing the long-standing presenter Dermot O'Leary, and ''Love Island (2015 TV series), Love Island,'' hosting until her resignation in December 2019 after being arrested for Common assault, assault a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Takes Two
It Takes Two may refer to: Film * ''It Takes Two'' (1982 film), a Hong Kong film directed by Karl Maka * ''It Takes Two'' (1988 film), an American comedy film directed by David Beaird * ''It Takes Two'' (1995 film), an American comedy film starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Music Albums * ''It Takes Two'' (album) or the title song (see below), by Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock, 1988 *''It Takes Two'', by Soulsister, 1988 Songs * "It Takes Two" (Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston song), 1966 * "It Takes Two" (Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock song), 1988 *"It Takes Two", by Katy Perry from ''Prism'' *"It Takes Two", from the musical ''Hairspray'' *"It Takes Two", from the musical ''Into the Woods'' *"It Takes Two", by Camila Cabello and Anna Kendrick from ''Trolls Band Together'', 2023 Television Series * ''It Takes Two'' (American TV series), a 1982 sitcom starring Richard Crenna and Patty Duke * ''It Takes Two'' (Australian TV series), a 2006 version of the UK celebrity singing series ''Just the Two o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Windsor
Robin Jamie Windsor (15 September 1979 – 19 February 2024) was an English professional Latin and ballroom dancer, best known for appearing as a professional dancer on the BBC television series ''Strictly Come Dancing''. Early life Robin Jamie Windsor was born on 15 September 1979 in Ipswich, Suffolk, and grew up in the Spring Road area. He attended Clifford Road Primary and Copleston High School. He began dancing at the age of three, when his parents took him to the Ipswich School of Dancing. At the age of 19 Windsor moved to London to pursue his career as a dancer. Career Competitive career Windsor's interest in dance was initiated by his parents when they enrolled him at the age of three in a local dance school in Ipswich. From the beginning, he studied both Latin and Ballroom dance, eventually competing in those disciplines at the highest levels. His skills eventually led him to represent England, amassing numerous World Championships, both on the domestic and internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Lowe
Natalie Lowe (born 15 August 1980) is an Australian ballroom dancer. She is a four-time Australian ballroom dance champion. Lowe competed on, and won, Australia's '' Dancing with the Stars'' with celebrity partner Anthony Koutoufides''.'' She later joined the BBC's '' Strictly Come Dancing''. She competed on ''Strictly'' for seven series, leaving after the 2016 series concluded. Early life Lowe grew up in Sydney, New South Wales. Lowe's family lived next door to a ballroom dance studio. At age 5, Lowe began taking dance lessons after watching her older brother and sister dance. Lowe went on to become a four-time Australian ballroom dance Champion. Career Australia's ''Dancing with the Stars'' She joined Seven Network's '' Dancing with the Stars'' in 2004, partnering athlete Matt Shirvington. She then partnered Ian Roberts, and won the 2006 series with AFL footballer Anthony Koutoufides. Lowe then partnered ''Home and Away'' actor Tim Campbell, and, in 2008, partnered box ... [...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] |
Joanne Clifton
Joanne Kirsty Clifton (born 24 October 1983) is an English professional dancer, presenter, actress, and singer. She won the World Ballroom Showdance Championship in 2014, and won the European Professional Ballroom Championship and World Dancesport Games. She was a professional dancer on the BBC TV series ''Strictly Come Dancing'' from 2014 to 2016, winning the fourteenth series with Ore Oduba. She also appeared as an expert presenter on '' Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two'' in 2015 and 2019. Since leaving Strictly, Clifton has starred in multiple stage productions such as the UK tours of '' Shrek the Musical'' and ''The Addams Family''. Dancing career Clifton started dancing ballroom and Latin as a child in her home village of Waltham, taught by her parents, former world number ones Keith and Judy Clifton. She competed nationally and internationally as a child, initially partnering her brother Kevin. Later, she chose to specialise in ballroom so as not to directly compete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Jordan (dancer)
James Jordan (born 13 April 1978) is an English ballroom dancer and choreographer. His dance partner is his wife Ola Jordan, with whom he turned professional in 2000. Jordan appeared as a professional on ''Strictly Come Dancing'' from 2006 to 2013. In August 2014, he participated in the fourteenth series of ''Celebrity Big Brother''. He finished in third place. He returned as an All-Star for the nineteenth series, where he was evicted in thirteenth place. In 2018 he appeared along with his wife, Ola, on Comedy Central's '' Your Face or Mine?''. On 10 March 2019, Jordan won the eleventh series of '' Dancing on Ice'', where he was partnered with professional Finnish figure skater Alexandra Schauman. James is currently, December 2024, at the pinnacle of his career playing Dandini in Cinderella at The Winding Wheel Theatre in Chesterfield. Dancing career Jordan was born in Gillingham, Kent, and attended St John Fisher Catholic School in Chatham. He started dancing at the age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anya Garnis
Anna "Anya" Garnis ( Russian: Анна "Аня" Гарнис; born May 26, 1982) is a Latvian ballroom dancer based in New York City. In 2007 she was a contestant on the American reality television show '' So You Think You Can Dance.'' In 2000, Garnis moved to the US with Pasha Kovalev to dance professionally. She was a top 20 contestant on ''So You Think You Can Dance'', season 3, and went on to take part in the live tour. She was brought back to the program to take part as an all-star. Kovalev and Garnis were also the lead dancers in '' Burn the Floor''. She was then the lead dancer in '' Dancing With the Stars'' Live in Las Vegas Las Vegas, colloquially referred to as Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. The Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area is the largest within the greater Mojave Desert, and second-l .... Garnis rejoined Kovalev on the cast of '' Strictly Come Dancing'' as a professional dancer for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artem Chigvintsev
Artem Vladimirovich Chigvintsev (; born 12 June 1982) is a Russian-born American professional dancer, specializing in Latin dancing. Chigvintsev was a cast member of ''Burn the Floor'' where he performed both on Broadway and more recently in the West End in 2009. Chigvintsev joined ''Strictly Come Dancing'' in 2010 straight from ''Burn the Floor''. He won the show in his first year with his celebrity partner Kara Tointon. Early life Chigvintsev was born at Izhevsk, Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, RSFSR, Soviet Union. He moved to the United States in 2003 and began dancing with champion ballroom dancer Giselle Peacock. Chigvintsev auditioned to appear as a contestant on the first series of ''So You Think You Can Dance''. Chigvintsev was eliminated alongside his fellow contestant Melissa Vella, but returned as a guest choreographer for season two. ''Strictly Come Dancing'' In September 2010, Chigvintsev joined ''Strictly Come Dancing'' series 8 as a professi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casting Vote
A casting vote is a vote that someone may exercise to resolve a tied vote in a deliberative body. A casting vote is typically by the presiding officer of a council, legislative body, committee, etc., and may only be exercised to break a deadlock. Examples of presiding officers who hold casting votes are the speaker of the House of Commons in the United Kingdom and the president of the United States Senate (an ex-officio role of the vice president of the United States). Use within a legislative body In some legislatures, a casting vote may be exercised however the presiding officer wishes. For example, the vice president of the United States may exercise their casting vote when the Senate is evenly divided according to their own personal beliefs; by virtue of the vice president's political leanings and affiliations, the vice president's political party is able to serve as the majority party in the Senate and elect one of their own to serve as Majority Leader. In some other l ... [...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] |
Frankie Bridge
Francesca Bridge ( Sandford, born 14 January 1989) is an English singer, formerly a member of S Club Juniors and a member of girl group the Saturdays. Bridge began her career at just 12 years old, when she auditioned for Simon Fuller's reality television competition ''S Club Search'' in 2001, broadcast on CBBC (TV channel), CBBC. She successfully auditioned and won a place in the pop group S Club Juniors. Bridge and the rest of the group then starred in their own reality TV show ''S Club 8, S Club Juniors: The Story''. Together with the band, Bridge successfully released seven singles and two albums. Whilst in the group, she made an appearance in S Club 7's TV show ''Viva S Club''. The group then began featuring in their own children's musical television programme ''I Dream''. Bridge played a main role in the show and went onto release the duet single "Dreaming (I Dream song), Dreaming" along with fellow S Club 8 member Calvin Goldspink. In 2007, Bridge went on to successfully au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
