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Strictly Come Dancing Series 22
''Strictly Come Dancing'' returned for its twenty-second series with a launch show on 14 September 2024 on BBC One, with the live shows beginning on 21 September. A special episode to commemorate the programme's twentieth anniversary has also been confirmed. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman returned as hosts, whilst Janette Manrara and Fleur East returned to host '' Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two''. Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke returned to the judging panel. Comedian Chris McCausland and his partner Dianne Buswell were announced as the winners on 14 December, while Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola, JB Gill and Lauren Oakley, and Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec were the runners-up. Format The couples dance each week in a live show. The judges score each performance out of ten. After all the couples have danced they are then ranked according to the judges' scores and given points according to their rank, with the highest ranked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris McCausland
Chris McCausland (born ) is a British actor and comedian. He is known to television audiences for his role as Rudi in the CBeebies show '' Me Too!'' He regularly appears at comedy venues around the UK, including The Comedy Store. McCausland is blind due to retinitis pigmentosa. Early life McCausland was born in West Derby Village in Liverpool but has lived in Surbiton, near Kingston upon Thames, since 1996, after moving there to study at Kingston University. He graduated in 2000, with a BSc Honours in software engineering. After a spell as a web developer, deteriorating eyesight prompted a change of direction, and he worked in sales for a number of years, during which time he first performed stand-up comedy in 2003. Stand-up comedy McCausland first gave stand-up a go at a new act comedy night in Balham in July 2003. Within his first year of performing, he won the ''Jongleurs J2O Last Laugh'' competition, came runner up in the Laughing Horse New Act of The Year and placed th ... [...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 directed by David Beaird * ''It Takes Two'' (1995 film), an American comedy 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 & 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'' 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 of Us'' * ''It Takes Two'' (Singaporean TV series), a 2012 Chinese-language drama * ''It Takes Two'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Gu
''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 out of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman returned as hosts, whilst Rylan Clark and Janette Manrara returned to host '' Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two.'' In May 2022, the BBC announced that Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Dowden
Amy Dowden (born 10 August 1990) is a Welsh professional ballroom and Latin American dancer from Caerphilly, Wales, best known for her appearances on the BBC One television show ''Strictly Come Dancing''. Dowden joined the BBC series in 2017, and in 2019, she was a finalist in the seventeenth series with TV presenter Karim Zeroual. Dowden and her partner Ben Jones are former British National Latin Dance Champions. She has the Guinness World Record for the most back-Charleston kick-steps in 30 seconds (2022). Early life Dowden was born in Caerphilly, Wales and began dancing at the age of eight. Alongside her partner Ben Jones, she became British National Latin Dance Champion in 2017, and the couple were the first all-British pair to win the championships in over thirty years. Other successes include becoming British Dance Federation Champions, English Closed Champions and Welsh Closed and Open Champions. Dowden is also a four-time British National Finalist, and a World Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graziano Di Prima
Graziano Di Prima (born 7 May 1994) is an Italian dancer and choreographer. Career Di Prima was born in Sicily. He toured with Burn the Floor, UK in 2021 alongside other professional dancers and the Strictly Come Dancing the Professionals Live Tour in 2022. ''Strictly Come Dancing'' In 2018, the BBC announced that Di Prima would join the cast of professional dancers on the British television show ''Strictly Come Dancing''. He was demoted the following year due to his height; as he personally announced that he was not getting a celebrity partner. Di Prima has also appeared on a number of episodes of BBC Two's '' Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two'' with Zoë Ball. Di Prima is the current Guinness World Record holder for the most Botafogo steps, performing 90 steps in 30 seconds in a challenge held in December 2019. This record was achieved on ''It Takes Two'' with supervision by Guinness World Records. Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special Di Prima danced with singer Anne-Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadiya Bychkova
Nadiya Bychkova ( uk, Надія Бичкова) (born 24 August 1989) is a Ukrainian ballroom and Latin American dancer who is a multiple-time Slovenian Ballroom and Latin Champion and two-time World and European Champion in ‘10’ Dance. In 2017, she joined the British television show ''Strictly Come Dancing'' as a professional dancer. She holds two Guinness World Records at Strictly's Pro Challenge for the most dance steps in 30 seconds - for fleckerls in 2020 and pat-a-cakes in 2021. ''Strictly Come Dancing'' In 2017, Bychkova appeared as a professional dancer in the fifteenth series of the British television dance show ''Strictly Come Dancing,'' partnered with ''EastEnders'' actor Davood Ghadami. They reached the quarter final of the competition, finishing in sixth place. She returned for her second series in 2018, partnered with another 'former' EastEnders actor and Blue singer Lee Ryan. The couple were eliminated in week three. Bychkova returned for her third serie ... [...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). 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 legislatures, by contrast, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aljaž Škorjanec
Aljaž Škorjanec (born 19 February 1990) is a Slovenian dancer and choreographer who has appeared on the BBC series ''Strictly Come Dancing'' as a professional dancer. In March 2022 he announced, via his Instagram account, that he was leaving the show. Career Aljaž Škorjanec was born in Ptuj, SR Slovenia. He is a 19-time Slovenian champion in Ballroom, Latin and Ten Dance. Between 2000 and 2008 his professional partner was Valerija Rahle Mbanwi. ''Strictly Come Dancing'' In September 2013, Škorjanec became a professional dancer on the eleventh series of the British television show, ''Strictly Come Dancing''. He was partnered with model Abbey Clancy. On 21 December, they won the series. He was the fourth professional to win in his first series of the show. The following year, he returned for the show's twelfth series, where he was partnered with ''This Morning'' presenter, Alison Hammond. They were the sixth couple to be eliminated from the competition. For the show' ... [...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. Born deaf in Thirsk, 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'', on which she was partnered with Aljaž Škorjanec, and appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Oakley
Lauren May Oakley (born 28 February 1991) is an English professional dancer and choreographer, best known for appearing as a professional on the BBC One television series ''Strictly Come Dancing''. Early life Oakley was born on 28 February 1991 in Birmingham, England. She began dancing at the age of 2 and began competing in Ballroom and Latin dance at the age of 7. Career Oakley became Juvenile Champion at the Blackpool Dance Festival, winning across both Ballroom and Latin disciplines and has also became Under 21 British National Champion before beginning a career on stage. She has toured the world as part of the live dance show ''Burn the Floor'' and has starred as the "leading lady" in the national tour ''Him & Me'' alongside Giovanni Pernice and Anton Du Beke. and has starred in Pernice's solo tour ''This Is Me''. ''Strictly Come Dancing'' In July 2022, Oakley was announced to be joining the twentieth series of ''Strictly Come Dancing'' as a professional, along with Vit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JB Gill
Jonathan Benjamin Gill (born 7 December 1986) is an English actor, farmer, presenter and singer-songwriter. He is best known as a member of boy band JLS, who came second on ''The X Factor'' in 2008. They went on to have five number-one singles and sold over 10 million records worldwide before disbanding in December 2013. Early life Gill was born on 7 December 1986 in Croydon, London. He is the son of Cynthia and Keith Gill and has one brother, Neequaye. He spent the first five years of his life living in Antigua, discovering his musical talent at a very early age. After completing his exams at university, he decided to audition for ''The X Factor'' in 2007. It was at this point that he came into contact with the other members of JLS. Gill grew up, mostly, in Croydon and began making music at the age of seven when he played the recorder, piano, flute and guitar. At the age of nine, he joined the choir and went on to perform at the local church. Gill concentrated on his music and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vito Coppola
''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 out of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman returned as hosts, whilst Rylan Clark and Janette Manrara returned to host '' Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two.'' In May 2022, the BBC announced that Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
