Kylee Vincent (born 15 July 1994; née Brown) is a South African

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. She is a former UK Latin Champion.

Early life

Vincent was born in

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. Vincent began dancing at the age of eight.

Career

Vincent is a WDC South Africa Under 21 Latin Champion. In 2011, she won the Under 21 WDC World Latin Championships. In 2012, she was the Under 21 Open British Latin Championship in Blackpool in 2012. In 2013, Vincent joined the touring dance company ''

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''. She has toured the world with the company every year since. In 2018 and 2019, Vincent joined ''

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'' professional,

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as a dancer on his solo tour.

''Dancing with the Stars''

In November 2019, it was confirmed that Vincent would be joining the cast of the Irish series of ''Dancing with the Stars'' as a professional dancer. For her first season, Vincent was paired with singer and priest, Fr. Ray Kelly. Despite consistently being the lowest scoring couple throughout the season, Kelly and Vincent managed to reach Week 10 of the competition, eventually finishing in fifth place. In 2022, Vincent was paired with comedian,

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. They were eliminated in the fourth week of the season, finishing in eleventh place. In 2023, Vincent was paired with singer and former ''Glee'' actor, Damian McGinty. They reached the final, finishing as joint runners-up to Carl Mullan &

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. In 2024, Vincent was paired with former jockey,

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. They were eliminated in the seventh week of the competition, finishing in fifth place. They lost the final dance-off of the series to David Whelan and

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. Highest and Lowest Scoring Per Dance

Performances with Fr. Ray Kelly

Performances with
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Performances with Damian McGinty

Performances with
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¹Vincent did not perform in week 2 due to illness. Russell performed his dance with Laura Nolan instead.

Personal life

In May 2017, Vincent married fellow professional dancer, Stephen Vincent. They met while touring on ''

'' together. On 16 May 2024, it was revealed they were expecting their first child together. On 31 October 2024, Vincent gave birth to their son.

References

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