Nadiya Bychkova (; born 24 August 1989) is a Ukrainian

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and

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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 ''

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'' as a professional dancer. She holds two ''

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'' 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 ''

,'' partnered with ''

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'' actor

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. 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

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. The couple were eliminated in week three. Bychkova returned for her third series in 2019 and was partnered with ex-professional footballer

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. They were the fourth couple to be eliminated. In 2021, Bychkova was paired with television journalist, ''

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'', '' The NFL Show'' and former ''

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'' presenter Dan Walker, some taller. In 2022, Bychkova was paired with singer,

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. They were the third couple to be eliminated. In 2023, Bychkova returned to the series but had no celebrity partner. In 2024, Bychkova was paired with Olympic swimmer Tom Dean. They were the first couple to be eliminated after losing the first dance-off to

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and Neil Jones. She had previously been a professional dancer on the Bosnian version of the show. Highest and Lowest scoring per dance

Series 15 (2017): with celebrity partner
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;* numbers indicate Davood & Nadiya were at the top of the leaderboard. ;* numbers indicate Davood & Nadiya were at the bottom of the leaderboard.

Series 16 (2018): with celebrity partner
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;* numbers indicate Lee & Nadiya were at the bottom of the leaderboard.

Series 17 (2019): with celebrity partner
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;* numbers indicate David & Nadiya were at the bottom of the leaderboard.

Series 19 (2021): with celebrity partner Dan Walker

;* numbers indicate Dan & Nadiya were at the bottom of the leaderboard. * (*) Score awarded by guest judge

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Series 20 (2022): with celebrity partner
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;* numbers indicate Matt & Nadiya were at the bottom of the leaderboard.

Series 22 (2024): with celebrity partner Tom Dean

''Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special''

She danced with

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for the 2022 ''Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special''. She danced with

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for the 2023 ''Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special''. She danced with Billy Monger for the 2024 ''Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special''.

Personal life

In 2013, Bychkova married Russian dancer Sergey Konovaltsev; the marriage lasted two years. Bychkova was later engaged to Slovenian footballer Matija Skarabot, with whom she has a daughter named Mila. In April 2015, Bychkova featured in the Ukrainian edition of ''

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'' magazine; she was also on the cover of ''

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'' in March 2012. In an appearance on ''

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'' in January 2022, Bychkova was 'Super Slimed' with 20 buckets of gunge, after receiving 63% of a viewer vote against Dan Walker and

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. Also in January 2022, she announced that she and Matija were no longer a couple and had been living apart for a while. In June 2022, she confirmed she was in a relationship with ''Strictly'' co-star Kai Widdrington, although they are reportedly no longer together as of July 2024.

Dance tours

In September 2024, Bychkova and

announced they were to appear at "Dancing With The Stars Weekends" 2025.

References

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