After last year’s introduction of three new female dancers, this year sees three new males taking to the dance floor on BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing. There will also be a new group of professional dancers, who will not partner celebrities but instead concentrate on group routines for the live shows.
This year Strictly will welcome new dancers:
Artem Chigvintsev, a Latin champion who is a graduate of So You Think You Can Dance? in the Us and has unique experience of very different dancing genres in addition to his ballroom champion-level skill.
Jared Murillo who, at 21, was a Us open swing youth champion. Trained in America, Jared was a principal dancer in the movies High School Musical 1 & 2.
Robin Windsor has completed five world tours of the worldwide ballroom dancing phenomena Burn The Floor, in which he has starred and choreographed routines.
The new professional group will comprise...
This year Strictly will welcome new dancers:
Artem Chigvintsev, a Latin champion who is a graduate of So You Think You Can Dance? in the Us and has unique experience of very different dancing genres in addition to his ballroom champion-level skill.
Jared Murillo who, at 21, was a Us open swing youth champion. Trained in America, Jared was a principal dancer in the movies High School Musical 1 & 2.
Robin Windsor has completed five world tours of the worldwide ballroom dancing phenomena Burn The Floor, in which he has starred and choreographed routines.
The new professional group will comprise...
- 6/8/2010
- by Lisa McGarry
- Unreality
Strictly Come Dancing professional Hayley Holt has revealed that she was fired from the show via email. Holt, 28, joined the Strictly team in 2008 and partnered swimmer Mark Foster on the sixth series. She had previously appeared on New Zealand's Dancing With The Stars. "I'm not too sure why I wasn't asked back. They didn't really give me a reason," she told The Mirror. "My agent had to ring them up to find out what was going on. It leaves me wondering (more)...
- 8/5/2009
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Professional dancers on Strictly Come Dancing are reportedly fearing for their jobs amid talks of a shake up to next year's show. The seasoned pros on the BBC contest have been unsettled by the popularity of newcomers Brian Fortuna, Hayley Holt and Kristina Rihanoff, according to The Sun. An insider said: "Everyone's scared they're for the high jump. It's making things really unpleasant backstage. There's a feeling the (more)...
- 12/4/2008
- by By Sarah Rollo
- Digital Spy
Andrew Castle has claimed that he is becoming the victim of his own success on Strictly Come Dancing. The GMTV host and his professional partner Ola Jordan narrowly escaped elimination from the competition after finding themselves in the bottom two alongside Mark Foster and Hayley Holt at the weekend. Castle has now suggested that his supporters became complacent after he received his highest ever score from the judges on Saturday night. Speaking on spinoff show It Takes Two, Castle explained: "It's when you're not [at the bottom] - you make a little bit of an improvement and apparently that's the danger zone." Jordan (more)...
- 10/29/2008
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Mark Foster has been eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing after losing out to Andrew Castle in the dance-off. The Olympic swimmer and his partner Hayley Holt were in the bottom two after their Paso Doble routine failed to impress viewers and the show's judges. They had previously escaped the boot in week three of the competition, which saw chef Gary Rhodes being voted off. In last night's show, Foster and Holt picked up just 16 points out of 40 for their performance. Craig Revel Horwood was particularly unimpressed (more)...
- 10/26/2008
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Gary Rhodes has become the latest contestant to be voted off Strictly Come Dancing. The celebrity chef and dance partner Karen Hardy ended up in the bottom two alongside Mark Foster and Hayley Holt after failing to impress the judges and public with their jive on Saturday's show. Judge Arlene Phillips said of their performance: "Enthusiasm - yes! You need to stop counting in your head, feel the rhythm and dance. Your footwork was kind of as flat as a pancake." Len Goodman added: "You had terrible comments a couple of weeks ago and (more)...
- 10/5/2008
- by By Michael Thornton
- Digital Spy
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