Strictly Come Dancing

Hayley Holt is from Auckland, New Zealand and is a dancer/snowboarder-turned-TV-celebrity. She started learning ballroom and Latin American dancing at the age of seven and competed until the age of 19.

Darren Bennett (born 14 February 1977) is a professional dancer. Him and his wife Lilia Kopylova has a successful career in professional latin dancing, competing nationally and internationally. They give private lessons in

Kristina Rihanoff is a Siberian-born mambo specialist, a world champion professional ballroom dancer, instructor, and author.

Brendan Cole is a ballroom dancer specialising in Latin American dancing. He was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. He won the Strictly Come Dancing series one with news reader, Natasha Kaplinsky. He has been a judge on

Ola is a Polish-born Latin American specialist. She took part for the first time in Strictly Come Dancing in series 4, with DJ Spoony.

Ian Waite is a professional Latin-American dancer, who started dancing at age 10 and is a former European Youth Latin American Champion. Since 2004 his dance partner has been Camilla Dallerup. He has 12 competition

Lilia Andreievna Kopylova (born 18 June 1978) is a professional dancer born in Moscow, Russia. She has been competing as an amateur since July 1997 and as a professional dancer with her husband Darren since May 2003.

James Jordan is a successful English dancer. His partner is Aleksandra 'Ola' Jordan who is a professional dancer as well. In November 2006 they were third for Professional Latin in the British National Championships.

Karen Hardy is a retired professional Latin American dancer, and is a former international, United Kingdom Open, British National, European and World Masters Champion. She was born in Bournemouth, Dorset.

Anton du Beke is a professional ballroom dancer, who started dancing at the age of 14. His professional dancing partner is Erin Boag. Anton and Erin won the IDTA Classic in England in November 2003.

Flavia Cacace is a professional dancer, who is originally from Italy and moved to England with her family at aged four. Her professional dancing partner is Vincent Simone, they are the two-time world champions at the Argentine Tango.

Matthew Cutler (born October 30, 1973) is a successful English dancer, from Chelmsford, Essex. He started dancing at the age of eight, when he was attending the local church hall every Saturday.

Vincent Simone was born in Italy but has been living in England since he was 16 and he lives in Guildford, Surrey. His professional dancing partner is Flavia Cacace and they teach dancing lessons for beginners to competitors.

Camilla Dallerup (born 1974) is a Danish ballroom dancer, who lives in the UK. Camilla has been dancing from the young age of two. Her mother used to take her to dance classes in Aalborg, Denmark. At the age of 12, Camilla won the Danish Junior Championships.

Erin Boag (born on 17th March 1975) is a professional ballroom dancer, born in New Zealand. Erin has danced from the age of 3. In her teens she moved to Australia. Erin’s regular professional partner is Anton du Beke.