Strictly Come Dancing 2014: meet the professional dancers

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Strictly Come Dancing will be returning to screens this autumn and the much-anticipated list of professional dancers has been revealed.

Show favourite and HELLO! Online blogger Ola Jordan is one of the eight female stars who will return, while her husband James, who has been a Strictly regular for eight years, rejected the offer by the BBC to come back on a reduced role.

However, James suggested otherwise with a message he posted on Twitter. “WELL TWEEPS Yes it’s true I WILL NOT be returning to ‘BURN THE FLOOR’…. Sorry, I mean ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ However…….. ………do not believe everything the BBC have written in their statement,” he wrote.

 

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Former champion Artem Chigvintsev, who won the eighth series in 2010 with actress Kara Tointon, will also not return as he has decided to stay in the US where he most recently appeared on Dancing With The Stars.

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The departing duo will be replaced by two new faces — Joanne Clifton, whose brother Kevin already features on Strictly, and Tristan MacManus, who spent three years on Dancing With The Stars teaming up with Pamela Anderson and Gladys Knight among other celebrities.

Also making her comeback is Ballroom professional Natalie Lowe, who had to pull out of the last series due to a back injury.

Seven professional male dancers have been confirmed for this year’s competition.

Click on the photo above to see who will star in Strictly Come Dancing 2014.

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Strictly Come Dancing 2014 Professional Dancers Confirmed

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The BBC can today confirm the line-up of professional dancers partnering celebrities for the next series of BBC One’s flagship entertainment series Strictly Come Dancing, including two brand new faces – Tristan MacManus and Joanne Clifton.

Joanne Clifton joins Strictly as a professional partner alongside her brother Kevin, who joined Strictly in 2013 and was partnered with Susanna Reid. They are the first siblings to participate in the show.

Joanne is World Ballroom Showdance Champion and has competed in over 20 countries around the world.  Over the years, Joanne has won numerous awards and accolades and is five-time British Champion, European Professional Champion and recently, champion of the World Dancesport Games in Taiwan.

Irish born Tristan MacManus joins Strictly after three years as a professional dancer on Dancing With The Stars in America, where he most notably partnered Gladys Knight and Pamela Anderson.

Tristan began dancing his home of Bray, Co. Wicklow before competing around Europe, winning numerous juvenile, junior and amateur competitions. He has appeared in many successful stage shows including Dirty Dancing and Burn The Floor.

Also returning to Strictly as a professional partners is four-time Australian Dance Champion Natalie Lowe, who will be back in the ballroom once again after withdrawing from last year’s series due to injury.

There will be eight female and seven male professional dancers this year. Sadly both Artem Chigvintsev and James Jordan will not be returning to the series, alongside Anya Garnis who will not partner a celebrity, but will remain part of the choreography team.

Former Strictly Champion and 2013 series finalist, Artem, departs the series as he has decided to remain in the USA after featuring in the most recent series of Dancing with the Stars.

James Jordan departs Strictly for pastures new after eight series on the show, but his wife Ola will return.

Louise Rainbow, Executive Producer says: “We’re delighted that Joanne and Tristan will be joining our fantastic cast of professional dancers this year and look forward to them becoming part of the Strictly family.”

“A huge thank you goes out to both Artem and James for being hardworking, dedicated dancers on the show, and we wish them all the very best in their future endeavours.”

Strictly Come Dancing returns to BBC One this autumn.

The full line up of professional dancers is as follows:

Females


Aliona Vilani, 
Iveta Lukosiute, 
Janette Manrara, 
Joanne Clifton, 
Karen Hauer, 
Kristina Rihanoff, 
Natalie Lowe
 and Ola Jordan 



Males  

Aljaž Skorjanec, 
Anton du Beke, 
Brendan Cole, 
Kevin Clifton, 
Pasha Kovalev, 
Robin Windsor, 
Tristan MacManus

 

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Strictly Come Dancing 2014 Professional Dancers Confirmed

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We can now confirm the line-up of professional dancers, including two brand new faces – Tristan MacManus and Joanne Clifton.

Joanne Clifton joins Strictly alongside her brother Kevin, who joined in 2013. They are the first siblings to participate in the show… and we’re sure the rivalry won’t be evident at all!

Joanne Clifton. Picture by Chris Mann

Joanne is World Ballroom Showdance Champion and has competed in over 20 countries around the world. She has won numerous awards and accolades and is five-time British Champion, European Professional Champion and recently, champion of the World Dancesport Games in Taiwan.

Irish born Tristan MacManus joins Strictly after three years as a professional dancer on Dancing With The Stars in America, where he most notably partnered Gladys Knight and Pamela Anderson.

Tristan MacManus

Tristan began dancing in his home of Bray, Co. Wicklow before competing around Europe, winning numerous juvenile, junior and amateur competitions. He has appeared in many successful stage shows including Dirty Dancing and Burn The Floor.

Also returning to Strictly is four-time Australian Dance Champion Natalie Lowe, who will be back in the ballroom once again after withdrawing from last year’s series due to injury.

Natalie Lowe

There will be eight female and seven male professional dancers this year. Sadly both Artem Chigvintsev and James Jordan will not be returning to the series, alongside Anya Garnis who will not partner a celebrity, but will remain part of the choreography team.

Former Strictly Champion and 2013 series finalist, Artem, departs the series having decided to remain in the USA and feature in Dancing with the Stars.

James Jordan departs Strictly after eight series, but his wife Ola will return.

Louise Rainbow, Executive Producer says: “We’re delighted that Joanne and Tristan will be joining our fantastic cast of professional dancers this year and look forward to them becoming part of the Strictly family.”

“A huge thank you goes out to both Artem and James for being hardworking, dedicated dancers on the show, and we wish them all the very best in their future endeavours.”

 

So, to sum up, the professional dancers for 2014 are:

Females
Aliona Vilani
Iveta Lukosiute
Janette Manrara
Joanne Clifton
Karen Hauer
Kristina Rihanoff
Natalie Lowe
Ola Jordan

Males  
Aljaž Skorjanec
Anton du Beke
Brendan Cole
Kevin Clifton
Pasha Kovalev
Robin Windsor
Tristan MacManus

Strictly Come Dancing returns to BBC One this autumn and we can hardly wait. In the meatime, keep up to date with all the Strictly right here on the official Strictly Come Dancing website.

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Strictly Come Dancing 2014 Professional Dancers Confirmed

Who are the new Strictly Come Dancing professionals?

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Strictly Come Dancing has announced the addition of two new professional dancers to its line-up for the 2014 series as it waves goodbye to two popular dancers in the shape of Artem Chigvintsev and James Jordan.

We know you guys love Strictly and always want us to keep you updated with all the latest news so we’ve done some digging to find out more about the show’s two new professionals – Joanne Clifton and Tristan MacManus.

Keep reading to find out about them both as we give you a little overview of who you’ll spending the autumn and winter nights with.

Joanne Clifton

It’ll come as no surprise, given her surname, that Joanne is the sister of 2013 new arrival Kevin Clifton. This marks the first time siblings have been on the professional dancer line-up in Strictly history.

Joanne is World Ballroom Showdance Champion and has competed in over 20 countries around the world. She has won numerous awards during her career to date and is a five-time British Champion, European Professional Champion and was recently crowned World Dancesport Games champion in Taiwan.

Not bad credentials we don’t think. Joanne’s addition to the team also means that there will be 8 female professionals and 7 male professionals for the new series.

Tristan MacManus

Irish-born Tristan is no stranger to dancing on TV as he was a professional on Dancing With The Stars for three years. His dance partners have included Gladys Knight and Pamela Anderson.

Tristan began dancing in his hometown Bray, Co. Wicklow before he competed around Europe winning numerous juvenile, junior and amateur competitions.

In his career to date he has appeared in many stage shows including Dirty Dancing and Burn The Floor. We’re expecting him to bring the luck of the Irish to the Strictly dance floor.

Strictly Come Dancing is expected to return to BBC One and BBC One HD in September for its new series.

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Kevin Clifton and sister Joanne confirmed as professional dancers for new series of Strictly Come Dancing

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Kevin Clifton and fiance Karen Hauer, left, and sister Joanne, have all been confirmed as appearing on the new series of Strictly Come Dancing.

Waltham’s Kevin Clifton and his sister Joanne have been confirmed as professional dancers for the new series of the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing.

Kevin was in the 2013 series, finishing runner up with dance partner and TV presenter Susanna Reid.

The professional dancers for the next series, later this year, have been announced, and include both Kevin and his sister Joanne.

As well as Joanne, a world ballroom showdance champion, Kevin Clifton’s fiance Karen Hauer will also appear on the show.

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Celebrity dancers have not yet been confirmed.

However Strictly star James Jordan will not be returning to the hit show – but his wife Ola has signed up for another season, BBC bosses have confirmed.

James’s departure comes after reports he had a series of clashes with show judge and tour director Craig Revel Horwood.

His Polish-born wife Ola, 31, has signed up to appear on the show despite speculation she might quit in loyalty to her husband.

A show spokeswoman said: “James Jordan was offered a role still on the show.

“It wasn’t to be partnered with a celebrity, but it was to be involved in specials such as Children in Need, that sort of thing. But he declined that. He was offered a reduced role on the show.”

Dancer Artem Chigvintsev, 31, who was partnered with soap star Natalie Gumede last year, will also not be returning after deciding to stay in the state-side after appearing in the US version of the show.

Anya Garnis, 32, will also not return to dance with a celebrity, but will remain part of the choreography team.

Two new faces, Tristan MacManus and Joanne Clifton, will step into their dancing shoes.

Irish-born Tristan MacManus joins Strictly after three years as a professional dancer on Dancing With The Stars in America, where he partnered former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson.

Strictly favourite Australian Dance Champion Natalie Lowe will return to the dance floor after withdrawing from last year’s series due to injury.

Louise Rainbow, Strictly executive producer, said: “We’re delighted that Joanne and Tristan will be joining our fantastic cast of professional dancers this year and look forward to them becoming part of the Strictly family.”

“A huge thank you goes out to both Artem and James for being hard-working, dedicated dancers on the show, and we wish them all the very best in their future endeavours.”

Read an interview with the Clifton family ahead of the new series in Monday’s Grimsby Telegraph

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