Who is a Russian professional latin and ballroom dancer, in series 8 of broadcast from Wembley Arena on 19 November with all proceeds going to the BBC charity, Children in Need?
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Strictly Come Dancing (series 9) Strictly Come Dancing returned for its ninth series on 10 September 2011 with a launch show, with the live shows starting on 30 September and 1 October 2011. The show was broadcast from Wembley Arena on 19 November with all proceeds going to the BBC charity, Children in Need. The final took place at the Blackpool Tower Ballroom and was the first episode in 3D, and was shown on BBC HD and 18 cinemas around the country. As in series 8 there are 14 couples with one new male professional, Pasha Kovalev, replacing Jared Murillo.
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Pasha Kovalev Pavel "Pasha" Kovalev (Russian: Па́вел "Па́ша" Ковалёв ; born 19 January 1980) is a Russian professional latin and ballroom dancer.
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Luca and Loraine Baricchi Luca and Loraine Baricchi are professional ballroom dancers and dance teachers from England. They twice won the Professional World Ballroom Dance Championship (1999, 2001). The couple also won the International Professional Standard Championship in London in 1999–2000, and are former British Open, UK and European champions. After regaining the World title in 2001, they decided to retire from competitive dancing.
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Vitali Butikov Vitali Yuryevich Butikov (Russian: Виталий Юрьевич Бутиков , born 19 June 1987) is a Russian ice dancer. With partner Kristina Gorshkova, he is the 2008 World Junior bronze medalist.
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The X Factor (UK series 8) The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The eighth series commenced airing on ITV on 20 August 2011 and ended on 11 December 2011. The winner was Little Mix, a four-piece girl group known earlier in the series as Rhythmix, consisting of members Jesy Nelson, Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, and Jade Thirlwall. They became the first act in the groups category to win in the UK show's history with new judge Tulisa emerging as their winning mentor. Dermot O'Leary presented the main show on ITV, while Caroline Flack and series 6 runner-up Olly Murs co-presented the spin-off show "The Xtra Factor" on ITV2, replacing Konnie Huq from the previous year. Louis Walsh returned to the judging panel and was joined by Gary Barlow, Kelly Rowland and Tulisa. Barlow, Rowland and Tulisa joined the panel as replacements for former judges, Simon Cowell, Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole. Series 5 winner Alexandra Burke served as a guest judge for week 4 of the live shows due to Rowland having a throat infection.
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Artem Chigvintsev Artem Vladimirovich Chigvintsev (Russian: Артём Влади́мирович Чи́гвинцев ; born 12 June 1982) is a Russian-American professional dancer, specialising in Latin dancing.
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Darcey Bussell Darcey Andrea Bussell CBE (born Marnie Mercedes Darcey Pemberton Crittle 27 April 1969) is a retired English ballerina, and is currently one of the four judges on the BBC reality show "Strictly Come Dancing".
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Eurovision Young Dancers 2001 The Eurovision Young Dancers 2001 was the eighth edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the Linbury Studio Theatre of the Royal Opera House in London, United Kingdom between 18 and 23 June 2001. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), dancers from eleven countries participated in the televised final. A total of eighteen countries took part in the competition. Ireland and Ukraine made their début while Austria, Estonia and Norway returned. France, Hungary and Spain withdrew from the contest.
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Celebrity Big Brother 9 (UK) Celebrity Big Brother 2012, also known as Celebrity Big Brother 9, was the ninth series of the British reality television series "Celebrity Big Brother". It began on 5 January 2012 and ended on 27 January 2012. It was the second Celebrity series to air on Channel 5 as part of the channel's then two-year contract with the show and the ninth series of the show to air overall. The series was sponsored by Plusnet. This was the first of two series of "Celebrity Big Brother" to air in 2012.
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Love Ball The Love Ball is a charity fundraising event organised by Natalia Vodianova's Naked Heart Foundation. The event is held biannually and is the main source of funding for the charity's programmes, which aim to provide help and support to disadvantaged children and their families all over Russia.
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Twist and Pulse Twist and Pulse are an English street dance duo based in London. They were the runners-up of the fourth series of "Britain's Got Talent" in 2010, coming second to Spelbound in the live final. In 2012, they presented and performed at every date of the 70-day Olympic Torch Relay Tour and also at the basketball, badminton and volleyball events at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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Celebrity Big Brother 8 (UK) Celebrity Big Brother 2011, also known as Celebrity Big Brother 8, was the eighth series of the British reality television series "Celebrity Big Brother". It was the first series of "Celebrity Big Brother" to air on Channel 5, and the first celebrity series not to air in January since "Celebrity Big Brother 2", which was broadcast in November 2002. The series launched on 18 August 2011, and ended after 22 days on 8 September 2011, making it the shortest Channel 5 series. It was followed by the twelfth regular series, which launched the following night after the final. Davina McCall did not return to host the main show, and was replaced by former winner Brian Dowling. Emma Willis presented the spin-off show "Big Brother's Bit on the Side", alongside Jamie East and Alice Levine. Marcus Bentley returned as commentator for the live shows and highlights whilst also providing voice over for viewer competitions.
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Sasha Farber Alexander "Sasha" Farber (born 9 May 1984) is an Australian professional dancer known for his appearances as a pro and troupe member on "Dancing with the Stars".
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Lyasan Utiasheva Lyasan Albertovna Utiasheva (Russian: Ляйсан Альбертовна Утяшева , Bashkir: Ләйсән Альберт ҡыҙы Үтәшева , born June 28, 1985) is a Russian TV show host, socialite, and former individual rhythmic gymnast, she was a two time Grand Prix Final all-around medalist. Now; Utiasheva is working as a successful businesswoman, founder of the online project «Sila Voli», one of the Ambassadors of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and a mother of two children. She was known for her extreme flexibility, her emphasis in point of landing on high releve in her back split pivots led to a career ending injury.
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Robin Sewell Robin Sewell (born 22 December 1979) is a professional ballroom dancer. He was born in Durban, South Africa.
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Strictly Come Dancing (series 10) Strictly Come Dancing returned for its tenth series and began with the launch show on 15 September 2012. The live shows commenced on 5 October. Fourteen celebrities took part - the same number as the previous year. Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly returned to present the main show on BBC One and Claudia Winkleman returned to present the results show with Daly. Zoë Ball returned to present spin-off show "". Judges Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli and Craig Revel Horwood all returned and were joined on the judging panel by series 7 guest judge Darcey Bussell, who replaced Alesha Dixon.
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Daniel Whiston Daniel J Whiston (born 21 November 1978 in Blackpool) is an English ice skater. He appeared in "Strictly Ice Dancing" on BBC One and all series of ITV show "Dancing on Ice". He won the first series of "Dancing on Ice" while partnering actress Gaynor Faye, the fifth series with former "Emmerdale" actress Hayley Tamaddon and the eighth series with Olympic artistic gymnast, Beth Tweddle.
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Children in Need 2009 Children in Need 2009 was a campaign held in the United Kingdom to raise money for Children in Need. It culminated in a live broadcast on BBC One which began on the evening of Friday 20 November and ran through to the morning of Saturday 21 November. The broadcast was hosted by Terry Wogan, Tess Daly and Alesha Dixon. Alan Dedicoat read out the running totals and Peter André reported from the BT Tower. The show was broadcast from BBC Television Centre in London. Dancing Pudseys were projected on to the building. The 2009 event raised £20,309,747 by the end of the broadcast, slightly under the previous year's total of £20,991,216.
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Children in Need 2016 Children in Need 2016 is a campaign held in the United Kingdom to raise money for the charity Children in Need. It was the 36th Children in Need appeal show which was broadcast live on BBC One on the evening of Friday 18 November until the early hours of Saturday 19 November. It was the first edition of the televised campaign since original presenter Terry Wogan's death in January 2016.
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Anya Garnis Anna "Anya" Garnis (Russian: Анна "Аня" Гарнис; born May 26, 1982) is a Latvian-Russian ballroom dancer based in New York City. In 2007 she was a finalist on the American reality television show "So You Think You Can Dance."
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Gaynor Fairweather Gaynor Fairweather is a British professional ballroom dancer. She and her partner, Donnie Burns, were 14-time Professional World Latin Dance Champions and 11 times Professional International Latin American Dance Champions. This is by some way the record number of wins in both these top competitions. On their retirement from competition dancing they were both appointed Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to the performing arts.
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Strictly Come Dancing (series 14) Strictly Come Dancing returned for its fourteenth series with a launch show on 3 September on BBC One, with the live shows starting on 23 September 2016. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman returned as hosts, while Zoë Ball returned to host "" on BBC Two. Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, Craig Revel Horwood and Darcey Bussell returned as judges. This was Goodman's final series as a judge.