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Dianne Claire Buswell (born 6 May 1989) is an Australian professional dancer who is best known for her appearances on the British television show Strictly Come Dancing. After competing on Dancing with the Stars in Australia, she joined the British series in 2017, reaching the final in 2018 with Joe Sugg and in 2023 with Bobby Brazier, before winning the contest with Chris McCausland in 2024, for which she also won a BAFTA award in 2025.
Buswell turned professional at the age of 21 when she joined the touring dance company Burn the Floor in January 2011. In 2015, she was a professional dancer on the fifteenth season of Australia's Dancing with the Stars, paired with AFL star Jude Bolton; they were the fifth couple eliminated.
For the sixteenth series of the show in 2018, she was partnered with YouTuber Joe Sugg. They were runners-up, alongside Faye Tozer and Giovanni Pernice and Ashley Roberts and Pasha Kovalev, behind Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton. In early 2019, the couple performed in the Strictly Come Dancing Live! tour, winning 28 of the 29 shows.
Buswell returned for her third series in 2019, paired with radio DJ Dev Griffin. They were the third couple to leave the show, after losing a dance-off to Emma Weymouth and Aljaž Skorjanec.
For series 18 in 2020, she was partnered with The Wanted singer, Max George. They were the third couple to be eliminated, after losing a dance-off to Maisie Smith and Gorka Marquez.
Buswell returned for series 19 in 2021, partnered with Robert Webb, a comedian, actor and writer. Webb withdrew from the competition after three weeks, due to ill health.
In 2022, she was paired with radio and television presenter Tyler West for series 20. They were the eighth couple to be eliminated after losing a dance-off to Molly Rainford and Carlos Gu.
In 2023, she was paired with actor and model Bobby Brazier for series 21. They finished as runners-up, alongside Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin, behind series champions Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola.
In 2024, she was paired with comedian Chris McCausland for series 22. They won the series, with Buswell winning for the first time and McCausland becoming the first blind contestant to win. In May 2025, the couple's waltz - which featured a passage of McCausland walking unaided and unsighted - won the British Academy Television Award for Memorable Moment at the 2025 British Academy Television Awards.
For the 2025 season, she was partnered with Neighbours actor Stefan Dennis and announced she would still compete despite her pregnancy, which was announced on 14 September. It was reported that there is a chance she would possibly have to pull out of the competition and would be replaced with one of the other professional dancers.
| 15 | Richard Coles | 14th | 16.0 |
| 16 | Joe Sugg | 2nd | 32.8 |
| 17 | Dev Griffin | 13th | 30.0 |
| 18 | Max George | 9th | 27.3 |
| 19 | Robert Webb | 13th | 24.0 |
| 20 | Tyler West | 8th | 32.2 |
| 21 | Bobby Brazier | 2nd | 33.8 |
| 22 | Chris McCausland | 1st | 32.6 |
| 23 | Stefan Dennis | TBA | TBA |
Highest and lowest scoring per dance
| American Smooth | Chris McCausland | 37 | Reverend Richard Coles | 17 |
| Argentine Tango | Joe Sugg Bobby Brazier | 30 | ||
| Cha-Cha-Cha | Tyler West | 35 | Reverend Richard Coles Stefan Dennis | 17 |
| Charleston | Joe Sugg Tyler West | 38 | Bobby Brazier | 29 |
| Couple's Choice | Bobby Brazier | 39 | Max George | 32 |
| Foxtrot | Joe Sugg | 35 | Stefan Dennis | 22 |
| Jive | Bobby Brazier | Joe Sugg Dev Griffin Max George | 27 | |
| Paso Doble | Joe Sugg | 39 | Reverend Richard Coles | 14 |
| Quickstep | Joe Sugg Bobby Brazier | 38 | Robert Webb | 25 |
| Rhumba | ||||
| Salsa | Joe Sugg | 36 | Chris McCausland | 30 |
| Samba | Bobby Brazier | 39 | 26 | |
| Showdance | Joe Sugg Bobby Brazier | 38 | ||
| Tango | Tyler West | 32 | Max George | 23 |
| Viennese Waltz | Chris McCausland | 36 | Joe Sugg Tyler West | 29 |
| Waltz | 40 | Joe Sugg |
In the following tables, indicates the couple(s) with the lowest score for that week.
| 1 | Cha-cha-cha / "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)” | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | No Elimination |
| 2 | American Smooth / "Love Really Hurts Without You” | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | Safe |
| 3 | Paso Doble / "Flash's Theme” | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Eliminated |
| 1 | Jive / "Take On Me" | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | No Elimination |
| 2 | Charleston / "Cotton Eye Joe" | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 31 | Safe |
| 3 | American Smooth / "Breaking Free" | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 26 | Safe |
| 4 | Cha-Cha-Cha / "Just Got Paid" | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 26 | Safe |
| 5 | Waltz / "Rainbow Connection" | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 | Safe |
| 6 | Foxtrot / "Youngblood" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 35 | Safe |
| 7 | Paso Doble / "Pompeii" | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 34 | Safe |
| 8 | Samba / "MMMBop" | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 32 | Safe |
| 9 | Quickstep / "Dancin' Fool" | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 38 | Safe |
| 10 | Street dance / "Jump Around" | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 35 | Safe |
| 11 | Salsa / "Joseph Megamix" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 36 | Safe |
| 12 | Viennese Waltz / "This Year's Love" | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | Safe | |
| Argentine Tango / "Red Right Hand" | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 30 | ||
| 13 / Final | Paso Doble / "Pompeii" | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Runner-up | |
| Showdance / "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor” | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 39 | ||
| Charleston / "Cotton Eye Joe" | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| 1 | Foxtrot / "Build Me Up Buttercup” | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 30 | No Elimination |
| 2 | Jive / "Dance with Me Tonight” | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | Safe |
| 3 | Street dance / "Friend Like Me" (2019) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 36 | Safe |
| 4 | Cha-Cha-Cha / "Dancing with a Stranger" | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | Eliminated |
| 1 | Tango / "Best Fake Smile" | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | No Elimination |
| 2 | Jive / "I'm a Believer" | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | Safe |
| 3 | Couple's Choice / "The Simpsons Theme" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | Safe |
| 4 | American Smooth / "It Had to Be You" | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | Eliminated |
| 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha / "Rasputin (song)” | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | No Elimination |
| 2 | Tango / "La cumparsita" | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 27 | Safe |
| 3 | Quickstep / The Muppet Show Theme | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 25 | Safe |
| 1 | American Smooth / "Falling” | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 22 | No Elimination |
| 2 | Jive / "Hit the Road Jack" | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 31 | Safe |
| 3 | Charleston / "Flash, Bang, Wallop" | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 38 | Safe |
| 4 | Couple's Choice / "Garage Megamix" | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 37 | Safe |
| 5 | Ballroom tango / "Doctor Who theme" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 32 | Safe |
| 6 | Cha-cha-cha / "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 35 | Safe |
| 7 | Viennese waltz / "I've Been Loving You Too Long" | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 29 | Safe |
| 8 | Paso Doble / "Unstoppable" | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 31 | Bottom two |
| 9 | Salsa / "KC & The Sunshine Band mix" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 35 | Eliminated |
| 1 | Foxtrot / "All About You” | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 | No Elimination |
| 2 | Charleston / "Do Your Thing” | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 29 | Safe |
| 3 | Samba / "Young Hearts Run Free” | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 32 | Safe |
| 4 | Ballroom tango / "Fashion” | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 30 | Safe |
| 5 | Viennese waltz / "Golden Hour” | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 32 | Safe |
| 6 | Cha-cha-cha / "Come On-a My House” | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 30 | Safe |
| 7 | Argentine tango / "Sail” | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 30 | Safe |
| 8 | American Smooth / "Ghost of You" | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 32 | Safe |
| 9 | Jive / "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 35 | Bottom two |
| 10 | Couple's Choice / "This Woman's Work" | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 37 | Safe |
| 11 | Salsa / "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life" | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 34 | No elimination |
| 12 | Quickstep / "Mack the Knife" Pasodoble / "Run Boy Run" | 9 8 | 9 9 | 10 9 | 10 9 | 38 35 | Bottom two |
| 13 | Samba / "Young Hearts Run Free" Concert dance / La La Land medley Couple's Choice / "This Woman's Work" | 9 9 9 | 10 10 10 | 10 10 10 | 10 10 10 | 39 | Runner-up |
| 1 | Cha-cha-cha / "Twist and Shout” | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | No Elimination |
| 2 | Foxtrot / "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy” | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 | Safe |
| 3 | Jive / "” | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 30 | Safe |
| 4 | Salsa / "Down Under" | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 30 | Safe |
| 5 | Waltz / "You'll Never Walk Alone" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 35 | Safe |
| 6 | Samba / "Stayin' Alive" | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | Safe | |
| 7 | Ballroom tango / "Rock and Roll All Nite" | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 | Safe |
| 8 | Couple's Choice / "Instant Karma!" | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 33 | Safe |
| 9 | American Smooth / "Jump" | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 37 | Safe |
| 10 | Paso Doble / "El gato montés" Samba-a-thon/ "Conga" & "La Vida Es Un Carnaval" | 7 Awarded | 8 one | 9 extra | 9 point | 33 1 | Safe |
| 11 | Quickstep / "You're the Top" | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 32 | Safe |
| 12 | Charleston / “When You're Smiling” Viennese Waltz / “Nothing Else Matters” | 7 9 | 8 9 | 9 9 | 9 9 | 33 36 | Safe |
| 13 | Couple's Choice / "Instant Karma!" Concert dance / "You Get What You Give" Waltz / "You'll Never Walk Alone" | 8 8 10 | 10 10 10 | 10 10 10 | 10 10 10 | Winners |
| 1 | Foxtrot / "Neighbours Theme” | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | No Elimination |
| 2 | Cha-cha-cha / "Give It Up” | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | |
Before becoming a professional dancer, Buswell was a hairdresser, and in 2021, she had a podcast with BBC Sounds called 'Di's Salon', in which she chatted to guests as they looked back at the hairstyles they have had over the years.
In 2022, Buswell participated in the reality series Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof on BBC One.
In January 2025, Buswell and her Strictly partner Chris McCausland began a podcast called Winning Isn't Everything.
| 2015 | Dancing with the Stars (Australia) | Professional Dancer | |
| 2017–present | Strictly Come Dancing | Professional Dancer | |
| 2022 | Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof | Contestant |
| 2011–2014 | Burn The Floor | Dancer | Touring |
| 2019 | Here Come the Girls | Dancer | UK Touring |
| 2019, 2022–2024 | Strictly The Professionals | Dancer | UK Touring |
| 2025 | Dianne & Vito: Red Hot and Ready | Dancer | UK Touring |
| 2021 | Di's Salon | Host |
| 2025-present | Winning Isn't Everything | Co-host with Chris McCausland |
Buswell dated soap actor Anthony Quinlan from late 2017 to October 2018.
In late 2018, Buswell began dating Joe Sugg, her celebrity partner from Strictly Come Dancing. The couple confirmed that they were living together in August 2019. In February 2021, they revealed that they had bought their first house together. In September 2025, Buswell and Sugg announced that they were expecting their first child, a son.
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