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Nadiya Bychkova (; born 24 August 1989) is a Ukrainian Ballroom dance and Latin dance dancer who is a multiple-time Slovenian Ballroom and Latin Champion and two-time World and European Champion in '10' Dance. In 2017, she joined the British television show Strictly Come Dancing as a professional dancer. She holds two Guinness World Records at Strictly's Pro Challenge for the most dance steps in 30 seconds - for in 2020 and pat-a-cakes in 2021.
In April 2015, Bychkova featured in the Ukrainian edition of Playboy magazine; she was also on the cover of FHM in March 2012.
In an appearance on Saturday Mash-Up! in January 2022, Bychkova was 'Super Slimed' with 20 buckets of gunge, after receiving 63% of a viewer vote against Dan Walker and Kai Widdrington. Also in January 2022, she announced that she and Matija were no longer a couple and had been living apart for a while. In June 2022, she confirmed she was in a relationship with Strictly co-star Kai Widdrington, although they are reportedly no longer together as of July 2024.
She returned for her second series in 2018, partnered with another 'former' EastEnders actor and Blue singer Lee Ryan. The couple were eliminated in week three.
Bychkova returned for her third series in 2019 and was partnered with ex-professional footballer David James. They were the fourth couple to be eliminated.
In 2021, Bychkova was paired with television journalist, BBC Breakfast, The NFL Show and former Football Focus presenter Dan Walker, some taller.
In 2022, Bychkova was paired with singer, Matt Goss. They were the third couple to be eliminated. In 2023, Bychkova returned to the series but had no celebrity partner.
In 2024, Bychkova was paired with Olympic swimmer Tom Dean. They were the first couple to be eliminated after losing the first dance-off to Toyah Willcox and Neil Jones.
She had previously been a professional dancer on the Bosnian version of the show. She has also participated in the Christmas Special 3 times: with Larry Lamb in 2022, Dan Snow in 2023 and Billy Monger in 2024.
Highest and Lowest scoring per dance
15 Davood Ghadami 6th 30.4 16 Lee Ryan 14th 22.3 17 David James 12th 17.4 19 Dan Walker 5th 27.5 20 Matt Goss 13th 20.8 22 Tom Dean 15th 21.5 23 Chris Robshaw 13th 19.0 American Smooth Davood Ghadami 35 David James 16 Argentine Tango Cha-Cha-Cha 27 Lee Ryan Charleston Dan Walker Couple's Choice Dan Walker 28 Dance-a-thon Davood Ghadami 4 Foxtrot Dan Walker 21 David James 17 Jive Davood Ghadami 29 Paso Doble 35 Quickstep David James 28 Matt Goss 20 Rumba Dan Walker 31 Davood Ghadami 25 Salsa Chris Robshaw 24 Samba Davood Ghadami 25 Chris Robshaw 14 Tango Dan Walker 31 Tom Dean 23 Viennese Waltz Davood Ghadami 29 Chris Robshaw 16 Waltz 35 Lee Ryan 22
Series 15
Celebrity partner: Davood Ghadami
1 Cha-cha-cha / "Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)" 6 7 7 7 27 No Elimination 2 Quickstep / "Last Nite" 6 7 7 7 27 Safe 3 Samba / "Stayin' Alive" 4 7 7 7 25 Safe 4 Viennese Waltz / "Say You Love Me" 6 7 8 8 29 Bottom two 5 Jive / "Tell Her About It" 6 8 8 – 22 Safe 6 Rhumba / "Wicked Game" 5 7 6 7 25 Safe 7 American Smooth / "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)" 8 9 9 9 35 Safe 8 Charleston / "The Lambeth Walk" 9 9 10 10 Safe 9 Paso Doble / "Live and Let Die" 8 9 9 9 35 Safe 10 Waltz / "With You I'm Born Again" 8 9 9 9 35 Safe 11 Argentine Tango / "The Phantom of the Opera" 7 8 7 7 Eliminated
Series 16
Celebrity partner: Lee Ryan
1 Waltz / "Take It To The Limit" 4 6 6 6 22 No Elimination 2 Jive / "Blue Suede Shoes" 6 7 6 7 26 Bottom two 3 Cha-Cha-Cha / "The Power of Love" 3 5 5 6 Eliminated
Series 17
Celebrity partner: David James
1 Foxtrot / "Three Lions" 3 4 5 5 17 No Elimination 2 Paso Doble / "España cañí" 2 3 2 3 Bottom two 3 American Smooth / "Kiss from a Rose" 4 4 4 4 16 Bottom two 4 Quickstep / " 6 7 7 8 28 Safe 5 Jive / "Such a Night" 3 4 4 5 Eliminated
Series 19
Celebrity partner: Dan Walker
1 Quickstep / "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" 5 5 7 7 24 No Elimination 2 Paso Doble / "Giant" 7 6 6 7 26 Safe 3 Foxtrot / "Once Upon a Dream" 3 5 7 6 21 Safe 4 Cha-cha-cha / "U Can't Touch This/Super Freak 5 7 7 7 26 Safe 5 Viennese Waltz / "She's Always a Woman" 7 7 7 7 28 Safe 6 Jive / "Rock Lobster" 5 8 7 7 27 Safe 7 Couple's Choice / "Classic" 6 7 8 7 28 Safe 8 American Smooth / "King of the Road" 4 8 8 9 29 Safe 9 Charleston / "Good Morning" 7 7 9 8 Safe 10 Rhumba / "Desperado" 6 9 8 8 31 Safe 11 Tango / "Santa María (del Buen Ayre)" 7 8 9 7 31 Eliminated
Series 20
Celebrity partner: Matt Goss
1 Quickstep / "Sir Duke" 5 5 5 5 20 No Elimination 2 Samba / "Night Fever" 4 6 6 6 Bottom two 3 Viennese Waltz / "Hold My Hand" 3 6 5 7 21 Safe 4 Jive / "All Shook Up" 3 6 5 6 Eliminated
Series 22
Celebrity partner: Tom Dean
1 Ballroom tango / "Golden" 5 6 6 6 23 No Elimination 2 Cha-cha-cha / "Boogie Wonderland" 3 6 5 6 20 Eliminated
Series 23
Celebrity partner: Chris Robshaw
1 Samba / "Unbelievable" 3 4 3 4 14 No elimination 2 Viennese waltz / "Die With A Smile" 3 4 4 5 16 Bottom two 3 Paso doble / "Sweet Child o' Mine" 4 6 6 6 22 Safe 4 Salsa / “María” 4 6 7 7 24 Eliminated
Dance tours
In September 2024, Bychkova and Kai Widdrington announced they were to appear at "Dancing With The Stars Weekends" 2025.
Other projects
In 2025, Bychkova starred in the Netflix movie 10Dance.
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