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The Paralympian, who took part on the BBC series this year, returned for the grand finale and host Claudia Winkleman was quick to comment on his nomination. She then went on to tell him that no matter the outcome, he had already won in the eyes of everyone at Strictly. “You’re nominated for Sports Personality […]
The 24-year-old Paralympian was knocked out of the hugely-popular BBC series alongside his professional dance partner Oti Mabuse in week nine, following a string of criticism for his frame problems in the ballroom. Yet tonight saw the sportsman back stronger than ever as he revealed he’d chopped off his trademark blonde ponytail. Dressed in a […]
Jonnie, 24, was voted out in week nine following an eventful Tango at the Blackpool ballroom that had him forced to perform in the dance off against fan-favourite Debbie McGee. Speaking to presenter Zoe Ball, 46, on the BBC Two companion show, the Paralympic gold medal winner revealed that the person he wants to win […]
The 24-year-old athlete was in the bottom two against show favourite Debbie McGee following her unusual Spice Girls-themed performance last night. Jonnie and his professional partner Oti Mabuse performed their Tango again as 59-year-old Debbie and Giovanni Pernice danced the Samba. Judge Craig Revel Horwood chose to save Debbie and Giovanni, explaining: “For technical cleanliness […]
The 24-year-old Paralympian winner was nervous to perform the Tango on tonight’s BBC show alongside pro Oti Mabuse, due to being an amputee. Seemingly breezing past the contestant’s obvious restrictions on the posture-driven dance to a rendition of Eurythmics’ Sweet Dreams [Are Made of These], Shirley, 57, didn’t hesitate to get straight to the point. […]
When the couple appeared on BBC companion show It Takes Two today, Oti admitted that she froze during one practice before the live show, and forgot her own steps. “I forgot the choreography, me the person who made it,” she confessed to presenter Zoe Ball. “We started, we got in hold and I went, ‘Where […]
The paralympian and his dance partner, Oti Mabusi, stunned judges with an incredibly fast-paced Jive to Chuck Berry’s Jonny B. Goode. Jonnie, 24, donned his blade prosthetic for the performance but viewers were increasingly distracted by his change of hairstyle. Letting his blonde locks flow, the sports star cut a handsome figure and Strictly Come […]
Sprint champion Jonnie Peacock MBE, who won paralympic gold, wants viewers to see that having a disability is not a bar to putting on a good show – and joked that it could be his turn to waltz off with the glitterball this series. Jonnie’s right leg was amputated below the knee after contracting meningitis […]
GETTY Jonnie Peacock has selected as the first disable contestant on Strictly Come Dancing Such a cruel blow when he was five years old could have ruined his life. Instead, it instilled a determination that took him all the way to the top of the podium at the London Paralympics. And now, just when you […]
