Strictly Come Dancing Signs Youngest Professional Yet

London: British television reality show Strictly Come Dancing has signed up its youngest professional yet for its upcoming14^th series.

At 20 years old, Chloe Hewitt is the youngest professional dancer to have ever taken part in the series, meaning she was only eight years old when the show was first broadcast in 2004.

Chloe is one six new professionals to join in the new series which will premiere in autumn 2016. J Pritchard, Neil Jones, Gorka Marquez, Katya Jones and Oksana Dmytrenko are the other members of the new professional club.

Chloe and AJ appeared together as a Latin dance couple on the seventh series of Britain’s Got Talent in 2013. They made it to the semi-finals before being eliminated. Last year she and Pritchard, 21, were crowned British Open Youth Latin Champions and also European Youth Latin Champions. Over their nine-year competitive career they have been the National Youth Latin Champions for three years in a row, from 2012 to 2014.

Neil and Katya are a married couple. Jones is the undefeated four-time British National Champion and the three-time winner of the World Amateur Latin Championships with wife Katya.

On the other hand, Gorka is a live dance show Burn The Floor dancer. He is among the live dance show’s current cast members. Gorka has featured in many finals and semifinals the world over, including the WDSF World Latin Championships, 2010 New York, the WDSF World Cup, 2012 Riga and the European Cup, 2013 Ukraine.

Oksana is a former Dancing Of The Star USA troupe member. She became a member of the first “Troupe” in the show’s 12th season. She would remain part of the troupe for five seasons, through season 16. After leaving Dancing with the Stars, she performed with Ballroom with a Twist. She also choreographed for So You Think You Can Dance USA.

The other male professionals on the new series are Kevin Clifton, Brendan Cole, Anton Du Beke, Pasha Kovalev, Giovanni Pernice and Aljaz Skorjanec, whereas Joanne Clifton, Karen Clifton, Natalie Lowe, Janette Manrara and Oti Mabuse round up the female professional contingent.