Strictly Come Dancing 2018: Who is Lauren Steadman paired with? Who is her dance partner?
STRICTLY COME DANCING 2018 is back at last on the BBC and this year’s celebrities have been paired up with their professional dance partners. But who is contestant Lauren Steadman paired with?
Strictly: Lauren Steadman SCREAMS as AJ almost drops her
Who is Lauren Steadman’s professional partner on Strictly Come Dancing 2018?
Lauren Steadman has been partnered with AJ Pritchard after they were put together during the Strictly Come Dancing launch show on BBC One at the weekend.
The Paralympian excitedly jumped into her new partner’s arms when the announcement was made before he accidentally almost dropped her.
Steadman instead that she’s “in it to win it - no question about it” and is after a partner who is up for a lot of training.
Speaking to presenter Tess Daly ahead of the pairing announcement, Steadman said she was looking forward to her Strictly experience.
Remarking on her first outfit of the show, Steadman said: “It’s completely different to being in my sports gear… very girly.”
The super fit athlete was born without the lower part of her left arm and acknowledged that some dance moves may be difficult to achieve.
“I have looked at some of the dances and seen the different styles and the moves and I think the biggest challenge will be getting around certain moves with my arm, that’s a challenge I’ll take on with my pro,” she said.
The 25-year-old won a silver medal for Great Britain in the women’s Paratriathlon at the Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
Who is AJ Pritchard?
Dancer Alex Joseph Pritchard is a professional dancer who has been on Strictly for the last two years.
Last year, the 31-year-old made it to fifth place with The Saturdays’ singer, Mollie King.
The year before he was partnered with Olympic gymnast Claudia Fragapane and finished fourth.
Along with his professional dance partner Chloe Hewitt, Pritchard won the National Youth Latin Championships and European Youth Latin Championships.
The pair reached the semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent in 2013.
Upon being paired up with athlete Lauren Steadman, Pritchard tweeted: “Winning Partnership… Our Shared PASSION is to Win…”
Who are the Strictly Come Dancing 2018 couples?
Ashley Roberts & Pasha Kovalev
Faye Tozer & Giovanni Pernice
Kate Silverton & Aljaž Skorjanec
Katie Piper & Gorka Marquez
Lauren Steadman & AJ Pritchard
Stacey Dooley & Kevin Clifton
Susannah Constantine & Anton Du Beke
Vick Hope & Graziano Di Prima
Charles Venn & Karen Clifton
Danny John-Jules & Amy Dowden
Dr Ranj Singh & Janette Manrara
Graeme Swann & Oti Mabuse
Joe Sugg & Dianne Buswell
Lee Ryan & Nadiya Bychkova
Seann Walsh & Katya Jones
Strictly Come Dancing continues on BBC One on Saturday, September 22 at 7.10pm