Strictly Come Dancing 2018: Who is Lee Ryan paired with? Who is his dance partner?
STRICTLY COME DANCING 2018 is back at last on the BBC and this year’s celebs have been paired up with their professional dance partners. But who is contestant Lee Ryan paired with?
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Who is Lee Ryan’s professional partner on Strictly Come Dancing 2018?
Lee Ryan has been partnered with Nadiya Bychkova after they were put together during the Strictly Come Dancing launch show on BBC at the weekend.
“Being in a boy band, we had to do dance moves, but we would just lean and do shoulder things and do air grabs,” he joked.
“I think this is slightly more intricate.”
Ryan admits he is a good dad dancer and that his daughters are will be embarrassed but that they are excited deep down.
Ahead of being paired up, Ryan said: “Bring on the training and bring on the sequins!”
The Blue band member and former Eastenders cast member was overjoyed when paired up with Bychkova.
Upon hearing the news the news he spun the dancer around in the air and the pair started to do some dance steps in unison.
Presenter Tess Daly said she had “high hopes” for the newly matched duo.
Closing the launch episodes, Ryan and Bychkova said they were going to work “so hard” in the coming weeks.
Who is Nadiya Bychkova?
Nadiya Bychkova is a Ukranian born ballroom and Latin dancer who competes for Slovenia.
This is the 29-year-old’s second year as part of the Strictly professional line up.
She was World Champion in ’10’ in 2014 and 2015.
In 2017 she was paired with actor Davood Ghadami and made it all the way to the semi-finals.
Before that, she was a dancer on the Bosnian version of Strictly Come Dancing.
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