Aljaž Skorjanec

Aljaž Skorjanec
Born (1990-02-19) 19 February 1990
Ptuj, Slovenia
Occupation Dancer
Partner(s) Janette Manrara (2011-present; engaged)

Aljaž Škorjanec (born 19 February 1990) is a Slovenian professional dancer. He grew up in the town of Slovenska Bistrica in eastern Slovenia. He is a 19-time Slovenian champion in Ballroom, Latin and Ten Dance.[1] He has cited his favourite dances as the Pasodoble because "it’s strong and masculine" and the Foxtrot as "everything is fluid and it feels like every move lasts forever".

Strictly Come Dancing

Main article: Strictly Come Dancing

In 2013, he featured in Series 11 of the BBC One hit show Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with Abbey Clancy. On 16 November 2013, they received their first "10s" of the competition, during "Blackpool week" when they performed their Quickstep. On 30 November 2013, they became the first couple that year to score a perfect "40", during Musicals Week. On 21 December 2013, they became the 11th winners of the competition. He was the fourth pro dancer to win the show in his first series of Strictly Come Dancing.

He currently stars in Burn the Floor with some other Strictly Come Dancing professionals. In 2014, Škorjanec returned for the twelfth series. He was partnered with "This Morning" reporter, Alison Hammond, they were the sixth couple to be eliminated from the competition. He also returned to the show in 2015, and was partnered with Call the Midwife actress Helen George.

Abbey Clancy

Week No. Dance/Song Judges' score Total Result
Revel Horwood Bussell Goodman Tonioli
1 Waltz / "Kissing You" 8 8 8 8 32 None
2 Cha-Cha-Cha / "Let's Get Loud" 7 7 8 8 30 Safe
3 Jive / "Can't Buy Me Love" 6 7 8 7 28 Safe
4 Tango / "Spectrum" 9 8 9 9 35 Safe
5 Foxtrot / "Dear Darlin'" 8 9 9 9 35 Safe
6 Rumba / "Stay" 8 8 9 9 34 Bottom two
7 Charleston / "Cabaret" 9 9 9 9 36 Safe
8 Quickstep / "Walking on Sunshine" 7 10 10 10 37 Safe
9 Paso Doble / "You've Got the Love" 8 8 8 8 32 Safe
10 Salsa / "You Should Be Dancing" 10 10 10 10 40 Safe
11 Viennese Waltz / "Delilah" 9 9 9 10 37 Safe
Swing-a-thon / "Do You Love Me" Awarded 3 extra points 40
12 Samba / "Faith" 9 10 10 10 39 Safe
American Smooth / "Sweet Caroline" 9 10 10 10 39
13 Waltz / "Kissing You" 10 10 10 10 40 Winners
Showdance / "Sweet Child o' Mine" 9 10 9 10 38
Quickstep / "Walking on Sunshine" 9 10 9 10 38

Alison Hammond

Week No. Dance/Song Judges' score Result
Revel Horwood Bussell Osmond Goodman Tonioli Total
1 Cha-Cha-Cha / "I'm Every Woman" 6 6 7 7 26 None
2 Foxtrot / "I Just Want to Make Love to You" 5 5 6 6 22 Safe
3 Jive / "Footloose" 4 5 7 6 6 28 Safe
4 Samba / "Bootylicious" 6 7 7 7 27 Safe
5 Tango / "Addicted to You" 5 6 6 6 23 Safe
6 American Smooth / "Wuthering Heights" 5 7 7 7 26 Bottom two
7 Charleston / "Friend Like Me" 6 7 7 7 27 Eliminated

Helen George

Week No. Dance/Song Judges' score Total Result
Revel Horwood Bussell Goodman Tonioli
1 Waltz / "With You I'm Born Again" 7 7 7 8 29 None
2 Cha-Cha-Cha / "Uptown Girl" 7 7 7 8 29 Safe
3 Foxtrot / "I Wanna Be Loved by You" 8 8 8 8 32 Safe
4 Salsa / "Dr. Beat" 8 8 8 8 32 Safe
5 Quickstep / "You Can't Hurry Love" 9 9 8 9 35 Safe
6 Samba / "Take Your Mama" 8 9 8 9 34 Safe
7 Rumba / "Hello" 8 8 7 8 31 Safe
8 Tango / "Hold Back the River" 8 9 8 9 34 Safe
9 Charleston/ Anything Goes 8 9 8 9 34 Safe
10 Viennese Waltz/ At Last 9 10 10 10 39 Safe
Quickstep-a-Thon / Sing, Sing, Sing Awarded 7 extra points 46
11 Paso Doble / "At The End of The Day" 8 8 9 9 34 Eliminated

References

  1. "Aljaž Skorjanec". BBC. Retrieved 9 December 2013.

External links

Preceded by
Louis Smith and Flavia Cacace
Strictly Come Dancing Champion
(with partner Abbey Clancy)

Series 11 (2013)
Succeeded by
Caroline Flack and Pasha Kovalev
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