Nadiya Bychkova

Nadiya Bychkova (Ukrainian: Надія Бичкова) (born 24 August 1989) is a Ukrainian-Slovenian ballroom and Latin American dancer who is a multiple-time Slovenian Ballroom and Latin Champion and two-time World and European Champion in ‘10’ Dance.[1][2] In 2017, she joined the British television show Strictly Come Dancing as a professional dancer.

Nadiya Bychkova
Born
Nadiya Bychkova

(1989-08-24) 24 August 1989
OccupationBallroom and latin dancer
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Partner(s)Sergey Konovaltsev (married) 2013-2015

Matija Skarabot (engaged) 2016-2021

Kai Widdrington 2022-
Children1

Strictly Come Dancing

In 2017, Bychkova appeared as a professional dancer in the fifteenth series of the British television dance show Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with EastEnders actor Davood Ghadami. They reached the quarter final of the competition, finishing in sixth place.[3]

She returned for her second series in 2018, partnered with another 'former' EastEnders actor and Blue singer Lee Ryan. The couple were eliminated in week three.[4]

Bychkova returned for her third series in 2019 and was partnered with ex-professional footballer David James. They were the fourth couple to be eliminated.[5]

In 2021, Bychkova was paired with BBC television journalist, Breakfast, The NFL Show and former Football Focus presenter Dan Walker, some ten inches taller.

She had previously been a professional dancer on the Bosnian version of the show.[6]

Series Partner Place Average
Score
15 Davood Ghadami 6th 30.4
16 Lee Ryan 14th 22.3
17 David James 12th 17.4
19 Dan Walker 5th 27.5

Highest and Lowest scoring per dance

Series 15 (2017): with celebrity partner Davood Ghadami

Week No. Dance/Song Judges' score Total Result
Horwood Bussell Ballas Tonioli
1 Cha-cha-cha / "Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)" 6 7 7 7 27 No Elimination
2 Quickstep / "Last Nite" 6 7 7 7 27 Safe
3 Samba / "Stayin' Alive" 4 7 7 7 25 Safe
4 Viennese Waltz / "Say You Love Me" 6 7 8 8 29 Bottom two
5 Jive / "Tell Her About It" 6 8 8 22 Safe
6 Rumba / "Wicked Game" 5 7 6 7 25 Safe
7 American Smooth / "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)" 8 9 9 9 35 Safe
8 Charleston / "The Lambeth Walk" 9 9 10 10 38 Safe
9 Paso Doble / "Live and Let Die" 8 9 9 9 35 Safe
10 Waltz / "With You I'm Born Again"
Paso Doble-a-thon / "España cañí"
8
4
9
extra
9
points
9
awarded
35
39
Safe
11 Argentine Tango / "The Phantom of the Opera" 7 8 7 7 29 Eliminated
  • Green numbers indicate Davood & Nadiya were at the top of the leaderboard.
  • Red numbers indicate Davood & Nadiya were at the bottom of the leaderboard.

Series 16 (2018): with celebrity partner Lee Ryan

Week No. Dance/Song Judges' score Total Result
Horwood Bussell Ballas Tonioli
1 Waltz / "Take It To The Limit" 4 6 6 6 22 No Elimination
2 Jive / "Blue Suede Shoes" 6 7 6 7 26 Bottom Two
3 Cha-Cha-Cha / "The Power of Love" 3 5 5 6 19 Eliminated
  • Red numbers indicate Lee & Nadiya were at the bottom of the leaderboard.

Series 17 (2019): with celebrity partner David James

Week N. Dance/Song Judges' score Total Result
Horwood Mabuse Ballas Tonioli/Ribeiro
1 Foxtrot / "Three Lions" 3 4 5 5 17 No Elimination
2 Paso Doble / "España cañí" 2 3 2 3 10 Bottom Two
3 American Smooth / "Kiss from a Rose" 4 4 4 4 16 Bottom Two
4 Quickstep / "From Now On 6 7 7 8 28 Safe
5 Jive / "Such a Night" 3 4 4 5 16 Eliminated
  • Red numbers indicate David & Nadiya were at the bottom of the leaderboard.

Series 19 (2021): with celebrity partner Dan Walker

Week N. Dance/Song Judges' score Total Result
Horwood Mabuse Ballas Du Beke
1 Quickstep / "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" 5 5 7 7 24 No Elimination
2 Paso Doble / "Giant" 7 6 6 7 26 Safe
3 Foxtrot / "Once Upon a Dream" 3 5 7 6 21 Safe
4 Cha-cha-cha / "U Can't Touch This/Super Freak 5 7 7 7 26 Safe
5 Viennese Waltz / "She's Always a Woman" 7 7 7 7 28 Safe
6 Jive / "Rock Lobster" 5 8 7 7 27 Safe
7 Couple's Choice / "Classic" 6 7 8 7 28 Safe
8 American Smooth / "King of the Road" 4 8 8 9 29 Safe
9 Charleston / "Good Morning" 7* 7 9 8 31 Safe
10 Rumba / "Desperado" 6 9* 8 8 31 Safe
11 Tango / "Santa María (del Buen Ayre)" 7 8 9 7 31 Eliminated
  • Red numbers indicate Dan & Nadiya were at the bottom of the leaderboard.

Personal life

In 2013, Bychkova married Russian dancer Sergey Konovaltsev; the marriage lasted two years. Bychkova was engaged to Slovenian footballer Matija Skarabot, with whom she has a daughter called Mila.[7]

In April 2015, Bychkova featured in the Ukrainian edition of Playboy magazine; she was also on the cover of FHM in March 2012.[8]

In an appearance on Saturday Mash Up in January 2022, Bychkova was gunged, after receiving 63% of a viewer vote against Dan Walker and Kai Widdrington. Nadiya was ‘Super Slimed’ with 20 buckets of gunge.

References

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