Flavia Cacace
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Flavia Cacace is an Italian
professional dancer. Her professional dance partner is Vincent Simone
, and both regularly appear on the BBC
's Strictly Come Dancing
. Their brand name when performing together is VincentandFlavia
, the youngest of six children to a chef father, and came to the UK with her family at the age of four when her father moved for a job. She attended St Peter's School, Guildford and left in 1995.
's Strictly Come Dancing
. Her celebrity dancing partner for the show was Jimmy Tarbuck
. However, the couple withdrew after only one show, due to reasons concerning Jimmy's health.
Flavia was back dancing in the fifth series of the show, partnered by EastEnders
star Matt Di Angelo
. They got the only perfect score of the main series with their waltz in the semi-final. Flavia had a relationship with Matt that lasted 3 years, although they split in 2010. They reached the final of the show, but were beaten by Alesha Dixon
and her professional partner Matthew Cutler
. She also took part in the 2007 Xmas special dancing a Rumba with partner Matt, and achieved a score of 39. Cacace and Di Angelo also competed together in the live tour of Strictly Come Dancing in January and February 2008. They won more shows than any other couple, coming first overall sixteen times and second a further ten times (out of a total of forty shows).
Flavia took part in the sixth series of Strictly Come Dancing
, partnered by actor Phil Daniels
who was eliminated in the first week after a dance-off against Don Warrington
despite Gary Rhodes
being bottom after the judges' scores.
In late 2008, Flavia decided to take part in a Strictly Come Dancing
special for Children in Need 2008 where she partnered the presenter Terry Wogan
against Tess Daly
, partnered by Anton Du Beke
, who ended up as the winners.
Flavia took part in the 2009 SCD Live tour partnering former Strictly Come Dancing semi-finalist Gethin Jones
. They went on to win 6 shows out of 45 in total, coming second to her professional partner Vincent Simone
and Rachel Stevens
.
Flavia returned to Strictly Come Dancing for the seventh series in 2009, partnering Coronation Street
and Queer as Folk
actor, Craig Kelly
. Flavia and Craig found themselves in the bottom two in second week against Lilia Kopylova
and Richard Dunwoody
, and were forced to perform their tango again. They won votes from three of the four judges and consequently made it through to the third week of the competition. They were also in the bottom two in week 4, against Darren Bennett
and Lynda Bellingham
. Two judges voted to save them and as Len Goodman
had the deciding vote they went through to the next week. In week 5 they received their lowest score of the competition so far and were at the bottom of the leaderboard. However, they were saved from the dance-off by the public. They were eliminated in Week 8 of the competition, when the show went to Blackpool, after performing a cha-cha-cha.
Flavia then went on to dance once more with her tour partner of the previous year Gethin Jones
in the 2009 Christmas special. They danced an American smooth to 'Baby It's Cold Outside' and achieved a score of 38. She then created choreography for Gethin's Cinderella panto which ran at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
in her home town of Guildford
and had a small guest appearance in the final show.
Flavia featured in the eighth series of the dancing show, along with professional partner Vincent, where her celebrity partner was Jimi Mistry
. In the first week, their dance was given a score of 26 and they went on to make it to week 5 where they were knocked out by Michelle Williams and Brendan Cole, in a result that was widely seen as surprising.
Italy
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professional dancer. Her professional dance partner is Vincent Simone
Vincent Simone
Vincent Simone is a professional dancer born in Italy. He moved to Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom when he was 17. His professional dancing partner is Flavia Cacace, and they perform under the brand name VincentandFlavia.-Early life:...
, and both regularly appear on the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing is a British television show, featuring celebrities with professional dance partners competing in Ballroom and Latin dances. The title of the show suggests a continuation of the long-running series Come Dancing, with an allusion to the film Strictly Ballroom...
. Their brand name when performing together is VincentandFlavia
Biography
She was born in NaplesNaples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
, the youngest of six children to a chef father, and came to the UK with her family at the age of four when her father moved for a job. She attended St Peter's School, Guildford and left in 1995.
Dancing career
Her mother insisted that all the children should have an activity, so she and her eldest sister joined the local ballroom dancing class aged 6. After partnerships with two dance partners, Cacace and Simone (who had the same dance teacher in London) were both looking for partners and they decided to try out in 1994—they have been dancing together ever since.Strictly Come Dancing
In 2006, she appeared on the fourth series of the BBCBBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing is a British television show, featuring celebrities with professional dance partners competing in Ballroom and Latin dances. The title of the show suggests a continuation of the long-running series Come Dancing, with an allusion to the film Strictly Ballroom...
. Her celebrity dancing partner for the show was Jimmy Tarbuck
Jimmy Tarbuck
Jimmy Tarbuck OBE or Tarby is an English comedian. Growing up he was a schoolmate of John Lennon.His first television show was It's Tarbuck 65! on ITV in 1964. He has also hosted numerous quiz shows, including Winner Takes All, Full Swing, and Tarby's Frame Game...
. However, the couple withdrew after only one show, due to reasons concerning Jimmy's health.
Flavia was back dancing in the fifth series of the show, partnered by EastEnders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
star Matt Di Angelo
Matt Di Angelo
Matt Di Angelo in London, England is an English actor and singer.He is mostly known for playing fictional character Deano Wicks in the popular British soap EastEnders, and for his current role of Sean Kennedy in the BBC series Hustle.-Education:He attended Southgate School, and started studying...
. They got the only perfect score of the main series with their waltz in the semi-final. Flavia had a relationship with Matt that lasted 3 years, although they split in 2010. They reached the final of the show, but were beaten by Alesha Dixon
Alesha Dixon
Alesha Anjanette Dixon is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model and television personality. She first found fame in the all-female R&B trio Mis-Teeq, however, the trio separated in 2005 and Dixon continued pursuing her music career as a solo artist, signing to Polydor Records...
and her professional partner Matthew Cutler
Matthew Cutler
Matthew David Cutler is an English dancer and former World Amateur Latin-American champion. He was a professional dancer on the BBC dancing show, Strictly Come Dancing.-Early life:...
. She also took part in the 2007 Xmas special dancing a Rumba with partner Matt, and achieved a score of 39. Cacace and Di Angelo also competed together in the live tour of Strictly Come Dancing in January and February 2008. They won more shows than any other couple, coming first overall sixteen times and second a further ten times (out of a total of forty shows).
Flavia took part in the sixth series of Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing is a British television show, featuring celebrities with professional dance partners competing in Ballroom and Latin dances. The title of the show suggests a continuation of the long-running series Come Dancing, with an allusion to the film Strictly Ballroom...
, partnered by actor Phil Daniels
Phil Daniels
Philip W. "Phil" Daniels is an English actor, most noted for film and television roles as "cockneys" such as Jimmy in Quadrophenia, Richards in Scum, Stewart in The Class of Miss MacMichael, Mark in Meantime, Kevin Wicks in EastEnders, DCS Frank Patterson in New Tricks and Edward Kitchener "Ted"...
who was eliminated in the first week after a dance-off against Don Warrington
Don Warrington
Don Warrington, MBE is a Trinidadian British actor.-Personal life:Warrington was born in Trinidad and Tobago on 23 May 1951 and brought up in Newcastle upon Tyne, England from age five. His father was the Trinidadian politician, Basil Kydd, who died in 1958. He has two sons.His acting career...
despite Gary Rhodes
Gary Rhodes
Gary Rhodes OBE is an English restaurateur, cookery writer, and chef, known for his love of British cuisine and distinctive spiked hair style ....
being bottom after the judges' scores.
In late 2008, Flavia decided to take part in a Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing is a British television show, featuring celebrities with professional dance partners competing in Ballroom and Latin dances. The title of the show suggests a continuation of the long-running series Come Dancing, with an allusion to the film Strictly Ballroom...
special for Children in Need 2008 where she partnered the presenter Terry Wogan
Terry Wogan
Sir Michael Terence Wogan, KBE, DL , or also known as Terry Wogan, is a veteran Irish radio and television broadcaster who holds dual Irish and British citizenship. Wogan has worked for the BBC in the United Kingdom for most of his career...
against Tess Daly
Tess Daly
Helen Elizabeth "Tess" Daly is an English television presenter. She is married to the presenter Vernon Kay.-Early life:Daly was born in Derbyshire to Vivian , who died of emphysema, and Sylvia Daly...
, partnered by Anton Du Beke
Anton du Beke
Anton du Beke is a British ballroom dancer and television presenter. His professional dance partner since 1997 has been Erin Boag. With Boag, he won the IDTA Classic in England in November 2003.-Family and early life:...
, who ended up as the winners.
Flavia took part in the 2009 SCD Live tour partnering former Strictly Come Dancing semi-finalist Gethin Jones
Gethin Jones
Gethin Clifford Jones is a Welsh television presenter who has co-presented the BBC children's programme Blue Peter....
. They went on to win 6 shows out of 45 in total, coming second to her professional partner Vincent Simone
Vincent Simone
Vincent Simone is a professional dancer born in Italy. He moved to Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom when he was 17. His professional dancing partner is Flavia Cacace, and they perform under the brand name VincentandFlavia.-Early life:...
and Rachel Stevens
Rachel Stevens
Rachel Lauren Stevens is an English singer-songwriter, actress, presenter, dancer, television personality and model. She is a former member of the successful pop group S Club, and launched a solo recording career in 2003, releasing seven singles and two albums in the UK between 2003 and 2005...
.
Flavia returned to Strictly Come Dancing for the seventh series in 2009, partnering Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
and Queer as Folk
Queer as Folk (UK TV series)
Queer as Folk is a 1999 British television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. Both Queer as Folk and Queer as Folk 2 were written by Russell T Davies...
actor, Craig Kelly
Craig Kelly (actor)
Craig Kelly is a British actor, best known for his role as Vince Tyler in the Channel 4 television series Queer as Folk and as Luke Strong in Coronation Street.-Biography:...
. Flavia and Craig found themselves in the bottom two in second week against Lilia Kopylova
Lilia Kopylova
Lilia Andreyevna Kopylova , born 18 June 1978 in Moscow, Soviet Union, is a professional dancer.With her husband Darren Bennett she has been competing as an amateur since July 1997 and as a professional since May 2003...
and Richard Dunwoody
Richard Dunwoody
Thomas Richard Dunwoody MBE is a retired British jockey in National Hunt racing. He was a three-time Champion Jockey, riding 1699 British winners in his career. His father was a leading Point to Point rider...
, and were forced to perform their tango again. They won votes from three of the four judges and consequently made it through to the third week of the competition. They were also in the bottom two in week 4, against Darren Bennett
Darren Bennett (dancer)
Darren Lee Bennett is a professional dancer, as were his parents. With his wife Lilia Kopylova he has a successful career in professional Latin dancing, competing nationally and internationally. Darren's favourite dances are the Samba and the Foxtrot.They teach private lessons in their own studio...
and Lynda Bellingham
Lynda Bellingham
Lynda Bellingham is a Canadian-born English actress, broadcaster and author, who is known for her distinctive husky voice.-Early life:...
. Two judges voted to save them and as Len Goodman
Len Goodman
Leonard Gordon 'Len' Goodman is a British professional ballroom dancer, dance judge, and coach. He is a leading personality on television dance programmes such as Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing with the Stars and runs a ballroom dance school in Dartford, Kent.-Early life and career:Goodman was...
had the deciding vote they went through to the next week. In week 5 they received their lowest score of the competition so far and were at the bottom of the leaderboard. However, they were saved from the dance-off by the public. They were eliminated in Week 8 of the competition, when the show went to Blackpool, after performing a cha-cha-cha.
Flavia then went on to dance once more with her tour partner of the previous year Gethin Jones
Gethin Jones
Gethin Clifford Jones is a Welsh television presenter who has co-presented the BBC children's programme Blue Peter....
in the 2009 Christmas special. They danced an American smooth to 'Baby It's Cold Outside' and achieved a score of 38. She then created choreography for Gethin's Cinderella panto which ran at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford, Surrey presents in-house productions which often tour and transfer to London's West End. Other performances include opera, ballet and pantomime. Named after the actress Yvonne Arnaud, the company has two performance venues, a main theatre and the smaller Mill...
in her home town of Guildford
Guildford
Guildford is the county town of Surrey. England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the administrative headquarters of the South East England region...
and had a small guest appearance in the final show.
Flavia featured in the eighth series of the dancing show, along with professional partner Vincent, where her celebrity partner was Jimi Mistry
Jimi Mistry
-Early life:Mistry, was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England to an Indian Hindu father and an Irish Roman Catholic mother. He was brought up a Roman Catholic and attended St. James' Catholic High in Cheadle Hulme before his family moved to Cardiff where he attended Radyr Comprehensive School...
. In the first week, their dance was given a score of 26 and they went on to make it to week 5 where they were knocked out by Michelle Williams and Brendan Cole, in a result that was widely seen as surprising.
Titles
Career titles Flavia Cacace has earned from competitions, with her professional partner Vincent Simone:- UK Professional Ten Dance Champions 2002-2006
- UK Professional Showdance Champions 2003-2006
- Negracha club UK Argentine Tango Champions, 2006
- IDO World Argentine Tango Finalists, 2005/2006 (3rd place overall - winners, Show Tango section)
- UK Ballroom Champions
- World and European Ten Dance and Showdance finalists 2002-2006