Since joining Strictly Come Dancing back in 2021 as a professional dancer, Nikita Kuzmin has danced alongside the likes of Tilly Ramsay and Ellie Simmonds.
And in the current series of the BBC One show, Nikita has been partnered with actor Layton Williams in a same-sex couple and the duo recently left viewers “in tears” when Layton performed the Viennese Waltz dressed as Sandy from Grease while wearing a long skirt.
But while TV viewers may be familiar with 25 year old Nikita when he’s in front of the cameras, they may know less about him away from the show.
Having grown up in Ukraine, Nikita was nine when his family moved to Italy so that his older sister Anastasia could pursue a dancing career.