Erin Boag
| Erin Boag | |
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 Anton du Beke and Erin Boag at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham (photo January 2008) |
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| Born | 17 March 1975 New Zealand |
| Occupation | Professional ballroom dancer |
| Known for | Strictly Come Dancing |
Erin Boag (born 17 March 1975) is a professional ballroom dancer. She has danced from the age of three, originally starting ballet and later moving into ballroom, Latin and jazz. Born in Auckland, she moved to Australia as a teenager to progress her dancing career, before moving to London in 1996.
Erin Boag is an honorary patron of the theatre charity The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America.
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[edit] Professional career
Erin Boag's regular professional partner is Anton du Beke. She and du Beke met in 1997 and together they won the 1998 and 1999 New Zealand Championships. They turned professional in 2002, competing mainly in the UK. Their best result on the competition circuit was in November 2003 when they won the IDTA Classic in England. They now both appear on Strictly Come Dancing.
[edit] Strictly Come Dancing
She has competed in all nine series of the BBC's television series Strictly Come Dancing with the following results:
- Fourth in Series 1 with rugby league player Martin Offiah
- Third in Series 2 with comedian Julian Clary
- Runner-up in 2005 with hurdling champion and record holder Colin Jackson
- Eliminated in week 7 of the 2006 competition, dancing with football player Peter Schmeichel
- Knocked out of the 2007 competition in week 3 with her partner, snooker player Willie Thorne
- Eliminated in Week 12 of the 2008 competition, with Austin Healey. They were placed 4th in the competition
- Eliminated in Week 10 of the 2009 competition with actor Ricky Groves.
- For the 2010 competition she was paired with England Football legend Peter Shilton: they were eliminated in week 4.
- For the Christmas Special 2010, she partnered Liberal Democrats politician and Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Vince Cable, himself a keen amateur ballroom dancer[1]
For the Christmas Special 2006, she was joined again by Colin Jackson. After the combined scores of the judges' marks and the votes of the studio audience, Colin and Erin won the competition, after getting the full 40 marks from the judges.
For the 2011 series, she was partnered with impessionist Rory Bremner.[2]
[edit] 2008 results
- Green numbers show Austin and Erin were at the top of the leaderboard that week.
| Week | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||||
| Horwood | Phillips | Goodman | Tonioli | Total | |||
| 1 | Waltz / The Rainbow Connection | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 32 | Safe |
| 2 | Merengue Group Dance/"She Bangs" | Not Judged | |||||
| 3 | Jive / You Can't Stop the Beat | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 34 | Safe |
| 4 | Rueda Group Dance/"Birdland" | Not Judged | |||||
| 5 | Samba / Move Your Feet | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 32 | Safe |
| 6 | Viennese Waltz / Send in the Clowns | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 34 | Safe |
| 7 | Quickstep / S'Wonderful | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 36 | Safe |
| 8 | Rumba / When You Tell Me That You Love Me | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 29 | Safe |
| 9 | Tango / Libertango | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 38 | Safe |
| 10 | Cha Cha / It's Raining Men | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 35 | Safe |
| 11 | Foxtrot / L-O-V-E Paso Doble / España Cañí |
8 10 |
9 10 |
9 8 |
10 10 |
36 38 |
Safe |
| 12 | American Smooth / The Best Is Yet to Come Salsa / Johnny's Mambo |
8 8 |
8 9 |
9 10 |
9 9 |
34 36 |
Eliminated |
[edit] Personal life
After being introduced by Camilla Dallerup, Boag became engaged to business consultant Peter O'Dowd on Christmas Eve 2007.[3] They were married on 17 June 2009, in Italy.
[edit] References
- ^ "Vince Cable to star in Christmas Strictly Come Dancing". BBC News. 16 November, 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11767413. Retrieved 2101-11-16.
- ^ "Erin Boag". BBC Strictly Come Dancing Web-site. http://www.bbc.co.uk/strictlycomedancing/2011/dancers/pro/erin_boag.shtml. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
- ^ "Boag'll marry Mr Big". News of the World. 28 September 2008. http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/showbiz/strictly_come_dancing/article35020.ece. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
[edit] External links
- "Anton du Beke and Erin Boag". Official website of the partnership. http://www.antonanderin.com/.
| Preceded by Denise Lewis and Ian Waite |
Strictly Come Dancing runner up (with partner Colin Jackson) Series 3 (2005) |
Succeeded by Matt Dawson and Lilia Kopylova |
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