Vincent Simone

Introducing the “One and Only”, Vincent Simone! World champion dancer, TV Star of Strictly Come Dancing and I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, West End Star, Olivier Award nominee, qualified adjudicator and teacher and not to forget Rear of the Year!

Born to Professional Ballroom & Latin dancing parents in Italy, dancing is in Vincent's blood. having moved to the UK when he was 17. Vincent's Professional partner at the time was Flavia Cacace. Their journey started as amateur ballroom and Latin American dancers and over a period of 10 years they competed in numerous national and international championships winning a host of titles including:

• 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 several years

• World and European Ten Dance and Showdance finalists 2002–2006

He then appeared on the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing from 2006 to 2012.

After leaving the show in 2013 Vincent and Flavia toured the U.K. extensively with several dance theatre productions achieving various accolades, including 2 Olivier Award nominations for family entertainment. They starred in and co-created & choreographed 'Midnight Tango' in 2013 which toured the U.K. successfully for 3 years and had 2 west end runs, a dance musical based on the Argentine Tango in its Argentine setting.

Over the next 4 years this was followed by 'Dance 'til Dawn', a musical dance around a comic murder-mystery plot, then 'The Last Tango' embraced many different dance genre, but with a plot filled with emotion and suspense that enthralled their audiences in packed theatres across the country, followed by Tango Moderno and most recently Ballroom Boys, Tango Passions and Legends of the Dancefloor

His world class talent, Italian charm and magnetic personality has created many moments of TV Gold and has turned him into a very popular household name. Vincent now partners Victoria Martin.