Alex Joseph Pritchard was born on 5 November 1994 and is a British dancer and choreographer.
20 Facts About AJ Pritchard
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From 2016 to 2019, AJ Pritchard appeared as a professional dancer on the BBC One dance series Strictly Come Dancing.
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AJ Pritchard was born on 5 November 1994 in Sneyd Green, Stoke-on-Trent.
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AJ Pritchard began dancing at the age of 12, and his parents partnered him with Chloe Hewitt from their dance school.
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AJ Pritchard has a younger brother, Curtis, a fellow dance professional, who appears on Dancing with the Stars in Ireland.
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In September 2018, AJ Pritchard took part in BBC's Celebrity MasterChef leaving the show after his apple crumble infuriated the judges.
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In November 2020, it was announced that AJ Pritchard would be contestant on the twentieth series of I'm a Celebrity.
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In February 2021, it was announced that AJ Pritchard would be making his acting debut in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, alongside his brother.
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AJ Pritchard portrayed the role of Marco; their acting abilities were the subject of widespread criticism.
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AJ Pritchard was one of four finalists who completed series 4 of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.
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In 2023, AJ Pritchard competed on the reality-competition series The Challenge UK.
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In 2016, AJ Pritchard appeared as a professional in the BBC dance show, Strictly Come Dancing for its fourteenth series.
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AJ Pritchard was partnered with Olympic artistic gymnast Claudia Fragapane.
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AJ Pritchard returned to Strictly the following year for his second series, and was partnered with Mollie King, a singer and former member of girl group The Saturdays.
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In March 2019, AJ Pritchard was confirmed to be returning to Strictly for his fourth series.
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AJ Pritchard partnered Olympic artistic gymnast Claudia Fragapane for the fourteenth season of Strictly Come Dancing.
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AJ Pritchard partnered British Paralympic athlete Lauren Steadman for the sixteenth season of Strictly Come Dancing.
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AJ Pritchard partnered television presenter YouTube personality and author Saffron Barker for the seventeenth season of Strictly Come Dancing.
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AJ Pritchard suffered bruising to his face, arms, legs and body.
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In 2018 AJ Pritchard was featured in a photo-shoot in the October issue of gay magazine Attitude.