15 Facts About Brendan Cole

1. Brendan Cole was born on 23 April 1976 and is a New Zealand ballroom dancer, specialising in Latin American dancing.

2. Brendan Cole is most famous for appearing as a professional dancer on the BBC One show, Strictly Come Dancing.

3. Brendan Cole danced with Camilla Dallerup, a fellow contestant on the BBC's earlier long-running show Come Dancing, as amateurs from 1996, and from 2002 to 2004 as professionals.

4. In 2003 Dallerup and Brendan Cole were placed 3rd for Latin American at the UK Closed Championships.

5. In October 2009, Brendan Cole appeared on the New Zealand travel show Intrepid Journeys.

6. In January 2007, Brendan Cole appeared on the BBC's duet show Just the Two of Us as a celebrity, with Beverley Knight as his professional partner.

7. Brendan Cole represented the United Kingdom at the first Eurovision Dance Contest in September 2007.

8. Brendan Cole appeared in the first 15 series BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing, announcing in January 2018 that his contract had not been renewed.

9. In Series 3 Brendan Cole was then paired up with GMTV presenter and newsreader Fiona Phillips.

10. Brendan Cole stepped in to partner Holly Valance and Anita Dobson during weeks 7 and 9 respectively due to their original partners being injured.

11. Tenth series Brendan Cole was partnered with Olympic track cyclist, Victoria Pendleton.

12. In series 11 Brendan Cole partnered singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor, reaching the final and eliminated in fourth place.

13. Brendan Cole took part in the 2015 Christmas Special, where he and series 11 winner Abbey Clancy, danced a waltz against his series 6 partner Lisa Snowdon.

14. Show's fourteenth series, Brendan Cole was partnered up with American singer Anastacia.

15. Brendan Cole returned for the fifteenth series paired with Good Morning Britain presenter Charlotte Hawkins.