15 Facts About Bruno Tonioli

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Bruno Tonioli is a British-Italian television personality, choreographer and dancer.

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Bruno Tonioli has judged on the British television shows Strictly Come Dancing and Britain's Got Talent, and the American television show Dancing with the Stars.

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Bruno Tonioli co-created and appeared on the BBC One talent show DanceX and its American adaptation, Dance War: Bruno vs Carrie Ann.

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In 1980, as part of the group Duke and the Aces, Tonioli performed in but did not win the United Kingdom's competition to select an entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.

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Bruno Tonioli has worked in the music business as a choreographer for music videos, stage shows, and tours for artists such as Tina Turner, Sting, Elton John, the Rolling Stones, Freddie Mercury, Sinitta, Boy George, Dead or Alive, Bananarama, and Duran Duran.

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Bruno Tonioli danced in the Elton John video for "I'm Still Standing".

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Bruno Tonioli choreographed the band Arcadia's music video for their song "Election Day" as documented in a 1980s documentary entitled The Making of Election Day.

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Bruno Tonioli was the choreographer for Ella Enchanted Minnie Driver.

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In October 2022, Bruno Tonioli competed in the second series of The Masked Dancer as Pearly King.

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In January 2023, it was announced that Bruno Tonioli would be joining the judging panel on the British talent show Britain's Got Talent, replacing David Walliams.

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Bruno Tonioli quickly became known for his commentary style, often getting out of his chair and physically describing a performance, whilst at the same time including colourful descriptives.

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In 2020, due to COVID restrictions, Bruno Tonioli was stuck in the US and therefore did not appear on the judging panel at all during the series, but instead featured each week during the Judges' chat with Claudia via video call during the results show.

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Bruno Tonioli is fluent in five languages: Italian, English, Portuguese, Spanish, and French.

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Bruno Tonioli is gay and has spoken of the homophobic bullying he suffered in his youth.

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Since 2010, Bruno Tonioli has been in a relationship with Jason Schanne.