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Who is Strictly’s Kai Widdrington and who is he dating?-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro
Kai is paired with Kaye Adams on Strictly this year.
Kai is dating one of his fellow Strictly professionals (Picture: Getty Images/Instagram)
Loose Women panellist Kaye Adams is set to take to the ballroom floor for the second live show of this year’s Strictly Come Dancing series with partner Kai Widdrington.
The pair scored a reasonable 21 out of 40 points with their Tango, after Kai shared that being booted out first was ‘not going to happen’, and he was absolutely determined to get through to Movie Week.
Last year, Kai made it all the way to the semi-finals with TV presenter AJ Odudu, after setting themselves up as a pretty impressive dancing pair and earning the highest week-one score (34) in 16 years.
The pair even sparked rumours that they were dating, although the news was never confirmed, and AJ insisted they were ‘focused on dancing’.
But, Kai is actually dating one of his fellow Strictly stars…
Who is Kai Widdrington?
Kai is paired with Loose Women’s Kaye Adams this series (Picture: PA)
Kai was born on August 23, 1995 making him 27 years old.
He was born in Southampton and comes from a footballing family with his father, Tommy Widdrington, a former Premier League player, and his brother Theo with the Havant and Waterlooville club.
Kai himself turned down a Premier League contract at the age of 12 to pursue a dance career, and he went on to become Junior World Latin American Champion.
In 2012, Kai reached the final of the sixth series of Britain’s Got Talent, and later joined Ireland’s Dancing with the Stars as a professional dancer between 2017 and 2020.
He became a pro on Strictly Come Dancing last year, where he and AJ came third.
AJ and Kai’s ballroom chemistry sparked dating rumours last year (Picture: PA)
Who is he dating?
It was revealed earlier this year that Kai is actually dating Strictly pro Nadiya Bychkova.
They became the subject of romantic speculation earlier this year, after they were spotted looking cosy on the show’s yearly tour.
The dancing duo have reportedly been dating since January, shortly after Nadiya split from her ex-fiancé Matija Škarabot.
Kai is dating fellow Strictly pro Nadiya Bychkova (Picture: Lia Toby/Getty Images)
Nadiya and Kai grew close on the Strictly pro tour last year (Picture: BACKGRID)
While they were initially shy about sharing their blossoming romance, the couple, who grew close in 2021, have recently been sharing loved-up snaps.
In one of their most public displays of affection published a slew of pics of them gazing adoringly at each other to mark Nadiya’s big day, turning 33.
Making our hearts swell, he captioned the pics: ‘Happy birthday my baby girl ❤️.
‘Thank you for being the beautiful person that you are, I’m reminded everyday by the smiles and laughs that we have together of how lucky I am to have you in my life.
‘You are my everything ❤️.’
In April, Nadiya confirmed that she and Kai had been seeing each other ‘properly’ for a couple of months, adding that they’d had ‘very little free time’ while rehearsing for the Strictly Professionals tour.
‘It’s early days and we’ve been rehearsing for the Strictly Professionals tour, so there’s been very little free time,’ she told Daily Mail’s Weekend Magazine at the time.
‘But we’re getting to know more and more about each other day by day. He’s kind and compassionate and makes me laugh. I feel very relaxed with him.’
Last year, Nadiya was paired with Channel 5 presenter Dan Walker, while this year she takes to the ballroom floor with Matt Goss.
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Other returning pros include reigning champ Giovanni Pernice – who lifted the glitter ball with EastEnders’ Rose Ayling-Ellis in December – and runner-up Johannes Radebe, who danced in the first male-male pairing with John Whaite.
Meanwhile, celebs taking to the dance floor are Helen Skelton, Will Mellor, Kym Marsh, Richie Anderson, Jayde Adams, Ellie Simmonds, Tyler West, Ellie Taylor, Molly Rainford, Tony Adams, Fleur East, Hazma Yassin and James Bye.
Strictly Come Dancing continues tonight at 6.30pm on BBC One.
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