"Maddie is the perfect candidate for Strictly"

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Maddie Ingoldsby, from Bournemouth, is one of five new dancers to join Strictly Come Dancing's roster of professionals. The UK National Ballroom Champion and eight-time Amateur 10-Dance World Champion, started her career in the West End cast of Annie and made her television debut on Strictly: It Takes Two. Maddie danced at Nice n Easy Dance Studios in Bournemouth alongside partner Mark Chilcote. Mark told BBC Radio Solent's Steve Harris that Maddie was cut-out precisely for the spotlight of Strictly. Image credit: Tomasz Reindl.