Kristina Rihanoff
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Westcroft Leisure Centre Grand Opening. Kristina Rihanoff and Ian Waite get involved with the 'Everyone Active Strictly Come Dancing Competition' group warm up.
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| Born | Kristina Pshenichnykh 22 September 1977 Vladivostok, Russia |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | Dancer |
| Television | Strictly Come Dancing (2008–15) |
| Website | http://www.officialkristinarihanoff.com
http://www.bespokeballroom.com http://www.dotcomcf.org/ |
Kristina Rihanoff (Russian: Кристина Пшеничных,: Kristina Pshenichnykh; born 22 September 1977) is a world finalist professional ballroom dancer, instructor, choreographer and author.[1][2] She has a degree in Tourism and Hospitality; after finishing public school she studied with St Petersburg Branch of Modern Humanitarian Academy which has several colleges around Russia including Vladivostok.
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Early life
The daughter of two engineers, Rihanoff was born and grew up in Vladivostok, Russia, and started taking dance lessons from aged 5. Her parents divorced when she was aged 12, during the time when the breakup of the Soviet Union was occurring. Living with her mother, aged 15 she became a part-time dance instructor to help the household budget, earning in a day what her professionally educated mother could earn in a month.[3]
Dance career
Aged 21, she was asked to become an instructor to Russian dancers based in the United States. She also undertook displays and instructed on dance classes in the evenings. She developed her career over the next few years through a combination of teaching and performing, in the United States as well as choreographing shows in China, Hong Kong and Japan.[3]
Continuing her professional dance career, she gained 1st place in the South African International Latin Championship (2005–2006), 2nd in the US National American Rhythm Finals (2003–2005), 2nd in the Open to the World,[4] Mambo Championship (2003–2004), and was a Semi-Finalist at the Open to the World, Blackpool Dance Festival in 2007.
After being partnered with American professional Brian Fortuna, she has performed in the UK with Robin Windsor since 2011.
Strictly Come Dancing
Rihanoff was part of the professional cast of Strictly Come Dancing from 2008 until 2015, although did also participate in the 2016 Live Tour of the show.
2008
Rihanoff took part in the sixth series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2008. Her partner was political broadcaster and author John Sergeant.[5] Her professional partner is also another new addition to Strictly: Brian Fortuna.
With Celebrity Partner John Sergeant
| Week | Dance/song | Judges' score | Result | ||||
| Revel Horwood | Phillips | Goodman | Tonioli | Total | |||
| 1 | Waltz/"Come Away With Me" | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22 | Safe |
| 3 | Tango/"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 | Safe |
| 5 | Samba/"Papa Loves Mambo" | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | Safe |
| 6 | Paso Doble/"Concierto de Aranjuez" | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | Safe |
| 7 | Foxtrot/"I Wanna Be Loved by You" | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | Safe |
| 8 | Cha Cha Cha/"Twist and Shout" | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | Safe |
| 9 | American Smooth/"True Love Ways" | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 25 | Safe |
On 19 November 2008, Sergeant announced that he would be withdrawing from Strictly Come Dancing.[6][7][8]
On 22 November 2008, the pair performed their farewell dance: their Waltz to Norah Jones's 'Come Away with Me'.
2009
Rihanoff returned in the 2009 series of the show, where she partnered professional boxer Joe Calzaghe.[9] Their scores were as follows:
| Week | Dance/song | Judges' score | Result | ||||
| Revel Horwood | Goodman | Dixon | Tonioli | Total | |||
| 1 | Tango/"Cite Tango" | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | Safe |
| Cha-Cha-Cha/"Chain Of Fools" | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | ||
| 3 | Paso Doble/"Livin' on a Prayer" | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | Safe |
| 4 | Foxtrot/"Feeling Good" | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 | Safe |
| 5 | Jive/"Rock This Town" | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | Eliminated |
2010
Rihanoff returned for the 2010 series of the show, partnered with radio personality Goldie. Despite earning 20 and 26 out of 40 for their Cha-Cha-Cha and Foxtrot (which left them with an overall 46 out of 80), the couple were the first to be voted off having gained the fewest votes from the public. She did however win the Christmas special, partnered with John Barrowman, earning her first Strictly trophy.
| Week # | Dance/song | Judges' score | Result | ||||
| Horwood | Goodman | Dixon | Tonioli | Total | |||
| 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha/"Tik Tok" | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 | N/A |
| 2 | Foxtrot/"The Business of Love" | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 26 | Eliminated |
2011
On 15 June 2011, the BBC announced that Rihanoff will again be one of the professional dancers training a celebrity in the 2011 series of Strictly Come Dancing.[10] In the launch show, on 10 September, she was partnered with Jason Donovan.[11] In the first three competitive shows of the series, the partnership received the highest scores from the judging panel.
They made it through to the final of the competition, but were the first of the remaining three couples to have been eliminated.
| Week # | Dance/song | Judges' score | Result | ||||
| Horwood | Goodman | Dixon | Tonioli | Total | |||
| 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha/"Gimme Some Lovin'" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 32 | N/A |
| 2 | Foxtrot/"Why Don't You Do Right" | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 33 | Safe |
| 3 | Tango/"I Will Survive" | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 36 | Safe |
| 4 | Paso Doble/"I Want It All" | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | Safe |
| 5 | Quickstep/"Bewitched" | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 37 | Safe |
| 6 | Rumba/"Killing Me Softly" | 6 | 8* | 7 | 7 | 28 | Safe |
| 7 | Viennese Waltz/"Iris" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 35 | Safe |
| 8 | Jive/"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 34 | Safe |
| 9 | Charleston/"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 36 | Safe |
| 10 | American Smooth/"Singin' in the Rain" | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 37 | Bottom two |
| 11 | Samba/"Blame It on the Boogie" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 34 | Safe |
| Argentine Tango/"Assassin's Tango" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 40 | ||
| 12 | Tango/"I Will Survive" | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 38 | Third Place |
| Showdance/"Dancin' Fool" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 40 | ||
- In Week 6, American movie actress, Jennifer Grey became guest judge for Len Goodman.
2012
On 11 September 2012, the BBC officially revealed that Rihanoff would be partnered with actor, Colin Salmon for the tenth series of the show.[12]
| Week # | Dance/song | Judges' score | Result | ||||
| Horwood | Bussell | Goodman | Tonioli | Total | |||
| 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha/"I Got You (I Feel Good)" | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 | N/A |
| 2 | Viennese Waltz/"Kiss from a Rose" | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | Safe |
| 3 | Argentine Tango/"GoldenEye" | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 | Safe |
| 4 | Salsa/"Superstition" | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 24 | Bottom two |
| 5 | Foxtrot/"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | Eliminated |
2013
The BBC announced that Kristina would be partnered with the Ben Cohen[13] for the eleventh series of the show, despite Ben being clinically deaf and only being able to 'feel' the music, the couple were eliminated in week 9.
| Week # | Dance/song | Judges' score | Result | ||||
| Horwood | Bussell | Goodman | Tonioli | Total | |||
| 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha/"Love Me Again" | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | N/A |
| 2 | Waltz/"What the World Needs Now Is Love" | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 25 | Safe |
| 3 | Rumba/"Make You Feel My Love" | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 | Safe |
| 4 | Salsa/"Hard to Handle" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 31 | Safe |
| 5 | Quickstep/"I'll Be There For You" | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | Safe |
| 6 | Paso Doble/"Supermassive Black Hole" | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 32 | Safe |
| 7 | Jive/"Jump, Jive an' Wail" | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 26 | Safe |
| 8 | American Smooth/"Fallin'" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 32 | Safe |
| 9 | Charleston/"No Diggity" | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | Eliminated |
2014
The BBC announced that Kristina would be partnered with Simon Webbe from the band Blue[14] The couple made it to the Finals coming overall second.
| Week # | Dance/song | Judges' score | Result | |||||
| Horwood | Goodman | Bussell | Tonioli | Donny Osmond | Total | |||
| 1 | Jive/"Good Golly Miss Molly" | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | N/A | 27 | Safe |
| 2 | Tango/"Sing" | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | N/A | 26 | Safe |
| 3 | Rumba/"Take My Breath Away" | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 30 | Bottom two |
| 4 | Charleston/"My Old Man (Said Follow the Van)" | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | N/A | 31 | Safe |
| 5 | Viennese Waltz/"Somebody To Love" | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | N/A | 28 | Bottom two |
| 6 | Paso Doble/"Poison" | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | N/A | 29 | Safe |
| 7 | Quickstep/"I Got Rhythm" | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | N/A | 33 | Safe |
| 8 | Argentine Tango/"El Tango De Roxanne" | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | N/A | 38 | Safe |
| 9 | Salsa/"Let's Hear It For The Boy" | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | N/A | 36 | Safe |
| 10 | Waltz/"Edelweiss" | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | N/A | 38 | Safe |
| 11 | American Smooth/"Heartache Tonight" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | N/A | 35 | Bottom two |
| 12 | Samba/"I Like To Move It" | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | N/A | 30 | Safe |
| Foxtrot/"My Guy" | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | N/A | 38 | ||
| 13 | Charleston/"My Old Man (Said Follow the Van)" | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | N/A | 39 | Runners-up |
| Show Dance/"A Little Less Conversation" | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | N/A | 39 | ||
| Argentine Tango/"El Tango De Roxanne" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | N/A | 40 | ||
- Osmond was a guest judge in Week 3.
2015
Kristina returned for the thirteenth series of the show in 2015 and it was announced before the launch show that she would be partnering Irish singer Daniel O'Donnell. This was announced on the launch show on 5 September 2015.
| Week No. | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Total | Result | |||
| Revel Horwood | Bussell | Goodman | Tonioli | ||||
| 1 | Waltz / "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 | No Elimination |
| 2 | Charleston / "Let's Misbehave" | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 23 | Safe |
| 3 | Cha-Cha-Cha / "Summer Nights" | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | Safe |
| 4 | American Smooth / "Fly Me to the Moon" | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 23 | Eliminated |
Live tours and stage productions
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Rhianoff has been taken part in the Stricty Come Dancing Live Tour from 2009 to 2015. In 2009 she performed with fellow professional dancer, Matthew Cutler and at the Manchester Evening News Arena, Rihanoff performed the Samba and Quickstep with Julian Clary; stepping in for his professional partner, Lilia Kopylova. They placed second in the competition that evening. On the Strictly 2010 tour, Rihanoff was partnered with Series 4 Champion Mark Ramprakash. They danced the Salsa and the Argentine Tango. They went on to win. On the Strictly 2011 tour, Rihanoff was partnered with actor Jimi Mistry, they danced the Foxtrot and Paso Doble. In 2012, 2014 and 2015 Rhianoff has reunited with her dance partners from the television series, Jason Donovan, Ben Cohen and Simon Webbe. Rhianoff and Webbe went on to win the overall tour in 2015.
In 2012 Kristina and Robin joined fellow professional Artem Chigvintsev and former Strictly contestant Kara Tointon for the first 'Dance To The Music Tour'.
Other projects
In Summer 2015, Rihanoff and Windsor took part in the Touring Theatre Production of Puttin' On The Ritz,[15] as well as Dance Weekends around the county.[16]
Rihanoff choreographs a number of professional and commercial dance works. These have included both Burn the Floor and Dancing on Wheels, which she choreographed with Fortuna.[17] She has also choreographed dance routines inside the television commercials, including those for St Tropez suntan lotion, Panache bras and MeMeMe Cosmetics.[3]
Rihanoff has written a book entitled The Art of Dancesport Makeup for newcomers to Ballroom dance competition, a subject that she studied extensively in Russia.[1] Rihanoff participated in the 2008 Weakest Link 's Strictly Come Dancing special. Kristina's weekly column in Best Magazine during each Strictly season has proved hugely popular. Kristina regularly appears in the mainstream media including Hello Magazine, Heat Magazine, OK, Best Magazine, Let's Talk etc.
Kristina has appeared in the Celebrity Version of Mastermind, with her specialist subject which was Patrick Swayze. Kristina has also appeared on The Hairy Bikers Programme, cooking the Traditional Russian Dish Borscht.[18] Choreographing a couple of UK TV Adverts Including the BT Commercial and also Aviva Insurance.
Celebrity Big Brother
On 5 January 2016, Rihanoff became a housemate in the 17th series of Celebrity Big Brother. On day 3 she announced, in the house, she and boyfriend Ben Cohen were expecting a child, and that was roughly 3 months into her pregnancy.[19] The pair were dance partners on the 2013 series of Strictly Come Dancing and at the time Cohen was still married to his former wife Abby.[20]
Charity
Kristina has her own children's charity[21] helping children deal with risky situations, whether it be violence within the home, to confidence building.
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External links
- Official website
- Academy Ballroom International - Kristina Rihanoff
- Dancesport Info listing for Kristina Rihanoff (Pchenitchnykh)
| Preceded by | Strictly Come Dancing runner-up (with partner Simon Webbe) Series 12 (2014) |
Succeeded by Georgia May Foote & Giovanni Pernice Kellie Bright & Kevin Clifton |
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