Nadiya Bychkova



Nadiya Bychkova (Ukrainian: Надія Бичкова) (born 24 August 1989 in Luhansk, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian ballroom and Latin American dancer who competes for Slovenia with Miha Vodicar. They were World Champions in '10' Dance in 2014 and 2015.

Strictly Come Dancing performances
In 2017, Bychkova appeared as a professional dancer in the fifteenth series of the British television dance show, Strictly Come Dancing. She was partnered with EastEnders actor Davood Ghadami. They were eliminated on Week 11 of the competition, finishing in sixth place. She returned for her second series in 2018, partnered with another 'former' EastEnders actor and also Blue singer Lee Ryan. The couple were eliminated during the second elimination of that series. She returned for her third series, in 2019 and has partnered up with ex-professional footballer, David James.

She had previously been a professional dancer on the Bosnian version of the show.

Series 15: with celebrity partner Davood Ghadami

 * numbers indicate Davood & Nadiya were at the top of the leaderboard.
 * numbers indicate Davood & Nadiya were at the bottom of the leaderboard.

Series 16: with celebrity partner Lee Ryan

 * numbers indicate Lee & Nadiya were at the bottom of the leaderboard.