Ola Jordan

Aleksandra 'Ola' Jordan, née Grabowska; born September 30, 1982, is a Polish-born British professional ballroom dancer, specialising in Latin American dancing.

She won Poland's Open Championships in 1999 aged seventeen, and went on to take 12th place in the following year's World Championships.

The first recorded dance by Ola Grabowska and James Jordan as a partnership was in the Dutch Open in November 2000, though they did not turn professional until 2003.

They married on 12 October 2003 and live near Maidstone in Kent.

The couple married in October 2003.

They withdrew from competition dancing in order to teach Latin American dancing in Hong Kong for four years, though they turned professional again in 2005, after missing competing.

She appeared as a professional on the British BBC One television show Strictly Come Dancing (SCD) from 2006 to 2015, becoming champion in 2009.

Prior to this, after winning a championship event in her native Poland, Aleksandra Grabowska moved to England and began a new partnership with James Jordan.

In May 2006, the couple came second in the Blackpool Professional Rising Stars Latin event, and in November, they came third in the British Championships for Professional Latin.

Ola and husband James first took part in the BBC One television show Strictly Come Dancing series 4 in 2006.

Jordan first appeared on Strictly Come Dancing during the show's fourth series in 2006, partnering DJ Spoony.

They were eliminated in the third round, a result which disappointed some of the audience.

In series five, she danced with Scottish rugby player Kenny Logan while her husband James danced with Kenny's wife, TV presenter Gabby Logan.

This was the first time two married couples had competed against each other.

Kenny was voted out of the show on the ninth week while Gabby Logan was voted out earlier, in the fourth week.

Jordan was knocked out of series 6 in week seven of the competition, with her partner GMTV presenter Andrew Castle.

In 2009, Ola won the Glitter Ball trophy with her celebrity dance partner, BBC sports reporter Chris Hollins in seventh series.

DJ Spoony is the only celebrity not to appear on this list.

In January–February 2009 Jordan danced with Kenny Logan on the Strictly Come Dancing Tour, and in series 7, she partnered BBC television sports reporter Chris Hollins, reaching the final and beating rivals Ricky Whittle and Natalie Lowe to become the 2009 champions.

Their prize was a Strictly Come Dancing glitter ball.

Jordan and Hollins became affectionately known as 'Team Cola' by viewers and on the show, with Cola being a portmanteau of 'Chris' and 'Ola'.

Jordan partnered magician Paul Daniels in the eighth season of the show; they were the second couple to be voted off.

For Children in Need 2010, Jordan partnered Harry Judd from the band McFly for a one-off Strictly special, dancing a Paso Doble.

The couple won, beating Rochelle Wiseman of The Saturdays and her partner Ian Waite.

In the ninth series of the show, she was partnered with former Wales international footballer Robbie Savage.

They were the ninth couple voted out on 4 December 2011.

They got as far as the 11th week before being voted out.

In September 2012, during the show's tenth series, Jordan was partnered with EastEnders actor Sid Owen.

The couple were eliminated on Halloween week in October 2012.

For the eleventh series in September 2013, Jordan competed with former Hollyoaks actor and singer Ashley Taylor Dawson.

In September 2014, for the show's twelfth series, Jordan was partnered with wildlife expert, presenter of the popular children's show Deadly 60 and its spinoffs, Steve Backshall.

They were eliminated in week 9 (22/23 November 2014).

On 7 October 2014, Jordan and Backshall appeared on BBC Radio 1's Innuendo Bingo.

On 5 September 2015, Strictly Come Dancing revealed Jordan would dance with sports commentator and Olympic medalist Iwan Thomas for the upcoming thirteenth series.

They were the first couple to leave the competition on 4 October 2015.

Shortly after their elimination, Jordan announced this was to be her last series of Strictly Come Dancing as she would not be returning in the following series.

She made her last appearance when she was featured in a group dance for the Series 13 Final.

In 2018, she became a judge on Dancing with the Stars: Taniec z gwiazdami in Poland.

Aleksandra Grabowska has been dancing since the age of ten when her school advertised a dance club.

Before dancing with James Jordan, she had danced with Przemek 'John' Lowicki in Poland.