Graziano Di Prima

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| birth_place = Sicily, Italy

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| known_for = Strictly Come Dancing

| occupation = Dancer
Choreographer

| spouse = Giada Lini

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Graziano Di Prima (born 7 May 1994) is an Italian dancer and choreographer. Between 2018 and 2023, Di Prima was a professional dancer on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing.

Career

Di Prima was born in Sicily.{{cite news |work=Radio Times |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-05-30/who-is-new-strictly-come-dancing-professional-dancer-graziano-di-prima/ |title=Who is new Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Graziano Di Prima? |date=30 May 2018 |last=Bley Griffiths |first=Eleanor |access-date=9 August 2018}}

He toured with Burn the Floor, UK in 2021 alongside other professional dancers and the Strictly Come Dancing the Professionals Live Tour in 2022.

''Strictly Come Dancing''

In 2018, the BBC announced that Di Prima would join the cast of professional dancers on the British television show Strictly Come Dancing. He was demoted the following year due to his height; as he personally announced that he was not getting a celebrity partner.{{cite web|title=Graziano di Prima will not get a celebrity partner this year|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2019-08-21/strictlys-graziano-di-prima-wont-have-a-celeb-partner-this-year/|publisher=Radio Times|access-date=21 August 2019|archive-date=2019-08-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821200313/https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2019-08-21/strictlys-graziano-di-prima-wont-have-a-celeb-partner-this-year/|url-status=dead}}

Di Prima has also appeared on a number of episodes of BBC Two's Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two with Zoë Ball. Di Prima is the current Guinness World Record holder for the most Botafogo steps, performing 90 steps in 30 seconds in a challenge held in December 2019. This record was achieved on It Takes Two with supervision by Guinness World Records.{{cite web|title=Graziano Di Prima achieves Guinness World Records title on Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/book/2019/12/graziano-di-prima-achieves-guinness-world-records-title-on-strictly-come-dancing-602345|publisher=Guinness World Records|access-date=6 December 2019}}

Di Prima danced with singer Anne-Marie for the 2021 Christmas special, and won. He also participated in the 2023 Christmas special with news presenter Sally Nugent, and finished as a runner up.

In July 2024, despite initially being confirmed to return for the twenty-second series, it was later announced that Di Prima would not be returning to the show, following allegations of misconduct against him. In a statement, Di Prima said that he "deeply regret[ted]" his actions that led to his departure from the show,{{cite web |title=Graziano Di Prima to leave Strictly Come Dancing |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4ngl4qkjgeo |website=BBC News |access-date=13 July 2024}} which he later said included kicking his final celebrity partner Zara McDermott.{{cite news |last1=Razzall |first1=Katie |last2=Youngs |first2=Ian |title=Graziano Di Prima kicked Zara McDermott in Strictly rehearsal, spokesman says |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clly0220gz5o |access-date=18 July 2024 |work=BBC News |date=18 July 2024}}

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! Series

! Partner

! Place

! Average
Score

|Vick Hope

|12th

|24.2

|Judi Love

|10th

| 24.4

|Kym Marsh

|6th

| 31.1

|Zara McDermott

|10th

| 24.7

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