Amy Dowden - wikipedia Amy Dowden Amy Dowden Amy Dowden ( 1991 - 08 - 10 ) 10 August 1991 ( age 27 ) Caerphilly, South Wales Residence Wolverhampton, England Occupation Dancer Partner ( s ) Gino Gabriela 2002 -- 2008 Tom Parkes 2008 -- 2011 Benjamin Jones 2011 -- present Amy Dowden ( born 10 August 1991 ) is a Welsh ballroom and Latin American dancer. Dowden and her dancing partner Ben Jones are the current British National Champions in Latin American Dance. In 2017, Dowden appeared as a professional dancer in the fifteenth series of the British BBC TV talent show Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with comedian Brian Conley. She is the first Welsh professional to take part in the show. Following her elimination with Conley, Dowden won the Children in Need Special partnered with Blue Peter presenter Mark Curry. She returned for her second series in 2018 where she is partnered with Danny John - Jules. The couple were awarded the first 10 score of the series when Darcey Bussell marked their Jive to `` Flip, Flop and Fly '' in week 5. Contents 1 Strictly Come Dancing 1.1 Performances with Brian Conley 1.2 Performances with Danny John - Jules 2 Personal life 3 References 4 External links Strictly Come Dancing Performances with Brian Conley show Week # Dance / Song Judges ' score Result Revel Horwood Bussell Ballas Tonioli Total Tango / `` Temptation '' 5 16 No Elimination Cha - cha - cha / `` Shake Your Groove Thing '' 5 5 6 19 Bottom Two American Smooth / `` If I Only Had a Brain '' 5 5 6 6 22 Safe Paso Doble / `` I Believe in a Thing Called Love '' 6 6 5 21 Safe 5 Jive / `` It 's Not Unusual '' 6 6 N / A 16 Eliminated Performances with Danny John - Jules show Week # Dance / Song Judges ' score Result Revel Horwood Bussell Ballas Tonioli Total Foxtrot / `` Top Cat ( Theme Song ) '' 6 7 7 7 27 No Elimination Cha - cha - cha / `` Beggin ' '' 7 7 7 7 28 Safe Paso Doble / `` The Greatest Show '' 6 7 7 8 28 Safe Viennese waltz / `` I 've Gotta Be Me '' 6 7 7 7 27 Safe 5 Jive / `` Flip, Flop and Fly '' 9 10 9 9 37 Safe Green number indicates Danny & Amy were at the top of the leaderboard Personal life Dowden is from Caerphilly, South Wales and began dancing at the age of eight. References Jump up ^ Eames, Tom ( 20 October 2018 ). `` Who is Amy Dowden ? Strictly Come Dancing star 's age, height, career and more facts ''. Smooth Radio. Retrieved 21 October 2018. ^ Jump up to : Mainwaring, Rachel ( 9 September 2017 ). `` Who is Strictly pro dancer Amy Dowden ? ''. Wales Online. Retrieved 31 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` Gino Gabriela ( England ) & Amy Dowden ( England ) ''. DancesportInfo. Retrieved 21 October 2018. Jump up ^ `` Tom Parkes ( England ) & Amy Dowden ( England ) ''. DancesportInfo. Retrieved 21 October 2018. Jump up ^ `` Benjamin Jones ( England ) & Amy Dowden ( England ) ''. DancesportInfo. Retrieved 21 October 2018. Jump up ^ `` Who is Amy Dowden ? Strictly Come Dancing star 's age, height, career and more facts ''. Smooth Radio. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2018. Jump up ^ Laws, Roz ( 14 October 2017 ). `` Strictly Come Dancing star runs Zumba classes in Great Barr ''. Retrieved 23 October 2018. Jump up ^ `` Strictly Come Dancing - Amy Dowden ''. BBC. Retrieved 31 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` We reveal our biggest pro-dancer line - up ever ! As a trio of outstanding dancers join the show ''. Strictly Come Dancing. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018. Jump up ^ `` Caerphilly dancer becomes first Welsh professional on Strictly Come Dancing - Caerphilly. Observer ''. caerphillyobserver.co.uk. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017. External links Amy Dowden on IMDb Strictly Come Dancing Contestants Series 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Christmas Specials Winners Celebrities Natasha Kaplinsky Jill Halfpenny Darren Gough Mark Ramprakash Alesha Dixon Tom Chambers Chris Hollins Kara Tointon Harry Judd Louis Smith Abbey Clancy Caroline Flack Jay McGuiness Ore Oduba Joe McFadden Professionals Brendan Cole Darren Bennett Lilia Kopylova Karen Hardy Matthew Cutler Camilla Dallerup Ola Jordan Artem Chigvintsev Aliona Vilani Flavia Cacace Aljaž Skorjanec Pasha Kovalev Aliona Vilani Joanne Clifton Katya Jones Other professionals Erin Boag Dianne Buswell Nadiya Bychkova Karen Clifton Kevin Clifton Andrew Cuerden Graziano Di Prima Amy Dowden Anton du Beke Brian Fortuna Anya Garnis Hanna Haarala Izabela Hannah Chloe Hewitt Hayley Holt Kylie Jones Neil Jones James Jordan Hanna Karttunen Paul Killick Natalie Lowe Oti Mabuse Tristan MacManus Janette Manrara Gorka Márquez Jared Murillo Luba Mushtuk Hazel Newberry Giovanni Pernice Oksana Platero AJ Pritchard Johannes Radebe Kristina Rihanoff Gleb Savchenko Vincent Simone Katya Virshilas Ian Waite Trent Whiddon Robin Windsor Related It Takes Two Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amy_Dowden&oldid=866330919 '' Categories : Living people Welsh female dancers British ballroom dancers 21st - century British dancers People from Caerphilly Hidden categories : Articles with hCards All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from November 2017 Year of birth missing ( living people ) Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 29 October 2018, at 18 : 25 ( UTC ). 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Question: who was amy dowden partner on strictly 2017
Answer: comedian Brian Conley