# Jowita Przystał

Jowita Maria Przystał (born 22 August 1994) is a Polish ballroom dancer. She is known for appearing and winning both The Greatest Dancer in 2020 and Strictly Come Dancing in 2022. She has been a professional on Strictly Come Dancing since 2021.

## Career

Przystał and her partner Michael Danilczuk have represented Poland in national and international competitions. In 2014 they became Polish Open Latin Champions. They have also performed with Burn the Floor. Przystał and Danilczuk have also performed in Broadway musical productions such as Legally Blonde, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Rock of Ages. They moved to London in 2019 to pursue careers in the United Kingdom. In 2020, Przystał and Danilczuk appeared on The Greatest Dancer. They were crowned winners of the second series. The prize was £50,000 and an opportunity to perform on the next series of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing. They appeared on Week 6 of the eighteenth series of Strictly, in November 2020, as the guest dancers during the musical interlude. In September 2021, Przystał joined the nineteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing as a professional.

## Strictly Come Dancing

Przystał started her Strictly career in the nineteenth series, but was not partnered with a celebrity, only appearing in group dances. For the twentieth series, she received her first celebrity partner, cameraman and presenter Hamza Yassin. On 17 December 2022, they were announced the series champions, after beating Helen Skelton and Gorka Marquez, Fleur East and Vito Coppola, and Molly Rainford and Carlos Gu in the final. She is the fifth professional dancer and first ever female pro dancer to win their first series with a celebrity partner.
| Series | Partner | Place | Average Score |
| 20 | Hamza Yassin | 1st | 35.4 |
| 21 | Jody Cundy | 13th | 19.0 |
| 22 | Pete Wicks | 5th | 27.1 |
Highest and lowest scoring per dance
| Dance | Partner | Highest | Partner | Lowest |
| American Smooth | Hamza Yassin | 38 | Jody Cundy | 20 |
| Argentine Tango | Hamza Yassin | 37 | Pete Wicks | 33 |
| Cha-cha-cha | Hamza Yassin | 38 | Pete Wicks | 27 |
| Charleston | Hamza Yassin | 39 | | |
| Couple's Choice | Hamza Yassin | 40 | Pete Wicks | 36 |
| Foxtrot | Hamza Yassin | 34 | Pete Wicks | 32 |
| Jive | Hamza Yassin | 24 | | |
| Paso Doble | Pete Wicks | 17 | Jody Cundy | 16 |
| Quickstep | Hamza Yassin | 35 | Jody Cundy | 21 |
| Rumba | Hamza Yassin | 25 | Pete Wicks | 22 |
| Salsa | Hamza Yassin | 39 | Jody Cundy | 19 |
| Samba | Hamza Yassin | 36 | Pete Wicks | 26 |
| Showdance | Hamza Yassin | 34 | | |
| Tango | Hamza Yassin | 33 | Pete Wicks | 29 |
| Viennese Waltz | Pete Wicks | 31 | | |
| Waltz | Hamza Yassin | 37 | Pete Wicks | 26 |

### Series 20 – with celebrity partner Hamza Yassin

| Week | Dance & Song | Judges' Score | Judges' Score | Judges' Score | Judges' Score | Total | Result |
| Week | Dance & Song | Horwood | Mabuse | Ballas | Du Beke | Total | Result |
| 1 | Foxtrot/"Islands in the Stream" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 34 | No Elimination |
| 2 | Jive/"Blinding Lights" | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 24 | Safe |
| 3 | Rumba/"Welcome to Jurassic Park" | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 25 | Safe |
| 4 | Salsa/"Ecuador" | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 39 | Safe |
| 5 | Quickstep/"On Top of the World" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 35 | Safe |
| 6 | Tango/"Wicked Game" | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 33 | Safe |
| 7 | Cha-cha-cha/"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 38 | Safe |
| 8 | Couple's Choice/"Jerusalema" | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 38 | Safe |
| 9 | American Smooth/"New York, New York" | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 38 | Safe |
| 10 | Argentine Tango/"Libertango" | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 37 | Safe |
| 11 | Samba/"They Live in You" | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 36 | Safe |
| 12 | Charleston/"Pencil Full of Lead" Waltz/"What the World Needs Now Is Love" | 9 9 | 10 10 | 10 9 | 10 9 | 39 37 | Safe |
| 13 | Salsa/"Ecuador" Showdance/"Let's Face The Music And Dance" Couple's Choice / "Jerusalema" | 9 8 10 | 10 9 10 | 10 8 10 | 10 9 10 | 39 34 40 | Winners |
* Green number indicates when Hamza & Jowita were at the top of the leaderboard.
* Red number indicates when Hamza & Jowita were at the bottom of the leaderboard.

### Series 21 – with celebrity partner Jody Cundy

| Week | Dance & Song | Judges' Score | Judges' Score | Judges' Score | Judges' Score | Total | Result |
| Week | Dance & Song | Horwood | Mabuse | Ballas | Du Beke | Total | Result |
| 1 | Quickstep/"I'm Sitting on Top of the World" | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | No Elimination |
| 2 | Paso Doble/"Thunderstruck" | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | Safe |
| 3 | American Smooth/"Married Life" | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | Safe |
| 4 | Salsa/"Samba de Janeiro" | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | Eliminated |
* Red number indicates when Jody & Jowita were at the bottom of the leaderboard.

### Series 22 – with celebrity partner Pete Wicks

| Week | Dance & Song | Judges' Score | Judges' Score | Judges' Score | Judges' Score | Total | Result |
| Week | Dance & Song | Horwood | Mabuse | Ballas | Du Beke | Total | Result |
| 1 | Paso Doble/"Breathe" | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | No Elimination |
| 2 | American Smooth/"I Had Some Help" | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 23 | Safe |
| 3 | Samba/"George of the Jungle" | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 26 | Safe |
| 4 | Quickstep/"Town Called Malice" | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 29 | Safe |
| 5 | Rumba/"Don't Look Back in Anger" | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | Safe |
| 6 | Viennese waltz/"That's Life" | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 31 | Safe |
| 7 | Salsa/"Another One Bites the Dust" | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | Safe |
| 8 | Couple's Choice/"The Best" | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 36 | Safe |
| 9 | Cha-cha-cha/"I'm Too Sexy" | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 27 | Safe |
| 10 | Tango/"Easy Lover" Samba-thon / "Samba (Conga)" & "La Vida Es Un Carnaval" | 6 Awarded | 7 3 | 8 extra | 8 points | 29 32 | Safe |
| 11 | Waltz/"Somewhere" | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 26 | Safe |
| 12 | Foxtrot/"Beyond the Sea" Argentine Tango/ "Bitter Sweet Symphony" | 7 7 | 8 8 | 9 9 | 8 9 | 32 33 | Eliminated |
* Red number indicates when Pete & Jowita were at the bottom of the leaderboard.

## Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special

She danced with Adrian Chiles for 2021's Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special. She danced with Danny Cipriani for the 2023 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special.

## Dance tours

In September 2024, Przystal announced she was to appear with Nikita Kuzmin in Dancing With The Stars Weekends (2025).