Tasha Ghouri’s history as she enters Strictly Come Dancing (Picture: BBC/Ray Burmiston)
Another year has gone by and the nights are drawing in again, which means Strictly Come Dancing is back on the BBC this Saturday.
September 14’s launch show kicks off at 7.20pm and will introduce 15 brand new celebrities who are all looking to take home the coveted Glitterball Trophy.
Among the line-up are the likes of 80s pop legend Toyah Wilcox, former footballer Paul Merson, and DIY expert and TV presenter Nick Knowles.
And, as always, faces from the world of reality TV will feature, with former X Factor stars Shayne Ward and JB Gill both participating in Strictly this year.
But who is Tasha Ghouri, the 26-year-old dancer from Yorkshire who will be partnered with her Strictly Come Dancing professional during Saturday’s show?
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Here’s everything you need to know about her, from her first TV appearance on Love Island, the disability she has raised awareness for throughout her career, and her dating history with Giovanni Pernice.
What did Tasha Ghouri do before Love Island?
Tasha entered Love Island back in 2022 (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Tasha Ghouri was born in Thirsk, North Yorkshire in August 1998, making her 26 years old now. Her parents were Nicky Young and Tarek Ghouri. She has a brother named Alex.
At a very young age, she started ballet lessons but quickly discovered that she was ‘not good’ at it, but was later trained in commercial streetstyle dancing.
She moved to London after graduating from school and college and signed up to a modelling agency, also spending time in France and working as a self-employed dancer behind a bar in the capital city.
What disability does Tasha Ghouri have?
Strictly Come Dancing begins again on September 14 on the BBC (Picture: Ray Burmiston/BBC)
Tasha Ghouri was born deaf, and was fitted with a cochlear implant just before her fifth birthday. A cochlear implant helps people with severe hearing loss or deafness to hear and understand speech by stimulating the nerves in the ear.
In 2022, Tasha applied for the reality dating show Too Hot to Handle, which eventually resulted in her auditioning for ITV’s Love Island.
She became the first deaf contestant to ever enter the Love Island villa, and eventually finished joint-fourth with on-show boyfriend Andrew Le Page.
During her time in the villa, Tasha’s voice was mocked by some viewers, with some TikTok searches relating to the term ‘girls mock Tasha’s voice’ receiving over six million views while the series was on.
In an Instagram post,
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