Strictly 2024 star Tasha Ghouri’s rise to fame and dating history with Giovanni Pernice

Another twelvemonth has gone by and the nights are drafting successful again, which means Strictly Come Dancing is backmost connected the BBC this Saturday.

September 14’s motorboat amusement kicks disconnected astatine 7.20pm and volition present 15 marque caller celebrities who are each looking to instrumentality location the coveted Glitterball Trophy.

Among the line-up are the likes of 80s popular fable Toyah Wilcox, erstwhile footballer Paul Merson, and DIY adept and TV presenter Nick Knowles.

And, arsenic always, faces from the satellite of world TV volition feature, with former X Factor stars Shayne Ward and JB Gill some participating successful Strictly this year.

But who is Tasha Ghouri, the 26-year-old dancer from Yorkshire who volition beryllium partnered with her Strictly Come Dancing nonrecreational during Saturday’s show?

Here’s everything you request to cognize astir her, from her archetypal TV quality connected Love Island, the disablement she has raised consciousness for passim her career, and her dating past with Giovanni Pernice.

What did Tasha Ghouri bash earlier Love Island?

Tasha Ghouri was calved successful Thirsk, North Yorkshire successful August 1998, making her 26 years aged now. Her parents were Nicky Young and Tarek Ghouri. She has a member named Alex.

At a precise young age, she started ballet lessons but rapidly discovered that she was ‘not good’ astatine it, but was aboriginal trained successful commercialized streetstyle dancing.

She moved to London aft graduating from schoolhouse and assemblage and signed up to a modelling agency, besides spending clip successful France and moving arsenic a self-employed dancer down a barroom successful the superior city.

What disablement does Tasha Ghouri have?

Tasha Ghouri was calved deaf, and was fitted with a cochlear implant conscionable earlier her 5th birthday. A cochlear implant helps radical with terrible proceeding nonaccomplishment oregon deafness to perceive and recognize code by stimulating the nerves successful the ear.

In 2022, Tasha applied for the world dating amusement Too Hot to Handle, which yet resulted successful her auditioning for ITV’s Love Island.

She became the archetypal deaf contestant to ever participate the Love Island villa, and yet finished joint-fourth with on-show fellow Andrew Le Page.

During her clip successful the villa, Tasha’s dependable was mocked by immoderate viewers, with immoderate TikTok searches relating to the word ‘girls mock Tasha’s voice’ receiving implicit six cardinal views portion the bid was on.

In an Instagram post, her household wrote astatine the time: ‘Hey Everyone! We convey everyone for the emotion and enactment for our gal Tasha arsenic we are down her 110%.

‘We recognize everybody has opinions some antagonistic and affirmative but delight could we debar making amusive of her superpower – let’s pb with emotion always!’

Joining Strictly means that Tasha becomes the 2nd deaf contestant successful the show’s history, aft Rose Ayling-Ellis was crowned champion successful 2021.

And she’s besides the 2nd contestant successful Strictly past to articulation from Love Island, with islander Zara McDermott competing successful the 2023 variation of the show.

What is Tasha Ghouri’s past with Giovanni Pernice?

Tasha Ghouri opened up earlier this twelvemonth astir a rumoured romance with erstwhile Strictly Come Dancing nonrecreational Giovanni Pernice.

Giovanni is presently being investigated by the BBC aft his 2023 dancing spouse Amanda Abbington accused him of being ‘nasty’ and a ‘bully’ – accusations the Strictly seasoned has denied.

Amid the play astir Giovanni’s aboriginal connected Strictly, Tasha was questioned astir her idiosyncratic past with him, and she remained beauteous diplomatic and was reluctant to spill excessively galore beans connected their history.

‘I’ve met up with him a fewer times,’ Tasha admitted to The Sun. ‘But that was years ago. We are not successful interaction now, this is similar ancient history.’

She continued: ‘I’m truthful blessed with Andrew, and he’s my future, truthful I don’t privation to speech astir the past. It’s not my spot to remark connected [the allegations against Giovanni]. I’m present for my ain experiences. I’m present conscionable for me.’

Are Tasha Ghouri and Andrew Le Page inactive together? 

As of August 2024, Tasha Ghouri and Andrew Le Page are inactive together, with the mates having remained successful a narration since finishing 4th successful Love Island – the brace are said to person precocious moved successful together.

They finished 4th the twelvemonth that Love Island was won by Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and her present ex-boyfriend Davide Sanclimenti, who divided successful January 2024.

Tasha and Andrew are often seen unneurotic connected societal media, travelling the satellite and updating their fans connected their clip together.

Since leaving Love Island, Tasha has appeared connected shows specified arsenic Celebrity The Weakest Link, CelebAbility, Countdown, and Lorraine.

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