Erin Boag

Erin Boag

Erin Boag (Born in New Zealand, 1975) is a professional ballroom dancer. She has danced from the age of 3, taught by her father, Robert 'Robbie' Boag. When she was a teenager, she moved to Australia.

Her regular professional partner is Anton du Beke. She and du Beke turned professional in 2002, competing mainly in the UK. Their best result on the competition circuit was in November 2003 when they won the IDTA Classic in England.

She has competed in all five series of the BBC's television series "Strictly Come Dancing" with the following results:

*Fourth in 2003 with rugby league player Martin Offiah.
*Third in 2004 with comedian Julian Clary.
*Second in 2005 with hurdling champion and record holder Colin Jackson.
*Eliminated in week 7 of the 2006 competition, dancing with football player Peter Schmeichel.
*She was knocked out of the 2007 competition in week 3 with her partner, snooker player Willie Thorne.

For the Christmas Special 2006, she was joined again by Colin Jackson. After the combined scores of the judges' marks and the votes of the studio audience, Colin and Erin won the competition, after getting the full 40 marks from the judges.

In the new series of Strictly Come Dancing, she will be partnering Austin Healey.

She has recently become engaged

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