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Brendan Cole
Brendan Cole (born 23 April 1976 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a ballroom dancer specialising in Latin American dancing. He has appeared on the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing, a dance contest in which a professional ballroom dancer is partnered with a celebrity amateur dancer. He has also judged three seasons of New Zealand's own Dancing with the Stars.
He has danced since he was six, and came to the United Kingdom when he was nineteen. Before he danced professionally he worked as a builder.
He danced with Camilla Dallerup, a fellow contestant on the BBC's earlier long-running show Come Dancing, as amateurs from 1996, and from 2002-2004 as professionals. They competed for New Zealand: Camilla Dallerup is Danish-born. In 2003 Dallerup and Cole were placed 3rd for Latin American at the UK Closed Championships. During the professional group dances on Strictly Come Dancing, Brendan danced with Karen Hardy for series 3 to 5 then with fellow New Zealander, Hayley Holt, for series 6. His celebrity partner for series 7 was Lisa Snowdon, with whom he reached the final to be placed third.
In the winter of 2004 Brendan had his first acting experience featuring in the UK feature film Everything To Dance For alongside Sasha Jackson, Travis Oliver and Sally Reeve.
In 2006 he appeared as guest judge on the fourth episode of Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 2 where he worked with the remaining 10 contestants to teach ballroom dancing prior to judging.
In January 2007, Brendan appeared on the BBC's duet show Just the Two of Us as a professional, with Beverley Knight as his celebrity partner. They came second.
Cole has appeared on all seven series to date of Strictly Come Dancing.
Brendan represented the United Kingdom at the first Eurovision Dance Contest. His dance partner was Camilla Dallerup and they were highly praised.
