About AJ Pritchard
A British dancer, choreographer, and television personality, Alex Joseph Pritchard is professionally known as AJ Pritchard. He is prominently known for his contribution as a celebrity dance partner on BBC One's "Strictly Come Dancing". Besides that, Pritchard is also known to be the older brother of dancer and choreographer Curtis Pritchard. He was 12 years old when he began dancing competitively and attended Pritchard's Dance Academy. In 2013, he was a semifinalist on the seventh season of "Britain's Got Talent". He and his dance partner Chloe Hewitt were National Youth Latin champions three straight years from 2012 to 2014. He participated in the twentieth series of "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!" in 2020 though he has also made appearances on BBC's "Celebrity MasterChef" and the celebrity version of "Hunted". As recent news, AJ thrilled "I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!" viewers after Sunday's installment as he risked flashing more than he intended as he got out of bed.
Famous For
- Being a British dancer, choreographer, and television personality.
- For his contribution as a celebrity dance partner on BBC One's "Strictly Come Dancing".
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Early Life of AJ Pritchard
On 5th November 1994, AJ Pritchard took birth with the real name or full name of Alex Joseph Pritchard in Sneyd Green, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom. He holds a British nationality and British-white ethnicity. Analogously, he is from Christianity religion and his race is white. He happily celebrates his birthday on 5th November of every year and he had celebrated his 26th birthday as of 2020 whereas as his birthdate his star sign is Scorpio. He was born to Adrian Pritchard (father) and Debi Pritchard (mother) though he has also a younger brother named Curtis Pritchard who is also a dancer and choreographer.
Career of AJ Pritchard
- AJ Pritchard commenced his dancing career by dancing in "Britain's Got Talent" with professional dance partner Chloe Hewitt in 2013 where the pair eventually reached the live semi-finals.
- Then, he took part in BBC's "Celebrity MasterChef" in September 2018 as well as partnered Louis Smith in the celebrity version of "Hunted", in aid of Stand Up to Cancer in the following year of September.
- It was announced in July 2019 that Pritchard, along with his brother Curtis, would appear as guest choreographers on the BBC Three reality series "RuPaul's Drag Race UK" whereas it was also announced in November 2020 that Pritchard would be a contestant on the twentieth series of "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here".
- Besides, he starred in "Strictly Come Dancing" as a professional in the BBC dance show for its fourteenth series in 2016 and was partnered with Olympic artistic gymnast Claudia Fragapane with whom he eliminated in the semi-finals on 11th December 2016, finishing in 4th place overall.
- As well, he returned to "Strictly" the following year for his second series and was partnered with Mollie King. The pair made it to week 12, being knocked out at the semi-final stage and finishing in 5th place overall.
- He was partnered with British Paralympic athlete Lauren Steadman in his third series in 2018 with whom he eliminated at the semi-final stage, finishing in 5th place, in Pritchard's third consecutive semi-final elimination.
- AJ was confirmed to be returning to "Strictly" for his fourth series in March 2019 and partnered with vlogger Saffron Barker. They were eliminated on week 10, making this the first and only series where Pritchard failed to reach the semi-final.
- Pritchard announced that he was leaving the show in order to pursue a career in presenting in spite of being confirmed in the 2020 professional line-up, on 26th March 2020.
- Furthermore, as a piece of fresh news, Pritchard leaves I'm A Celebrity viewers suspicious as he sleeps naked "There's no way". AJ warmed up during the night but he appeared to have forgotten his decision to sleep naked as he almost stepped straight out of bed.
- "Oh Christ!" he remarked quickly pulling his blanket back over his pelvis. "Didn't check myself then when I nearly slipped out."
- Additionally, he has partnered with numerous people like Mollie King, Lauren Steadman, Saffron Barker.
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Personal Life of AJ Pritchard
Reflecting on AJ Pritchard's personal life, he is an unmarried guy. But regarding his relationship status, he is in a romantic relationship with professional dancer Abbie Quinnen. AJ and Abbie announced their relationship in an interview with the magazine OK. The couple's relationship is exceptional till now and hopes their connection would get successful in the future. Furthermore, talking about his sexual orientation, he is straight.
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Additionally, Pritchard and his brother Curtis, along with two others, were attacked in an "unprovoked assault" on a night out in Nantwich on 27th December 2018 due to which he suffered bruising to his face, arms, legs, and body, while Curtis needed an emergency operation to his knee and would no longer appear on Dancing with the Stars in Ireland in January 2019.
Net Worth of AJ Pritchard
AJ Pritchard is one of the famous and versatile dancers who has a worth of around 4 million pounds as of 2020 whereas he has also a fine amount of salary too which is also in millions of dollars per year. He is merely twenty-six years of age and already is in the way of making a Big name in the industry. In addition, his major source of income is from his dancing career. He is also working harder for much victorious career and hope he will get it. As well, he has done endorsement work for several brands like DSquared2 and Gucci from where he earns a fine amount of money.
Body Measurement of AJ Pritchard
Handsomer dancer AJ Pritchard stands at a perfect height of 5 ft 7½ in or 171.5 cm with a steady weight of 87 kg or 192 lbs. He has unarguably accomplished a decent height career-wise. He has maintained his shape over the years with regular exercise it seems. His heartwarming smile, his entire demeanor, and his gradual escalating popularity in the industry make him the perfect catch. He has dark brown hair and blue eyes color though his body build type is average. His curly hair, alluring eyes, thick eyebrows, thick eyebrows have attracted a lot of people towards him.
