Incredible pictures of unrecognisable Strictly dancers before they were famous

As the hit TV dancing show celebrates its 21st birthday, the Mirror shows you what the professional dancers who have starred onscreen were doing at that age

Strictly Come Dancing turns 21 years old when it returns to our screens this month.

But what were the hit BBC show’s professional dancers up to when they hit the big birthday milestone themselves. Here we hear from all 19 of them… in their own words.

* Strictly Come Dancing will return to BBC One and BBC iPlayer this Autumn

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