Jowita Przystał


Jowita Maria Przystał is a Polish ballroom dancer. She is known for appearing on and winning both The Greatest Dancer in 2020 and Strictly Come Dancing in 2022. Jowita became the first female Strictly Professional to win in her first year with a partner in 2022 and has been a professional on Strictly Come Dancing since 2021.
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Career

Przystał and her partner Michael Danilczuk have represented Poland in national and international competitions. In 2014 they became Polish Open Latin Champions. They have also performed with Burn the Floor. Przystał and Danilczuk have also performed in Broadway musical productions such as Legally Blonde, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Rock of Ages. They moved to London in 2019 to pursue careers in the United Kingdom. In 2020, Przystał and Danilczuk appeared on The Greatest Dancer. They were crowned winners of the second series. The prize was £50,000 and an opportunity to perform on the next series of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing. They appeared on Week 6 of the eighteenth series of Strictly, in November 2020, as the guest dancers during the musical interlude. In September 2021, Przystał joined the nineteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing as a professional.
She appeared in group dances in her first year. In her second year on the show, she was partnered with Hamza Yassin and they won that series.

''Strictly Come Dancing''

Przystał started her Strictly career in the nineteenth series, but was not partnered with a celebrity, only appearing in group dances. For the twentieth series, she received her first celebrity partner, cameraman and presenter Hamza Yassin. On 17 December 2022, they were announced the series champions, after beating Helen Skelton and Gorka Marquez, Fleur East and Vito Coppola, and Molly Rainford and Carlos Gu in the final. She is the fifth professional dancer and first ever female pro dancer to win their first series with a celebrity partner.
She has reached the semi-final twice, first with Hamza Yassin, and secondly with Pete Wicks, with the latter being the last celebrity to be eliminated before the Final.
SeriesPartnerPlaceAverage
Score
20Hamza Yassin1st35.4
21Jody Cundy13th19.0
22Pete Wicks5th27.1
23Ross King14th14.7

Highest and lowest scoring per dance
DancePartnerHighestPartnerLowest
American SmoothHamza Yassin38Jody Cundy20
Argentine TangoHamza Yassin37Pete Wicks33
Cha-cha-chaHamza Yassin38Ross King10
CharlestonHamza Yassin39
Couple's ChoiceHamza Yassin40Pete Wicks36
Dance-a-thonPete Wicks3
FoxtrotHamza Yassin34Pete Wicks29
JiveHamza Yassin24
Paso DobleRoss King19Jody Cundy16
QuickstepHamza Yassin35Jody Cundy21
RumbaHamza Yassin25Pete Wicks22
SalsaHamza Yassin39Jody Cundy19
SambaHamza Yassin36Pete Wicks26
ShowdanceHamza Yassin34
TangoHamza Yassin33Pete Wicks29
Viennese WaltzPete Wicks31
WaltzHamza Yassin37Ross King15

;Series 20 – with celebrity partner Hamza Yassin
  • number indicates when Hamza & Jowita were at the top of the leaderboard.
  • number indicates when Hamza & Jowita were at the bottom of the leaderboard.
;Series 21 – with celebrity partner Jody Cundy
  • number indicates when Jody & Jowita were at the bottom of the leaderboard.
;Series 22 – with celebrity partner Pete Wicks
  • number indicates when Pete & Jowita were at the bottom of the leaderboard.
;Series 23 – with celebrity partner Ross King
  • number indicates when Ross & Jowita were at the bottom of the leaderboard.

''Strictly Come Dancing'' Christmas Special

She danced with Adrian Chiles for 2021's Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special. She danced with Danny Cipriani for the 2023 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special.

Dance tours

In October 2025, Przystal announced she was to appear at Dancing With The Stars Weekends.