Youngest dancer sweeps the Dancefloor Challenge shows

The youngest contestant in this year’s Dancefloor Challenge scooped first prize at every show.

Theo Hamilton, 22, and his dance partner Charmaine Garrick also took the overall winners’ trophy and the judges’ choice award for their thrilling Charleston.

The most improved dancer throughout the competition was Suzy Heyworth, who danced a samba with Dave Hyett.

The 2020 competition finally went ahead on the second weekend of September 2021, after two postponements due to Covid-19. 

"It was worth the wait," said organiser Jamie Le Tissier. 

"The personalities and their partners put on a great show and I have to commend them for sticking with it for so long. Normally dancers get only a few months to learn their routines before it’s showtime. But due to the pandemic the 2020 event was pushed forward twice. 

"I’d also like to thank all of our sponsors, without whom the event would not be able to go ahead."

The two-day event had a 1940s theme, in tribute to the 75^th anniversary of Guernsey’s liberation from German occupation, which was in 2020. Wartime costumes with the obligatory ‘Strictly bling’ adorned the dancefloor at Beau Sejour.

Friday night winners were as follows: 

1^st: Theo Hamilton and Charmaine Garrick

2^nd: Sonia Guille and Luke Webb

3^rd: Michael Tagoe and Debi Harris 

Saturday Matinee winners: 

1^st: Theo Hamilton and Charmaine Garrick

2^nd: Dean Hollingsworth and Lucy Slimm

3^rd: Sonia Guille and Luke Webb 

Saturday Gala winners: 

1^st: Theo Hamilton and Charmaine Garrick

2^nd: Suzy Heyworth and Dave Hyett

3^rd: Tony de Sousa and Julie Haimes

Sponsoring the event were: Delimited, Channel Insurance Brokers, Cooper Brouard, Thirst Music School, Tropical Sun and Kleinwort Hambros.