Carlos Gu

Carlos Gu (; born 1993) is a Chinese dancer and choreographer. He is best known for being a professional dancer on the British BBC One television series Strictly Come Dancing since 2022.

Life and career Gu was born in Taiyuan China on 6 January 1993. He has competed in numerous competitions and is a Chinese National Champion.

Strictly Come Dancing In July 2022, it was announced that Gu would become a professional dancer on the 20th series of Strictly Come Dancing, as part of four new professionals joining the show along with Vito Coppola, Lauren Oakley and Michelle Tsiakkas. Ahead of joining the show, Gu said "I'm thrilled to join Strictly and very excited to get started. It's a new chapter of my life and a new challenge as well. I'm absolutely ready to take on this journey and to shine." He was paired with singer and actress Molly Rainford for his first series and they reached the final, before finishing as the runners-up. Gu later embarked on the Strictly Come Dancing Live! tour. Gu returned for the 21st series and was paired with television presenter Angela Scanlon; they were eliminated in week 10. Gu returned for 23rd series where he was paired with former footballer Karen Carney and won his first series, becoming the first Chinese professional dancer to win

Series Partner Place Average score 20 Molly Rainford 2nd 35.4 21 Angela Scanlon 6th 30.5 23 Karen Carney 1st 33.9

Series 20: with Molly Rainford number indicates when Molly & Carlos were at the top of the leaderboard. number indicates when Molly & Carlos were at the bottom of the leaderboard.

Series 21: with Angela Scanlon WeekDance/SongJudges' scoreTotalResult Horwood Mabuse Ballas Du Beke 1 Tango / "Prisoner" 6 6 5 7 23 No elimination 2 Jive / "Trouble" 7 7 7 8 29 Safe 3 Charleston / "Who's Got the Pain" 9 9 8 9 Safe 4 Viennese waltz / "You Are the Reason" 7 7 7 7 28 Safe 5 American Smooth / "Cherish" 6 7 7 8 28 Safe 6 Paso Doble / "BLACK swan SWAN lake" 8 8 8 9 33 Safe 7 Samba / "Ain't It Funny" 6 7 7 7 Safe 8 Waltz / "With You I'm Born Again" 7 9 8 9 33 Safe 9 Argentine Tango / "Back to Black" 8 10 10 10 38 Safe 10 Cha-cha-cha / "I Will Survive" 7 7 8 9 number indicates when Angela & Carlos were at the top of the leaderboard. number indicates when Angela & Carlos were at the bottom of the leaderboard.

Series 23: with Karen Carney number indicates when Karen & Carlos were at the top of the leaderboard. number indicates when Karen & Carlos were at the bottom of the leaderboard.

Dance tours In spring 2025, Gu toured with fellow Strictly professional Amy Dowden. In November 2025, Gu announced his appearance at Dancing With The Stars Weekends 2026.

Personal life Gu is gay He also talked about a culture of homophobia in dance in China, but that he had been able to look up to his own teacher, a gay 9-time world champion, as a positive role model as a teenager.

In 2025, Gu shared his first artwork, titled Reborn, telling Hello! how he had enjoyed drawing and painting, but had been forced to focus on dance as a child. He told Hello! that he started drawing again in 2024 and spent 2 months on Reborn as a meditative piece.