Karim Zeroual

Karim Zeroual (born 14 November 1993) is an English television presenter and actor. He began his career starring in the CBBC series The Sparticle Mystery (2011–2015) and started presenting for the network in 2014.

Early life Zeroual was born in London to Moroccan parents and raised by his mother. He attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School before going on to train at the Urdang Academy. He has been a Children's BBC presenter since 2014, presenting directly from the CBBC HQ. He has fronted Ten Pieces Party Live Lesson events with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and hosted interviews at CBBC Summer Social events with a range of children’s authors. He has also presented Young Dancer and Wimbledon Live and has performed in London’s West End in musical theatre shows such as The Lion King and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

In December 2020 he featured on an episode of Michael McIntyre's The Wheel as a specialist on children’s TV.

Strictly Come Dancing In 2019, he appeared in the seventeenth series of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing in which he was partnered with professional dancer Amy Dowden.

score awarded by guest judge Alfonso Ribeiro number indicates Karim & Amy were at the top of the leaderboard