Ashley Banjo Instagram: Behind The Scenes Of The Dancing Dad
Rising to fame in the dance troupe Diversity, he is now a well known judge and television presenter. But what do we know about his private life? We’ve stalked the highlights of Ashley Banjo‘s Instagram to find out.
Ashely Banjo led his dance troupe to win the third series of Britain’s Got Talent. With this catapulting him to fame, the dancer went on to sit as a judge on the Sky1 show Got To Dance as well as being a co-presenter on Can’t Touch This.
More recently, he became a judge on the ITV show Dancing on Ice, but what do we know about his life behind the scenes?
His Rise To Fame…
After winning Britain’s Got Talent (BGT), Ashley took a break from school to concentrate on his dancing. He said:
“from the age of 14, I started to teach myself routines”
At the time of appearing on BGT, many of the members were still in school or university. The group consisted of friends from east London and included four sets of brothers and three other members.
After performing at the Royal Variety Show, Diversity toured six times and Ashley’s sunny personality led him to quickly become a successful television personality.
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My late night strength training squad! @realperrikiely @mitchcraske @nic__nac1 #upthelevs
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His Other Half…
Banjo has been in a thirteen-year relationship with Francesca Abbot.
The pair announced their engagement on 2 October 2014 and wed in July 2015 after Ashley proposed over Twitter!
With Francesca being part of the dance group Out of the Shadows, we can only imagine how impressive their first dance was.
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Ashley’s brother Jordan Banjo, who also forms part of the Diversity troupe, stepped up as best man on the day.
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His First Child…
Francesca gave birth to their first child, Rose Adura, on 21 February 2019.
Ashely posted to Instagram:
“Our beautiful daughter came into the world at 6:45pm on 21st February 2019 – weighing a healthy 8lbs 13oz. Her name is Rose Adura Banjo. I am in the deepest love ever with my little family ❤️ @francescabanjo I love you and am so proud #nextchapter“
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His Second Child…
On 27 March 2020, the couple welcomed their second child Micah Grace.
Ashley wrote:
“On Thursday the 26th March at 6.45pm our son came into the world weighing a healthy 8lbs 15oz. His name is Micah Grace Banjo… Our son, our little ray of light in a dark and uncertain time. @francescabanjo and I love him with the deepest part of our hearts ❤️🙏🏽”
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After giving birth in a London hospital during the current Coronavirus pandemic, Ashley explained how the couple decided to isolate for a week away from their daughter Rose in order to limit the possibility of spreading the virus.
The dancer said:
“When Micah was born, @francescabanjo and I took the very difficult decision to come back from the hospital and self isolate away from Rose with little Micah for a week. Micah was born at a central London hospital full of activity and we couldn’t risk bringing the virus home and all of us getting ill at once whilst Chess is still in recovery.
“Then not being able to ask for help from family members for fear of them getting ill from coming into contact with us. But in the next few days I can’t wait to get her back (as long we don’t develop symptoms) and let her meet her little brother for the first time.”