Joe Calzaghe & Kristina Rihanoff: Video and bios of the Strictly contestants

• Week 5: Jive - 21 / 40. Joe was in the dance-off with Zoe Lucker and James Jordan.

• Week 4: Foxtrot - 20 / 40

• Week 3: Paso Doble - 19 / 40

• Week 1 - Show 2: Cha Cha - 16 / 40

• Week 1 - Show 1: Tango - 16 / 40

On making their decision on who to save, Craig Revel Horwood, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli all saved Zoe Lucker and James Jordan, so Joe's fate was decided whatever head judge Len Goodman would have voted.

On leaving the show Joe said: "It’s been a great experience, its been fantastic."

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2007's BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award winner is Britain's only undefeated boxing world champion and was the longest reigning boxing world champion of the modern era, holding the WBO, WBA, WBC and IBF super-middleweight belts during his remarkable 16-year career.

The fierce determination of the 'Italian Dragon' now extends to the dancefloor: he may have hung up his boxing gloves, but he's hoping to knock out the competition in this year's Strictly Come Dancing and add the glitterball trophy to his collection!

Joe was born in London to Sardinian Enzo and his Welsh mother Jackie. The family moved to Wales when Joe was only 2 years old. He still lives in the area, with his two children (Joseph, 15 and Connor, 12).

Joe is the longest-reigning world champion in recent years, having held the WBO super middleweight title for over ten years until he relinquished the title to concentrate on fighting at light-heavyweight.

In February 2009, Joe announced his retirement, with an unbeaten record of 46 professional fights. Following his remarkable boxing career, Joe was the first person to be awarded the Freedom of Caerphilly, his home county, in 2009.

Already a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours.

Kristina was born in Siberia and she fell in love with music and dance at a young age. She entered her first dance competition at 7 years old. She took part in scores of competitions from then on and became a renowned dance champion in Russia’s far Eastern region.

In 2004, Kristina and her partner were invited to compete in the World Exhibition at the Blackpool Dance Festival. Together they placed second in the Theatre Style category.

Kristina then returned to International Style Latin with a new partner, Michael Wentink, one of Latin dance’s most famous masters. Kristina and Michael promptly won the South African Championship and were also Semi Finalists at the 2007 British Open in Blackpool in the Latin American Division.