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Charlotte Everett

Strictly Come Dancing's Carlos Gu's life off screen: Impressive net worth to romance

Carlos Gu has risen to UK fame ever since becoming one of the new faces on Strictly Come Dancing.

The professional dancer joined other pros in the latest series where he is partnered up with CBBC star Molly Rainford.

The pair are now battling it out for the Glitterball trophy alongside a string of other celebrity competitors.

Carlos was one of four new professional dancers to join the show.

Joining the show this year was Vito Coppola, Lauren Oakley and Michelle Tsiakkas.

We have taken a look at how Carlos has ended up where he is and how he plans on winning Strictly:

Carlos is partnered with Molly (PA)

Impressive net worth and career

Carlos is no stranger to the dancing world and has already made a name for himself.

It's thought he already boasts an estimated net worth of $3million (£2.7million).

The 28-year-old is the holder of the title for the Chinese National Dance Champion as well as being a multi-world semi-finalist.

He also came third in the German Open Championship and was the UK’s Amateur Latin Rising Star Runner Up in 2017.

The star is often seen travelling the world with his professional dance partner Susan Sun.

Before joining the BBC show, Carlos 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."

Carlos' love life

It seems that Carlos seems to keep his personal life private and hasn't opened up about any potential romantic partners in his life.

Rumours swirled Carlos and his Strictly partner Molly Rainford may have been more than just friends but neither of them addressed this.

Despite, this Carlos still has a cheeky side to him which he showed off to Strictly host Claudia Winkleman during his first performance on the BBC show, where he grabbed her and left her flustered before she shouted 'I’m pregnant'.

While on the spin-off show It Takes Two, Rylan Clark said: "We need to talk about Claudia," before replaying the clip.

Carlos replied: "Oh I loved that moment. When I talked to her about my favourite dance and she said 'Rumba is just standing', I was like, 'How dare you, let me bring you back to the Rumba moves'."

Rylan replied: "Well we were jealous! We were jealous! Honestly it was such a lovely moment to watch and we are so thrilled you are here."

Carlos and Molly are competing for the Glitterball trophy (PA)

Strictly friendships

Despite being a newcomer to the show, it seems that Carlos has already made close friendships with fellow Strictly stars.

He is often seen hanging out with Nancy Xu, Dianne Buswell, Johannes Radebe and Katya Jones.

Carlos recently thanked his followers for their support and Katya replied: "We love you Carlos!!!!!!!! You are such a beautiful person and phenomenal dancer! I can’t wait for everyone to see it!"

He has also become close to partner Molly and the pair often share photos and clips of each other on their social media pages.

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