Alesha Dixon

Alesha Anjanette Dixon (born 7 October 1978) is an English singer, rapper and television personality. She gained recognition in the early 2000s as a member of the R&B and garage group Mis-Teeq, who had seven consecutive UK top 10 singles, two top 10 double platinum albums, and sold over 12 million records worldwide. After Mis-Teeq disbanded in 2005, Dixon pursued a career as a solo artist, releasing the albums Fired Up and The Alesha Show in 2008, the latter of which produced the hit singles "The Boy Does Nothing" and "Breathe Slow" and earned her a Brit Award nomination. She went on to release the albums The Entertainer (2010) and Do It for Love (2015). In 2007, Dixon won the fifth series of the BBC One dancing competition Strictly Come Dancing, and subsequently served as a judge on the programme from 2009 to 2012. Since 2012, she has served as a judge on the ITV talent competition Britain's Got Talent. She has also judged on America's Got Talent: The Champions (2020), Walk the Line (2021), and Australia's Got Talent (2022). As a television presenter, Dixon has hosted Alesha's Street Dance Stars (2010), Your Face Sounds Familiar (2013), Text Santa (2014–2015), Dance Dance Dance (2017), The Greatest Dancer (2019–2020), Comic Relief (2019–2025), and the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

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