Strictly's James and Ola Jordan celebrate milestone wedding as they share gushing post

Strictly Come Dancing power couple James and Ola Jordan are celebrating their 22nd wedding anniversary. The pair became professional dance partners in 2000 before joining the BBC One show together in 2006.

On Sunday (October 12), Ola, 43, took to Instagram to share a sweet tribute for her husband as she showed off a series of pictures of the two throughout the years.

She penned: “22 years married!!! I deserve a medal, a parade and possibly a statue. Happy anniversary to my darling husband James – currently off living his best life on tour with the Dance Legends while I hold down the fort… and the recycling bin and trying to remember where we keep the screwdriver and at least three light bulbs I’m refusing to change on principle!!!

“Can’t wait for you to get home… mainly because I’ve got a looooong list of blue jobs I need you to do. Love you.”

Fans rushed to the comments section to send the couple their well-wishes as one gushed: “Happy Anniversary to a great couple – you are both amazing dancers and hope many more years to come.”

READ MORE: Strictly's Adam Peaty reveals very dramatic Holly Ramsay proposal blunder

READ MORE: BBC Strictly Come Dancing results spoiler leaves fans 'very surprised'

Another expressed: “Congratulations to the best dancing partners ever on Strictly,” while someone else said: “Happy anniversary to you both.”

James, 47, took to his own Instagram page to share his own tribute, with a series of pictures of videos of them throughout their years together.

He wrote: “22 years!!! Happy Anniversary to my partner in crime and beautiful wife @olajordan. Can’t wait to get home to spend time with my two girls – love you.”

The two first met back in 2000 when James was looking for a new professional dance partner, and after holding a try-out in Poland, he met Ola. The pair started out their equation professionally before their dynamic turned romantic two years later.

They got married in 2003, and they both joined Strictly Come Dancing for the fourth series in 2006. He left the show in 2013, and she departed the following year.

James and Ola became parents in February 2020 when they welcomed daughter Ella into the world after undergoing IVF treatment. The couple tried IVF again to try for a second child, but after getting pregnant, they received devastating news.

They appeared on Vanessa Feltz’s Channel 5 show earlier this year as Ola revealed: "It was very heartbreaking, devastating. We went in, and suddenly everything went quiet, and I knew something was not right."

The duo explained how doctors had confirmed there wasn't a heartbeat. Following the miscarriage, doctors told Ola she had only a "five percent chance of having a healthy baby" with further IVF treatment.

She continued: “It's hard but when we came out with our story that we were going through IVF and struggling to have children, there was so many people who contacted us. It's not easy and it's better to talk about it.

“We had been together for a long time and tried for 18 years not to be pregnant because you're on the show, have this career and life.

"One day we said 'let's just take it easy and see what happens. We're not not trying to get pregnant anymore but let's not put pressure on it'. Years went pass and nothing happened."

After attempting to conceive naturally for three years, Ola, who was 37 at the time, was recommended by her GP to try IVF. The couple decided to pursue this option as their next step, with their first attempt at IVF being successful.

"We had our wonderful Ella, she is wonderful and very clever. I don't know where she gets it from, neither of us. Very funny, very cheeky, she is just amazing."

Like this story? For more of the latest showbiz news and gossip, follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Threads.