Alesha Dixon

How it started.

Alesha grew up in Welwyn Garden City. Sport was an early passion, and she studied for a Diploma in Sports Studies while considering a career as a PE teacher. Street dance classes brought her into contact with people in the music industry. She met Sabrina Washington at a dance school in 1999, and they went on to form Mis-Teeq with Su-Elise Nash.

Finding her sound.

Mis-Teeq brought together R&B and UK garage, with Alesha’s rapping a central part of their sound. After the group split in 2005, she pursued solo music, releasing Fired Up in 2006. Her 2008 album The Alesha Show included The Boy Does Nothing and Breathe Slow, and she later released The Entertainer and Do It for Love.

A familiar face on screen.

Winning Strictly Come Dancing in 2007 opened another chapter. Alesha later became a judge on the show, then joined Britain’s Got Talent in 2012. She also co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool in 2023. In September 2026, ITV announced that she would co-host The Voice UK with Stacey Solomon for its 2027 series.