[10][11] On 30 July 2019, her 28th birthday, Xu was announced as a new professional dancer joining the seventeenth series of Strictly Come Dancing.
[12][13] Xu was however partnered with EastEnders actor Rudolph Walker for the 2019 Children in Need special where they danced a group Cha-Cha-Cha.
[14] Xu returned as a professional for the eighteenth series however was not paired up with a celebrity for the second time and remained part of the dance troupe.
[15] Xu was given a partner for the first time in the nineteenth series when she was paired up with CBBC presenter Rhys Stephenson.
The couple made it to the semi-final, topping the leaderboard three times in the process, but were eliminated and finished in 5th place.