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Dancing With The Stars (U.S. Season 19)
Season nineteen of ''Dancing with the Stars'' premiered on September 15, 2014. On November 25, actor Alfonso Ribeiro and Witney Carson were crowned the champions, while ''Duck Dynasty'' star Sadie Robertson and Mark Ballas finished in second place, and ''Pretty Little Liars'' actress Janel Parrish and Valentin Chmerkovskiy finished in third. Cheryl Burke, who was featured on every season of the show except the first, decided to leave when her contract expired at the end of this season. She would later return in season 23. Cast Couples Twelve professional partners were revealed on August 13, 2014, on ''Good Morning America'' by Cheryl Burke, Tony Dovolani, Karina Smirnoff, and Valentin Chmerkovskiy. Sharna Burgess was announced as the thirteenth pro on August 27, 2014. The celebrity partners were revealed on ''Good Morning America'' on September 4, 2014. Henry Byalikov did not return as a pro this season, but returned to the show's dance troupe. Allison Holker, a contestant on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kym Johnson
Kym Herjavec (née Johnson; born 4 August 1976) is an Australian professional ballroom dancer and television performer who appeared in the first three seasons of the Australian version of ''Dancing with the Stars'' as a professional dancer, before moving to the U.S. version of the franchise from 2006 to 2015. Johnson returned as a professional to the U.S. series in 2017 for its 24th season. She also served as a judge on the Australian version of the show from 2013 to 2015. She is married to Robert Herjavec. Dance biography Johnson began dancing at the age of three. She began ballroom dancing at 13 years of age. In 1998, she and her partner, Lithuanian Tomas Atkocevicius, placed second at the Australian Dancesport Championship in the Open Amateur Modern Ballroom. They also were finalists as the U.K. Ballroom Championships at Blackpool. She retired from competitive ballroom dance in 2001, but continued dancing on stage. Since 2001, she has appeared in a number of events and fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |