Giulia Dotta (born 31 January 1992) is an Italian

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r and

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. She started dancing from an early age specialising in latin and ballroom dance and has had competition experience at both national and international levels. She is best known for being a professional dancer on the Irish series of ''

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''.

Career

Dotta has been dancing professionally since 2012. Between 2012 and 2016, Dotta toured extensively with the

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tour. Performing worldwide in countries including

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and the

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. In 2016, she performed alongside ''

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'' professional

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in his UK & Ireland tour. In 2017 and 2018, she performed alongside ''Strictly Come Dancing'' professional

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in his UK & Ireland tours. In 2018, Dotta also toured with ''Strictly Come Dancing'' contestants,

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, Louis Smith and

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's UK tour, ''Rip it Up''.

''Dancing with the Stars''

In 2017, Dotta was announced as one of the professional dancers for the first series of ''Dancing with the Stars''. She was partnered with comedian,

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. Despite being one of the highest scoring couples up to that point, they were eliminated in what was described as a "shock elimination" in week six of the competition, finishing in eighth place. In 2018, Dotta was partnered with former Ireland rugby player,

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. The couple were eliminated in the fourth week of the competition, finishing in tenth place. In 2019, Dotta was partnered with comedian, Fred Cooke. The couple reached the semifinal of the competition and were eliminated in fourth place. In 2020, Dotta was paired with ''

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'' actor, Ryan Andrews. On March 15 2020, it was announced that the scheduled semi-final had become the final due to precautions around the

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halting production early. Dotta and Andrews were one of the four couples in the final. They finished as runners-up to winners,

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and

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. Highest and Lowest Scoring Per Dance The rankings are based on dances with original celebrity partners, not including switch-up week partners.

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; Celebrity partner :

; Average: 22; Place: 8th

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; Celebrity partner :

; Average: 18.3; Place: 10th

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; Celebrity partner : Fred Cooke; Average: 19.6; Place: 4th

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; Celebrity partner : Ryan Andrews; Average: 26.7; Place: 2nd

Personal life

From 2016 to 2021, Dotta was in a relationship with professional dancer and fellow ''

'' dancer,

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References

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