Edyta Śliwińska
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Edyta Śliwińska (born May 6, 1981 in Poland) is a professional ballroom dancer. She is best known as the only professional dancer to appear on all six televised seasons of the American version of the ABC television series Dancing with the Stars.
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[edit] Early life
Śliwińska comes from a working-class Polish background.[1]
[edit] Dancing with the Stars
In the debut season of Dancing with the Stars in June 2005, Śliwińska partnered boxing champion Evander Holyfield, with whom she placed 5th in the competition. For the second season, she was paired with actor George Hamilton, and again came in 5th place. With the third season, her partner was actor Joey Lawrence, and the couple achieved 3rd place. Śliwińska and Lawrence were part of the first performance tour of the show from December 19, 2006 to February 11, 2007.[2]
For Season 4, she originally had Vincent Pastore as her partner,[3] but Pastore dropped out after a week of training, as he was unable to keep up with the hard pace of preparation.[4] On March 2, John Ratzenberger was announced to be Pastore's replacement, giving Ratzenberger the least time of any celebrity to prepare for the series.[4] On May 1, 2007, Sliwinska and Ratzenberger became the sixth couple eliminated from the competition, with a finish of 6th place.[5]
In Season 5, Edyta was partnered with soap opera actor Cameron Mathison. They became the eighth couple eliminated before the Semi-Finals, with a finish of 5th place for the third time.
In Season 6 her partner was football player Jason Taylor. They won second place, giving Edyta her best finish in six seasons.
[edit] Performances
With celebrity partner Jason Taylor:
| Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
| Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
| 1 | Foxtrot/ "Pride and Joy" | 7 | 8 | 7 | N/A |
| 2 | Mambo/ "Lupita" | 9 | 9 | 9 | Safe |
| 3 | Jive/ "I Got a Woman" | 8 | 7 | 8 | Safe |
| 4 | Viennese Waltz/ "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" | 10 | 9 | 10 | Safe |
| 5 | Rumba/ "You're All I Need To Get By" | 9 | 9 | 9 | Safe |
| 6 | Cha-Cha-Cha/ "Best of My Love" | 8 | 8 | 8 | Safe |
| 7 | Quickstep/ "The Dirty Boogie" Paso Doble/ "Superstar (theme from Monday Night Football)" |
10 9 |
9 9 |
10 9 |
Safe |
| 8 | Tango/ "Tango Barbaro" Samba/ "It Had Better Be Tonight" |
10 8 |
9 7 |
10 8 |
Last to be Safe |
| 9 Semi-finals |
Foxtrot/ "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off" Paso Doble/ "El Gato Montes" |
9 9 |
10 9 |
9 9 |
Safe |
| 10 Finals |
Cha-Cha-Cha/ "Dancing on the Ceiling" Freestyle/ "Miami" Quickstep/ "The Dirty Boogie" |
8 9 10 |
8 9 10 |
8 9 10 |
Runner-Up |
[edit] Personal life
Śliwińska's husband and professional partner in dance competitions is Alec Mazo, who also participated in Dancing with the Stars, winning the first season with Kelly Monaco. They have danced together for over 6 years and have performed together multiple times for Dancing with the Stars results shows in pair numbers. They married on September 1, 2007.[6]
[edit] Professional awards
- Emerald Ball Latin Amateur Champion[7]
- 1st Place - 2001 International Grand Ball (San Francisco)[7]
- 1st Place - 2001 Holiday Ball (Las Vegas, Nevada)[7]
[edit] References
- ^ About Edyta (English). Archived from the original on 2007-04-29. Retrieved on 2007-07-30.
- ^ AEG Live (2006-10-25). "Dancing With The Stars - The Tour hits the road this winter!". Press release. Retrieved on 2006-11-13.
- ^ "The Stars Align for a fourth season of ABC's hit alternative series, Dancing With the Stars", abc.go.com, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-02-21.
- ^ a b "John Ratzenberger Joins Cast of 'Dancing with the Stars'", ABC News, March 2, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-05-14.
- ^ "Former 'Cheers' Mailman Ratzenberger is Latest Casualty on 'Dancing'", ABC News, 2007-05-01. Retrieved on 2007-05-14.
- ^ Dancing with the Stars's Alec & Edyta Wed in San Francisco.. People.com (2007-09-02). Retrieved on 2007-10-29.
- ^ a b c Brief bio at ABC.go.com
[edit] External links
- Edyta Śliwińska - Official website
- Edyta Sliwinska - Official Myspace Profile
- Edyta Śliwińska - Official Dance and Fitness DVD
- Edyta Sliwinska at the Internet Movie Database
- DancePlaza.com entry for Alex Mazo and Edyta
- Group site for Dancing with the Stars Contestants Edyta Śliwińska & Cameron Mathison
- Video of Edyta and Cameron Mathison and Joey Lawrence from Dancing with the Stars
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