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Cheryl Burke 
Born May 3, 1984
San Francisco, California, U.S.Occupation Dancer Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Years active 1988–present Cheryl Stephanie Burke (born May 3, 1984) is a professional dancer. She is best known for being one of the professional dancers on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, where she was the first woman to win the show and the first person to win twice (consecutively).
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Early life
Burke grew up in Atherton, California. Her father is of Irish and Russian descent and her mother is Filipino.[1] Her family dances for recreation and has a dance floor at home. At age four, she began taking ballet lessons and performing locally. She then began ballroom dancing and decided to change her focus. She trained in both standard ballroom and Latin dances. She began competing at age 13. Cheryl attended Menlo-Atherton High School, graduated in 2002. In fall of 2007 Cheryl was awarded the key to the city from the mayor of Atherton at her old high school.
Dancing with the Stars
Burke won her first championship with 98 Degrees member Drew Lachey in the second season. She won her second championship with retired football star Emmitt Smith in the third season.
Burke returned to the ballroom on March 19, 2007 for Season 4, partnered with actor Ian Ziering. Burke and Ziering were eliminated in the semi-finals on May 15, 2007.
Burke in 2008
Burke participated in a 38-city Dancing with the Stars tour from December 19, 2006 to February 11, 2007. She also joined the second summer tour, which visited 24 cities between June 20, 2007 in Austin, Texas and July 24, 2007 in Vancouver, Canada. Her celebrity partner for both tours was Drew Lachey.
Burke competed on Season 5. Her partner was Las Vegas entertainer Wayne Newton. They were the third couple eliminated from the competition on October 9, 2007.[2]
Burke participated with both Lachey & Newton in the Dancing with the Stars winter tour that kicked off December 18, 2007 in Seattle, Washington. The tour wrapped in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 10, 2008.[3]
Burke competed on Season 6 and was partnered with actor Cristián de la Fuente. They trained at Palm Beach, Florida's "Paramount Ballroom," which is owned by former U.S. Nine-Dance Champion Alec Lazo.[4] They made it to the finals and on May 20, 2008, Cheryl and Cristián placed 3rd in the Season 6 competition.
Burke returned to the show for Season 7 with partner Maurice Greene. They were eliminated in Week 8 on November 11, 2008 and came in 5th place.
Burke returned to the show's eighth season, in which she was paired with actor Gilles Marini. They were the runners-up for the season, losing to Shawn Johnson and Mark Ballas.
On August 17, 2009, it was announced that Burke would compete on the ninth season of Dancing with the Stars with partner Tom DeLay (former U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader). On October 6, 2009, Burke and DeLay withdrew from the competition because DeLay had stress fractures in both feet.[5]
In season ten Burke was partnered with Chad Ochocinco. They were eliminated in the semi-finals and came in fourth place.
Rick Fox was partnered with Burke in the show's eleventh season. They were voted off in the seventh week of the competition and came in 6th place.
For the twelfth Season, Burke was partnered with wrestler Chris Jericho. They were voted off in the sixth week of the competition.
Currently, for the thirteenth season, Burke is partnered with Rob Kardashian.
Season Partner Place 1 None N/A 2 Drew Lachey 1st 3 Emmitt Smith 1st 4 Ian Ziering 4th 5 Wayne Newton 10th 6 Cristián de la Fuente 3rd 7 Maurice Greene 5th 8 Gilles Marini 2nd 9 Tom DeLay 13th 10 Chad Ochocinco 4th 11 Rick Fox 6th 12 Chris Jericho 7th 13 Rob Kardashian Performances
Season 2: Celebrity Partner Drew Lachey Average: 27.7 Placed: 1st:
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result Inaba Goodman Tonioli 1 Cha-cha-cha/ "She Bangs" 8 8 8 Safe 2 Quickstep/ "Neutron Dance" 9 9 9 Safe 3 Jive/ "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" 9 9 9 Safe 4 Paso Doble/ "Thriller" 9 9 10 Safe 5 Samba/ "Dirrty" 9 9 9 Safe 6 Tango/ "Shut Up"
Viennese Waltz/ "Fallin'"10
No10
Scores10
GivenSafe 7
Semi-finalsFoxtrot/ "It Had to Be You"
Rumba/ "Total Eclipse of the Heart"9
109
98
10Safe 8
FinalsPaso Doble/ "Thriller"
Freestyle/ "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)"
Jive/ "Hound Dog"10
10
910
10
910
10
9WON Season 3: Celebrity Partner Emmitt Smith Average: 26.8 Placed: 1st:
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result Inaba Goodman Tonioli 1 Cha-cha-cha/ "Son of a Preacher Man" 8 8 8 Safe 2 Quickstep/ "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" 8 8 8 Safe 3 Tango/ "Simply Irresistible" 7 6 6 Safe 4 Paso Doble/ "España Cañí" 8 8 8 Safe 5 Samba/ "Cha Cha[disambiguation needed 
]"9 9 9 Safe 6 Jive/ "Lewis Boogie Blues"
Disco/ "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough"8
No8
Scores9
GivenNo Elimination 7 Waltz/ "Hushabye Mountain"
Mambo/ "Que Bueno Baila Usted"10
109
109
9Safe 8 Foxtrot/ "Witchcraft"
Rumba/ "Spooky"8
98
109
10Safe 9
Semi-finalsWaltz/ "At This Moment"
Cha-Cha-Cha/ "Dance to the Music"9
1010
1010
10Bottom Two 10
FinalsSamba/ "Sir Duke"
Mambo/ "Que Bueno Baila Usted"
Freestyle/ "U Can't Touch This"10
10
1010
10
1010
10
9WON Season 4: Celebrity Partner Ian Ziering Average: 24.8 Placed: 4th:
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result Inaba Goodman Tonioli 1 Cha-cha-cha/ "Mony Mony" 7 7 7 Safe 2 Quickstep/ "Don't Get Me Wrong" 7 8 7 Safe 3 Jive/ "Hard Headed Woman" 8 8 8 Safe 4 Waltz/ "He Was Beautiful" 7 9 8 Safe 5 Samba/ "Dance Like This" 8 8 8 Safe 6 Paso Doble/ "Waiting for Tonight"
Swing/ "Rock This Town"8
No8
Scores8
GivenSafe 7 Tango/ "Holding Out for a Hero"
Mambo/ "Gimme the Light"9
99
99
9Safe 8 Foxtrot/ "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
Rumba/ "Imagine"8
87
87
9Safe 9
Semi-finalsTango/ "Maneater"
Jive/ "All Shook Up"9
1010
109
10Eliminated Season 5: Celebrity Partner Wayne Newton Average: 17.3 Placed: 10th:
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result Inaba Goodman Tonioli 1 Cha-cha-cha/ "You're the First, You're the Last, You're my Everything" 6 7 6 Safe 2 Quickstep/ "Viva Las Vegas" 5 5 5 Bottom Two 3 Tango/ "La Cumparsita" 6 6 6 Eliminated Season 6: Celebrity Partner Cristián de la Fuente Average: 25.2 Placed: 3rd:
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result Inaba Goodman Tonioli 1 Cha-cha-cha/ "Bang Bang" 7 7 7 No Elimination 2 Quickstep/ "Americano" 7 6 7 Last To Be Called Safe 3 Jive/ "Don't Stop Me Now" 8 8 9 Safe 4 Paso Doble/ "La Virgen de la Macarena" 9 8 9 Safe 5 Rumba/ "If You're Not the One" 7 8 8 Bottom Two 6 Foxtrot/ "Come Fly with Me"
Country Western/"Cotton-Eyed Joe"9
No9
Scores9
GivenSafe 7 Viennese Waltz/ "I'll Make Love to You"
Samba/ "Sobe Son"8
78
79
7Safe 8 Tango/ "Beat It"
Mambo/ "Saca Tu Mujer"10
109
99
10Safe 9
Semi-finalsViennese Waltz/ "Satellite"
Samba/ "Sweetheart From Venezuela"9
109
99
10Last To Be Called Safe 10
FinalsCha-Cha-Cha/ "Dancing on the Ceiling"
Freestyle/ "Suavemente"8
99
89
9Third Place Season 7: Celebrity Partner Maurice Greene Average: 22.9 Placed: 5th:
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result Inaba Goodman Tonioli 1 Foxtrot/ "Doing it to Death" 6 6 6 Safe 1 Mambo/ "I Do the Jerk" 7 7 7 Safe 2 Rumba/ "Mercy Mercy Me" 7 6 6 Safe 3 Jive/ "Rock Around the Clock" 8 8 8 Safe 4 Samba/ "That's the Way (I Like It)" 6 7 7 Safe 5 Salsa/ "Everything I Can't Have" 9 9 9 Safe 6 Viennese Waltz/ "Gravity"
"Old School Hip Hop"/ "It Takes Two"7
No7
Scores7
GivenSafe 7 Cha-cha-cha/ "Cupid Shuffle"
Paso Doble/ "Rocks"8
109
98
10Safe 8 Quickstep/ "Puttin' on the Ritz"
Paso Doble/ "Let It Rock"8
88
88
8Eliminated Season 8: Celebrity Partner Gilles Marini Average: 28.1 Placed: 2nd:
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result Inaba Goodman Tonioli 1 Cha-cha-cha/ "Addicted to Love" 8 8 8 Safe 2 Quickstep/ "Kryptonite" 9 9 9 Safe 3 Samba/ "El Matador" 9 9 9 Safe 4 Argentine Tango/ "Assassin's Tango" 10 10 10 Safe 5 Paso Doble/ "Habanera[disambiguation needed ]"10 9 10 Safe 6 Jive/ "Dance, Dance" 9 8 9 Safe 7 Viennese Waltz/ "I Go to Sleep" 9 9 9 Safe 8 Lindy Hop/ "Go Daddy-O"
Tango/ "Womanizer"9
99
99
10Safe 9 Foxtrot/ "Fever"
Rumba/ "Sexual Healing"10
99
910
9Safe 10
Semi-finalsWaltz/ "Come Away with Me"
Salsa/ "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)"10
1010
1010
10Safe 11
FinalsPaso Doble/ "So What"
Freestyle/ "Flashdance (What a Feeling)"
Argentine Tango/ "Assassin's Tango"10
9
1010
10
1010
9
10Second Place Season 9: Celebrity Partner Tom DeLay Average: 16.3 Placed: 13th:
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result Inaba Goodman Tonioli 1 Cha-Cha-Cha/"Wild Thing" 6 5 5 Safe 1 Viennese Waltz Relay/"I'm Your Man" -- 4 -- Safe 2 Tango/"Por una Cabeza" 6 6 6 Safe 3 Samba/"Why Can't We Be Friends?" 6 4 5 Withdrew Season 10: Celebrity Partner Chad Ochocinco Average: 22.2 Placed: 4th
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result Inaba Goodman Tonioli 1 Cha-Cha-Cha/"It's Just Begun" 6 6 6 No Elimination 2 Foxtrot/"100 Years" 6 5 5 Safe 3 Paso Doble/"Cancion Del Mariachi" 7 6 7 Safe 4 Rumba/"Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart" 7 6 8 Technique Score 4 Performance Score 8 7 8 Safe 5 Quickstep/"The Bare Necessities" 6 6 6 Safe 6 Argentine Tango/"El Sonido De La Milonga" 8 8 8 Safe 7 Viennese Waltz/"Sparks" 8 9 8 Safe 7 Cha-Cha-Cha/"Telephone" 9 9 9 Safe 8 Tango/"Sweet Dreams" 7 7 7 -- 8 60s' Jive/"Love Man 8 8 8 Last To Be Called Safe 9 semi-final Waltz/"If You Don't Know Me By Now" 9 9 9 -- 9 semi-final Samba/"Alejandro 8 8 9 Eliminated Season 11: Celebrity Partner Rick Fox Average: 22.3 (as of October 4, 2010) Placed: 6th: Week 4 - Double Score Showdown - Technique/Performance score
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result Inaba Goodman Tonioli 1 Viennese Waltz/"Crazy" 8 7 7 Safe 2 Jive/"Tush" 7 7 7 Safe 3 Samba/"Whine Up" 8 8 8 Safe 4 Argentine Tango/"Violentango" 6/6 7/7 6/7 Safe 5 Rumba/"Hills Street Blues" Theme 8 8 8 Last To Be called safe 6 Tango/"You Really Got Me" 8 8 8 Safe 7 Quickstep/"Hey Pachuco" 10/9 9 9 Eliminated Season 12: Celebrity Partner Chris Jericho Average: 22.3 Placed: 7th
Week # Dance/Song/Musician(s) Judges' score Result Inaba Goodman Tonioli 1 Cha-Cha-Cha/"Should I Stay or Should I Go" 7 6 6 No Elimination 2 Quickstep/"I Got Rhythm" 8 7 8 Safe 3 Rumba/"Let It Be" 7 7 7 Last To Be Called Safe 4 Paso Doble/"In the Hall of the Mountain King" 8 7 8 Safe 5 Viennese Waltz/"America The Beautiful" 9 8 9 Last To Be Called Safe 6 Tango/"Don't Stop Believin" 7 8 7 Eliminated Season 13: Celebrity Partner Rob Kardashian Average: TBD Placed: TBD
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result Inaba Goodman Tonioli 1 Viennese Waltz/ "Lake Michigan" 6 5 5 Safe 2 Jive/"Surfin' Safari" 7 7 7 Safe 3 Foxtrot/"Fly Me to the Moon" 8 8 8 Safe 4 Paso Doble/"Theme from Superman" 8 8 8 Last to be called Safe 5 Rumba/"Hello" 9 8 8 Safe 6 Cha-Cha-Cha/"Walk Like a Man" 8 7 7 Safe 7 Tango/"Theme from The Addams Family" 9 8 8 Safe Team Paso Doble/"Bring Me to Life" 9 8 9 8 Quickstep/"Take on Me" 9 9 9 Last to be called Safe Jive/"Maneater" 8 8 8 9 Samba/"I Go to Rio" 10 9 9 Safe Argentine Tango/"Libertango" 9 9 9 Cha-Cha-Cha Relay/"I Like How It Feels" Awarded 10 Points 10 TBD Freestyle Acting
Burke had a guest role on the Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, in the episode "Loosely Ballroom" along with fellow Dancing professionals Louis van Amstel, Ashly DelGrosso, and Lacey Schwimmer. She portrays Shannon, a nurse attending to the ensemble cast during a dance contest at the series setting, The Tipton Hotel. In the final round of the competition, Burke's character volunteers to replace an ill competitor. She and her partner go on to win the competition.
In November 2009, US Magazine magazine announced that Burke is in talks to star as Roxie Hart in Chicago on Broadway during the hiatus from Dancing With the Stars.[6]
Awards and honors
- 2005 World Cup Professional Rising Star Latin Champion
- 2005 San Francisco Latin Champion
- 2005 Ohio Star Ball Rising Star Latin Champion
- UK Championships
- 4th in U.S. in the "Under 21s."
- Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 2) champion with Drew Lachey
- Dancing with the Stars champion Season 3 with Emmitt Smith
- Two-time nominee: Prime Time Emmy 2006, Outstanding Choreography for Paso Doble and Outstanding Choreography for Freestyle; Burke is the youngest nominee to ever receive nominations in that category. (1)
- On October 20, 2007, Cheryl won the Role Model Award at the 7th Annual Filipino/American Library Gala.
- On the 2008 Asian Excellence Awards, she won the Viewer's Choice award for Favorite T.V. Personality.
Molestation
In 2011, she released her autobiography, Dancing Lessons, describing how she, at age 6, was molested by a handyman helping her family, who repeatedly fondled her. She believed it was wrong but wanted to gain the affection of the person. The molester was sentenced to 22 years in prison and was recently released. Burke said that she is fearful of the person.[7]
References
- ^ "Bio". Strictlycheryl.com. http://www.strictlycheryl.com/biog.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
- ^ "Wayne Newton and Cheryl Burke cut from 'Dancing with the Stars' - Reality TV World - News, information, episode summaries, message boards, chat and games for unscripted television programs". Realitytvworld.com. http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/wayne-newton-and-cheryl-burke-cut-from-dancing-with-stars-5896.php. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
- ^ Dancing With The Stars - Season 5[dead link]
- ^ Lazodancesport.com
- ^ Olshansky, Elliot. "Tom DeLay withdraws from 'Dancing With the Stars,' 'Entourage' actress Debi Mazar booted" New York Daily News October 7, 2009
- ^ "DWTS' Cheryl Burke in Talks to Star in Chicago on Broadway" US magazine; November 4, 2009
- ^ Today.msnbc.msn.com
External links
- Official web site for Cheryl Burke Dance
- Official web site for Cheryl Burke
- Dancing with the Stars biography
- My Ox Is Broken Interview (2006)
- Cheryl Burke at the Internet Movie Database
- Cheryl Burke interview
Awards and achievements Preceded by
Kelly Monaco & Alec MazoDancing with the Stars (US) winner
Season 2 (Spring 2006 with Drew Lachey)
Season 3 (Autumn 2006 with Emmitt Smith)Succeeded by
Apolo Anton Ohno & Julianne HoughPreceded by
Warren Sapp & Kym JohnsonDancing with the Stars (US) runner up
Season 8 (Spring 2009 with Gilles Marini)Succeeded by
Mýa & Dmitry ChaplinPreceded by
Marie Osmond & Jonathan RobertsDancing with the Stars (US) third place contestant
Season 6 (Spring 2008 with Cristián de la Fuente)Succeeded by
Lance Bass & Lacey SchwimmerCategories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- American ballroom dancers
- American people of Filipino descent
- American people of Russian descent
- American people of Irish descent
- People from San Mateo County, California
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