Edyta Śliwińska
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Edyta Śliwińska (born in Warsaw, Poland on May 6, 1981) is a professional ballroom dancer. She is best known for her appearances on the American version of the reality television series Dancing with the Stars. Śliwińska is the only professional dancer to appear on all eight seasons of the American series.
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[edit] Early life
Śliwińska comes from a working-class Polish background.[1] She took her first dancing class at age 11.[2]
[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.[3]
For Season 4, she originally had Vincent Pastore as her partner,[4] but Pastore dropped out after a week of training, as he was unable to keep up with the hard pace of preparation.[5] 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.[5] On May 1, 2007, Sliwinska and Ratzenberger became the sixth couple eliminated from the competition, with a finish of 6th place.[6]
In Season 5, Śliwińska 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 NFL player Jason Taylor. They won second place, giving Śliwińska her best finish in six seasons.
In Season 7, Śliwińska and her partner American Comedian and Roastmaster Jeffrey Ross were the first couple voted off. They did not get their chance to show their Quickstep. During practice, Ross suffered an eye injury. Misty May-Treanor had suffered a leg injury in week three of the competition, and since she wanted to show America her Jive, Śliwińska danced it for her on the next night's result show. After week six, Śliwińska temporarily replaced Julianne Hough as Cody Linley's professional partner until Hough recovered from surgery scheduled on October 28, 2008.
In Season 8, Śliwińska was paired with NFL player Lawrence Taylor. They were eliminated in the seventh week of the show on April 21, 2009 with the lowest judged score of 21 and came in 7th place.
[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.[7] She has the same birthday as Dancing with the Stars host Tom Bergeron.
[edit] Professional awards
- Emerald Ball Latin Amateur Champion[8]
- 1st Place - 2001 International Grand Ball (San Francisco)[8]
- 1st Place - 2001 Holiday Ball (Las Vegas, Nevada)[8]
[edit] Acting career
- Śliwińska appeared in a Jared's jewelery commercial along with fellow Dancing With the Stars pros Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Alec Mazo[9] and Anna Trebunskaya
- She also played Ruby Love on CSI:NY on the 13th episode of season 5 called Rush to Judgment, where she played a salsa dance teacher who was involved in a murder[10]
[edit] References
- ^ "About Edyta" (in English). Archived from the original on 2007-04-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20070429061102/http://www.edytasliwinska.com/edyta.php. Retrieved on 2007-07-30.
- ^ Dancing with the Stars Secrets - People Magazine
- ^ AEG Live (2006-10-25). Dancing With The Stars - The Tour hits the road this winter!. Press release. http://aeglive.com/print.php?print=news&newsID=51. 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. http://abc.go.com/primetime/dancing/newseason.html. Retrieved on 2007-02-21.
- ^ a b "John Ratzenberger Joins Cast of 'Dancing with the Stars'". ABC News. 2006-03-02. http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/DancingStars/story?id=2912176. Retrieved on 2007-05-14.
- ^ "Former 'Cheers' Mailman Ratzenberger is Latest Casualty on 'Dancing'". ABC News. 2007-05-01. http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/DancingStars/wireStory?id=3120024. Retrieved on 2007-05-14.
- ^ "Dancing with the Stars's Alec & Edyta Wed in San Francisco.". People.com. 2007-09-02. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20054430,00.html. Retrieved on 2007-10-29.
- ^ a b c Brief bio at ABC.go.com
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1951583/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1339714/
[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
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