Salome Chachua
Salome Chachua | |
|---|---|
 Chachua in Austria | |
| Born | 23 June 1990 |
| Occupation(s) | Dancer Choreographer Television personality |
Salome Chachua (Georgian: სალომე ჭაჭუა Salome Ch’ach’ua, born 23 June 1990) is a Georgian ballroom and Latin dancer and choreographer.
Career
Chachua is a seven-time Georgian Latin dancing champion. From 2004 to 2006, Chachua represented Georgia in several Junior World dance competitions. She was at one time ranked 57th in WDC Professional Latin and 73rd in WDSF RLS Latin.[1]
So You Think You Can Dance
In 2016, Chachua was a judge on the Georgian version of the dance competition show So You Think You Can Dance.[2]
Dancing with the Stars
Georgia
Between 2012 and 2018, Chachua appeared as a professional dancer on seven non-consecutive seasons of the Georgian version of Dancing with the Stars, reaching the final with her celebrity partners three separate times.[3][4][5]
| Series | Partner | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Levan Rostoshvili | 4th |
| 2 | Giorgi Vardosanidze | 2nd |
| 3 | Toli Boisa | 5th |
| 5 | Zura Gorgadze | 5th |
| 6 | Andria Gvelesiani | 2nd |
| 7 | Irakli Makatsaria | 2nd |
| 8 | Giorgi Giligashvili | 4th |
Ireland
On 22 December 2021, Chachua was announced as one of the new professionals to join the fifth season of the Irish version of Dancing with the Stars.[6][7][8] Her partner was rugby union player, Jordan Conroy. Chachua and Conroy performed for the first time on the second week of the show scoring one of the highest scores of the week.[9][10] They reached the finals, finishing in second place behind Nina Carberry and Pasquale La Rocca, alongside Ellen Keane and Stephen Vincent and Erica-Cody and Denys Samson.
| Series | Partner | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Jordan Conroy | 2nd |
- Series 5 – with celebrity partner Jordan Conroy
| Week No. | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Total | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redmond | Barry | Gourounlian | ||||
| 1 | No dance performed | - | - | - | - | No elimination |
| 2 | Salsa / "Take You Dancing" | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | |
| 3 | Quickstep / "Lightning Bolt" | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | Safe |
| 4 | Cha-cha-cha / "I Like to Move It" | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | Safe |
| 5 | Paso Doble / "Paint It Black" | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | Safe |
| 6 | Foxtrot / "Isn't She Lovely" | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 | No elimination |
| 7 | Jive / "Runaway Baby" | 9 | 10 | 10 | 29 | Safe |
| 8 | Contemporary Ballroom / "High Hopes" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | Bottom two |
| 9 | Samba / "Magalenha" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | Bottom two |
| 10* | Charleston / "Walk Like An Egyptian" Team Dance / "Cuba" |
9 9 |
10 9 |
10 9 |
29 27 |
Safe |
| 11 | American Smooth / "I Get the Sweetest Feeling" Bust-a-Move Marathon / "I'm So Excited" |
9 Awarded |
9 5 |
10 points |
28 33 |
Safe |
| 12 | Paso Doble / "Paint It Black" Showdance / "Fire it Up" |
10 10 |
10 10 |
10 10 |
30 30 |
Runners-up |
- In week 10, Chachua tested positive for COVID-19, so her partner, Jordan Conroy danced with Emily Barker.
References
- ^ "Details of WDSF athlete Salome Chachua | World DanceSport Federation at worlddancesport.org". www.worlddancesport.org. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
- ^ "REVEALED: Meet The Dancing With The Stars Couples". 5 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
- ^ "სალომე ჭაჭუა უცხოეთში მიემგზავრება - რომელი ქვეყნის "ცეკვავენ ვარსკვლავებში" გამოჩნდება მოცეკვავე". www.ambebi.ge. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
- ^ "სალომე ჭაჭუა". intermedia.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ "სალომე ჭაჭუა: "ხშირად ვფიქრობ, რომ კარგი იქნება, დედა გავხდე..."". fortuna.ge. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ "Dancing with the Stars professional dancers revealed". 2021-12-22.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Dancing with the Stars reveal twelve Professional Dancers for new Season". Extra.ie. 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ "Five new pro-dancers join the new series of Dancing With The Stars". sundayworld. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ Power, Ed. "Dancing With the Stars week 2: Erica-Cody and Jordan Conroy wow the judges". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ "სალომე ჭაჭუასა და ჯორდან კონროის ცეცხლოვანი სალსა ირლანდიურ "ცეკვავენ ვარსკვლავებში" და ქართველი მოცეკვავით აღფრთოვანებული მაყურებელი (ვიდეო)". www.ambebi.ge. Retrieved 2022-02-21.