DWTS Alumni…. Where Are They Now? Our Past Pros
Hello everyone, I’m Lori, and I’ve been a fan of DWTS since season 3, and lately, I’ve been thinking of the people that everyone came to know and love – or hate – that have been on the show since way back in the Summer of 2005.
I want to thank Heidi and John, who took my suggestion and set it in my lap… 🙂 In this series, I’ll ATTEMPT to find out what all of the DWTS Alumni have been up to, since being on the show. To make things easier we’ll start with Past Professional Dancers and, eventually, work toward the celebrities. Since there are quite a few of both this can be ongoing for a while.
With the help of some friends, I’ve compiled a list of ALL of the Pros that have been on the show since the beginning. The numbers in parentheses are the season numbers that they appeared.
Louis VanAmstel (1,2,3,6,9,10,11)
*Edyta Sliwinska (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)
*Jonathan Roberts (1,2,4,5,6,8,9)
*Ashly DelGrosso Costa (1,2,3,10)
*Charlotte Jorgensen (1)
*Alec Mazo (1,4,5,7,9)
*Andrea Hale (2)
*Nick Kosovich (2,3)
Maksim Chmerkovskiy (2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11)
Tony Dovolani (2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11)
Anna Trebunskaya (2,5,6,9,10,11)
Cheryl Burke (2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11)
*Elena Grinenko (3,4)
*Jesse DeSoto (3)
Kym Johnson (3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11)
Karina Smirnoff (3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11)
*Brian Fortuna (4)
*Julianne Hough (4,5,6,7,8)
Mark Ballas (5,6,7,8,9,10,11)
Derek Hough (5,6,7,8,9,10,11)
*Fabian Sanchez (6)
*Inna Brayer (7)
Corky Ballas (7,11)
Lacey Schwimmer (7,8,9,11)
*Dmitry Chaplin (8,9)
Chelsie Hightower (8,9,10,11)
*Anna Demidova (9)
*Damian Whitewood (10)
THAT is the complete list of Professional Dancers for Dancing With The Stars, but we’re just going to be talking about the ones with the star by their names.
Next, we will find out where Charlotte Jorgensen and Andrea Hale are now, and what they’ve been up to since they left DWTS! AND! I need your help… I have decided that this can be a group effort for researching…. If you know of any websites that can help, or videos or photos that we can add, please let me know in the comments.
What a great idea! I look forward to reading these updates.
Yeah to THAT^^^!! What a great idea Lori!! *can’t wait to read more! 😉
Great idea Lori! Looking forward to reading more.
Woo Hoo! This is a great idea. I love this site 🙂
Hi,
I was wondering, if you have time, could you please do a pros and cons article on Alec and Ashly?
Thank you,
Ren
Anna Demidova is competing with Andrey Begunov. They just came in 5th in US Open Rising Star Standard. Also, in the most recent issue of DanceBeat, Anna and Andrey were taken to task by Ieva Pauksena for being inconsistent. I’m sure there’s more too it.
Elena Grinenko started Grinya’s Entertainment, a talent agency catering to ballroom dancers. She’s also adjudicating.
I hope that was… informative?
Brian Fortuna was on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing for several seasons. Is not on this season but understand he was very well liked and made it farther than he did in season 4
Ren, that would be a good idea, but I am realizing just how big a task I’ve undertaken. As I’ve said, I don’t know if I would be the one who will be able to write a Pro/Con article about the Pros…. Neither Alec nor Ashly are among my favorites…
J and Katy,
Could you mention Anna D and Brian again? Not right now, because if I start collecting stuff now, it’s not going to stick…. Instead, I need to concentrate on one or two pros at a time.
Have anything about Charlotte or Andrea?
I think he’s referring back to the Pros/Cons of the Pros that we did before the season started. We had only really planned to do current or very recent pros for that and ran out of time.
Hi Guys
It’s really cool that you all interested in were we all are. 🙂
Yes I did started my booking agency
Grinya’s Entertainment
Check out the website
http://www.GrinyasEntertainment.com
YOu can also join me on the facebook
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=252725905921&ref=search
Or follow on Twitter
http://twitter.com/GrEntertainment
Thank you
Elena
I hope you enjoy it 🙂
@Ren – I’m sure we’ll get to all the pros eventually. It just might not be until the off-season, since that’s when we’re not as busy and generally have more trouble coming up with content. We just got super busy with the start of this season, and with all of the regular week-to-week features to take care of, we just don’t have the time right this minute. But please be patient and I’m sure we can come up with something later! 🙂
And props to Lori for taking on this project. Definitely something I’m interested in seeing 🙂
Elena, you’re awesome. It’s an honor seeing you here. Thanks for posting!!! xxxx
Good interview with Charlotte Jorgenson and some comments about DWTS.
http://ballroomdancechannel.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=981055%3ABlogPost%3A124634&page=2