| Karina Smirnoff | |
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| Information | |
| Full Name | Karina Smirnoff |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | January 2, 1978 |
| Network | |
| Job | Pro Partner (3–9, 11–19, 21–22) |
| Production | |
| First Season | Season 3 |
| Last Season | Season 22 |
| Duration | 2006–16 |
Karina Smirnoff (Ukrainian: Карiна Смiрнова; Russian: Кapинa Cмиpнoвa; born Karina Smirnova; January 2, 1978) is a Ukrainian professional ballroom dancer. She is best known to the general public as a professional dancer on Dancing with the Stars, winning the thirteenth season with army veteran and soap opera star J. R. Martinez. She's also won 2 runner-up titles, a semi-final title, and several quarter final titles.
She is a five-time U.S. National Champion, World Trophy Champion, and Asian Open Champion. Smirnoff has won the title at the UK Open, is a three-time champion at the US Open, two-time champion at the Asian Open, five-time champion at the Dutch Open, and five-time US National Professional Champion. She has taken second at the British Open Blackpool Dance Festival and she is the first woman to also ever make the "British Professional Final" with three different partners.
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- She appeared on the second episode of Celebrity Family Feud along with Allison Holker, Sasha Farber, Anna Trebunskaya, and Witney Carson. They lost to contestants of the Bachelor and the Bachelorette. The episode aired on June 28, 2015.
Dancing with the StarsEdit
Smirnoff was a performer on the third season of the ABC series Dancing with the Stars with celebrity partner Mario López. They finished in second place, losing to the team ofEmmitt Smith and Cheryl Burke. Smirnoff returned to the show on March 19, 2007 for Season 4, this time partnered with Billy Ray Cyrus, country singer and Hannah Montanastar.[14] The pair was the seventh to be eliminated from the competition on May 8, 2007. Her partner for Season 5 of the show was current five-division world champion boxer,Floyd Mayweather, Jr. On October 16, 2007, Karina and Floyd were the fourth couple eliminated from competition and came in 9th place. She returned for Season 6, partnered with singer Mario and finished in 5th place. In Season 7, she was partnered with chef Rocco DiSpirito and they were the fourth pair to be eliminated with a finish of 9th place for the second time.
For the eighth season, Smirnoff's partner was Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak. They were eliminated in the fourth round on March 31, 2009, along with Holly Madison and her partner Dmitry Chaplin. For the ninth season, she was partnered with singer Aaron Carter. They were eliminated on November 10, 2009, placing fifth. In the eleventh season, she was partnered with The Situation from MTV's reality TV show Jersey Shore. They were eliminated in the fourth week. In the twelfth season of Dancing with the Stars, she was partnered with movie star Ralph Macchio. They were eliminated in the semi-finals.
Smirnoff appeared on the thirteenth season of Dancing with the Stars, where she was partnered with All My Children actor J. R. Martinez. Smirnoff and Martinez ended up winning the competition against Rob Kardashian and his partner Cheryl Burke & Ricki Lake and her partner Derek Hough. This was the first time Smirnoff had advanced to the finals since her inaugural season in season 3 with Mario López. For the fourteenth season of Dancing With The Stars, Karina was partnered with singer Gavin DeGraw. They were eliminated in week 5. For the fifteenth season, she was partnered with season four winner, Apolo Anton Ohno and ended up placing 5th. For the sixteenth season, she is partnered with NFLstar Jacoby Jones. Smirnoff became injured when she was performing a flip with partner Jones during rehearsals for their week 9 Lindy hop. The couple was able to reach finals but came in third place losing to Zendaya and Kellie Pickler who took second and first place respectively. For season 17 she was partnered with former High School Musical actorCorbin Bleu and landed in second place behind Amber Riley and Derek Hough. For season 18, she was partnered with former NHL player Sean Avery. They were the second couple eliminated in a double elimination on Week 2. This marks Smirnoff's earliest exit of the competition as of today.
Performances[edit]Edit
| Season | Partner | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Mario Lopez | 2nd |
| 4 | Billy Ray Cyrus | 5th |
| 5 | Floyd Mayweather, Jr. | 9th |
| 6 | Mario | 5th |
| 7 | Rocco DiSpirito | 9th |
| 8 | Steve Wozniak | 10th |
| 9 | Aaron Carter | 5th |
| 11 | Mike Sorrentino | 9th |
| 12 | Ralph Macchio | 4th |
| 13 | J. R. Martinez | 1st |
| 14 | Gavin DeGraw | 9th |
| 15 | Apolo Anton Ohno | 5th |
| 16 | Jacoby Jones | 3rd |
| 17 | Corbin Bleu | 2nd |
| 18 | Sean Avery | 11th |
| 19 | Randy Coture | 11th |
With Mario Lopez (Season 3) 27.6[edit]Edit
| Week | Dance(s)/Song | Carrie Ann's
Score | Len's
Score | Bruno's
Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha/"Walkin' on the Sun" | 9 | 8 | 9 | Safe |
| 2 | Quickstep/"Do Your Thing" | 7 | 6 | 8 | Safe |
| 3 | Tango/"What You Waiting For?" | 8 | 6 | 8 | Safe |
| 4 | Paso Doble/"Cancion Del Mariachi" | 10 | 9 | 10 | Safe |
| 5 | Rumba/"The Way You Look Tonight" | 9 | 9 | 9 | Safe |
| 6 | Mambo/"Ran Kan Kan" | 9
No | 9
Scores | 10
Given | No Elimination |
| 7 | Foxtrot/"I Wanna Be Loved by You" | 10
9 | 9
9 | 10
9 | Safe |
| 8
Quarter Finals | Waltz/"Dark Waltz" | 9
10 | 9
9 | 10
10 | Bottom Two |
| 9
Semi-Finals | Tango/"Whatever Lola Wants"
Cha-Cha-Cha/"Bad" | 10
10 | 10
9 | 10
10 | Safe |
| 10
Finals | Samba/"Sir Duke"
Paso Doble/"Cancion Del Mariachi" Freestyle/"It Take Two" | 10
10 10 | 9
10 10 | 10
10 10 | Runner-Up |
With Billy Ray Cyrus (Season 4) 19.0[edit]Edit
| Week | Dance(s)/Song(s) | Carrie Ann Inaba | Len Goodman | Bruno Tonioli | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha/"I Want My Mullet Back" | 5 | 4 | 4 | No elimination |
| 2 | Quickstep/"Ring of Fire" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
| 3 | Tango/"Rock the Casbah" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
| 4 | Paso Doble/"Black Betty" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
| 5 | Rumba/"What's Love Got to Do with It?" | 6 | 6 | 5 | Safe |
| 6 | Jive/"I Love to Boogie"
Swing/"Rock This Town" | 7
No | 7
Scores | 7
Given | Safe |
| 7 | Waltz/"Play Me" | 5
7 | 6
7 | 6
7 | Bottom Two |
| 8
Quarter Finals | Foxtrot/"Stand by Your Man"
Mambo/"My Way" | 7
6 | 6
7 | 5
7 | Eliminated |
With Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (Season 5) 20.8[edit]Edit
| Week | Dance/Song | Carrie Ann Inaba | Len Goodman | Bruno Tonioli | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha/"The Way You Move" | 6 | 6 | 6 | Safe |
| 2 | Quickstep/"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
| 3 | Jive/"Mess Around" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Bottom Two |
| 4 | Paso Doble/"Captain from Castille" | 7 | 8 | 8 | Eliminated |
With Mario (Season 6) 25.4[edit]Edit
| Week | Dance(s)/Song(s) | Carrie Ann | Len | Bruno | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha/"Request Line" | 8 | 8 | 8 | No elimination |
| 2 | Quickstep/"Valerie" | 9 | 8 | 9 | Safe |
| 3 | Tango/"El Tango de Roxanne" | 7 | 6 | 8 | Last to be called safe |
| 4 | Paso Doble/"Higher Ground" | 8 | 7 | 9 | Safe |
| 5 | Samba/"A-Tisket, A-Tasket" | 9 | 9 | 9 | Safe |
| 6 | Rumba/"Let's Get It On"
Country Western/"Cotton-Eyed Joe" | 9
No | 9
Scores | 10
Given | Bottom Two |
| 7 | Foxtrot/"I'm Your Man"
Mambo/"Mambo a la Sandoval" | 8
9 | 8
9 | 8
9 | Safe |
| 8
Quarter Finals | Viennese Waltz/"If I Ain't Got You" | 9
9 | 9
8 | 9
9 | Eliminated |
With Rocco DiSpirito (Season 7) 17.8[edit]Edit
| Week | Dance(s)/Song(s) | Carrie Ann Inaba's
Score | Len Goodman's
Score | Bruno Tonioli's
Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foxtrot/"Stray Cat Strut"
Mambo/"La Comay" | 5
7 | 4
7 | 5
7 | Safe |
| 2 | Rumba/"You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" | 5 | 6 | 5 | Safe |
| 3 | Viennese Waltz/"What's New Pussycat?" | 7 | 7 | 6 | Safe* |
| 4 | Samba/"I Go to Rio" | 6 | 6 | 6 | Eliminated |
- Would have been eliminated but wasn't due to Misty May-Treanor's injury and forcing her to withdraw from the competition.
With Steve Wozniak (Season 8) 13.0[edit]Edit
| Week | Dance/Song | Carrie Ann Inaba | Len Goodman | Bruno Tonioli | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha/"You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" | 5 | 4 | 4 | No elimination |
| 2 | Quickstep/"Oh, Boy!" | 6 | 5 | 6 | Dance off |
| 3 | Samba/"Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)" | 4 | 3 | 3 | Safe |
| 4 | Argentine Tango/"Cite Tango" | 4 | 4 | 4 | Eliminated |
With Aaron Carter (Season 9) 24.0[edit]Edit
| Week | Dance(s)/Song(s) | Carrie Ann | Len/Baz | Bruno | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha/"Beggin'"
Viennese Waltz/"I Am Your Man" | 7
Awarded | 8
10 | 7
Points | Safe |
| 2 | Quickstep/"The Muppet Show Theme Song" | 9 | 9* | 9 | Safe |
| 3 | Rumba/"Spotlight" | 8 | 6 | 7 | Safe |
| 4 | Lambada/"Dr. Beat" | 6 | 6 | 6 | Bottom Two |
| 5 | Argentine Tango/"Epoca" | 8 | 8 | 8 | Bottom Two |
| 6 | Waltz/"Three Times a Lady"
Mambo Marathon/"Ran Kan Kan" | 8
Awarded | 9
8 | 8
Points | Safe |
| 7 | Jive/"We're Not Gonna Take It" | 9
8 | 10
8 | 10
8 | Bottom Two |
| 8
Quarter Finals | Foxtrot/"Lucky"
90's Samba/"Two Princes" | 7
9 | 8
9 | 8
9 | Eliminated |
- Score was awarded by stand in judge Baz Luhrmann.
Season 11 – Celebrity partner: Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino; Season average: 16.2; placed 9th
| Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
| 1 | Cha-cha-cha / "Break Your Heart" | 5 | 5 | 5 | Safe |
| 2 | Quickstep / "Americano" | 6 | 6 | 6 | Last to be called safe |
| 3 | Foxtrot / "Boom Boom Pow" | 7 | 6 | 7 | Safe |
| 4* | Argentine Tango / "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" | 4
6 | 4
5 | 4
5 | Eliminated |
- As part of acoustic music/double-scoring week, the judges had to give scores for both technical and performance.
Season 12 – Celebrity partner: Ralph Macchio; Season average: 23.4; placed 4th
| Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
| 1 | Foxtrot / "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" | 8 | 8 | 8 | Safe |
| 2 | Jive / "Nobody But Me" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
| 3 | Rumba / "Stay Gold" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
| 4 | Waltz / "Romeo and Juliet" | 8 | 8 | 9 | Safe |
| 5 | Samba / "Sweet Home Alabama" | 8 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
| 6 | Paso Doble / "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" | 8 | 8 | 8 | Last to be called safe |
| 7 | Quickstep / "Pencil Full of Lead" | *9 / 10 | 8 | 9 | Safe |
| Team Cha-cha-cha / "Born This Way" | *8 / 8 | 7 | 7 | ||
| 8 | Viennese Waltz / "Maybe I, Maybe You" | 8 | 8 | 9 | Last to be called safe |
| Instant Cha-cha-cha / "Stuck in the Middle with You" | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||
| 9 | Argentine Tango / "Violentango" | 8 | 9 | 8 | Eliminated |
| Salsa / "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" | 8 | 7 | 8 | ||
- Additional scores for Week 7 were awarded by guest judge Donnie Burns.
Season 13 – Celebrity partner: J.R. Martinez; Season average: 26.4; placed 1st
| Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
| 1 | Viennese Waltz / "Breakaway" | 8 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
| 2 | Jive / "Jump, Jive An' Wail!" | 7 | 7 | 8 | Safe |
| 3 | Rumba / "If You're Reading This" | 9 | 8 | 9 | Safe |
| 4 | Foxtrot / "Theme from The Pink Panther" | 8 | 9 | 9 | Safe |
| 5 | Samba / "Conga" | 9 | 9 | 10 | Safe |
| 6 | Quickstep / "Hot Honey Rag"
Group Broadway Dance / "Big Spender" & "Money Money" | 10
No | 9
Scores | 10
Given | Safe |
| 7 | Tango / "Theme from Ghostbusters" | 9 | 8 | 8 | Safe |
| Team Tango / "Disturbia" | 8 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 8 | Waltz / "What the World Needs Now" | 10 | 10 | 10 | Safe |
| Instant Jive / "Tutti Frutti" | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||
| 9 | Paso Doble / "Theme from The Legend of Zorro" | 8 | 7 | 8 | Last to be called safe |
| Argentine Tango / "Bust Your Windows" | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Cha-cha-cha Relay / "I Like How It Feels" | Awarded | 6 | Points | ||
| 10 | Cha-cha-cha / "Let's Get Loud" | 8 | 7 | 9 | WINNERS |
| Freestyle / "Whine Up" | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Jive / "Jump, Jive An' Wail!" | Awarded | 28 | Points | ||
| Instant Samba / "Shake Your Bon-Bon" | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||
Season 14 – Celebrity partner: Gavin DeGraw; Season average: 21.4; placed 9th
| Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
| 1 | Foxtrot / "I Run to You" | 7 | 6 | 7 | No Elimination |
| 2 | Jive / "Real Wild Child" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Bottom Two |
| 3 | Rumba / "New York State of Mind" | 8 | 8 | 8 | Bottom Two |
| 4 | Tango / "Paint It, Black" | 8 | 8 | 7 | Safe |
| 5 | Samba / "Sweetheart from Venezuela"
Dance Duel Cha-cha-cha / "The Edge of Glory" | 6
Lost | 6
This | 7
Event | Eliminated |
Season 15 – Celebrity partner: Apolo Anton Ohno; Season average: 25.5; placed 5th
| Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
| 1 | Cha-cha-cha / "Party Rock Anthem" | 7.5 | 7 | 7.5 | Safe |
| 2 | Quickstep / "Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days" | 8.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | Safe |
| 3 | Foxtrot / "Fever" | 9.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | Safe |
| 4 | Hip-Hop / "Poison" | 8.5 | 9.0 | 8.5* / 8.5 | Safe |
| 5 | Samba / "Give It to Me Baby"
Team Freestyle / "Call Me Maybe" | 8.5
9.5 | 9.5
10.0 | 9.0
10.0 | No Elimination |
| 6 | Viennese Waltz / "Skin (Sarabeth)"
Group Country Western / "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)" & "I Play Chicken with a Train" | 10.0
No | 10.0
Scores | 10.0
Given | Last to be called Safe |
| 7 | Cha-cha-cha & Paso Doble / "Scream"
Swing Marathon / "Do Your Thing" | 9.0
Awarded | 9.0
6 | 9.0
Points | No Elimination |
| 8 | Tango / "Holding Out for a Hero"
Jive (Trio Challenge)* / "Greased Lightnin'" | 10.0
9.5 | 9.5
9.5 | 10.0
10.0 | Last to be called Safe |
| 9 | Jazz / "What You Waiting For?" | 8.5
10.0 | 9.0
10.0 | 9.5
10.0 | Eliminated |
- The additional score for Week 4 was awarded by guest judge Paula Abdul.
- The dancer Ohno and Smirnoff chose for the Trio Challenge was Sasha Farber.
Season 16 – Celebrity partner: Jacoby Jones; Season average: 25.6; placed 3rd
| Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
| 1 | Cha-cha-cha / "Good Feeling" | 7 | 6 | 7 | No Elimination |
| 2 | Jazz / "Five Guys Named Moe" | 8 | 7 | 8 | Safe |
| 3 | Prom Group Dance / "The Rockafeller Skank" | Awarded
8 | 2
8 | Points
8 | Safe |
| 4 | Foxtrot / "Watching You" | 8 | 8 | 8 | Safe |
| 5 | Jive* / "Long Tall Sally" | 9 | 8 | 9 | Safe |
| 6 | Quickstep / "For Once in My Life"
Team Paso Doble / "Higher Ground" | 8
7 | 7
8 | 8
7 | Safe |
| 7 | Salsa / "Danza Kuduro"
Jive Dance Off / "Good Golly Miss Molly" | 9
Lost | 9
This | 9
Event | Safe |
| 8 | Viennese Waltz / "It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World"
Paso Doble (Trio Challenge)* / "La Virgen de la Macarena" | 9
8 | 9
9 | 9
8 | Last to be Called Safe |
| 9 | Argentine Tango / "Concierto Para Quinteto"
Lindy Hop / "Ding Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line" | 10
10 | 10
9 | 10
10 | Safe |
| 10 | Jive / "Shake It"
Cha-cha-cha Relay / "Treasure" Freestyle / "Can't Hold Us" Instant Salsa / "Aguanile" | 9
awarded 9 10 | 9
2 9 10 | 9
points 9 10 | Third Place |
- For the 'Len's Side-by-Side Challenge', Jones and Smirnoff chose Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Anna Trebunskaya to dance alongside them.
- The dancer Jones and Smirnoff chose for the Trio Challenge was Cheryl Burke.
With Corbin Bleu (Season 17) 27.4[edit]Edit
Season 17 – Celebrity partner: Corbin Bleu; Season average: 27.4; placed 2nd
| Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
| 1 | Contemporary / "If I Lose Myself" | 8 | 8 | 8 | No Elimination |
| 2 | Jive / "Kiss You" | 9 | 8 | 9 | Safe |
| 3 | Quickstep / "Diga Diga Doo" | 9 | 8 | 9 | Safe |
| 4 | Paso Doble / "Zorongo" | 9 | 9* | 9 | Safe |
| 5 | Foxtrot / "My Wish" | 9 | 9 | 10 | Safe |
| 6 | Viennese Waltz / "Theme from Game of Thrones"
Switch-Up Challenge / Various | 8
Awarded | 7
4 | 8
Points | No Elimination |
| 7 | Cha-cha-cha / "Pumpin Blood"
Team Freestyle / "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" | 10
10 | 9
10 | 10
10 | Safe |
| 8 | Argentine Tango / "Welcome to Burlesque"
Cha-cha-cha Dance-Off / "Woman's World" | 9
Awarded | 9*
3 | 9
Points | Safe |
| 9 | Waltz / "Apologize" | 9
10 | 9
10 | 10
10 | Safe |
| 10 | Tango / "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)"
Rumba / "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" (acoustic version) | 9
10 | 8/9*
10/10* | 9
10 | Safe |
| 11 | Quickstep / "Diga Diga Doo"
Samba Relay / "No Scrubs" Freestyle / "Smooth Criminal" Cha-cha-cha & Foxtrot / "All Night" | 9
Awarded 10 9 | 9
5 10 9 | 9
Points 10 9 | Runner Up |
- Week 4 score was given by Julianne Hough.
- Week 8 score was given by Cher.
- The dancer Bleu and Smirnoff chose for the Trio Challenge was Witney Carson.
- Additional score for Week 10 was awarded by guest judge Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
Season 18 – Celebrity partner: Sean Avery; Season average: 18.5; placed 11th
| Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
| 1 | Contemporary / "Somewhere Only We Know" | 7 | 6 | 7 | No Elimination |
| 2 | Salsa / "Dance Bailalo" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Eliminated |
