Ashly Costa | |
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| Born | Ashly DelGrosso July 9, 1982 |
| Occupation | Professional dancer |
| Children | 4 |
Ashly DelGrosso-Costa (born July 9, 1982), known professionally as Ashly Costa, is a professional dancer from Highland, Utah who starred on the ABC television series Dancing with the Stars for the first three seasons and returned March 22, 2010 for season 10.
DelGrosso was born in Denver, Colorado. A self-described "Utah County Mormon", she was introduced to dance by her mother, Kim, who co-owns a dance studio with Alex and Robin Murillo 'Center Stage Performing Arts Studio" in Orem, Utah where DelGrosso has worked as an instructor for six years. [1]
DelGrosso is the fourth of eight children. She has two older brothers, one older sister, and four younger sisters. [2] Her five sisters are also dancers. She performed with her sisters, Averie Michelle, Afton Skye, Autumn, Amber and Abrea Danielle, as a troupe in a third season results show the week after DelGrosso and partner Harry Hamlin were eliminated. Afton competed on the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars in a pro dancer competition to win a spot as a professional in the show's ninth season, but did not make past the third week of competition (four weeks in total).
With Jonathan Gulledge, amateur dance partner, DelGrosso has won several Amateur Ten Dance titles.
She partnered professionally with Rick Robinson- her coach from the age of eleven, on the professional Latin circuit before retiring shortly before Dancing with the Stars . [3] [4]
In 2006, DelGrosso guest starred on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody as Lori, one of the character's dance partners. She is part of a DVD titled Dancing With The Stars: Cardio Dance along with Kym Johnson and Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
A bio on ABC's website during Season 1 of Dancing with the Stars stated that DelGrosso's height is 5'3".
On October 21, 2006, DelGrosso married Mike Costa, a field producer for Dancing with the Stars. [5]
On February 20, 2007, DelGrosso announced that she and her husband were expecting their first child. As a result, she would not be able to perform on the fourth season of Dancing with the Stars. [6] On July 27, 2007, DelGrosso gave birth to a son. [7] On July 24, 2009, DelGrosso gave birth to son Enoch Daniel at 6:11 pm. [8] In November 2011, DelGrosso gave birth to a daughter. [9] On December 20, 2014, DelGrosso gave birth to son Samuel.
Ashly comes from the same dance studio as Jaymz Tuaileva, Julianne Hough, Derek Hough, Chelsie Hightower, and Jared Murillo.
| Season | Partner | Place | Average Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joey McIntyre | 3rd | 21.3 |
| 2 | Master P | 7th | 12.5 |
| 3 | Harry Hamlin | 9th | 20.0 |
| 10 | Buzz Aldrin | 10th | 13.0 |
With celebrity partner Joey McIntyre: 21.3
| Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Total | Result | ||
| Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | ||||
| 1 | Cha-cha-cha/"Crazy in Love" | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 | N/A |
| 2 | Quickstep/"You're the One That I Want" | 8 | 7 | 6 | 21 | Safe |
| 3 | Jive/"I'm Still Standing" | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | Bottom 2 |
| 4 | Samba/"Tequila" Group Viennese Waltz/ "I Got You Babe" | 7 No | 6 Scores | 7 Given | 20 | Safe |
| 5 | Foxtrot/"Big Spender" Paso Doble/"Eye of the Tiger" | 8 9 | 6 8 | 6 8 | 20 25 | Third Place |
With celebrity partner Master P: 12.5
| Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Total | Result | ||
| Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | ||||
| 1 | Cha-cha-cha/"I Want You Back" | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | Safe |
| 2 | Quickstep/"Zoot Suit Riot" | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | Bottom 2 |
| 3 | Jive/"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | Safe |
| 4 | Paso Doble/"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | Eliminated |
With celebrity partner Harry Hamlin: 20.0
| Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Total | Result | ||
| Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | ||||
| 1 | Cha-cha-cha/"Disco Inferno" | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | Safe |
| 2 | Quickstep/"Lust for Life" | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | Safe |
| 3 | Tango/"Santa Maria" | 7 | 8 | 7 | 22 | Eliminated |
With celebrity partner Buzz Aldrin: 13.0
| Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Total | Result | ||
| Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | ||||
| 1 | Cha-cha-cha/"Cupid" | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | N/A |
| 2 | Foxtrot/"Fly Me to the Moon" | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | Safe |
| 3 | Waltz/"What a Wonderful World" | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | Eliminated |
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