Giulia Dotta

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Giulia Dotta
Born (1992-01-31) 31 January 1992 (age 32)
Savona, Italy
Occupation(s) Dancer, Choreographer
Known for Dancing with the Stars (Irish series)
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)

Giulia Dotta (born 31 January 1992) is an Italian dancer and choreographer. She started dancing from an early age specialising in latin and ballroom dance and has had competition experience at both national and international levels. [1] She is best known for being a professional dancer on the Irish series of Dancing with the Stars .

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Career

Dotta has been dancing professionally since 2012. Between 2012 and 2016, Dotta toured extensively with the Burn the Floor tour. Performing worldwide in countries including United States, China, Australia, South Africa, Japan, South Korea and the United Kingdom. [2]

In 2016, she performed alongside Strictly Come Dancing professional Brendan Cole in his UK & Ireland tour. [3] [4] [5]

In 2017 and 2018, she performed alongside Strictly Come Dancing professional Giovanni Pernice in his UK & Ireland tours. [6] In 2018, Dotta also toured with Strictly Come Dancing contestants, Harry Judd, Louis Smith and Aston Merrygold's UK tour, Rip it Up. [7]

Dancing with the Stars

In 2017, Dotta was announced as one of the professional dancers for the first series of Dancing with the Stars. [8] She was partnered with comedian, Des Bishop. [9] Despite being one of the highest scoring couples up to that point, they were eliminated in what was described as a "shock elimination" in week six of the competition, finishing in eighth place. [10] [11]

In 2018, Dotta was partnered with former Ireland rugby player, Tomás O'Leary. [12] The couple were eliminated in the fourth week of the competition, finishing in tenth place. [13]

In 2019, Dotta was partnered with comedian, Fred Cooke. [14] The couple reached the semifinal of the competition and were eliminated in fourth place. [15]

In 2020, Dotta was paired with Fair City actor, Ryan Andrews. [16] On March 15 2020, it was announced that the scheduled semi-final had become the final due to precautions around the COVID-19 pandemic halting production early. Dotta and Andrews were one of the four couples in the final. They finished as runners-up to winners, Lottie Ryan and Pasquale La Rocca. [17]

SeriesPartnerPlace
1 Des Bishop 8th
2 Tomás O'Leary 10th
3 Fred Cooke 4th
4 Ryan Andrews 2nd

Highest and Lowest Scoring Per Dance

1 These scores was awarded during Switch-Up Week.

Series 1

Celebrity partner
Des Bishop; Average: 22; Place: 8th
Week No.Dance/SongJudges' scoreTotalResult
RedmondBarryBenson
1 Tango / "Libertango"56718No elimination
2No dance performed----
3 Salsa / "Club Tropicana"77721Safe
4 Contemporary Ballroom / "Writing's on the Wall"78823Safe
5 Cha-cha-cha / "Uptown Funk"88824Safe
6 Paso Doble / "When Love Comes to Town"88824Eliminated

Series 2

Celebrity partner
Tomás O'Leary; Average: 18.3; Place: 10th
Week No.Dance/SongJudges' scoreTotalResult
RedmondBarryBenson
1 Foxtrot / "All of Me"56617No elimination
2No dance performed----
3 Jive / "Chasing Cars"77822Safe
4 Paso Doble / "Immigrant Song"55616Eliminated

Series 3

Celebrity partner
Fred Cooke; Average: 19.6; Place: 4th
Week No.Dance/SongJudges' scoreTotalResult
RedmondBarryBenson
1 Cha-cha-cha / "Sexy and I Know It"34512No elimination
2No dance performed----
3 Charleston / "Right Said Fred"78823Safe
4 American Smooth / "The Pink Panther Theme"44513Safe
5 Tango / "Beat It"56617Safe
6 Jive / "Great Balls of Fire"77721No elimination
Switch-Up Week with Denis Bastick
7 Quickstep / "Dancin' Fool"88824Bottom two
8 Jive / "I'm Still Standing"88824Safe
9 Viennese Waltz / "With a Little Help from My Friends"
Team Dance / "Born This Way"		6
8		7
9		7
9		20
26		Safe
10 Samba / "We've Got the World"
Euro-thon / "Making Your Mind Up"		5
Awarded		6
2		6
points		17
19		Bottom two
11 Foxtrot / "Brown Eyed Girl"
Salsa / "Best Years of Our Lives"		7
8		7
8		7
8		21
24		Eliminated

Series 4

Celebrity partner
Ryan Andrews; Average: 26.7; Place: 2nd
Week No.Dance/SongJudges' scoreTotalResult
RedmondBarryBenson
1 Cha-cha-cha / "If I Can't Have You"67821No elimination
2No dance performed----
3 Tango / "Bad Guy"78823Safe
4 Jive / "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"910928Safe
5 Rumba / "Fix You"89926Safe
6 Charleston / "National Express"45514No elimination
Switch-Up Week with Fr. Ray Kelly
7 Salsa / "Perfect Strangers"99927Safe
8 Contemporary Ballroom / "Life on Mars"10101030Safe
9 Quickstep / "What a Man Gotta Do"
Team Dance / "Physical"		9
8		9
8		9
8		27
24		Safe
10 Charleston / "The Muppet Show theme"
Rock-Til-You-Drop / "Happy Days"		10
Awarded		10
4		10
points		30
34		Safe
11 Samba / "Lo-Lo Dzama"
American Smooth (with Karen Byrne) / "I Get a Kick Out of You"		9
10		10
10		10
10		29
30		Runners-up

Personal life

From 2016 to 2021, Dotta was in a relationship with professional dancer and fellow Dancing with the Stars dancer, Kai Widdrington. [18]

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