Cheryl Burke

Cheryl Burke (born May 3, 1984) is an American dancer, model, and television host.

She is best known for being a professional dancer on ABC's Dancing with the Stars.

She was the first female professional to win the show and the first professional to win twice and also consecutively.

She has participated in 26 seasons.

Burke participated in a 38-city Dancing with the Stars tour from December 19, 2006, to February 11, 2007.

Burke returned on March 19, 2007, for Season 4, partnered with actor Ian Ziering.

She and Ziering were eliminated in the semifinals on May 15, 2007.

She also joined the second summer tour, which visited 24 cities between June 20, 2007, in Austin, Texas, and July 24, 2007, in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Lachey was her celebrity partner for each tour.

Burke competed on season 5 with Las Vegas entertainer Wayne Newton.

They were the third couple eliminated from the competition, on October 9, 2007.

Burke participated with both Lachey and Newton in the Dancing with the Stars winter tour that kicked off December 18, 2007, in Seattle, Washington.

The tour wrapped in Philadelphia on February 10, 2008.

Burke competed on season 6 with actor Cristián de la Fuente.

They trained at Palm Beach, Florida's, Paramount Ballroom.

They made it to the finals and on May 20, 2008, placed third.

Burke returned to the show for season 7 with partner Maurice Greene.

They were eliminated in week 8 on November 11, 2008, and finished in fifth place.

She returned to the show's eighth season with actor Gilles Marini.

They finished as runners-up, losing to Shawn Johnson and Mark Ballas.

Burke competed on the ninth season with former U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Tom DeLay.

On October 6, 2009, they withdrew from the competition because DeLay had stress fractures in both feet.

For Toy Story 3, Burke choreographed the paso doble with Tony Dovolani and did a performance accompanied by the Gipsy Kings live.

She also made a fitness video based on Latin dances with Maksim Chmerkovskiy as co-instructors.

In season ten she was partnered with Chad Ochocinco.

They were eliminated in the semi-finals and came in fourth place.

Rick Fox was partnered with Burke in the show's eleventh season.

They were voted off in the seventh week of the competition and came in sixth place.

For the twelfth season, she was partnered with wrestler Chris Jericho.

They were voted off in the sixth week of the competition.

In the thirteenth season, Burke was partnered with reality star Rob Kardashian.

They came in second place, losing to J.R. Martinez & Karina Smirnoff.

In the fourteenth season, Cheryl Burke was partnered with actor William Levy.

The couple made it to the finals and finished in third place.

In Season 15, Burke returned with former partner and season 3 Champion, Emmitt Smith for a chance to win another mirrorball trophy.

She came in second on the NBC series I Can Do That. She replaced Abby Lee Miller on Dance Moms in 2017.

Burke was born and raised in San Francisco.

Burke attended Menlo-Atherton High School.

Burke won her first mirror ball trophy with 98 Degrees member Drew Lachey in the second season.

She won her second championship with retired football star Emmitt Smith in the third season.