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Edyta Sliwinska (born in Warsaw, Poland on May 6, 1981) is a professional ballroom dancer. She is best known for her appearances on the American version of the reality television series Dancing with the Stars. Sliwinska is the only professional dancer to appear on all eight seasons of the American series. Contents [hide] Early life Sliwinska comes from a working-class Polish background.[1] She took her first dancing class at age 11.[2] Dancing with the Stars In the debut season of Dancing with the Stars in June 2005, Sliwinska partnered boxing champion Evander Holyfield, with whom she placed 5th in the competition. For the second season, she was paired with actor George Hamilton, and again came in 5th place. With the third season, her partner was actor Joey Lawrence, and the couple achieved 3rd place. Sliwinska and Lawrence were part of the first performance tour of the show from December 19, 2006 to February 11, 2007.[3] For Season 4, she originally had Vincent Pastore as her partner,[4] but Pastore dropped out after a week of training, as he was unable to keep up with the hard pace of preparation.[5] On March 2, John Ratzenberger was announced to be Pastore's replacement, giving Ratzenberger the least time of any celebrity to prepare for the series.[5] On May 1, 2007, Sliwinska and Ratzenberger became the sixth couple eliminated from the competition, with a finish of 6th place.[6] In Season 5, Sliwinska was partnered with soap In Season 6 her partner was NFL player Jason Taylor. They won second place, giving Sliwinska her best finish in six seasons. In Season 7, Sliwinska and her partner American Comedian and Roastmaster Jeffrey Ross were the first couple voted off. They did not get their chance to show their Quickstep. During practice, Ross suffered an eye injury. Misty May-Treanor had suffered a leg injury in week three of the competition, and since she wanted to show America her Jive, Sliwinska danced it for her on the next night's result show. After week six, Sliwinska temporarily replaced Julianne Hough as Cody Linley's professional partner until Hough recovered from surgery scheduled on October 28, 2008. In Season 8, Sliwinska has been paired with NFL player Lawrence Taylor. Personal life Sliwinska's husband and professional partner in dance competitions is Alec Mazo, who also participated in Dancing with the Stars, winning the first season with Kelly Monaco. They have danced together for over 6 years and have performed together multiple times for Dancing with the Stars results shows in pair numbers. They married on September 1, 2007.[7] She has the same birthday as Dancing with the Stars host Tom Bergeron. Professional awards Emerald | ||||
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