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Peta Murgatroyd
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Dancer Profile
Birth Date July 14, 1986 (1986-07-14) (age 37)
Hometown Auckland, New Zealand

Partner(s) 13: Metta World Peace (12th)
14: Donald Driver (1st)
All-Stars: Gilles Marini (6th)
16: Sean Lowe (6th)
17: Brant Daugherty (7th)
18: James Maslow (4th)
19: Tommy Chong (5th)
20: Michael Sam (9th)
22: Nyle DiMarco (1st)
24: Nick Viall (6th)
25: Nick Lachey (9th)
28: Lamar Odom (10th)
29: Vernon Davis (11th)
31: Jason Lewis (16th)
32: Barry Williams (7th)

Peta Jane Murgatroyd Chmerkovskiy is a professional dancer in Dancing with the Stars.

Biography[]

Retrieved from abc.com
Born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, Peta Murgatroyd has been dancing since the age of four. Her intensive training started with classical ballet, where she studied for twelve years under one of the renowned Kirov Ballet's former principal dancers, Madame Lubov Nikonorenko. She added to her dance repertoire with training in contemporary and Spanish dance. Since beginning ballroom dancing, she quickly became an Australian State Champion, which led to her move to London to further her career.

In 2004, Peta was chosen to be a cast member of Burn the Floor, where she toured the world for six years. Burn the Floor then landed on Broadway in August 2009, where Peta was the lead female dancer.

Peta joined Dancing with the Stars in Season 13, where she was eliminated in the first round, but she returned with a vengeance as she and Donald Driver won the Mirrorball Trophy in Season 14.

But dancing is nothing compared to her latest challenge: motherhood. In January 2017, Peta and her fiancee, Maks welcomed their first child, Shai Aleksander Chmerkovskiy. That same month, she launched All Things Fam & Glam, an online lifestyle destination dedicated to sharing how to balance taking care of oneself and taking care of a new family.

Dancing with the Stars 13[]

In Season 13, Peta was partnered with Metta World Peace. They placed 12th.

Scores[]

Week # Dance/Song Judges' Scores Result
Inaba Goodman Tonioli
1 Cha-Cha-Cha / "Krazy" 5 4 5 Eliminated

Dancing with the Stars 14[]

In Season 14, Peta was partnered with Donald Driver. They placed 1st.

Scores[]

Week # Dance/Song Judges' Scores Result
Inaba Goodman Tonioli
1 Cha-Cha-Cha / "Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)" 7 7 7 No elimination
2 Quickstep / "Stay the Night" 8 8 8 Safe
3 Rumba / "One Sweet Day" 9 8 9 Safe
4 Paso Doble / "Purple Haze" 9 9 9 Safe
5 Argentine Tango / "Sin Rumbo" 10 8 9 Safe
6 Foxtrot / "The Way You Do the Things You Do"
Motown Marathon / "Nowhere to Run"
9
Awarded
9
7
9
points
Safe
7 Viennese Waltz / "La Donna è Mobile" /
Team Paso Doble – "O Fortuna"
9
9
9
8
9
9
Safe
8 Tango / "Higher Ground"
Jive / "Rip It Up"
9
10
9
9
9
9
Safe
9 Waltz / "Kissing You"
Samba / "Mr. Big Stuff"
9
10
9
9
10
10
Last to be called safe
10 Argentine Tango / "They"
Freestyle / "I Play Chicken with the Train"
Cha-Cha-Cha / "Beggin'"
10
10
10
9
10
10
10
10
10
Winner

Dancing with the Stars 15[]

In Season 15, Peta was partnered with Gilles Marini. They placed 6th.

Scores[]

Week # Dance/Song Judges' Scores Result
Inaba Goodman Tonioli
1 Foxtrot / "Call Me Irresponsible" 8 8 8 Safe
2 Jive / "Don't Stop Me Now" 8.5 8.5 8.5 Safe
3 Tango / "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" 8.5 8.5 8.5 Safe
4 Bollywood / "Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)" 10 9.5/10 10 Safe
5 Rumba / "I Will Always Love You"
Team Freestyle / "Gangnam Style"
10
9
9.5
9
10
9
No elimination
6 Cha-Cha-Cha / "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!"
Group Country Western / "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)" & "I Play Chicken With a Train"
9
No
9
score
9.5
given
Safe
7 Argentine Tango & Samba (Fusion) / "When I Get You Alone"
Swing Marathon / "Do Your Thing"
9.5
Awarded
9.5
5
9.5
points
No elimination
8 Quickstep / "Danger Zone"
Salsa / "Rebelión"
9.5
9.5
10.0
10.0
10.0
9.5
Eliminated

Dancing with the Stars 16[]

Peta was partnered with Sean Lowe. They placed 6th.

Scores[]

Week # Dance/Song Judges' Scores Result
Inaba Goodman Tonioli
1 Foxtrot / "The Power of Love" 7 6 6 No elimination
2 Jive / "(Let's Get Movin') Into Action" 7 6 7 Safe
3 Prom Group Dance / "The Rockafeller Skank"
Cha-Cha-Cha / "YMCA"
No
7
scores
7
given
7
Safe
4 Viennese Waltz / "I Won't Give Up" 6 7 7 Safe
5 Quickstep / "Go Get It" 8 8 8 Safe
6

Samba / "I Wish"
Team Samba / "Superstition"

7
8
7
9
7
8
Bottom two
7 Rumba / "Hero"
Rumba Dance Off / "Apologize"
8
Lost
8
this
8
event
Safe
8 Tango / "Hot n Cold"
Jazz (Trio Challenge) / "Magic"
7
7
7
7
7
7
Eliminated

Performances[]

Dancing with the Stars 17[]

In Season 17, Peta was partnered with Brant Daugherty. They placed 7th.

Scores[]

Week # Dance/Song Judges' Scores Result
Inaba Goodman Tonioli
1 Cha-Cha-Cha / "Blurred Lines" 7 8 7 No elimination
2 Rumba / "Underneath Your Clothes" 8 7 8 Safe
3 Quickstep / "Crazy in Love" 9 9 9 Safe
4 Salsa / "Shake Señora" 7 7 7 Last to be called safe
5 Contemporary / "Your Song" 9 9 9 Safe
6 Tango / "The Night Out"
Switch-Up Challenge / Various
9
Awarded
10
3
9
points
No elimination
7 Jive / "Tutti Frutti"
Freestyle Team 1 / "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)"
9
10
9
10
9
10
Safe
8 Foxtrot / "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"
Dance Off / "I Found Someone"
9
Lost
9
the
9
event
Eliminated

Dancing with the Stars 18[]

In Season 18, Peta was partnered with James Maslow. They placed 4th.

Scores[]

Week # Dance/Song Judges' Scores Result
Inaba Goodman Guest1 Tonioli
1 Foxtrot / "Story of My Life" 7 7 7 No elimination
2 Salsa / "Follow the Leader" 9 8 8 Safe
3 Jive / "The Middle" 9 9 9 9 Safe
42 Tango / "Dark Horse" 9 8 9 9 No elimination
5 Contemporary / "Let It Go" 10 10 10 10 Safe
6 Quickstep / "You're the One That I Want" 9 8 9 9 Safe
7 Samba / "Gasolina"
Team Freestyle / "The Cup of Life"
9
8
8
8
9
10
9
9
Last to be called safe
8 Viennese Waltz / "6'2"
Celebrity Dance Duel (Jive) / "Ain't Nothing Wrong with That"
8
9
9
10
10
10
9
10
Last to be called safe
9
Semifinals
Cha-Cha-Cha / "Love Never Felt So Good"
Rumba / "Islands in the Stream"
10
9
10
9
10
9
10
9
Safe
10
Finals
Tango / "Adore You"
Freestyle / "Original Don"
9
10
10
9
10
10
Eliminated

1 The guest judges were Robin Roberts (Week 3), Julianne Hough (Week 4), Donny Osmond (Week 5), Redfoo (Week 6), Ricky Martin (Week 7), Abby Lee Miller (Week 8), and Kenny Ortega (Week 9).
2 For this week only, as part of the "Partner Switch-Up" week, Maslow performed with Cheryl Burke instead of Murgatroyd. Murgatroyd danced with Charlie White.

Performances[]

Dancing with the Stars 19[]

In Season 19, Peta was partnered with Tommy Chong. They placed 5th.

Scores[]

Week # Dance/Song Judges' Scores Result
Inaba Goodman Hough Tonioli
1 Cha-Cha-Cha / "Drop It Like It's Hot" 7 6 7 7 Safe
2 Salsa / "Higher" 7 7 7 7 Safe
3 Argentine Tango / "Por una Cabeza" 8 101 8 8 Safe
4 Jive / "Jailhouse Rock" 7 72 7 7 Safe
53 Mambo / "Pass the Dutchie" 6 64 5 6 No elimination
6 Foxtrot / "September" 7 75 7 7 Safe
7 Quickstep / "That Old Black Magic"
Team Freestyle / "Time Warp"
7
8
7
8
7
8
7
8
Last to be called safe
8 Paso Doble / "Ring of Fire"
Rumba Dance-Off / "I'm Not the Only One"
6
Awarded
7
three
7
extra
6
points
Last to be called safe
9 Viennese Waltz / "Trouble"
Trio Samba / "Talk Dirty"
7
7
8
7
7
7
7
7
Safe
10
Semi-finals
Jazz / "Tainted Love"
Rumba / "Tainted Love" (acoustic version)
7
9
7
8
7
9
7
8
Eliminated

1 Week 3 score given by guest judge Kevin Hart in place of Goodman.
2 The American public scored the dance in place of Goodman with the averaged score being counted alongside the three other judges.
3 This week only, for "Partner Switch-Up" week, Chong performed with Emma Slater instead of Murgatroyd. Murgatroyd performed with Jonathan Bennett.
4 Score given by guest judge Jessie J in place of Goodman.
5 Score given by guest judge Pitbull in place of Goodman.

Performances[]

Dancing with the Stars 20[]

In Season 20, Peta was partnered with Michael Sam. They placed 9th.

Scores[]

Week # Dance/Song Judges' Scores Result
Inaba Goodman Hough Tonioli
1 Cha-Cha-Cha / "Uptown Funk" 6 6 7 7 No elimination
2 Foxtrot / "Working My Way Back to You" 7 7 7 7 Safe
3 Salsa / "Celebrate" 6 6 6 6 Safe
4 Rumba / "Not My Father's Son" 7 7 8 8 Eliminated

Dancing with the Stars 21[]

Peta was announced as a pro for Season 21 and was going to be partnered with Andy Grammer, but withdrew prior to the season due to an ankle injury that required surgery. She had torn four ligaments and had a floating piece of bone in her ankle. Grammer's new partner was Allison Holker.

Peta returned during the semi-finals as the professional that Nick Carter and Sharna Burgess selected for the trio round, where they danced a salsa and received a perfect score.

Gallery[]

Dancing with the Stars 22[]

In Season 22, Peta was partnered with Nyle DiMarco. They placed 1st.

Scores[]

Week # Dance/Song Judges' Scores Result
Inaba Goodman Tonioli
1 Cha-Cha-Cha / "Cake by the Ocean" 8 7 8 No elimination
2 Rumba / "Stole the Show" 7 6 7 Safe
3 Tango / "Verge" 8 8 9 Safe
4

Samba / "Trashin' the Camp"

8 8/91 9 Safe
52 Viennese Waltz / "I Get to Love You" 9 10/93 9 No elimination
6 Quickstep / "Hey Pachuco" 8 8 9 Safe
7 Foxtrot / "Beautiful Day"
Team Freestyle / "Super Bad", "Living in America" & "I Got You (I Feel Good)"
10
9
9
9
9
10
Safe
8 Paso Doble / "Victorious"
Team-up Dance (Argentine Tango) / "Habanera"
10
10
9
10
10
94
Safe
9
Semi-finals
Trio Jive / "Hit the Road Jack"
Argentine Tango / "Unsteady"
9
10
9
10
9
10
Safe
10
Finals
Quickstep / "S.O.B."
Freestyle / "The Sound of Silence"
Cha-Cha-Cha & Tango (Fusion) / "Summer"
9
10
10
9
10
10
9
10
10
Winner

1 Score given by guest judge Zendaya.
2 For this week only, as part of "America's Switch Up", DiMarco performed with Sharna Burgess instead of Murgatroyd. Murgatroyd performed with Doug Flutie.
3 Score given by guest judge Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
4 Due to Tonioli being the judge coaching DiMarco's team during the team-up dance, the viewers scored the dance in his place with the averaged score being counted alongside the remaining judges.

Dancing with the Stars 23[]

Peta did not compete as a professional due to her pregnancy.

Dancing with the Stars 24[]

In Season 24, Peta was partnered with Nick Viall. They placed 6th/7th.

Scores[]

1 Score given by guest judge Nick Carter.
2 Score given by guest judge Mandy Moore.

Dancing with the Stars 25[]

In Season 25, Peta was partnered with Nick Lachey. They placed 9th.

Scores[]

1 Score was given by guest judge Shania Twain.

Performances[]

Dancing with the Stars 28[]

In Season 28, Peta was partnered with Lamar Odom. They placed 10th.

Scores[]

1 Score was given by guest judge Leah Remini.

Performances[]

Dancing with the Stars 29[]

Peta was partnered with Vernon Davis. They place 11th.

Scores[]

Performances[]

Dancing with the Stars 31[]

Peta was partnered with Jason Lewis. They placed 16th.

Scores[]

Performances[]


Dancing with the Stars 32[]

Peta was partnered with Barry Williams. They placed 7th.

Scores[]

1 Score was given by guest judge Michael Strahan.

2 Score was given by guest judge Niecy Nash-Betts.

3 Score was given by guest judge Paula Abdul.

4 Score was given by guest judge Billy Porter.


Performance[]

Trivia[]

  • Peta has previously dated fellow Dancing with the Stars professional Damian Whitewood.
  • She had an on and off relationship with Maksim Chmerkovskiy. In 2015 she got back together with Maks.
    • They became engaged 5 December 2015, when Maks proposed while onstage for a performance of Sway: A Dance Trilogy in Miami, Florida.
    • They were married 8 July 2017 at Oheka Castle in Long Island, New York.
    • On 29 June 2016, they announced that they were expecting their first child.
      • On 9 August 2016, they announced that they were having a boy.
      • On 4 January 2017, at 5:34 a.m., they welcomed their first son, Shai Aleksander Chmerkovskiy.
    • On 13 January 2023, they announced that they are expecting their second child, due in June.
      • On 27 April 2023, they revealed they were having another boy.
      • On 18 June 2023, they welcomed their second son, Rio John Chmerkovskiy.
    • On 5 February 2024, they announced that they are expecting their third child.
  • Peta is the second professional to win after finishing last the prior season after Kym Johnson.
  • She is the fourth female professional to win the show twice, after Cheryl Burke, Julianne Hough, and Kym Johnson.
  • She is best friends with fellow professional dancer Sharna Burgess.
  • She is the first professional partner to be eliminated first in their first season, and win their second season.
    • Jenna Johnson became the second professional partner to do the same. Coincidentally, they each have married a Chmerkovskiy brother.
  • On 9 October 2019, she became an official US citizen.
  • She has been paired with two celebrity partners named Nick. The first was Nick Viall in Season 24 who came in sixth place. The second was Nick Lachey in Season 25 who came in ninth place.

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