Login
Login

Jonathan Roberts (dancer)

{{short description|American professional ballroom dancer (born 1974)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Jonathan Roberts

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| birth_place = United States

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|4|20}}

| occupation = Ballroom dancer

| spouse = {{marriage|Anna Trebunskaya|2003|2012|reason=separated}}

| parents =

| children =

}}

Jonathan Roberts (born Jonathan Robert Stubenrauch; April 20, 1974) is an American professional ballroom dancer. He decided to take up dancing after he received a free trial at a local dance studio and enjoyed it. He currently resides in California.{{cite web |url=https://www.jonathanrobertsdancer.com/ |title=Jonathan Roberts & Anna Trebunskaya :: Home |accessdate=2006-07-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130127011301/http://www.jonathanrobertsdancer.com/ |archivedate=2013-01-27 }} Official Biography

Achievements

Jonathan Roberts is most well known for dancing on the United States version of Dancing with the Stars and choreographing routines on So You Think You Can Dance. In the past Roberts has competed and won the following awards.

  • 2008 World Professional Smooth Champion, with Valentina Kostenko{{cite web|url=http://www.ohiostarball.com/index.cfm/showsection/winners_circle/showsubsection/results/fuseaction/heat_list/page.htm |title=OHIO STAR BALL CHAMPIONSHIPS - Results - Results |accessdate=2008-08-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928105250/http://www.ohiostarball.com/index.cfm/showsection/winners_circle/showsubsection/results/fuseaction/heat_list/page.htm |archivedate=2008-09-28 }}
  • 2008 US National Professional Smooth Champion, with Valentina Kostenko
  • 2004 US National Professional Rising Star Latin Champion, with Anna Trebunskaya
  • 2003 Blackpool Professional Rising Star Latin Vice Champion, with Anna Trebunskaya
  • 1997 US National Professional Rising Star Ballroom Champion, with Roberta Sun[http://www.thedancespectrum.com/staff/list.asp Instructor Bio at Dance Spectrum] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021040008/http://thedancespectrum.com/staff/list.asp |date=2007-10-21 }}
  • USA pro-am 10 dance champion
  • USA pro-am Latin champion
  • USA pro-am American Ballroom champion

''Dancing with the Stars''

He competed in seasons 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9 of the U.S. version of Dancing with the Stars. In Season 1, he danced with celebrity Rachel Hunter.{{cite web|url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/dancing-with-the-stars/profile/jonathan-roberts.aspx|title=Jonathan Roberts Bio - BuddyTV|publisher=}} They were the third couple to be eliminated coming in 4th place. In Season 2, he danced with celebrity Giselle Fernández. They were also eliminated in the third week and came in 8th place. In Season 4, he danced with Heather Mills. They were voted off in the sixth week of the competition and came in 7th place. Roberts returned for the fifth season and was partnered with entertainer Marie Osmond.{{cite web|url=http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2007/08/dancing_with_the_stars_cast.php|title='Dancing with the Stars' Cast Revealed|work=Extra}} They achieved 3rd place, being eliminated during the final show of the season. Season five was Roberts' most successful season so far.

His partner for Season 6 was Monica Seles. They scored 15 for the Foxtrot and 15 for the Mambo. This is the lowest judge's score of the season as of March 25, 2008. Roberts and Seles were one of the first two couples eliminated from the competition. His then-wife Anna Trebunskaya was sick during her week 3 practice, and a video of Jonathan dancing and teaching her partner, Steve Guttenberg was shown. After this, for the encore performance, he and Guttenberg were asked to do the entire routine.

Jonathan returned for Season 8, and was partnered with pop singer Belinda Carlisle but they became the first couple eliminated, making this the second time that he was eliminated in the first Results Show. Despite being eliminated first, he & Belinda held a higher average than a few celebrities who lasted longer than them.

Jonathan also returned for Season 9 of Dancing with the Stars and was paired with Grammy Award winning artist Macy Gray. The couple were the second pair to be voted off in the season's first results show, making this the third time in a row Roberts was voted off after the first week, and making Jonathan the professional dancer on the show tied voted off first the most times (three times) with Edyta Sliwinska and Keo Motsepe.

class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto;"
Season

! Partner

! Place

1

|Rachel Hunter

|4th

2

|Giselle Fernández

|8th

4

|Heather Mills

|7th

bgcolor="tan"

|5

|Marie Osmond

|3rd

6

|Monica Seles

|11th

style="background:orange;"

|8

|Belinda Carlisle

|13th

9

|Macy Gray

|15th

=With [[Rachel Hunter]]=

class="wikitable" style="float:left;"
style="text-align:Center; background:#ccc;"

| rowspan="2"|Week #

| rowspan="2"|Dance/Song

| colspan="3"|Judges' score

| rowspan="2"|Result

style="text-align:center; background:#ccc;"

| style="width:10%; "|Inaba

| style="width:10%; "|Goodman

| style="width:10%; "|Tonioli

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|1

Waltz/ "Three Times a Lady"767No elimination
style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|2

Rumba/ "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"888Bottom 2
style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|3

Tango/ "Toxic"899Safe
style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|4

Samba/ "Soul Bossa Nova"799Eliminated
{{-}}

=With [[Giselle Fernandez]]=

class="wikitable" style="float:left;"
style="text-align:Center; background:#ccc;"

| rowspan="2"|Week #

| rowspan="2"|Dance/Song

| colspan="3"|Judges' score

| rowspan="2"|Result

style="text-align:center; background:#ccc;"

| style="width:10%; "|Inaba

| style="width:10%; "|Goodman

| style="width:10%; "|Tonioli

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|1

Waltz/ "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Loved You)"788Safe
style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|2

Rumba/ "Take My Breath Away"888Safe
style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|3

Tango/ "Hernando's Hideaway"787Eliminated
{{-}}

=With [[Heather Mills]]=

class="wikitable" style="float:left;"
style="text-align:Center; background:#ccc;"

| rowspan="2"|Week #

| rowspan="2"|Dance/Song

| colspan="3"|Judges' score

| rowspan="2"|Result

style="text-align:center; background:#ccc;"

| style="width:10%; "|Inaba

| style="width:10%; "|Goodman

| style="width:10%; "|Tonioli

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|1

Foxtrot/ "Cheek to Cheek"666No elimination
style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|2

Mambo/ "Mambo Italiano"888Safe
style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|3

Jive/ "Can I Get a Witness"888Safe
style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|4

Waltz/ "Sandy's Song"788Safe
style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|5

Samba/ "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel"777Bottom 2
style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

|6

Paso Doble/ "Don't Cry For Me Argentina"788Eliminated
{{-}}

=With [[Marie Osmond]]=

class="wikitable" style="float:left;"
style="text-align:Center; background:#ccc;"

| rowspan="2"|Week #

| rowspan="2"|Dance/Song

| colspan="3"|Judges' score

| rowspan="2"|Result

style="text-align:center; background:#ccc;"

| style="width:10%; "|Inaba

| style="width:10%; "|Goodman

| style="width:10%; "|Tonioli

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"1Foxtrot/ "I Hear a Symphony"777Safe
style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|2

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Mambo/ "Mambo"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|3

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Tango/ "Please Mister Brown"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|9

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|9

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"4Viennese Waltz/ "Can't Help Falling in Love"998Safe
style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|5

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Samba/ "Crickets Sing for Anamaria"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"6Paso Doble/ "Gallito"887Safe
style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Quickstep/ "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
Cha cha cha/ "Venus"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|10
8

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|9
8

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|9
8

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Rumba/ "My Cherie Amour"
Jive/ "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
8

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
9

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
8

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|9
Semi-finals

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Quickstep/ "Good Morning"
Mambo/ "Guaglione"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|10
9

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|10
9

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|9
9

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|10
Finals

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Samba "Chica Chica Boom Chic"
Freestyle/ "Start Me Up"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
8

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
7

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
7

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Third Place

{{-}}

=With [[Monica Seles]]=

class="wikitable" style="float:left;"
style="text-align:Center; background:#ccc;"

| rowspan="2"|Week #

| rowspan="2"|Dance/Song

| colspan="3"|Judges' score

| rowspan="2"|Result

style="text-align:center; background:#ccc;"

| style="width:10%; "|Inaba

| style="width:10%; "|Goodman

| style="width:10%; "|Tonioli

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"1Foxtrot/ "Bubbly"555N/A
style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|2

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Mambo/ "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|5

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|5

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|5

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Eliminated

{{-}}

=With [[Belinda Carlisle]]=

class="wikitable" style="float:left;"
style="text-align:Center; background:#ccc;"

| rowspan="2"|Week #

| rowspan="2"|Dance/Song

| colspan="3"|Judges' score

| rowspan="2"|Result

style="text-align:center; background:#ccc;"

| style="width:10%; "|Inaba

| style="width:10%; "|Goodman

| style="width:10%; "|Tonioli

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"1Waltz/ "What the World Needs Now is Love"665N/A
style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|2

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Salsa/ "Higher"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Eliminated

{{-}}

=With [[Macy Gray]]=

class="wikitable" style="float:left;"
style="text-align:Center; background:#ccc;"

| rowspan="2"|Week #

| rowspan="2"|Dance/Song

| colspan="3"|Judges' score

| rowspan="2"|Result

style="text-align:center; background:#ccc;"

| style="width:10%; "|Inaba

| style="width:10%; "|Goodman

| style="width:10%; "|Tonioli

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"1Viennese Waltz/ "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"
Cha-Cha-Cha relay/ "Centerfold"		6
Awarded		4
4		5
Points		Eliminated
{{-}}

References

External links

  • [https://archive.today/20130127011301/http://www.jonathanrobertsdancer.com/ Official Site]
  • [http://abc.go.com/primetime/dancing/bios/2/jonathan_roberts.html Dancing with the Stars Biography]
  • [http://abc.go.com/primetime/dancing/index.html Dancing With the Stars]
  • [http://www.centredaily.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/columnists/nerissa_pacio/12058962.htm West Coast swing: Jonathan Roberts Reflects on Stepping up from Campbell Studio to TV Spotlight]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, Jonathan}}

Category:1974 births

Roberts, Jonathan (dancer)

Category:Living people

Category:Place of birth missing (living people)

Category:Participants in American reality television series