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Karina Smirnoff

{{Short description|American professional ballroom dancer}}

{{Use American English|date = September 2019}}

{{Use mdy dates|date = September 2019}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Karina Smirnoff

| image = Karina Smirnoff Get Smart premiere arrival.jpg

| caption = Smirnoff in 2008

| native_name_lang = uk

| native_name = Карина Смирнофф

| birth_name = Karina Smyrnova

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|1|2}}

| birth_place = Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)

| alt =

| alma_mater = Fordham University

| othername =

| occupation = Dancer

| yearsactive =

| partner = Justinas Duknauskas

| children = 1

| website =

}}

Karina Smirnoff{{efn|{{langx|uk|Карина Смирнофф|{{transliteration|uk|ukrainian|Karyna Smyrnoff}}}}}} (born Karina Smyrnova{{efn|{{langx|uk|Карина Смирнова|{{transliteration|uk|ukrainian|Karyna Smyrnova}}}}}}, January 2, 1978){{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/karina-smirnoff-285603/bio/ | title= Karina Smirnoff | publisher= TVGuide.com | access-date= February 11, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150211193344/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/karina-smirnoff-285603/bio/ | archive-date= February 11, 2015| url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://abc.go.com/shows/dancing-with-the-stars/bio/karina-smirnoff/854761 |title=Dancing with the Stars - Professional Bio - Karina Smirnoff |year=2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118005825/http://abc.go.com/shows/dancing-with-the-stars/bio/karina-smirnoff/854761 |archive-date=November 18, 2011 |quote=Nationality: American|url-status=dead }} is a professional ballroom dancer.{{cite web|last=Smirnoff|first=Karina|title=Twitter: Karina_Smirnoff : @sosmallgurl I'm actually half russian half greek. :-)|url=https://twitter.com/Karina_Smirnoff/status/27196371891126272|publisher=Twitter.com|access-date=January 18, 2011|date=October 5, 2013}} She is known as a professional dancer on Dancing with the Stars, where she won the thirteenth season with army veteran and soap opera star J. R. Martinez.

She has also won two runner-up titles, a semifinal title, and several quarterfinal titles.

She is a five-time U.S. National Champion, World Trophy Champion, and Asian Open Champion. She has won the title at the UK Open, is a three-time champion at the US Open, two-time champion at the Asian Open, five-time champion at the Dutch Open, and five-time US National Professional Champion. She has taken second at the British Open Blackpool Dance Festival, and the first woman to reach the British Professional Final with three different partners, and surpassed her own distinction by being the only woman to have made the final with four different partners between 1999 - 2006.{{Cite web| last = Ballas | first = Corky |author2=Didio Barrera | title=Open British Professional Latin Championship | publisher = dsninternational.com | date = September 1, 2002 | url = http://www.dsninternational.com/members/pages/body/090102blackpool-latin-pro.html |access-date = 2007-09-02}}

Early life

Karina Smirnoff was born in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, and is of half-Greek and half-Russian Jewish descent.{{Cite web|url=https://okmagazine.com/couples/maks-karinas-wedding-details/|title=Maks & Karina's Wedding Details|date=March 27, 2009}} At 11, she began competing in ballroom dancing.{{cite web | url= http://karinasmirnoff.com/index.php/bio/| title=Biography| publisher= Karina Smirnoff Official site| access-date= February 11, 2015| archive-date= October 8, 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141008182824/http://karinasmirnoff.com/index.php/bio/ | url-status =live}} She chose to pursue ballroom dancing. In 1993, Smirnoff immigrated to the United States.{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=Steve|title='The Pretty Boy' Dances with the Stars|publisher=maxboxing.com|date=September 8, 2007|url=http://www.maxboxing.com/Kim}}

=Education=

Smirnoff attended multiple schools, including Nerinx Hall High School in St. Louis and Christopher Columbus High School in The Bronx. She finally graduated from the Bronx High School of Science. Smirnoff graduated from New York City's Fordham University with a double major in economics and information system programming.{{Cite press release|title=Karina Smirnoff bio|publisher=McDonald’s Electronic Press Kit|date=November 20, 2006 | url = http://mcdepk.com/worldchildrensday2006/mediadocs/bio_KarinaSmirnoff.pdf|access-date=2007-09-09| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070226062148/http://www.mcdepk.com/worldchildrensday2006/mediadocs/bio_KarinaSmirnoff.pdf | archive-date= February 26, 2007}}

Career

File:Karina Smirnoff, Slavik Kryklyvyy.jpg]]

Early in Smirnoff's dancing career, she and Roman Nabatov competed as an amateur couple for USA. They ended their dance partnership in January 1997.{{Cite web|title=Dance Couple Profile of Paul Killick & Karina Smirnoff|publisher=DancesportInfo|year=2007|url=http://dancesportinfo.net/Couple/4991/Details.aspx|access-date=2007-09-09|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123054003/http://dancesportinfo.net/Couple/4991/Details.aspx|archive-date=2009-01-23}} Smirnoff soon after started dancing with Paul Killick in October 1998 as a professional couple for England; this partnership ended in July 1999. Immediately, Louis Van Amstel and Karina Smirnoff, in July 1999, entered a professional dance partnership, representing the U.S.A; the partnership ended in December 2000.{{Cite web|title=Dancers Details: Karina Smirnoff|publisher=DancesportInfo|year=2007|url=http://dancesportinfo.net/Dancer/1005826/Details.aspx|access-date=2007-09-09|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015143159/http://dancesportinfo.net/Dancer/1005826/Details.aspx|archive-date=2007-10-15}} From January 2001 to September 2005, Smirnoff was in a dance partnership with Slavik Kryklyvyy and they represented the U.S.A; this partnership thus far is her most successful one. Kryklyvyy and Smirnoff earned numerous top titles and high ratings together.{{Cite web|title=Couple results: Slavik Kryklyvyy & Karina Smirnoff|publisher=DancesportInfo|year=2007|url=http://dancesportinfo.net/Couple/3402/Results.aspx|access-date=2007-09-09|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016063135/http://dancesportinfo.net/Couple/3402/Results.aspx|archive-date=2007-10-16}}

Smirnoff appeared in the 2004 film Shall We Dance? as a dance instructor and was Stanley Tucci's dance partner.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y11IsKnqkH0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118025003/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y11IsKnqkH0 |archive-date=2016-01-18 |url-status=dead|title=Slavik and Karina Scenes From Shall We Dance|date=16 July 2009|work=YouTube}} She also released a fitness DVD, Shape Up With Karina Smirnoff.{{cite web|url=http://karinasmirnoff.com/index.php/products-page/store/shape-up-with-karina-workout-dvd/|title=Shape Up with Karina Workout DVD « Karina Smirnoff|work=karinasmirnoff.com}}

Her last professional partner recorded in competitions was Dmitri Timokhin representing Russia in October 2005. They won first place at the 2006 Grand-Prix Dynamo in Moscow.{{Cite web|title=Couple results: Dmitri Timokhin & Karina Smirnoff|publisher=DancesportInfo|year=2007|url=http://dancesportinfo.net/Couple/34115/Results.aspx|access-date=2007-09-09|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016063140/http://dancesportinfo.net/Couple/34115/Results.aspx|archive-date=2007-10-16}} They finished dancing together in June 2006.{{cite web|url=http://dancesportinfo.net/Couple/Dmitri_Timokhin_and_Karina_Smirnoff_34115/Details.aspx|title=DancesportInfo.net}} Smirnoff was the project manager/director of a dancing event entitled "Day & Night", held on November 18, 2006 at the Hollywood & Highlands Grand Ballroom.{{Cite web |url=http://dancingevents.net/main.html |title=Day & Night |access-date=2007-02-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929093959/http://dancingevents.net/main.html |archive-date=2007-09-29 }} She guest starred as Madame Escajeda in an episode of Hannah Montana.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1072880/?ref_nm_flmg_act_17|title="Hannah Montana" Everybody Was Best Friend Fighting (TV Episode 2007)|author=browskiiix23|date=27 August 2007|work=IMDb}} She is featured in a nude pictorial in the May 2011 American issue of Playboy magazine.{{cite news|url=https://people.com/tv/dancing-with-the-stars-why-karina-smirnoff-posed-nude-in-playboy/ |title=Karina Smirnoff: Why I Posed Nude in 'Playboy'|first=Mike|last=Fleeman|date=April 9, 2011|work=People|access-date=February 11, 2015 |archive-date=July 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728201143/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20480839%2C00.html |url-status=live }}

In November 2016, it was announced that Smirnoff would be joining the cast of E! reality series Famously Single for its second season.{{cite news|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/chad-johnson-karina-smirnoff-more-join-famously-single-w448244|title=Karina Smirnoff, Chad Johnson, Malika Haqq Looking for Love on 'Famously Single' Season 2|first=Ryan|last=Gajewski|date=November 3, 2016|work=Us Weekly|access-date=July 21, 2017}}

''Dancing with the Stars''

File:Karina Smirnoff Mercedes-Benz Carousel of Hope Gala 2014 (15333165268).jpg

Smirnoff was a performer on the third season of the ABC series Dancing with the Stars with celebrity partner Mario López. They finished in second place, losing to the team of Emmitt Smith and Cheryl Burke. Smirnoff

returned to the show on March 19, 2007 for Season 4, this time partnered with Billy Ray Cyrus, country singer and Hannah Montana star.{{Cite web|title=The Stars Align for a Fourth Season of ABC'S Hit Alternative Series, "Dancing with the Stars" |publisher=ABC Television Network |date=2007-02-21 |url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/ams/assets/both/2007/02/20/022107_01.html

|access-date=2007-02-27}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} The pair was the seventh to be eliminated from the competition on May 8, 2007. Her partner for Season 5 of the show was current five-division world champion boxer, Floyd Mayweather Jr. On October 16, 2007, Karina and Floyd were the fourth couple eliminated from competition and came in 9th place. She returned for Season 6, partnered with singer Mario and finished in 5th place. In Season 7, she was partnered with chef Rocco DiSpirito and they were the fourth pair to be eliminated with a finish of 9th place for the second time.

For the eighth season, Smirnoff's partner was Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak. They were eliminated in the fourth round on March 31, 2009, along with Holly Madison and her partner Dmitry Chaplin. For the ninth season, she was partnered with singer Aaron Carter. They were eliminated on November 10, 2009, placing fifth. In the eleventh season, she was partnered with The Situation from MTV's reality TV show Jersey Shore. They were eliminated in the fourth week. In the twelfth season of Dancing with the Stars, she was partnered with movie star Ralph Macchio. They were eliminated in the semi-finals.

Smirnoff appeared on the thirteenth season of Dancing with the Stars, where she was partnered with All My Children actor J. R. Martinez. Smirnoff and Martinez ended up winning the competition against Rob Kardashian and his partner Cheryl Burke & Ricki Lake and her partner Derek Hough. This was the first time Smirnoff had advanced to the finals since her inaugural season in season 3 with Mario López. For the fourteenth season of Dancing With The Stars, Karina was partnered with singer Gavin DeGraw. They were eliminated in week 5. For the fifteenth season, she was partnered with season four winner, Apolo Anton Ohno and ended up placing 5th. For the sixteenth season, she is partnered with NFL star Jacoby Jones. Smirnoff became injured when she was performing a flip with partner Jones during rehearsals for their week 9 Lindy hop. The couple was able to reach finals but came in third place losing to Zendaya and Kellie Pickler who took second and first place respectively. For season 17 she was partnered with former High School Musical actor Corbin Bleu and landed in second place behind Amber Riley and Derek Hough. For season 18, she was partnered with former NHL player Sean Avery. They were the second couple eliminated in a double elimination on Week 2. This marked Smirnoff's earliest exit of the competition. For season 19 she was paired with UFC fighter and actor Randy Couture. They were eliminated in week 3, finishing in 11th place. After taking a one-season break, Smirnoff returned for season 21 and was paired with professional jockey, Victor Espinoza.{{cite web|url=http://abc.go.com/shows/dancing-with-the-stars/cast-announcement|title=Dancing with the Stars Season 21 Cast Announcement|work=ABC|date=September 2, 2015|access-date=September 2, 2015}} The couple was eliminated on Week 2 and finished in 12th place.{{cite web|url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/dancing-with-the-stars/dancing-with-the-stars-recap-h-57561.aspx|title='Dancing with the Stars' Recap: Hometown Glory for the Pros|work=buddytv.com|access-date=September 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923085451/http://www.buddytv.com/articles/dancing-with-the-stars/dancing-with-the-stars-recap-h-57561.aspx|archive-date=September 23, 2015|url-status=dead}} For season 22, she was partnered with former NFL quarterback Doug Flutie. They were eliminated on week 6 of competition and finished in 9th place.

On October 24, 2023, Smirnoff returned to the Season 32 ballroom, along with many of her original DWTS peers, performing a group choreographed Waltz, to "Moon River", as a special tribute in memory of DWTS judge, Len Goodman. Goodman had retired one year earlier in 2022, after the previous season, and passed away on April 22, 2023, after a long battle with cancer.

=Performances=

class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; text-align:center;"
Season

! Partner

! Place

bgcolor="silver"

|3

|{{sort|Lopez, Mario|Mario Lopez}}

|2nd

4

|{{sort|Cyrus| Billy Ray Cyrus}}

|5th

5

|{{sort|Mayweather Jr.| Floyd Mayweather Jr.}}

|{{sort|90| 9th}}

6

|{{sort|Mario| Mario}}

|5th

7

|{{sort|DiSpirito|Rocco DiSpirito}}

|9th

8

|{{sort|Wozniak|Steve Wozniak}}

|10th

9

|{{sort|Carter|Aaron Carter}}

|{{sort|93| 5th}}

11

|{{sort|Sorrentino, Mike| Mike Sorrentino}}

|9th

12

|{{sort|Macchio, Ralph| Ralph Macchio}}

|4th

bgcolor="gold"

|13

| J. R. Martinez

|1st

14

|Gavin DeGraw

|9th

15

|Apolo Anton Ohno

|5th

bgcolor="tan"

|16

|Jacoby Jones

|3rd

bgcolor="silver"

|17

|Corbin Bleu

|2nd

bgcolor="silver"
18

|Sean Avery

|rowspan="2"|11th

19

|Randy Couture

21

|Victor Espinoza

|12th

22

|Doug Flutie

|9th

==With [[Mario Lopez]] (Season 3) 27.6==

class="wikitable"

!Week

!Dance(s)/Song

!Carrie Ann's
Score

!Len's
Score

!Bruno's
Score

!Result

1

|Cha-Cha-Cha/"Walkin' on the Sun"

|9

|8

|9

|Safe

2

|Quickstep/"Do Your Thing"

|7

|6

|8

|Safe

3

|Tango/"What You Waiting For?"

|8

|6

|8

|Safe

4

|Paso Doble/"Cancion Del Mariachi"

|10

|9

|10

|Safe

5

|Rumba/"The Way You Look Tonight"

|9

|9

|9

|Safe

6

|Mambo/"Ran Kan Kan"

|9

|9

|10

|No elimination

rowspan="2" |7

|Foxtrot/"I Wanna Be Loved by You"

|10

|9

|9

| rowspan="2" |Safe

Jive/"Shake a Tail Feather"

|9

|9

|9

rowspan="2" |8
Quarter Finals

|Waltz/"Dark Waltz"

|9

|9

|10

| rowspan="2" |Bottom two

Samba/"Superstition"

|10

|9

|10

rowspan="2" |9
Semi-Finals

|Tango/"Whatever Lola Wants"

|10

|10

|10

| rowspan="2" |Safe

Cha-Cha-Cha/"Bad"

|10

|9

|10

rowspan="3" |10
Finals

|Samba/"Sir Duke"

|10

|9

|10

| rowspan="3" |Runner-up

Paso Doble/"Cancion Del Mariachi"

|10

|10

|10

Freestyle/"It Take Two"

|10

|10

|10

==With [[Billy Ray Cyrus]] (Season 4) 19.0==

class="wikitable"

!Week

!Dance(s)/Song(s)

!Carrie Ann Inaba

!Len Goodman

!Bruno Tonioli

!Result

1

|Cha-Cha-Cha/"I Want My Mullet Back"

|5

|4

|4

|No elimination

2

|Quickstep/"Ring of Fire"

|7

|7

|7

|Safe

3

|Tango/"Rock the Casbah"

|7

|7

|7

|Safe

4

|Paso Doble/"Black Betty"

|7

|7

|7

|Safe

5

|Rumba/"What's Love Got to Do with It?"

|6

|6

|5

|Safe

6

|Jive/"I Love to Boogie"

|7

|7

|7

|Safe

rowspan="2" |7

|Waltz/"Play Me"

|5

|6

|6

| rowspan="2" |Bottom two

Samba/Living in America"

|7

|7

|7

rowspan="2" |8
Quarter Finals

|Foxtrot/"Stand by Your Man"

|7

|6

|5

| rowspan="2" |Eliminated

Mambo/"My Way"

|6

|7

|7

==With [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]] (Season 5) 20.8==

class="wikitable"

!Week

!Dance/Song

!Carrie Ann Inaba

!Len Goodman

!Bruno Tonioli

!Result

1

|Cha-Cha-Cha/"The Way You Move"

|6

|6

|6

|Safe

2

|Quickstep/"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"

|7

|7

|7

|Safe

3

|Jive/"Mess Around"

|7

|7

|7

|Bottom two

4

|Paso Doble/"Captain from Castille"

|7

|8

|8

|Eliminated

==With [[Mario (entertainer)|Mario]] (Season 6) 25.4==

class="wikitable"

!Week

!Dance(s)/Song(s)

!Carrie Ann

!Len

!Bruno

!Result

1

|Cha-Cha-Cha/"Request Line"

|8

|8

|8

|No elimination

2

|Quickstep/"Valerie"

|9

|8

|9

|Safe

3

|Tango/"El Tango de Roxanne"

|7

|6

|8

|Last to be called safe

4

|Paso Doble/"Higher Ground"

|8

|7

|9

|Safe

5

|Samba/"A-Tisket, A-Tasket"

|9

|9

|9

|Safe

6

|Rumba/"Let's Get It On"

|9

|9

|10

|Bottom two

7

|Foxtrot/"I'm Your Man"
Mambo/"Mambo a la Sandoval"

|8
9

|8
9

|8
9

|Safe

8
Quarter Finals

|Viennese Waltz/"If I Ain't Got You"
Jive/"Little Bitty Pretty One"

|9
9

|9
8

|9
9

|Eliminated

==With [[Rocco DiSpirito]] (Season 7) 17.8==

class="wikitable"

!Week

!Dance(s)/Song(s)

!Carrie Ann Inaba's
Score

!Len Goodman's
Score

!Bruno Tonioli's
Score

!Result

1

|Foxtrot/"Stray Cat Strut"
Mambo/"La Comay"

|5
7

|4
7

|5
7

|Safe

2

|Rumba/"You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine"

|5

|6

|5

|Safe

3

|Viennese Waltz/"What's New Pussycat?"

|7

|7

|6

|Safe*

4

|Samba/"I Go to Rio"

|6

|6

|6

|Eliminated

{{Clear}}

  • Would have been eliminated, but was not after Misty May-Treanor suffered an injury and was forced to withdraw from competition.

==With [[Steve Wozniak]] (Season 8) 13.0==

class="wikitable"

!Week

!Dance/Song

!Carrie Ann Inaba

!Len Goodman

!Bruno Tonioli

!Result

1

|Cha-Cha-Cha/"You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"

|5

|4

|4

|No elimination

2

|Quickstep/"Oh, Boy!"

|6

|5

|6

|Dance off

3

|Samba/"Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)"

|4

|3

|3

|Safe

4

|Argentine Tango/"Cite Tango"

|4

|4

|4

|Eliminated

==With [[Aaron Carter]] (Season 9) 24.0==

class="wikitable"

!Week

!Dance(s)/Song(s)

!Carrie Ann

!Len/Baz

!Bruno

!Result

rowspan="2" |1

|Cha-Cha-Cha/"Beggin'"

|7

|8

|7

| rowspan="2" |Safe

Viennese Waltz/"I Am Your Man"

|Awarded

|10

|Points

2

|Quickstep/"The Muppet Show Theme Song"

|9

|9*

|9

|Safe

3

|Rumba/"Spotlight"

|8

|6

|7

|Safe

4

|Lambada/"Dr. Beat"

|6

|6

|6

|Bottom two

5

|Argentine Tango/"Epoca"

|8

|8

|8

|Bottom two

rowspan="2" |6

|Waltz/"Three Times a Lady"

|8

|9

|8

| rowspan="2" |Safe

Mambo Marathon/"Ran Kan Kan"

|Awarded

|8

|Points

rowspan="2" |7

|Jive/"We're Not Gonna Take It"

|9

|10

|10

| rowspan="2" |Bottom two

Paso Doble/"I Hate Myself for Loving You"

|8

|8

|8

rowspan="2" |8
Quarter Finals

|Foxtrot/"Lucky"

|7

|8

|8

| rowspan="2" |Eliminated

90's Samba/"Two Princes"

|9

|9

|9

{{Clear}}

==With [[The Situation (TV personality)|Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino]] (Season 11)==

  • Season average: 16.2; placed 9th

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Week #

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Dance/Song

! colspan="3" style="background:#ccc;"|Judges' score

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Result

style="background:#ccc;"

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

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

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

1

|Cha-cha-cha / "Break Your Heart"

|5

|5

|5

|Safe

2

|Quickstep / "Americano"

|6

|6

|6

|Last to be called safe

3

|Foxtrot / "Boom Boom Pow"

|7

|6

|7

|Safe

rowspan="2" |4*

| rowspan="2" |Argentine Tango / "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"

|4

|4

|4

| rowspan="2" |Eliminated

6

|5

|5

  • As part of acoustic music/double-scoring week, the judges had to give scores for both technical and performance.

==With [[Ralph Macchio]] (Season 12)==

  • Season average: 23.4; placed 4th

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Week #

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Dance/Song

! colspan="3" style="background:#ccc;"|Judges' score

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Result

style="background:#ccc;"

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

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

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

1

|Foxtrot / "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"

|8

|8

|8

|Safe

2

|Jive / "Nobody But Me"

|7

|7

|7

|Safe

3

|Rumba / "Stay Gold"

|7

|7

|7

|Safe

4

|Waltz / "Romeo and Juliet"

|8

|8

|9

|Safe

5

|Samba / "Sweet Home Alabama"

|8

|7

|7

|Safe

6

|Paso Doble / "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"

|8

|8

|8

|Last to be called safe

rowspan=2|7

|Quickstep / "Pencil Full of Lead"

|*9 / 10

|8

|9

|rowspan=2|Safe

Team Cha-cha-cha / "Born This Way"

|*8 / 8

|7

|7

rowspan=2|8

|Viennese Waltz / "Maybe I, Maybe You"

|8

|8

|9

|rowspan=2|Last to be called safe

Instant Cha-cha-cha / "Stuck in the Middle with You"

|7

|7

|7

rowspan=3|9

|Argentine Tango / "Violentango"

|8

|9

|8

|rowspan=3|Eliminated

Salsa / "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)"

|8

|7

|8

  • Additional scores for Week 7 were awarded by guest judge Donnie Burns.

==With [[J.R. Martinez]] (Season 13)==

  • Season average: 26.4; placed 1st

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Week #

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Dance/Song

! colspan="3" style="background:#ccc;"|Judges' score

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Result

style="background:#ccc;"

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

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

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

1

|Viennese Waltz / "Breakaway"

|8

|7

|7

|Safe

2

|Jive / "Jump, Jive An' Wail!"

|7

|7

|8

|Safe

3

|Rumba / "If You're Reading This"

|9

|8

|9

|Safe

4

|Foxtrot / "Theme from The Pink Panther"

|8

|9

|9

|Safe

5

|Samba / "Conga"

|9

|9

|10

|Safe

6

|Quickstep / "Hot Honey Rag"

|10

|9

|10

|Safe

rowspan=2|7

|Tango / "Theme from Ghostbusters"

|9

|8

|8

|rowspan=2|Safe

Team Tango / "Disturbia"

|8

|7

|8

rowspan=2|8

|Waltz / "What the World Needs Now"

|10

|10

|10

|rowspan=2|Safe

Instant Jive / "Tutti Frutti"

|10

|10

|10

rowspan=3|9

|Paso Doble / "Theme from The Legend of Zorro"

|8

|7

|8

|rowspan=3|Last to be called safe

Argentine Tango / "Bust Your Windows"

|9

|9

|9

Cha-cha-cha Relay / "I Like How It Feels"

|Awarded

|6

|Points

rowspan=4|10

|Cha-cha-cha / "Let's Get Loud"

|8

|7

|9

|rowspan=4|WINNERS

Freestyle / "Whine Up"

|10

|10

|10

Jive / "Jump, Jive An' Wail!"

|Awarded

|28

|Points

Instant Samba / "Shake Your Bon-Bon"

|10

|10

|10

==With [[Gavin DeGraw]] (Season 14)==

  • Season average: 21.4; placed 9th

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Week #

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Dance/Song

! colspan="3" style="background:#ccc;"|Judges' score

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Result

style="background:#ccc;"

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

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

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

1

|Foxtrot / "I Run to You"

|7

|6

|7

|No elimination

2

|Jive / "Real Wild Child"

|7

|7

|7

|Bottom two

3

|Rumba / "New York State of Mind"

|8

|8

|8

|Bottom two

4

|Tango / "Paint It, Black"

|8

|8

|7

|Safe

5

|Samba / "Sweetheart from Venezuela"
Dance Duel Cha-cha-cha / "The Edge of Glory"

|6
Lost

|6
This

|7
Event

|Eliminated

==With [[Apolo Anton Ohno]] (Season 15)==

  • Season average: 27.3; placed 5th

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Week #

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Dance/Song

! colspan="3" style="background:#ccc;"|Judges' score

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Result

style="background:#ccc;"

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

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

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

1

|Cha-cha-cha / "Party Rock Anthem"

|7.5

|7

|7.5

|Safe

2

|Quickstep / "Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days"

|8.5

|8

|8

|Safe

3

|Foxtrot / "Fever"

|9

|8

|8.5

|Safe

4

|Hip-Hop / "Poison"

|8.5

|9

|8.5* / 8.5

|Safe

5

|Samba / "Give It to Me Baby"
Team Freestyle / "Call Me Maybe"

|8.5
9.5

|9.5
10

|9
10

|No elimination

6

|Viennese Waltz / "Skin (Sarabeth)"

|10

|10

|10

|Last to be called Safe

7

|Cha-cha-cha & Paso Doble / "Scream"
Swing Marathon / "Do Your Thing"

|9
Awarded

|9
6

|9
Points

|No elimination

8

|Tango / "Holding Out for a Hero"
Jive (Trio Challenge)* / "Greased Lightnin'"

|10
9.5

|9.5
9.5

|10
10

|Last to be called Safe

9

|Jazz / "What You Waiting For?"
Rumba / "Man in the Mirror"

|8.5
10

|9
10

|9.5
10

|Eliminated

  • The additional score for Week 4 was awarded by guest judge Paula Abdul.
  • The dancer Ohno and Smirnoff chose for the Trio Challenge was Sasha Farber.

==With [[Jacoby Jones]] (Season 16)==

  • Season average: 25.6; placed 3rd

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Week #

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Dance/Song

! colspan="3" style="background:#ccc;"|Judges' score

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Result

style="background:#ccc;"

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

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

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

1

|Cha-cha-cha / "Good Feeling"

|7

|6

|7

|No elimination

2

|Jazz / "Five Guys Named Moe"

|8

|7

|8

|Safe

3

|Prom Group Dance / "The Rockafeller Skank"
Rumba / "Stay"

|Awarded
8

|2
8

|Points
8

|Safe

4

|Foxtrot / "Watching You"

|8

|8

|8

|Safe

5

|Jive* / "Long Tall Sally"

|9

|8

|9

|Safe

6

|Quickstep / "For Once in My Life"
Team Paso Doble / "Higher Ground"

|8
7

|7
8

|8
7

|Safe

7

|Salsa / "Danza Kuduro"
Jive Dance Off / "Good Golly Miss Molly"

|9
Lost

|9
This

|9
Event

|Safe

8

|Viennese Waltz / "It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World"
Paso Doble (Trio Challenge)* / "La Virgen de la Macarena"

|9
8

|9
9

|9
8

|Last to be called Safe

9

|Argentine Tango / "Concierto Para Quinteto"
Lindy Hop / "Ding Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line"

|10
10

|10
9

|10
10

|Safe

10

|Jive / "Shake It"
Cha-cha-cha Relay / "Treasure"
Freestyle / "Can't Hold Us"
Instant Salsa / "Aguanile"

|9
Awarded
9
10

|9
2
9
10

|9
points
9
10

|Third Place

==With [[Corbin Bleu]] (Season 17) 27.4==

Season 17 – Celebrity partner: Corbin Bleu; Season average: 27.4; placed 2nd

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Week #

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Dance/Song

! colspan="3" style="background:#ccc;"|Judges' score

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Result

style="background:#ccc;"

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

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

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

1

|Contemporary / "If I Lose Myself"

|8

|8

|8

|No elimination

2

|Jive / "Kiss You"

|9

|8

|9

|Safe

3

|Quickstep / "Diga Diga Doo"

|9

|8

|9

|Safe

4

|Paso Doble / "Zorongo"

|9

|9*

|9

|Safe

5

|Foxtrot / "My Wish"

|9

|9

|10

|Safe

6

|Viennese Waltz / "Theme from Game of Thrones"
Switch-Up Challenge / Various

|8
Awarded

|7
4

|8
Points

|Not eliminated

7

|Cha-cha-cha / "Pumpin Blood"
Team Freestyle / "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)"

|10
10

|9
10

|10
10

|Safe

8

|Argentine Tango / "Welcome to Burlesque"
Cha-cha-cha Dance-Off / "Woman's World"

|9
Awarded

|9*
3

|9
Points

|Safe

9

|Waltz / "Apologize"
Jazz (Trio Challenge)* / "Yeah!"

|9
10

|9
10

|10
10

|Safe

10

|Tango / "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)"
Rumba / "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" (acoustic version)

|9
10

|8/9*
10/10*

|9
10

|Safe

11

|Quickstep / "Diga Diga Doo"
Samba Relay / "No Scrubs"
Freestyle / "Smooth Criminal"
Cha-cha-cha & Foxtrot / "All Night"

|9
Awarded
10
9

|9
5
10
9

|9
Points
10
9

|Runner-up

==With [[Sean Avery]] (Season 18) 20.5==

Season 18 – Celebrity partner: Sean Avery; Season average: 20.5; placed 11th

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Week #

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Dance/Song

! colspan="3" style="background:#ccc;"|Judges' score

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Result

style="background:#ccc;"

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

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

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

1

|Contemporary / "Somewhere Only We Know"

|7

|6

|7

|No elimination

2

|Salsa / "Dance Bailalo"

|7

|7

|7

|Eliminated

==With [[Randy Couture]] (Season 19) 28.3==

Season 19 – Celebrity partner: Randy Couture; Season average: 28.3; placed 11th

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Week #

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Dance/Song

! colspan="4" style="background:#ccc;"|Judges' score

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Result

style="background:#ccc;"

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

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

| style="width:10%;"|J. Hough

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

1

|Foxtrot / "The Way You Look Tonight"

|8

|7

|8

|8

|Safe

2

|Cha-cha-cha / "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"

|7

|7

|7

|7

|Safe

3

|Paso Doble / "Eye of the Tiger"

|7

|7*

|6

|6

|Eliminated

== Notes ==

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==With [[Victor Espinoza]] (Season 21) 17.3==

Season 21 – Celebrity partner: Victor Espinoza; Season average: 17.3; placed: 12th

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Week #

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Dance/Song

! colspan="3" style="background:#ccc;"|Judges' score

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Result

style="background:#ccc;"

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

| style="width:10%;"|J. Hough

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

1

|Salsa / "G.D.F.R"

|5

|5

|5

|No elimination

rowspan="2" |2

| Jive / "La Bamba"

|6

|5

|6

| rowspan="2" |Eliminated

Rumba / "Girl on Fire"

|7

|6

|7

==With [[Doug Flutie]] (Season 22) 19.2==

Season 22 – Celebrity partner: Doug Flutie; Season average:19.2; placed: 9th

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Week #

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Dance/Song

! colspan="3" style="background:#ccc;"|Judges' score

! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"|Result

style="background:#ccc;"

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

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

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

1

|Foxtrot / "Sweet Caroline"

|5

|5

|5

|No elimination

2

|Paso Doble / "Buster Voodoo"

|7

|6

|7

|Bottom three

3

|Waltz / "Rainbow Connection"

|7

|6

|7

|Last to be called safe

4

|Jazz / "A Spoonful of Sugar"

|6

|6/61

|6

|Safe

52

|Tango / "Black and Gold"

| 7

| 7/73

| 7

|No elimination

6

|Bollywood / "Jai Ho"

| 7

| 7

| 7

|Eliminated

1 Score given by guest judge Zendaya.
2 For this week only, as part of "America's Switch Up", Flutie performed with Peta Murgatroyd instead of Smirnoff. Smirnoff performed with Antonio Brown.
3 Score given by guest judge Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

Personal life

Smirnoff grew up as an only child. Her parents own a liquor store in Staten Island. She has an American Staffordshire Terrier dog named Randy.{{cite web|url=http://pets.webmd.com/dogs/features/karina-smirnoff-dog|title=Q&A With Karina Smirnoff|work=WebMD}}

She was engaged to fellow DWTS pro and Ukrainian Maksim Chmerkovskiy for nine months in 2009.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130709/entlife/707099974/|title='Dancing With the Stars' pros wrestle with tango|date=2013-07-09|website=DailyHerald.com|agency=Associated Press|access-date=2016-08-28}}

In October 2009, Smirnoff began dating Major League Baseball pitcher Brad Penny. They became engaged in October 2010,{{Cite news|url=https://people.com/tv/karina-smirnoff-brad-penny-engaged/|title=Karina Smirnoff Is Engaged to Brad Penny|date=November 7, 2010|work=People|first=Mark|last=Gray|access-date = September 28, 2013}} but ended the engagement in December 2011.{{Cite news|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/karina-smirnoff-brad-penny-split-says-source-2011512|title=Karina Smirnoff, Brad Penny Split, Says Source|date=December 5, 2011|work=Us Weekly|access-date = September 28, 2013}}

Smirnoff became engaged to entrepreneur Jason Adelman in January 2015.{{cite web | url = http://www.etonline.com/news/156386_dwts_pro_karina_smirnoff_is_engaged/ | title=DWTS' Pro Karina Smirnoff Is Engaged | work= Entertainment Tonight | date=January 15, 2015 | access-date= February 11, 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150116120659/http://www.etonline.com/news/156386_dwts_pro_karina_smirnoff_is_engaged/ | archive-date= January 16, 2015 | url-status=live}} On March 11, 2015, both individuals announced that they had split and their engagement was off.{{cite web | url = http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/karina-smirnoff-jason-adelman-split-dancer-calls-off-engagement-2015113/ | title=Karina Smirnoff, Jason Adelman Split: Dancer Calls Off Engagement | work= US magazine |date=March 11, 2015 | access-date=March 12, 2015 }}{{cite web | url = http://www.eonline.com/news/634637/karina-smirnoff-splits-from-fiance-jason-adelman | title=Karina Smirnoff Splits From Fiancé Jason Adelman | work= E! |date=March 11, 2015 | access-date=March 12, 2015 }}

In the summer of 2015 she was featured with her cast mates on Celebrity Family Feud. On the stage she danced a salsa number with host Steve Harvey. Her fellow dancers gave them a perfect "10."

In April 2020, Smirnoff gave birth to her first child, Theo Gabriel,{{Cite web |title=Login • Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/?next=/p/B-uUuUaD11H/ |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=www.instagram.com}}{{Cite web |date=November 4, 2020 |first=Jen |last=Juneau |title=Karina Smirnoff Shares First Photo of Son Theo Wearing an 'I Voted' Sticker: 'My Everything' |url=https://people.com/parents/karina-smirnoff-son-theo-first-picture-2020-presidential-election/ |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=People |language=en}} with boyfriend Justinas Duknauskas.{{Cite web |title=Login • Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/?next=/p/CNHFXcNniW1/ |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=www.instagram.com}}

Notes

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References

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