Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Maksim "Maks" Aleksandrovich Chmerkovskiy (Ukrainian: Максим Олекса́ндрович Чмерковський, Maksym Oleksándrovych Čmerkovsʹkyj, pronounced [mɑkˈsɪm olɛkˈsɑndroβ̞ɪtʃ ˈtʃmɛrkou̯sʲkɪj]; Russian: Максим Александрович Чмерковский; born January 17, 1980 is a Ukrainian Latin Ballroom dance champion, choreographer, and instructor. He is widely known as one of the professional dancers on the American television series Dancing with the Stars, on which he first appeared in season two. In 14 appearances on the show, Chmerkovskiy made it to the final round five times, with two runner-up and two third place finishes. On May 20, 2014 Chmerkovskiy won his first mirror ball trophy with celebrity partner Meryl Davis.
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==Dancing with the Stars==
Chmerkovskiy first appeared in the 2nd season of the ABC series Dancing with the Stars partnered with actress Tia Carrere. They finished in sixth place. The following season, he and partner singer Willa Ford came in seventh place. Chmerkovskiy returned to Dancing with the Stars in March 2007 for Season 4, his time partnered with boxer Laila Ali. They made it to the finals and finished in third place. In Season 5 of Dancing with the Stars, he was partnered with Melanie Brown and the couple received second place. Chmerkovskiy did not participate in Season 6, although he and former partner Melanie Brown made an appearance for the 100th episode.
He returned for the show's 7th season, this time paired with two-time Olympic volleyball gold medalist, Misty May-Treanor. Chmerkovskiy and May-Treanor were forced to withdraw from the competition in Week 3. During a practice for their jive, May-Treanor ruptured her Achilles tendon and required surgery. Her withdrawal gave them a finish in tenth place.
On February 9, 2009, on Good Morning America it was announced that he would be paired with Denise Richards for the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars. They were eliminated second in the competition, giving the pair a finish of 12th place. In the ninth season, he was paired with actress Debi Mazar, during which they were eliminated 4th. In season 10, Chmerkovskiy, returning for his 8th season, was partnered with Erin Andrews.[10] They ended up coming in 3rd place during the two-hour finale on May 25, 2010.
For season 11, Chmerkovskiy partnered with singer and actress, Brandy. They made it to the semi-finals but were eliminated with a 4th place finish.[11] For Season 12, he was paired with actress Kirstie Alley. On week 3, his leg gave out causing her to fall heavily on him, earning 21 out of 30. The next week, Alley's shoe fell off during their routine. JudgeCarrie Ann Inaba called Alley The Queen of the Unexpected Mishap; they earned 22 out of a possible score of 30. They made it to the finals and finished in second place.
For season 13, he was partnered with Hope Solo and they finished in 4th place. In Solo's book, A Memoir of Hope, she wrote that Chmerkovskiy treated her roughly, once slapping her during a rehearsal.[12]
For season 14, he was partnered with actress Melissa Gilbert. In week 4, while performing the paso doble, Gilbert hit her head on the dance floor and suffered a mild concussion. She was rushed to the hospital and was unable to be at the results show the following night. The couple was called safe. Chmerkovskiy also suffered an injury. He pulled a muscle in his shoulder. The couple was eliminated four weeks later, finishing in 5th place, making this the fourth time that he was eliminated after dancing a samba.[citation needed]
For season 15, an All-Stars season, Maksim returned to the dance floor with previous partner, Kirstie Alley. In week 1, Alley received the lowest score, a 19.0 out of a possible 30. In week 3, Alley and Chmerkovskiy danced a Cha-Cha-Cha, they scored 17 out of a possible 30. Alley and Chmerkovskiy earned 24.0 out of a possible 30. They picked a Disco for Sabrina Bryan and Louis van Amstel to dance next week, and Bryan and Amstel chose the Charleston for Alley and Chmerkovskiy. For the dance, the couple fell to the bottom of the leaderboard with 30.0 out of a possible 40. Alley and Chmerkovskiy, season 3 Emmitt Smith and Cheryl Burke, and season 1 Kelly Monaco and Valentin Chmerkovskiy were all joined in the Gangnam Style freestyle team by season 8 runner-up Gilles Marini and Peta Murgatroyd. Alley and Chmerkovskiy along with the other members received 27.0 out of 30, making their grand total 52.5 out of a possible 60. Then Alley and Chmerkovskiy, in the group country-western, gained two bonus points. Season 4 champion Apolo Anton Ohno and Karina Smirnoff chose a Quickstep-Samba fusion for Alley and Chmerkovskiy. The couple scored 24 out of a possible 30. For the swing marathon, they were eliminated first, making their total 28 out of 40. For the next week, Tristan MacManus joined the couple in their trio paso doble, but the couple received 79 out of a possible 100, leaving them 11.5 points behind at the bottom of the leaderboard, and they were eliminated. Also eliminated were Marini and Murgatroyd, who would have danced a "Mad Monk" Merengue, chosen by Ohno and Smirnoff, had they not been, finishing in 7th and 6th respectively.
In February 2013, Chmerkovskiy announced his departure from Dancing with the Stars for Season 16.[13] Chmerkovskiy returned on the fifth week of Season 16 for "Len's Side-By-Side Challenge", where he danced with Anna Trebunskaya in an Argentine Tango with brother Val and his partner Zendaya and in a Jive with Jacoby Jones and his partnerKarina Smirnoff. For season 17, he was a guest judge during the semifinals in Week 10.
On February 27, 2014, reports surfaced that after taking two seasons off, Chmerkovskiy would return for season 18.[14]
For season 18, he was paired with Olympic ice dancer Meryl Davis. They were announced the winners on May 20, 2014, marking Chmerkovskiy's first win. They also have the current highest average of any dancer of the show with a 28.4 average, and are tied with Jennifer Grey and Derek Hough with the most amount of perfect 30's earning a total of 6
Season	Partner 	Place
2 	Tia Carrere 	6th
3 	Willa Ford 	7th
4 	Laila Ali 	3rd
5 	Melanie Brown 	2nd
7 	Misty May-Treanor	10th
8 	Denise Richards 	12th
9 	Debi Mazar 	12th
10 	Erin Andrews 	3rd
11 	Brandy Norwood 	4th
12 	Kirstie Alley 	2nd
13 	Hope Solo 	4th
14 	Melissa Gilbert 	5th
15 	Kirstie Alley 	7th
18 	Meryl Davis 	1st
===Dancing With the Stars performances===
* Season 2 – With celebrity partner: Tia Carrere (Average – 23.0) (Placed: 6th)
Week #	Dance/Song 	Judges' score	Judges' score	Judges' score	Result
Week #	Dance/Song 	Inaba 	Goodman 	Tonioli 	Result
1 	Waltz / "What a Wonderful World" 	6 	7 	7 	Bottom Two
2 	Rumba / "Emotion" 	7 	8 	7 	Safe
3 	Tango / "Por Una Cabeza" 	9 	8 	9 	Safe
4 	Foxtrot / "Dream a Little Dream of Me" 	9 	8 	8 	Bottom Two
5 	Samba / "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"Group Salsa / "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You"	7No 	7Scores 	8Given 	Eliminated
* Season 3 – With celebrity partner: Willa Ford (Average – 24.4) (Placed: 7th)
Week #	Dance/Song 	Judges' score	Judges' score	Judges' score	Result
Week #	Dance/Song 	Inaba 	Goodman 	Tonioli 	Result
1 	Foxtrot / "True" 	7 	7 	8 	Safe
2 	Mambo / "Get Busy" 	7 	8 	8 	Bottom Two
3 	Jive / "SOS" 	7 	7 	8 	Safe
4 	Waltz / "You Light Up My Life" 	9 	9 	10 	Safe
5 	Rumba / "Every Breath You Take"	9 	9 	9 	Eliminated
* Season 4 – With celebrity partner: Laila Ali (Average – 27.0) (Placed: 3rd)
Week # 	Dance/Song 	Judges' score	Judges' score	Judges' score	Result
Week # 	Dance/Song 	Inaba 	Goodman 	Tonioli 	Result
1 	Foxtrot / "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" 	7 	8 	8 	No Elimination
2 	Mambo / "Maracaibo Oriental" 	9 	9 	9 	Safe
3 	Tango / "Goldfinger" 	7 	7 	7 	Safe
4 	Paso Doble / "Les Toreadors" 	7 	7 	7 	Safe
5 	Rumba / "Put Your Records on" 	9 	10 	9 	Safe
6 	Cha-Cha-Cha / "Hold on, I'm Comin'"Swing / "Rock This Town" 	9No 	9Scores 	10Given 	Safe
7 	Quickstep / "Part-Time Lover"Samba / "Brazil" 	1010 	910 	1010 	Safe
8 	Waltz / "May Each Day"Jive / "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" 	99 	98 	99 	Safe
9Semi-finals	Quickstep / "Walk Like an Egyptian"Cha-Cha-Cha / "She's a Lady" 	1010 	1010 	1010 	Safe
10Finals 	Paso Doble / "España Cani"Freestyle / "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)"Mambo / "Maracaibo Oriental"	10910 	9810 	10910 	Third Place
* Season 5 – With celebrity partner: Mel B (Average – 27.6) (Placed: 2nd)
Week # 	Dance/Song 	Judges' score	Judges' score	Judges' score	Result
Week # 	Dance/Song 	Inaba 	Goodman 	Tonioli 	Result
1 	Cha-Cha-Cha / "A Deeper Love" 	8 	8 	8 	Safe
2 	Quickstep / "Take on Me" 	7 	8 	8 	Safe
3 	Jive / "Sweet Soul Music" 	9 	9 	9 	Safe
4 	Viennese Waltz / "Breakaway" 	8 	9 	9 	Bottom Two
5 	Samba / "Spice Up Your Life" 	10 	9 	10 	Safe
6 	Rumba / "A Woman's Worth"Rock 'n' Roll / "Rockin' Robin" 	10No 	10Scores 	10Given 	Safe
7 	Foxtrot / "Jimmy Mack"Paso Doble / "Free Your Mind" 	810 	810 	810 	Safe
8 	Tango / "Personal Jesus"Mambo / "Mambo Jambo" 	99 	910 	910 	Safe
9Semi-finals	Viennese Waltz / "Somebody to Love"Paso Doble / "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	1010 	1010 	1010 	Safe
10Finals 	Cha-Cha-Cha / "Car Wash"Freestyle / "The Way I Are"Mambo / "Mambo Jambo" 	9910 	9910 	10910 	Second Place
* Season 7 – With celebrity partner: Misty May-Treanor (Average – 21.0) (Placed: 10th)
Week #	Dance/Song 	Judges' score	Judges' score	Judges' score	Result
Week #	Dance/Song 	Inaba 	Goodman 	Tonioli 	Result
1 	Foxtrot / "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)"Mambo / "Black Mambo"	67 	87 	77 	Safe
2 	Paso Doble / "Take Me Out" 	7 	7 	7 	Safe
3 	Jive / "Shake It" 	Suffered 	An 	Injury 	Withdrew
* Season 8 – With celebrity partner: Denise Richards (Average – 18.3) (Placed: 12th)
Week #	Dance/Song 	Judges' score	Judges' score	Judges' score	Result
Week #	Dance/Song 	Inaba 	Goodman 	Tonioli 	Result
1 	Cha-Cha-Cha / "Nothin' but a Good Time"	6 	6 	6 	No Elimination
2 	Quickstep / "We Go Together" 	7 	7 	7 	Safe
3 	Samba / "Take a Picture" 	5 	6 	5 	Eliminated
*Season 9 – With celebrity partner: Debi Mazar (Average – 18.0) (Placed: 12th)
Week #	Dance/Song 	Judges' score	Judges' score	Judges' score	Result
Week #	Dance/Song 	Inaba 	Goodman 	Tonioli 	Result
1 	Salsa / "Complicacion"Foxtrot Relay / "The Best is Yet to Come"	6Awarded 	56 	5Points 	Safe
2 	Tango / "El Tango de Roxanne" 	7 	7* 	7 	Bottom Two
3 	Samba / "Love Is in the Air" 	6 	5 	6 	Eliminated
*Score was awarded by stand in judge Baz Luhrmann.
*Season 10 – With celebrity partner: Erin Andrews (Average – 24.6) (Placed: 3rd)
Week # 	Dance/Song 	Judges' score	Judges' score	Judges' score	Result
Week # 	Dance/Song 	Inaba 	Goodman 	Tonioli 	Result
1 	Cha-Cha-Cha / "Tik Tok" 	7 	7 	7 	No Elimination
2 	Foxtrot / "Love Story" 	8 	7 	8 	Safe
3 	Waltz / "See the Day" 	8 	7 	8 	Safe
4 	Tango / "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" 	6/7 	6/7 	6/7 	Safe
5 	Jive / "You Never Can Tell" 	7 	7 	8 	Safe
6 	Samba / "When I Get You Alone"Swing Marathon / "In the Mood" 	9Awarded 	79 	9Points 	Safe
7 	Team Cha-Cha-Cha / "Holiday"Quickstep / "Dancin' Fool" 	89 	89 	89 	Bottom Two
8 	Argentine Tango / "Una Musica Brutal"Rumba / "Missing You" 	98 	108 	99 	Safe
9Semi-finals	Viennese Waltz / "February Song"Paso Doble / "U Got the Look" 	910 	99 	910 	Last to Be Called Safe
10Finals 	Samba / "Mi Swing Es Tropical"Freestyle / "Alone"Argentine Tango / "Una Musica Brutal"	109Awarded 	10826 	99Points 	Third Place
*Season 11 – With celebrity partner: Brandy (Average – 26.0) (Placed: 4th)
Week # 	Dance/Song 	Judges' score	Judges' score	Judges' score	Result
Week # 	Dance/Song 	Inaba 	Goodman 	Tonioli 	Result
1 	Viennese Waltz / "Cry Me Out" 	7 	8 	8 	Safe
2 	Jive / "Magic" 	7 	7 	7 	Safe
3 	Samba / "Put It in a Love Song" 	8 	8 	8 	Safe
4 	Rumba / "This Woman's Work" 	7/9 	8/8 	7/9 	Safe
5 	Quickstep / "I'll Be There for You" 	9 	9 	9 	Safe
6 	Tango / "Holding Out for a Hero"Rock N' Roll Marathon / "La Grange"	8Awarded 	910 	9Points 	Safe
7 	Team Cha-Cha-Cha / "Bust A Move"Foxtrot / "Fever" 	99/9 	910 	99 	Safe
8 	Waltz / "Dark Waltz"Cha-Cha-Cha / "Teenage Dream" 	99 	109 	1010 	Last to be Called Safe
9Semi-finals	Paso Doble / "Firework"Argentine Tango / "Taquito Militar" 	910 	910 	910 	Eliminated
*Season 12 – With celebrity partner: Kirstie Alley (Average – 24.6) (Placed: 2nd)
Week # 	Dance/Song 	Judges' score	Judges' score	Judges' score	Result
Week # 	Dance/Song 	Inaba 	Goodman 	Tonioli 	Result
1 	Cha-Cha-Cha / "Forget You" 	8 	7 	8 	No Elimination
2 	Quickstep / "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" 	7 	6 	7 	Safe
3 	Rumba / "Over the Rainbow" 	7 	7 	7 	Safe
4 	Waltz / "The Flower Duet" 	7 	7 	8 	Safe
5 	Foxtrot / "American Woman" 	8 	7 	8 	Safe
6 	Samba / "Baby One More Time" 	8 	9 	9 	Safe
7 	Team Cha-Cha-Cha / "We R Who We R"Jive / "La Bamba" 	7/79/7 	86 	88 	Safe
8 	Argentine Tango / "Cite Tango"Salsa / "Cobrastyle" 	98 	99 	108 	Safe
9Semi-finals	Viennese Waltz / "One and Only"Paso Doble / "White Room"Winner Take All Cha-Cha-Cha / "Walkin' on the Sun"	99Lost 	99This 	99Event 	Last to Be Called Safe
10Finals 	Samba / "Magalenha"Freestyle / "Perfect"Cha-Cha-Cha / "Forget You" 	9910 	9910 	9910 	Runner Up
*Season 13 – With celebrity partner: Hope Solo (Average- 23.3) (Placed: 4th)
Week # 	Dance/Song 	Judges' score	Judges' score	Judges' score	Result
Week # 	Dance/Song 	Inaba 	Goodman 	Tonioli 	Result
1 	Viennese Waltz / "Satellite" 	7 	7 	7 	Safe
2 	Jive / "Girlfriend" 	6 	7 	6 	Safe
3 	Cha-Cha-Cha / "Tonight I'm Lovin' You" 	8 	8 	8 	Last to Be Called Safe
4 	Foxtrot / "You've Got a Friend in Me" 	8 	8 	8 	Safe
5 	Tango / "Livin' on a Prayer" 	8 	8 	8 	Last to Be Called Safe
6 	Rumba / "Seasons of Love"Broadway / "Big Spender" & "Money Money" 	7No 	6Scores 	7Given 	Last to Be Called Safe
7 	Samba / "Werewolves of London"Team Paso Doble / "Bring Me to Life" 	89 	88 	89 	Safe
8 	Quickstep / "Valerie"Instant Jive / "The Best Damn Thing" 	98 	99 	98 	Safe
9Semi-finals	Paso Doble / "Can't Be Tamed"Argentine Tango / "Whatever Lola Wants"Cha-Cha-Cha Relay / "I Like How It Feels"	78Awarded 	784 	78Points 	Eliminated
*Season 14 – With celebrity partner: Melissa Gilbert (Average- 22.9) (Placed: 5th)
Week #	Dance/Song 	Judges' score	Judges' score	Judges' score	Result
Week #	Dance/Song 	Inaba 	Goodman 	Tonioli 	Result
1 	Cha-Cha-Cha / "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" 	7 	6 	7 	No Elimination
2 	Quickstep / "Dancing with Myself" 	7 	6 	7 	Safe
3 	Jive / "Dog Days Are Over" 	8 	8 	8 	Safe
4 	Paso Doble / "Conquest" 	7 	8 	7 	Safe
5 	Salsa / "Aguanile" 	7 	7 	7 	Safe
6 	Viennese Waltz / "Ooh Baby Baby"Motown Marathon / "Nowhere to Run" 	8Awarded 	86 	8Points 	Safe
7 	Argentine Tango / "Marriage of Figaro"Team Paso Doble / "O Fortuna"	79 	78 	79 	Safe
8 	Foxtrot / "Maggie May"Samba (Trio Challenge) / "Hard to Handle" 	89 	89 	89 	Eliminated
*Season 15 – With celebrity partner: Kirstie Alley (Average- 24.2) (Placed: 7th)
Week #	Dance/Song 	Judges' score	Judges' score	Judges' score	Result
Week #	Dance/Song 	Inaba 	Goodman 	Tonioli 	Result
1 	Foxtrot / "Set Fire to the Rain" 	6.5 	6 	6.5 	Safe
2 	Jive / "Non Non Rien N'a Changé" 	7.0 	7.0 	7.0 	Safe
3 	Cha-Cha-Cha / "Moves like Jagger" 	8.0 	8.0 	8.0 	Safe
4 	Charleston / "42nd Street" 	7.5 	7.5 	7.5* / 7.5 	Bottom Two
5 	Quickstep /Mrs. RobinsonTeam Freestyle (Gilles) / Gangnam Style 	8.59.0 	8.59.0 	8.59.0 	No Elimination
6 	Rumba / "Home"Group Country Western / "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)"& "I Play Chicken with a Train"	9.5Awarded 	8.52 	9.5Points 	Safe
7 	Quickstep & Samba / "Sir Duke"Swing Marathon / "Do Your Thing" 	8.0Awarded 	8.04 	8.0Points 	No Elimination
8 	Viennese Waltz / "Hallelujah"Paso Doble (Trio Challenge) / "Bring Me to Life" 	9.08.0 	9.08.0 	9.08.0 	Eliminated
The additional score of 7.5 was awarded by guest judge Paula Abdul.
*Season 18 – With celebrity partner: Meryl Davis (Average- 28.4) (Placed: 1st)
Week # 	Dance/Song 	Judges' score 	Judges' score 	Judges' score 	Result
Week # 	Dance/Song 	Inaba 	Goodman 	Tonioli 	Result
1 	Cha-cha-cha / "All Night" 	8 	8 	8 	No Elimination
2 	Swing / "Big and Bad" 	8 	9 	8 	Safe
3 	Foxtrot / "All of Me" 	10 	9/101 	10 	Safe
42 	Argentine Tango / "Too Close" 	10 	9/103 	10 	No Elimination
5 	Samba / "I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)" 	9 	9/94 	9 	Safe
6 	Tango / "Feel So Close" 	10 	105 /10 	10 	Safe
7 	Salsa / AdrenalinaTeam Freestyle / "Livin' la Vida Loca" 	1010 	106/910 / 9 	1010 	Safe
8 	Rumba / "Read All About It (Pt. III)"Celebrity Dance Duel (Samba) / "I Luh Ya Papi" 	98 	9/879/8 	109 	Safe
9Semi-Finals 	Jive / "Hound Dog"Viennese Waltz / "Just a Fool" 	1010 	10/10810/10 	1010 	Last to Be Called Safe
10Finals 	Argentine Tango / "Montserrat"Freestyle / "Latch"Foxtrot & Cha-cha-cha Fusion / "Glowing" 	101010 	101010 	101010 	WON
1Score from guest judge Robin Roberts2For this week only, as part of the "Partner Switch-Up", Davis did not perform with Maksim Chmerkovskiy and instead performed with Valentin Chmerkovskiy.3Score from guest judge Julianne Hough.4Score from guest judge Donny Osmond.5Score from guest judge Redfoo.6Scores from guest judge Ricky Martin.7Score from guest judge Abby Lee Miller.8Score from guest judge Kenny Ortega	1Score from guest judge Robin Roberts2For this week only, as part of the "Partner Switch-Up", Davis did not perform with Maksim Chmerkovskiy and instead performed with Valentin Chmerkovskiy.3Score from guest judge Julianne Hough.4Score from guest judge Donny Osmond.5Score from guest judge Redfoo.6Scores from guest judge Ricky Martin.7Score from guest judge Abby Lee Miller.8Score from guest judge Kenny Ortega	1Score from guest judge Robin Roberts2For this week only, as part of the "Partner Switch-Up", Davis did not perform with Maksim Chmerkovskiy and instead performed with Valentin Chmerkovskiy.3Score from guest judge Julianne Hough.4Score from guest judge Donny Osmond.5Score from guest judge Redfoo.6Scores from guest judge Ricky Martin.7Score from guest judge Abby Lee Miller.8Score from guest judge Kenny Ortega	1Score from guest judge Robin Roberts2For this week only, as part of the "Partner Switch-Up", Davis did not perform with Maksim Chmerkovskiy and instead performed with Valentin Chmerkovskiy.3Score from guest judge Julianne Hough.4Score from guest judge Donny Osmond.5Score from guest judge Redfoo.6Scores from guest judge Ricky Martin.7Score from guest judge Abby Lee Miller.8Score from guest judge Kenny Ortega	1Score from guest judge Robin Roberts2For this week only, as part of the "Partner Switch-Up", Davis did not perform with Maksim Chmerkovskiy and instead performed with Valentin Chmerkovskiy.3Score from guest judge Julianne Hough.4Score from guest judge Donny Osmond.5Score from guest judge Redfoo.6Scores from guest judge Ricky Martin.7Score from guest judge Abby Lee Miller.8Score from guest judge Kenny Ortega	1Score from guest judge Robin Roberts2For this week only, as part of the "Partner Switch-Up", Davis did not perform with Maksim Chmerkovskiy and instead performed with Valentin Chmerkovskiy.3Score from guest judge Julianne Hough.4Score from guest judge Donny Osmond.5Score from guest judge Redfoo.6Scores from guest judge Ricky Martin.7Score from guest judge Abby Lee Miller.8Score from guest judge Kenny Ortega