Sharna Burgess

Sharna Burgess
Burgess in 2012
Born	Sharna May Burgess (1985-06-21) 21 June 1985 (age 39) Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Occupations	Dancer choreographer
Years active	2000–present
Partner(s)	Brian Austin Green (2020–present; engaged)
Children	1

Sharna May Burgess (born 21 June 1985) is an Australian ballroom dancer who is best known for being a professional partner and troupe member on the ABC series Dancing with the Stars. She is the winner of season 27 of American television show Dancing with the Stars with her celebrity partner Bobby Bones, where she has also been a runner-up in several other seasons. She has also been a judge on the Australian version of the show since 2019, along with Craig Revel Horwood and Tristan MacManus.^[1]

Early life

Burgess was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia to Ray and Lucy Burgess.^[2][3] Growing up, she was involved in several sports and different styles of dance. At the age of five, she began training in ballet, jazz and gymnastics. When she turned eight, her study of ballroom began, and she went on to win many local and national titles. At age 15, she was chosen to represent Australia at the World Championships in both the Standard and Latin styles, and performed in the 2000 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremonies.^[4]

Career

At age 18, Burgess moved to London, where she collected numerous titles and appeared in a UK tour with the show, Simply Ballroom.^[5] Post Simply Ballroom, choreographer Jason Gilkison gave her a spot on tour with Burn the Floor. She was in the cast for six years. Burgess was a member of the Burn the Floor cast when the show moved to Broadway.^[6]

Burgess' first television appearances were on the Australian Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance in Belgium and the Netherlands. She joined the cast of season 13 of Dancing with the Stars as a troupe member.^[7] While on the troupe, she also assisted So You Think You Can Dance choreographer Jason Gilkison on both the Australian and American versions of the show.^[8] She remained on the troupe until the end of season 15. For season 16, Burgess was bumped to regular pro and was partnered with Andy Dick. She returned as a professional for season 17, this time partnered with retired NFL star Keyshawn Johnson. They were the first couple eliminated. For season 18, she was paired with Olympic ice dancer Charlie White. They were eliminated during week 9 (the semi-finals) and ended in 5th place despite raves from the judges and high scores throughout the season. Sharna was then confirmed for season 19 on 27 August.^[9] For season 19, she paired with talk-show host Tavis Smiley. They were eliminated on week 2, finishing in 12th place.

For season 20, Burgess was paired with combat veteran and motivational speaker, Noah Galloway.^[10] The pair made it to the finals and finished in third place. For season 21, she was paired with Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter.^[11] The couple made it to the finals and ended in second place behind winners Bindi Irwin, and her partner Derek Hough. For season 22, she was paired with NFL player Antonio Brown. The couple made it to the semi-finals but were eliminated and finished in 4th place. For season 23, Burgess was partnered with race car driver James Hinchcliffe. Due to a knee injury from the previous week's dress rehearsal, Burgess had to sit out during week 8–9. Jenna Johnson substituted for her as Hinchcliffe's partner.^[12] The couple made it to the finals, and finished in 2nd place behind winners Laurie Hernandez and her partner Valentin Chmerkovskiy.

For season 24, Burgess was partnered with professional bull rider Bonner Bolton. The couple were eliminated on week 8, and finished in fifth place. Burgess returned for season 25 and was paired with former NBA player, Derek Fisher. The couple were eliminated on week 4, and finished in eleventh place. For season 26, she was paired with NFL player Josh Norman. The pair made it to the finals, finishing in second place overall. For season 27, she was partnered with radio personality Bobby Bones.^[13] Despite low scores from the judges, they were consistently saved by the viewers' votes and won the competition. On 2 February 2019, it was announced that Burgess was joining the Australian version of the reality dancing competition series as its sole female judge.^[14] Burgess did not appear on season 28 of the American version.^[15] She returned the following year for season 29 of the American version and was partnered with actor Jesse Metcalfe. The couple was eliminated in the fifth week of competition and finished in 12th place.^[16] In Season 30, she returned with real life partner Brian Austin Green and finished 13th.^[17]

Season	Partner	Place
16	Andy Dick	7th
17	Keyshawn Johnson	12th
18	Charlie White	5th
19	Tavis Smiley	12th
20	Noah Galloway	3rd
21	Nick Carter	2nd
22	Antonio Brown	4th
23	James Hinchcliffe	2nd
24	Bonner Bolton	5th
25	Derek Fisher	11th
26	Josh Norman	2nd
27	Bobby Bones	1st
29	Jesse Metcalfe	12th
30	Brian Austin Green	13th

Performances on Dancing with the Stars

Season 16: Celebrity partner Andy Dick

• Average: 19.3
• Placed: 7th

In an interview with Access Hollywood, Burgess admitted she knew nothing of Dick's tumultuous past, due to the fact that she was living out of the country.^[18] Andy and Sharna continually received low scores and harsh criticisms from the judges. However, Burgess was praised for her work with him.^[19]

Week #	Dance/song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Foxtrot / "Witchcraft"	6	5	6	No Elimination
2	Jazz / "Poker Face"	7	6	7	Safe
3	Cha-cha-cha / "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"	6	6	6	Bottom Two
4	Viennese Waltz / "Hallelujah"	7	7	7	Safe
5	Paso Doble / "The Plaza of Execution"	6	6	6	Safe
6	Samba / "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" Team Samba/ "Superstition"	6 8	6 9	6 8	Safe
7	Rumba / "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)" Cha-cha-cha Dance off / "Brokenhearted"	5 Lost	6 This	6 Event	Eliminated

Season 17: Celebrity partner Keyshawn Johnson

• Average: 17.5
• Placed: 12th

Week #	Dance/song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "Treasure"	6	5	6	No Elimination
2	Samba/Get Up Offa That Thing	6	6	6	Eliminated

Season 18: Celebrity partner Charlie White

• Average: 27.0
• Placed: 5th

Week #	Dance/song	Judges' score				Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli	Guest Judge
1	Contemporary / "Let Her Go"	9	9	9	-	No Elimination
2	Tango / "Addicted to You"	9	7	9	-	Safe
3	Jive / "Happy"	9	9	9	9^1	Safe
4^2	Rumba / "Wildest Moments"	7	8	9	9^3	No Elimination
5	Jazz / "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"	9	10	9	9^4	Safe
6	Cha-cha-cha / "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"	9	9	9	9^5	Safe
7	Paso Doble / "Sail" Team Freestyle / "The Cup of Life"	9 8	8 8	9 9	10^6 10	Safe
8	Quickstep / "My Heart Goes Boom" Celebrity Dance Duel (Contemporary) / "Stay with Me"	10 9	10 9	10 10	10^7 10	Safe
9 Semi-Finals	Foxtrot / "New York, New York" Samba / "Mo Money Mo Problems"	10 9	10 9	10 9	10^8 9	Eliminated
^1Score from guest judge Robin Roberts ^2For this week only, as part of the "Partner Switch-Up", White did not perform with Sharna Burgess and instead performed with Peta Murgatroyd. ^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.

Season 19: Celebrity partner Tavis Smiley

• Average: 28.5
• Placed: 12th

Week #	Dance/song	Judges' score				Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Hough	Tonioli
1	Foxtrot / "Pride and Joy"	7	7	8	7	Safe
2	Cha-cha-cha / "Boogie Wonderland"	7	7	7	7	Eliminated

Season 20: Celebrity partner Noah Galloway

• Average: 32.9
• Placed: 3rd

Week #	Dance/song	Judges' score				Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Hough	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "I Lived"	7	6	6	7	No Elimination
2	Samba / "Homegrown Honey"	7	6	7	7	Safe
3	Argentine Tango / "Rather Be"	7	7	8	8	Safe
4	Contemporary / "American Soldier"	8	8	8	8	Safe
5	Foxtrot / "A Whole New World"	7	7	7	7	Safe
6	Rumba / "Waves" Team Freestyle / "Wipe Out"	7 10	7 9	7 10	8 10	Safe
7	Jazz / "Super Bad" Cha-cha-cha Dance-Off / "Dance with Me"	10 Awarded	8 2	9 Extra	9 Points	Safe
8	Tango / "Geronimo" Trio Salsa / "Mr. Put It Down"	8 8	7 8	8 8	8 8	Last to be called safe
9 Semi-Finals	Viennese Waltz / "The Time of My Life" Paso Doble / "Unstoppable"	9 -	9 10	9 10	9 10	Safe
10 Finals	Argentine Tango / "Rather Be" Freestyle / "Titanium" & "Fix You" Argentine Tango & Cha-cha-cha Fusion / "Surrender"	8 10 9	8 10 9	8 10 9	8 10 9	Third Place

Season 21: Celebrity partner Nick Carter

• Average: 27.2
• Placed: 2nd

Week #	Dance/song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Hough	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "I Don't Like It, I Love It"	8	8	8	No Elimination
2	Jive / "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" Foxtrot / "Coming Home"	7 8	7 8	7 8	Safe
3	Viennese Waltz / "Did I Make the Most of Loving You?"	9	9^1/9	9	Safe
4	Jazz / "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"	9	9	9	Safe
5^2	Paso Doble / "Don't Look Down"	9	9/8^3	9	No Elimination
6	Samba / "You Should Be Dancing"	9	10/10^4	10	Safe
7	Argentine Tango / "Bring Me to Life" Team Freestyle / "This Is Halloween"	8 10	8 10	8 10	Safe
8	Contemporary / "Can't Help Falling in Love"	10	10	10	Safe (Immunity)
9	Quickstep / "A Cool Cat in Town" Team-Up Dance (Rumba) / "Hey Jude"	9 9	9 9	10 9	Safe
10 Semifinals	Tango / "Scars" Samba Dance-off / "Lean On" Trio Salsa / "No Doubt About It"	8 No 10	8 Extra 10	8 Points 10	Last to be called safe
11 Finals	Jive / "Runaway Baby" Freestyle / "Larger than Life" Salsa & Tango Fusion / "Turn Up the Music"	10 10 10	10 10 10	10 10 10	Runner-Up
^1 Score given by guest judge Alfonso Ribeiro. ^2This week only, for "Partner Switch-Up" week, Carter performed with Witney Carson instead of Burgess. Burgess performed with Andy Grammer.[20] ^3Score given by guest judge Maksim Chmerkovskiy ^4Score given by guest judge Olivia Newton-John.

Season 22: Celebrity partner Antonio Brown

• Average: 24.7
• Placed: 4th

Week #	Dance/song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Quickstep / "Bad Man"	8	6	7	No Elimination
2	Rumba / "Adorn"	6	6	7	Safe
3	Foxtrot / "7 Years"	7	6	7	Safe
4	Jazz / "Friend Like Me"	9	8/9^1	9	Safe
5	Cha-cha-cha / "Son of a Preacher Man"	7	6/6^2	7	No Elimination
6	Jive / "Footloose"	9	9	9	Safe
7	Tango / "Paint It Black" Team Freestyle / "Super Bad", "Living in America" & "I Got You (I Feel Good)"	8 9	8 9	8 10	Safe
8	Viennese Waltz / "Love On the Brain" Team-up Dance (Paso Doble) / "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"	9 9^3	9 10	9 10	Safe
9 Semifinals	Trio Argentine Tango / "Mi Confesion" Contemporary / "Hall of Fame"	9 9	9 9	9 10	Eliminated
^1 Score given by guest judge Zendaya. ^2 For this week only, as part of "America's Switch Up", Brown performed with Karina Smirnoff instead of Burgess. Burgess performed with Nyle DiMarco. ^3 Score given by guest judge Maksim Chmerkovskiy. ^3 Due to Inaba being the judge coaching Brown's team during the team-up dance, the viewers scored the dance in her place with the averaged score being counted alongside the remaining judges.

Season 23: Celebrity partner James Hinchcliffe

• Average: 36.7
• Placed: 2nd

Week #	Dance/song	Judges' score				Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Hough	Tonioli
1	Foxtrot / "Live Life"	8	8	7	8	No Elimination
2	Paso Doble / "The Walking Dead Theme"	7	7	7	8	Safe
3	Cha-cha-cha / "Big Trouble"	7	7	8	7	Safe (Immunity)
4	Quickstep / "The Hollywood Wiz"	9	10	9	10	Safe
5	Tango / "The Right Time"	10	10	9	10	No Elimination
6	Rumba / "Need the Sun to Break"	10	9^1	9	10	Safe
7	Jitterbug / "In the Mood" Team Freestyle / "The Skye Boat Song"	9 10	9 9	9 9	9 10	Safe
8^2	Viennese Waltz / "You Don't Own Me"	10	10	10	10	Safe (Immunity)
9^2	Jazz / "A Brand New Day" Team-Up Dance (Paso Doble) / "No Good"	9 9	9^3 9^3	9 10	9 9	Safe
10 Semifinals	Argentine Tango / "Santa Maria" Trio Jive / "Gimme Some Lovin'"	9 10	10 10	10 10	10 10	Safe
11 Finals	Foxtrot / "It Had to Be You" Freestyle / "Beethoven's 5 Secrets" Viennese Waltz & Foxtrot Fusion / "Over and Over Again"	9 10 10	9 10 10	9 10 10	10 10 10	Runner-Up
^1 Score given by guest judge Pitbull. ^2Due to a knee injury, Burgess was unable to perform with Hinchcliffe, but did choreograph the dances. Hinchcliffe instead danced with Jenna Johnson. ^3Score given by guest judge Idina Menzel

Season 24: Celebrity partner Bonner Bolton

• Average: 28.9
• Placed: 5th

Week #	Dance/song	Judges' score				Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Hough	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "Move"	6	5	5	6	No Elimination
2	Viennese Waltz / "Unlove You"	8	6	8	7	Safe
3	Charleston / "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)"	6	6	6	6	Safe
4	Foxtrot / "Feeling Good"	8	8	8	8	Safe
5	Tango / "When Can I See You Again?"	7	8	8	7	Safe
6	Rumba / "I Want It That Way" Team Freestyle / "Dancing Machine", "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" & "Best Song Ever"	8 8	7 8	8^1 9^1	7 8	Safe
7	Paso Doble / "Rodeo: Four Episodes" Rumba Dance-Off / "I Will Always Love You"	7 Awarded	7 2	8^2 Extra	7 Points	Safe
8[21]	Argentine Tango / "Believer" Trio Jazz / "That's What I Like"	8 7	7 7	8 7	7 7	Eliminated
^1 Score given by guest judge Nick Carter. ^2 Score given by guest judge Mandy Moore.

Season 25: Celebrity partner Derek Fisher

• Average: 20.0
• Placed: 11th

Week #	Dance/song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Salsa / "Basketball"	6	6	6	No Elimination
2	Foxtrot / "Hallelujah I Love Her So" Paso Doble / "Diablo Rojo"	6 7	6 6	7 6	Safe
3	Cha-cha-cha / "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"	7	7	7	No Elimination
4	Jazz / "Move On Up"	7	8	8	Eliminated

Season 26: Celebrity partner Josh Norman

• Average: 25.8
• Placed: 2nd

Week #	Dance/song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "Finesse"	8	8	8	Safe
2	Paso Doble / "The Plaza of Execution" Team Freestyle / "...Baby One More Time"	7 8	8/7^1 8/9^1	8 8	Safe
3	Contemporary / "Stand by Me" Salsa Dance-Off / "WTF (Where They From)"	9 Awarded	9/9^2 2	9 Points	Last to be called safe
4 Finals	Foxtrot / "Conqueror" Freestyle / "Walk on Water"	9 10	9 10	9 10	Runner-up
^1 Score given by guest judge Rashad Jennings. ^2 Score given by guest judge David Ross.

Season 27: Celebrity partner Bobby Bones

• Average: 22.8
• Placed: 1st

Week #	Dance/song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Jive / "T-R-O-U-B-L-E"	7	6	7	Safe
2	Foxtrot / "Theme from New York, New York" Quickstep / "That Old Black Magic"	7 7	6 6	7 6	Safe
3	Contemporary / "A Million Dreams"	8	7	8	Safe
4	Trio Cha-cha-cha / "U Can't Touch This"	7	6	7	Safe
5	Waltz / "Part of Your World"	7	7	7	No Elimination
6	Argentine Tango / "Mr. Sandman"	8	7	7	Safe
7	Viennese Waltz / "Can't Help Falling in Love" Team Freestyle / "9 to 5"	8 10	8 9	8 10	Safe
8 Semifinals	Salsa / "G.D.F.R." Jive / "Gimme Some Lovin'"	7 8	7 8	7 8	Safe
9 Finals	Cha-cha-cha / "U Can't Touch This" Freestyle / "The Greatest Show"	8 10	8 10	8 10	Winner

Season 29: Celebrity partner Jesse Metcalfe

• Average: 19.6
• Placed: 12th

Week #	Dance/song	Judges' score			Result
		Carrie Ann	Derek	Bruno
1	Quickstep / "Part-Time Lover"	6	6	6	No Elimination
2	Foxtrot / "Dreams"	7	7	6	Safe
3	Jive / "King of New York"	7	6	7	Safe
4	Cha-cha-cha / "Smooth"	7	7	7	Safe
5	Tango / "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"	7	6	6	Eliminated

Season 30: Celebrity partner Brian Austin Green

• Average: 24.8
• Placed: 13th

Week #	Dance/song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Hough		Tonioli
1	Foxtrot / "Skate"	6	6	6	6	No Elimination
2	Rumba / "Say You Won't Let Go"	6	5	6	6	Safe
3	Tango / "Till The World Ends"	7	6	N/A	6	Safe
4	Waltz / "Someday My Prince Will Come"	6	6	7	6	Eliminated

Personal life

After her performance in the World Championships semi-finals, Burgess discovered she had a small tear in her knee ligament. Rather than take immediate action, she insisted on finishing the competition.

She dated choreographer and dancer Paul Kirkland from 2010 to 2015.^[22]

She is currently engaged to Brian Austin Green. They met in 2020 after being set up by mutual friends.^[23] In February 2022, they announced they were expecting their first child together. Their son was born on June 28, 2022.^[24] On September 22, 2023, Burgess announced via Instagram that she and Green were engaged.^[25][26][27]

On 6 October 2022, Burgess announced that she had become a United States citizen.^[28]

Filmography

As herself

Television^[29]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011–2021	Dancing with the Stars	Dancer / Choreographer	American version of Dancing with the Stars; 160 episodes
2017	Celebrity Family Feud	Contestant	Episode: "Dancing with the Stars vs. Shark Tank and Cynthia Bailey vs. Kandi Burruss-Tucker"
2018	Country Music Association Awards	Presenter	Television special
2019	Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two	Choreographer	Episode: "Episode #16.59"
2019–2024	Dancing with the Stars	Judge	Australian version of Dancing with the Stars; 18 episodes

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