Jonathan Roberts (dancer)

Jonathan Roberts
Born	(1974-04-20) April 20, 1974 (age 50) United States
Occupation	Ballroom dancer
Spouse	Anna Trebunskaya ​ ​ (m. 2003; sep. 2012)​

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.^[1]

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^[2]
• 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^[3]
• 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.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.

Season	Partner	Place
1	Rachel Hunter	4th
2	Giselle Fernández	8th
4	Heather Mills	7th
5	Marie Osmond	3rd
6	Monica Seles	11th
8	Belinda Carlisle	13th
9	Macy Gray	15th

With Rachel Hunter

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Waltz/ "Three Times a Lady"	7	6	7	No elimination
2	Rumba/ "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"	8	8	8	Bottom 2
3	Tango/ "Toxic"	8	9	9	Safe
4	Samba/ "Soul Bossa Nova"	7	9	9	Eliminated

With Giselle Fernandez

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Waltz/ "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Loved You)"	7	8	8	Safe
2	Rumba/ "Take My Breath Away"	8	8	8	Safe
3	Tango/ "Hernando's Hideaway"	7	8	7	Eliminated

With Heather Mills

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Foxtrot/ "Cheek to Cheek"	6	6	6	No elimination
2	Mambo/ "Mambo Italiano"	8	8	8	Safe
3	Jive/ "Can I Get a Witness"	8	8	8	Safe
4	Waltz/ "Sandy's Song"	7	8	8	Safe
5	Samba/ "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel"	7	7	7	Bottom 2
6	Paso Doble/ "Don't Cry For Me Argentina"	7	8	8	Eliminated

With Marie Osmond

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Foxtrot/ "I Hear a Symphony"	7	7	7	Safe
2	Mambo/ "Mambo"	8	8	8	Safe
3	Tango/ "Please Mister Brown"	9	8	9	Safe
4	Viennese Waltz/ "Can't Help Falling in Love"	9	9	8	Safe
5	Samba/ "Crickets Sing for Anamaria"	7	7	7	Safe
6	Paso Doble/ "Gallito"	8	8	7	Safe
7	Quickstep/ "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" Cha cha cha/ "Venus"	10 8	9 8	9 8	Safe
8	Rumba/ "My Cherie Amour" Jive/ "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under"	8 8	8 9	8 8	Safe
9 Semi-finals	Quickstep/ "Good Morning" Mambo/ "Guaglione"	10 9	10 9	9 9	Safe
10 Finals	Samba "Chica Chica Boom Chic" Freestyle/ "Start Me Up"	8 8	8 7	8 7	Third Place

With Monica Seles

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Foxtrot/ "Bubbly"	5	5	5	N/A
2	Mambo/ "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"	5	5	5	Eliminated

With Belinda Carlisle

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Waltz/ "What the World Needs Now is Love"	6	6	5	N/A
2	Salsa/ "Higher"	6	6	6	Eliminated

With Macy Gray

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Viennese Waltz/ "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" Cha-Cha-Cha relay/ "Centerfold"	6 Awarded	4 4	5 Points	Eliminated

References

1. "Jonathan Roberts & Anna Trebunskaya :: Home". Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2006-07-04. Official Biography
2. "OHIO STAR BALL CHAMPIONSHIPS - Results - Results". Archived from the original on 2008-09-28. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
3. Instructor Bio at Dance Spectrum Archived 2007-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Jonathan Roberts Bio - BuddyTV".
5. "'Dancing with the Stars' Cast Revealed". Extra.

External links

• Official Site
• Dancing with the Stars Biography
• Dancing With the Stars
• West Coast swing: Jonathan Roberts Reflects on Stepping up from Campbell Studio to TV Spotlight^{[permanent dead link‍]}