Early life

Murgatroyd was born in Auckland, New Zealand, but moved to Australia when she was 18 months old; as a result, she considers herself more of an Australian. She was raised in Perth, Western Australia, and started studying classical ballet at age 4. According to ABC, she was trained for 12 years under former principal dancer of the Kirov Ballet, Madame Lubov Nikonorenko.

Career

Within three months of beginning ballroom training, Murgatroyd became the Australian State Champion and placed second in the Great World City Championships. Success at other competitions followed quickly; she was a semi-finalist in the Lion City Championships in Singapore and was a finalist in the Australian Open Championships. She placed 3rd in the world at the Blackpool Dance Festival Youth Under 21 Latin competitions in 2005.

Burn the Floor

Murgatroyd joined the cast of Burn the Floor in 2004, touring with them around the world for six years. When Burn the Floor landed on Broadway in August 2009, Murgatroyd was the lead female dancer.

Dancing with the Stars

Murgatroyd joined the cast of Dancing with the Stars in 2011 as one of the troupe members in the 12th season. She became a regular member of the professional cast as of the 13th season, where she was eliminated first, and won Season 14. Murgatroyd has been a regular member of the processional cast for every season of Dancing with the Stars since season 13.

Season	Partner	Place
13	Metta World Peace	12th
14	Donald Driver	1st
15	Gilles Marini	6th
16	Sean Lowe	6th
17	Brant Daugherty	7th
18	James Maslow	4th
19	Tommy Chong	5th
20	Michael Sam	10th
22	Nyle DiMarco	1st

The scores from Season 19 and 20 have been adjusted to be out of 30, not 40.

Dancing with the Stars (Season 13)

Main article: Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 13)

In season 13, Murgatroyd competed on the show as a professional with basketball player Metta World Peace. They were the first couple eliminated off the show.

Week #	Dance/song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Cha-Cha-Cha / "Krazy"	5	4	5	Eliminated

Dancing with the Stars (Season 14)

Main article: Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 14)

In 2012, Murgatroyd was again featured as a professional dancer competing on season 14 as the partner of football player Donald Driver. On 22 May, it was announced that the couple was the winner of the competition. She is the second professional to win after finishing last the prior season, after Kym Johnson.

Week #	Dance/song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Cha-Cha-Cha / "Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)"	7	7	7	No elimination
2	Quickstep / "Stay the Night"	8	8	8	Safe
3	Rumba / "One Sweet Day"	9	8	9	Safe
4	Paso Doble / "Purple Haze"	9	9	9	Safe
5	Argentine Tango / "Sin Rumbo"	10	8	9	Safe
6	Foxtrot / "The Way You Do the Things You Do" Motown Marathon / "Nowhere to Run"	9 Awarded	9 7	9 Points	Safe
7	Viennese Waltz / "La Donna è Mobile" / Team Paso Doble - "O Fortuna"	9 9	9 8	9 9	Safe
8	Tango / "Higher Ground" Jive / "Rip It Up"	9 10	9 9	9 9	Safe
9	Waltz / "Kissing You" Samba / "Mr. Big Stuff"	9 10	9 9	10 10	Last to be Called Safe
10	Argentine Tango / "They" Freestyle / "I Play Chicken with the Train" Cha-Cha-Cha / "Beggin'"	10 10 10	9 10 10	10 10 10	Winner

Dancing with the Stars (Season 15)

Main article: Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 15)

For season 15, Murgatroyd was partnered with actor and season 8 runner up Gilles Marini. They ended up in sixth place.

Week #	Dance/song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Foxtrot / "Call Me Irresponsible"	8	8	8	Safe
2	Jive / "Don't Stop Me Now"	8.5	8.5	8.5	Safe
3	Tango / "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"	8.5	8.5	8.5	Safe
4	Bollywood / "Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)"	10	9.5/10	10	Safe
5	Rumba / "I Will Always Love You" Team Freestyle / "Gangnam Style"	10 9	9.5 9	10 9	No elimination
6	Cha-Cha-Cha / "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" Group Country Western / "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)" & "I Play Chicken With A Train"	9 No	9 Score	9.5 Given	Safe
7	Argentine Tango & Samba Fusion / "When I Get You Alone" Swing Marathon / "Do Your Thing"	9.5 Awarded	9.5 5	9.5 Points	No Elimination
8	Quickstep / "Danger Zone" Salsa / "Rebelión"	9.5 9.5	10.0 10.0	10.0 9.5	Eliminated

Dancing with the Stars (Season 16)

Main article: Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 16)

In 2013, Murgatroyd was again featured as a professional dancer competing on season 16 as the partner of The Bachelor star Sean Lowe. They landed in sixth place.

Week #	Dance/song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Foxtrot / "The Power of Love"	7	6	6	No Elimination
2	Jive / "(Let's Get Movin') Into Action"	7	6	7	Safe
3	Prom Group Dance / "The Rockafeller Skank" Cha-cha-cha / "YMCA"	No 7	Scores 7	Given 7	Safe
4	Viennese Waltz / "I Won't Give Up"	6	7	7	Safe
5	Quickstep / "Go Get It"	8	8	8	Safe
6	Samba / "I Wish" Team Samba / Superstition	7 8	7 9	7 8	Bottom Two
7	Rumba / "Hero" Rumba Dance Off / "Apologize"	8 Lost	8 This	8 Event	Safe
8	Tango / "Hot n Cold" Jazz (Trio Challenge) / "Magic"	7 7	7 7	7 7	Eliminated

Dancing with the Stars (Season 17)

Main article: Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 17)

For season 17, Murgatroyd was paired with Pretty Little Liars actor Brant Daugherty. They were the sixth couple eliminated on November 4, 2013.

Week #	Dance/song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Cha-Cha-Cha / "Blurred Lines"	7	8	7	No Elimination
2	Rumba / "Underneath Your Clothes"	8	7	8	Safe
3	Quickstep / "Crazy in Love"	9	9	9	Safe
4	Salsa / "Shake Señora"	7	7	7	Last to be called safe
5	Contemporary / "Your Song"	9	9	9	Safe
6	Tango / "The Night Out" Switch-Up Challenge / Various	9 Awarded	10 3	9 Points	No Elimination
7	Jive / "Tutti Frutti" Freestyle Team 1 / "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)"	9 10	9 10	9 10	Safe
8	Foxtrot / "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" Dance Off / "I Found Someone"	9 Lost	9 The	9 Event	Eliminated

Dancing with the Stars (Season 18)

Main article: Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 18)

In 2014, Murgatroyd was again featured as a professional dancer competing on season 18 partnered with Big Time Rush member James Maslow. They made it to the finale but came in fourth place.

Week #	Dance/song	Judges' score				Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Guest1	Tonioli
1	Foxtrot / "Story of My Life"	7	7	—	7	No Elimination
2	Salsa / "Follow the Leader"	9	8	—	8	Safe
3	Jive / "The Middle"	9	9	9	9	Safe
42	Tango / "Dark Horse"	9	8	9	9	No Elimination
5	Contemporary / "Let It Go"	10	10	10	10	Safe
6	Quickstep / "You're the One That I Want"	9	8	9	9	Safe
7	Samba / "Gasolina" Team Freestyle / "The Cup of Life"	9 8	8 8	9 10	9 9	Last to be called safe
8	Viennese Waltz / "6'2" Celebrity Dance Duel (Jive) / "Ain't Nothing Wrong with That"	8 9	9 10	10 10	9 10	Last to be called safe
9	Cha-cha-cha / "Love Never Felt So Good" Rumba / "Islands in the Stream"	10 9	10 9	10 9	10 9	Safe
10	Tango / "Adore You" Freestyle / "Original Don"	9 10	10 9	—	10 10	Eliminated

1The guest judges were Robin Roberts (Week 3), Julianne Hough (Week 4), Donny Osmond (Week 5), Redfoo (Week 6), Ricky Martin (Week 7), Abby Lee Miller (Week 8) and Kenny Ortega (Week 9).

2For this week only, as part of the "Partner Switch-Up" week, Maslow performed with Cheryl Burke instead of Murgatroyd; Murgatroyd danced a rumba with Olympic ice dancing champion Charlie White, scoring a 33 (7, 8, 9, 9).

Dancing with the Stars (Season 19)

Main article: Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 19)

For season 19, Murgatroyd paired with comedian and actor Tommy Chong. The couple made it to the Semi-finals, but were then eliminated and finished in 5th place.

Week #	Dance/song	Judges' score				Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Hough	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "Drop It Like It's Hot"	7	6	7	7	Safe
2	Salsa / "Higher"	7	7	7	7	Safe
3	Argentine Tango / "Por una Cabeza"	8	101	8	8	Safe
4	Jive / "Jailhouse Rock"	7	72	7	7	Safe
53	Mambo / "Pass the Dutchie"	6	64	5	6	No Eimination
6	Foxtrot / "September"	7	75	7	7	Safe
7	Quickstep / "That Old Black Magic" Team Freestyle / "Time Warp"	7 8	7 8	7 8	7 8	Last to be called safe
8	Paso Doble / "Ring of Fire" Rumba Dance-Off / "I'm Not the Only One"	6 Awarded	7 3	7 Extra	6 Points	Last to be called safe
9	Viennese Waltz / "Trouble" Trio Samba / "Talk Dirty"	7 7	8 7	7 7	7 7	Safe
10	Jazz / "Tainted Love" Rumba / "Tainted Love" (acoustic version)	7 9	7 8	7 9	7 8	Eliminated

1Week 3 score given by guest judge Kevin Hart in place of Goodman.

2The American public scored the dance in place of Goodman with the averaged score being counted alongside the three other judges.

3This week only, for "Partner Switch-Up" week, Chong performed with Emma Slater instead of Murgatroyd. Murgatroyd performed with Jonathan Bennett.

4Score given by guest judge Jessie J in place of Goodman.

5Score given by guest judge Pitbull in place of Goodman.

Dancing with the Stars (Season 20)

Main article: Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 20)

For season 20, Murgatroyd was partnered with football player Michael Sam. The couple was eliminated on Week 4 and finished in 10th place.

Week #	Dance/song	Judges' score				Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Hough	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "Uptown Funk"	6	6	7	7	No Elimination
2	Foxtrot / "Working My Way Back to You"	7	7	7	7	Safe
3	Salsa / "Celebrate"	6	6	6	6	Safe
4	Rumba / "Not My Father's Son"	7	7	8	8	Eliminated

Dancing with the Stars (Season 21)

On August 19, 2015, Good Morning America announced Murgatroyd would be one of the pro dancers on the upcoming season twenty-one of Dancing with the Stars. However, before the season premiered, Murgatroyd was forced to sit this season out due to an ongoing ankle injury. Murgatroyd told People Magazine she had four torn ligaments and a floating piece of bone in her ankle which would require surgery and six to eight weeks of recovery time. Murgatroyd would have been partnered with singer Andy Grammer.

Murgatroyd returned to the show during the Season 21 semifinals where she performed a salsa trio with Backstreet Boy Nick Carter and Sharna Burgess. The group received a score of 30 for the dance.

Dancing with the Stars (Season 22)

Murgatroyd returned for season 22 and was partnered with deaf model and actor Nyle DiMarco. On May 24, 2016, Murgatroyd and DiMarco were crowned the season's champions.

Week #	Dance/song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "Cake by the Ocean"	8	7	8	No Elimination
2	Rumba / "Stole the Show"	7	6	7	Safe
3	Tango / "Verge"	8	8	9	Safe
4	Samba / "Trashin' the Camp"	8	8/91	9	Safe
52	Viennese Waltz / "I Get to Love You"	9	10/93	9	No Elimination
6	Quickstep / "Hey Pachuco"	8	8	9	Safe
7	Foxtrot / "Beautiful Day" Team Freestyle / "Super Bad", "Living in America" & "I Got You (I Feel Good)"	10 9	9 9	9 10	Safe
8	Paso Doble / "Victorious" Team-up Dance (Argentine Tango) / "Habanera"	10 10	9 10	10 94	Safe
9	Trio Jive / "Hit the Road Jack" Argentine Tango / "Unsteady"	9 10	9 10	9 10	Safe
10	Quickstep / "S.O.B." Freestyle / "The Sound of Silence" Cha-cha-cha & Tango Fusion / "Summer"	9 10 10	9 10 10	9 10 10	Winner

1 Score given by guest judge Zendaya.
2 For this week only, as part of "America's Switch Up", DiMarco performed with Sharna Burgess instead of Murgatroyd. Murgatroyd performed with Doug Flutie.
3 Score given by guest judge Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
4 Due to Tonioli being the judge coaching DiMarco's team during the team-up dance, the viewers scored the dance in his place with the averaged score being counted alongside the remaining judges.

Dancing with the Stars: Live!

In April 2015, it was announced Murgatroyd would take part in the Dancing with the Stars: Live! "Perfect Ten" tour during the summer of 2015. On June 25, 2015 the official Dancing with the Stars Twitter account announced Murgatroyd would be taking a short break from the tour due to an ankle injury.

Murgatroyd again joined the Dancing with the Stars: Live! for the "Dance All Night" tour in winter 2015-2016. The tour was scheduled to stop in 43 cities.

Sway: A Dance Trilogy

In 2014 Murgatroyd started performing in Sway: A Dance Trilogy in Westbury, New York alongside Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Chmerkovskiy credits his father Sasha with the idea for Sway. Sway is a live ballroom dance show starring Maksim, his brother Valentin, and Tony Dovolani. The show also features Murgatroyd, other professional dancers from Dancing with the Stars and So You think You Can Dance, and dance instructors from Dance with Me studios.

Personal life

Murgatroyd dated Australian professional ballroom dancer and former DWTS cast member Damian Whitewood for five years before breaking up in early 2012.

She has been dating DWTS pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy off and on since 2012. In 2015, Chmerkovskiy confirmed he and Murgatroyd were dating again. Chmerkovskiy and Murgatroyd became engaged on December 5, 2015, when he proposed while onstage for a performance of Sway: A Dance Trilogy in Miami, Florida.

Awards and achievements
Preceded by J.R. Martinez & Karina Smirnoff Bindi Irwin & Derek Hough	Dancing with the Stars (US) winner Season 14 (Spring 2012 with Donald Driver) Season 22 (Spring 2016 with Nyle DiMarco)	Succeeded by Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovolani current
Preceded by Bill Engvall & Emma Slater	Dancing with the Stars (US) semifinalist Season 18 (Spring 2014 with James Maslow)	Succeeded by Bethany Mota & Derek Hough
Preceded by Charlie White & Sharna Burgess	Dancing with the Stars (US) quarter-finalist Season 19 (Fall 2014 with Tommy Chong)	Succeeded by Chris Soules & Witney Carson
Preceded by Mike Catherwood & Lacey Schwimmer	Dancing with the Stars (US) last place Season 13 (Fall 2011 with Ron Artest)	Succeeded by Martina Navratilova & Tony Dovolani

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