Early life

Sharna Burgess was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia to Ray and Lucy Burgess. Despite being a tomboy, Burgess found a love for dance. 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 Sydney Olympic Games closing ceremony.

Career

At age 18, Burgess moved to London, where she collected numerous titles and appeared in a UK tour with the show, Simply Ballroom. 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.

Burgess' first television appearances were on the Australian Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance (Belgium and the Netherlands). She joined the cast of Dancing with the Stars season 13 as a troupe member. 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. 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 August 27. 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. The pair made it to the finals and finished in third place. For season 21, she was paired with Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter. The couple made it to the finals and ended in second place. 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.

Season	Partner	Place	Average Score
16	Andy Dick	7th	19.3
17	Keyshawn Johnson	12th	17.5
18	Charlie White	5th	27.0
19	Tavis Smiley	12th	28.5
20	Noah Galloway	3rd	32.9
21	Nick Carter	2nd	27.2
22	Antonio Brown	4th	24.7

With celebrity partner: Andy Dick (average:19.3)

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

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

With celebrity partner: Keyshawn Johnson (average: 17.5)

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

With celebrity partner: Charlie White (average:27.0)

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	91	Safe
42	Rumba / "Wildest Moments"	7	8	9	93	No Elimination
5	Jazz / "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"	9	10	9	94	Safe
6	Cha-cha-cha / "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"	9	9	9	95	Safe
7	Paso Doble / "Sail" Team Freestyle / "The Cup of Life"	9 8	8 8	9 9	106 10	Safe
8	Quickstep / "My Heart Goes Boom" Celebrity Dance Duel (Contemporary) / "Stay with Me"	10 9	10 9	10 10	107 10	Safe
9	Foxtrot / "New York, New York" Samba / "Mo Money Mo Problems"	10 9	10 9	10 9	108 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.

With celebrity partner: Tavis Smiley (average: 28.5)

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

With celebrity partner: Noah Galloway (average: 32.9)

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	Viennese Waltz / "The Time of My Life" Paso Doble / "Unstoppable"	9 -	9 10	9 10	9 10	Safe
10	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

With celebrity partner: Nick Carter (average: 27.2)

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	91/9	9	Safe
4	Jazz / "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"	9	9	9	Safe
52	Paso Doble / "Don't Look Down"	9	9/83	9	No Elimination
6	Samba / "You Should Be Dancing"	9	10/104	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	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	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. 3Score given by guest judge Maksim Chmerkovskiy 4Score given by guest judge Olivia Newton-John.

With celebrity partner: Antonio Brown (average: 24.7)

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	8/91	9	Safe
5	Cha-cha-cha / "Son of a Preacher Man"	7	6/62	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 93	9 10	9 10	Safe
9	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.

Other information

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 needed knee ligament reconstruction surgery because she ripped two ligaments in half and lost all the meniscus in one knee. She dated choreographer and dancer Paul Kirkland from 2010 to 2015 Burgess also dances disco, club/freestyle, hip hop, jazz and swing.

She has been best friends with Dancing With the Stars co-star, Peta Murgatroyd for over 10 years.

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