Tony Dovolani

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Tony Dovolani: Biography

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Birth Name: Driton Tony Dovolani
Birth Place: Prishtina, Kosovo, Albania
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 07/17/1973, Cancer
Profession: Professional ballroom dancer; reality cast member

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While he looks like the consummate Latin lover — he even played a Hispanic heartthrob in Jennifer Lopez's 2004 romantic comedy Shall We Dance?, for which he also served as the cast's dance instructor — Dovolani... read more

Tony Dovolani: TV Guide News

Top 6 Power Rankings: Romance Kisses Off Shannon-Derek Fans? | All Things Dancing with the Stars | 4/28/2008
It would seem that Kristi and Mark cannot be KO'd. Having topped TVGuide.com's Dancing with the Stars Power Rankings since the season began, the favorites now are enjoying their largest chunk of the reader vote to date — 70.9 percent. Playing a part in the pair's increased lead was the fall of Shannon and Derek, who this week — and in the wake of their off-stage romance being exposed — lost nearly half of their supporters. The result is we now have a veritable three-way fight for distant, distant second. Elsewhere, Marissa and Tony crept out of the cellar, leaving Mario and Karino to claim last-place dishonors.The Top 6 Power Rankings70.9% Kristi Yamaguchi and Mark Ballas8.9% Shannon Elizabeth and Derek Hough8.0% Cristian De La Fuente and Cheryl Burke 8.0% Jason Taylor and Edyta Sliwinska 2.2% Marissa Jaret Winokur and Tony Dovolani 2.0% Mario and Karina Smirnoff read more
Top 8 Rankings: The Most Lopsided Dancing Ever? | All Things Dancing with the Stars | 4/11/2008
TVGuide.com's new Dancing with the Stars Power Rankings — based on the weekly polling of you, the readers — are out, and Kristi and Mark are still waltzing away with this thing. Seriously, is there no catching them? Is the ice-skating fan base that massive a force to be reckoned with? Or is no one else on the parquet anywhere near up to par?For what it's worth, Shannon and Derek are putting their best feet forward these days, and are somewhat inching up on Team YamaBallas. Meanwhile, Marissa and Tony linger in (a tie for) last, veritably tapping their toes until the scythe comes.The Top 8 Power Rankings56.2% Kristi Yamaguchi and Mark Ballas 18.8% Shannon Elizabeth and Derek Hough10.6% Jason Taylor and Edyta Sliwinska 9.1% Cristián De La Fuente and Cheryl Burke 1.9% Marlee Matlin and Fabian Sanchez 1.4% Mario and Karina Smirnoff 1.0% Priscilla Presley and Louis Van Amstel 1.0% Marissa Jaret Winokur and Tony DovolaniRelated:• Photo Gallery: Top 8 Power... read more
Backstage Report: Derek's Setback, Lots of Baby Talk and Another Goodbye | All Things Dancing with the Stars | 4/2/2008
Weren't we just saying that Season 6 had no drama? Scratch that. On Tuesday morning, Derek Hough, Mark Ballas and Julianne Hough were rehearsing an up-tempo routine to Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out Of My Head," when Derek threw his head back "and I just felt my neck go," he says. "It crunched and popped and I said, 'I need some help.'"Paramedics rushed in to stabilize Derek's neck with a brace, put him on a gurney and drove him to the hospital where it was determined that he had strained a neck muscle, much like whiplash. The doctors gave him a neck brace and advised him to go to bed for three days "to get the weight off my neck," says Derek, who plans to forge ahead and dance next week. "We were really worried because Derek isn't one to complain," says his little sister, Julianne. "And so when we saw him run off the dance floor, we were like, 'uh, oh.'" Mark's father, Corky Ballas, was in the ballroom and witnessed the whole thing. "The studio was really cold this morning,"... read more
Dancing's Dovolani Expecting a Paso Doble of Babies | All Things Dancing with the Stars | 4/1/2008
Tony Dovolani's waiting for more than his scores this season on Dancing with the Stars. The pro and his wife, Lina, are expecting twins, People says. The new babies will be No. 2 and 3 for the couple, who have a 2-year-old daughter together."Kids are a blessing and give your life purpose and meaning," he says, noting, too, that "everything is great" with Lina's pregnancy, now in its fourth month.Dovolani's partner this season, Marissa Jaret Winokur, is also expecting a new addition to her family, via a surrogate, giving the two more in common than their dance steps. "I’m thinking about my babies and she’s thinking about her baby," he confides. "Now, if somebody doesn't point their toe, it's no longer as important as it used to be." — Anna Dimond read more
Meet Dancing Stars Marissa Jaret Winokur and Mario | All Things Dancing with the Stars | 3/13/2008
As Dancing with the Stars' newbies get ready to dazzle on the dance floor — the hit reality competition returns Monday, March 17 — we've got a week-long guide to who's hoofing for Season 7. Check back each day for our profiles of more pairings. — Deborah Starr SeibelMarissa Jaret WinokurAge 35 Best Known For Her Tony Award–winning performance in Hairspray Lives In Los Angeles Partner Tony Dovolani Advantages Winokur studied a little tap and jazz in college as part of her musical theater training. She’s also got a great outlook on life. In 2001, Winokur was diagnosed with cervical cancer. She beat the cancer, stopped eating junk food and improved her self image. “I would say to women out there: You can be happy and healthy, and you don’t have to be a size 0 to do this.”Disadvantages Winokur describes herself as “totally dyslexic. I can’t tell my left leg from my right leg.”MarioAge 21 Best Known For His chart-topping R&B... read more

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Dancing with the Stars, Tom Bergeron, Samantha Harris, Marissa Jaret Winokur,Tony Dovolani courtesy Kelsey McNeal/ABC

Dancing with the Stars, Marissa Jaret Winokur,Tony Dovolani courtesy Kelsey McNeal/ABC

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Tony Dovolani: Credits

Title	Year	Type
Dancing with the Stars (Reality Cast Member)	2005	TV Show Series
Ellen DeGeneres Show: Episode (Guest)		Episode
Ellen DeGeneres Show: Episode (Guest)		Episode
Here Come the Newlyweds: Take My Wife, Please (Appearing)		Episode