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  • Birth Name: Driton 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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Dancing With the Stars: Shock, Awe and Injuries

It wouldn't be Dancing With The Stars without injuries — and in the last 24 hours, there have been two doozies, both involving the professional dancers. On Tuesday night, despite the fact that he had just dislocated his shoulder, Derek Hough powered through the pain to perform a reunion dance with his movie star sister, former pro Julianne Hough

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Dancing’s Chynna Phillips: I Had a Lot of Abandonment Issues and Turned to Drugs and Alcohol

Before joining the Dancing with the Stars cast, Chynna Phillips had never seen the show. Perhaps that's working in her favor: Phillips is this season's front-runner. After her first week's performance, judge Carrie Anne Inaba described her dance as "magical" and "perfection." Since then, Phillips and partner Tony Dovolani have received the season's first 9 out of 10 score from the judges. Last week was particularly poignant for the singer: teams were required to express the most memorable year of their lives through dance. Phillips chose 1990's "Hold On," the hit single from her former band Wilson Phillips' debut album -- a markedly significant turning point in her life. "I had a lot of abandonment issues. I ended up turning to drugs and alcohol as a teenager," she says.
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Who's Chaz Bono's Dancing Partner? See the 12 New Pairs

Every star needs a Dancing pro. ABC has revealed the 12 pairs for Season 13 of Dancing with the Stars.

Defending champ Kym Johnson will aim for back-to-back Mirrorball trophies with David Arquette, while fellow two-time champs ...
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Tony Dovolani: Videos

DWTS: Audrina Patridge Nails Waltz
DWTS: Kate & Jake's Tough Week
DWTS: Tony Gets Animated
The Finalists' Instant Samba!

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Year Title Description
2011 Miss America Pageant TV Show Series, Judge
2010 Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade TV Show Series, Performer
2009 Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade TV Show Series, Appearing
2006 The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Episode Episode, Guest
2005 Dancing with the Stars TV Show Series, Reality Cast Member

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Dancing with the Stars Backstage Report: Wendy Williams' Bizarre Behavior

Here's one for the etiquette police, and a first for Dancing With the Stars: Talk show host Wendy Williams — the second star this season to be told that her Dancing days are over — decided to skip the traditional "last dance" with her pro partner, Tony Dovolani. "I want to thank the judges, and I want to thank you also, Tony, for teaching me how to dance," said Williams upon her dismissal.... read more

Miss Nebraska Becomes Youngest Miss America in 78 Years

Miss Nebraska Teresa Scanlan was named Miss America, becoming the youngest winner since 1933.

The 17-year-old recent high school graduate is also the first Miss Nebraska to win the title. Scanlan played "White Water Chopsticks" on piano for the talent competition and spoke about eating disorders.

Following her reign, she plans to attend law school and hopes to become a politician. She said she'll register to vote as... read more

Backstage at Dancing With the Stars: Maks Makes Peace

Here's what you didn't see on Tuesday night's Dancing With the Stars after former NFLer Kurt Warner was drop-kicked from the show and the cameras stopped rolling: Pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy breaking away from the group hug around Warner, going to the judges' table and putting his arms around Carrie Ann Inaba, who had roundly criticized the beginning of his choreography on Monday night. They stayed that way for a long moment, talking privately into each other's ears. 

It seemed to restore peace in the Dancing neighborhood, at least for now. Says Chmerkovskiy, explaining his unusually heated reaction to ... read more

Dancing's Kurt Warner: I'm "Dumbfounded" By the Instant Dance

In case you're wondering, Kurt Warner still doesn't know the difference between flexed knees and bent knees. "I have no idea. I don't even know which one I'm supposed to have!" the Dancing with the Stars contestant tells TVGuide.com nearly a week after judge Len Goodman criticized his knee technique. "Because I'm so tall, Anna [Trebunskaya] always tells me to bend my knees. ... I just listen to her. She tries to focus on the things that are most important." This week, the former Arizona Cardinals quarterback has yet another thing to worry about —the Instant Dance.

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Dancing's Dovolani: "People Were Rooting for Me to Get a Good Partner — and I Got One"

Rumbas are supposed to be sexy, sensual and romantic. But funny? "Ours will be! We'll break the mold," Dancing with the Stars' Tony Dovolani tells TVGuide.com. The pro will debut his chuckle-worthy routine with The Hills' Audrina Patridge Monday as part of Dancing's TV Theme week. Their song? Natasha Bedingfield's "Unwritten" — the Hills theme, of course. "We do a little nod to The Hills. It's going to be funny and hot," he says. "It represents what her show is about and her transformation from that show to our show." Find out what else you can expect from the duo's routine, why the Dancing pro thinks they can go all the way and how his waxed legs are doing. read more

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