Tony Dovolani Bio - Biography

Name Tony Dovolani
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Naionality Yugoslavia
Date of Birth July 17, 1973
Place of Birth Pristina, Yugoslavia
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Driton "Tony" Dovolani (born July 17, 1973 in Pristina, Yugoslavia – in today's Kosovo) is a professional ballroom dancer, instructor and judge based in New York City. Dovolani, who is an ethnic Albanian, began folk dancing at age three. When he was 15, his entire family moved to the United States and Dovolani got the opportunity to attend classes at a Fred Astaire Dance Academy.Since that time, Dovolani has traveled the world and won many championships. He is best known for his involvement in the American version of Dancing with the Stars on ABC. Dovolani also had role as a Latin bad boy in the hit film, Shall We Dance? and spent time coaching Jennifer Lopez. While not dancing, Tony enjoys spending time at home with his wife,

He was partnered with Stacy Keibler in the second season, where they made it to the finals and ended up coming in third place.
In the third season he partnered with country music star Sara Evans. Midway through the season Evans withdrew from the competition because of her divorce proceedings.
Tony returned to the ballroom on March 19 for Season 4, this time partnered with Talk show host Leeza Gibbons.They were the third couple eliminated from the competition and came in 9th place.
He competed on season 5 and was partnered with actress, Jane Seymour.They were the seventh couple eliminated from the competition and finished in 6th place.
Dovolani was back for the sixth season. This time he was partnered with Broadway actress Marissa Jaret Winokur. They were eliminated in the semi-finals and finished in 4th place.
Tony competed on the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars; his partner was All My Children star Susan Lucci. They were eliminated in Week 7 and came in 6th place.
For the eighth season, Dovolani was supposed to be paired with Nancy O'Dell. However, on March 5, she had to withdraw due to a torn meniscus. His new partner has been revealed to be Melissa Rycroft.

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