Giulia Dotta (born 31 January 1992) is an Italian dancer and choreographer. She started dancing from an early age specialising in latin and ballroom dance and has had competition experience at both national and international levels. She is best known for being a professional dancer on the Irish series of Dancing with the Stars.
Career Dotta has been dancing professionally since 2012. Between 2012 and 2016, Dotta toured extensively with the Burn the Floor tour. Performing worldwide in countries including United States, China, Australia, South Africa, Japan, South Korea and the United Kingdom.
In 2015 Giulia Dotta took part in the music video for the song The girl in the yellow dress by David Gilmour from the album Rattle That Lock, lending her image and choreography to the cartoon created and directed by Danny Madden.Ending titles credits The girl in the yellow dress
In 2016, she performed alongside Strictly Come Dancing professional Brendan Cole in his UK & Ireland tour.
In 2017 and 2018, she performed alongside Strictly Come Dancing professional Giovanni Pernice in his UK & Ireland tours. In 2018, Dotta also toured with Strictly Come Dancing contestants, Harry Judd, Louis Smith and Aston Merrygold's UK tour, Rip it Up.
Dancing with the Stars In 2017, Dotta was announced as one of the professional dancers for the first series of Dancing with the Stars. She was partnered with comedian, Des Bishop. Despite being one of the highest scoring couples up to that point, they were eliminated in what was described as a "shock elimination" in week six of the competition, finishing in eighth place.
In 2018, Dotta was partnered with former Ireland rugby player, Tomás O'Leary. The couple were eliminated in the fourth week of the competition, finishing in tenth place.
In 2019, Dotta was partnered with comedian, Fred Cooke. The couple reached the semifinal of the competition and were eliminated in fourth place.
In 2020, Dotta was paired with Fair City actor, Ryan Andrews. On March 15 2020, it was announced that the scheduled semi-final had become the final due to precautions around the COVID-19 pandemic halting production early. Dotta and Andrews were one of the four couples in the final. They finished as runners-up to winners, Lottie Ryan and Pasquale La Rocca.
SeriesPartnerPlace1Des Bishop8th2Tomás O'Leary10th3Fred Cooke4th4Ryan Andrews2nd
Highest and Lowest Scoring Per Dance
DancePartnerHighestPartnerLowestAmerican Smooth Ryan Andrews 30 Fred Cooke 13Cha-cha-cha Des Bishop 24 Fred Cooke 12Charleston Ryan Andrews 30 Fr. Ray Kelly1 14Contemporary Ballroom Ryan Andrews 30 Des Bishop 23Foxtrot Fred Cooke 21 Tomás O'Leary 17Jive Ryan Andrews 28 Denis Bastick1 21Paso Doble Des Bishop 24 Tomás O'Leary 16Quickstep Ryan Andrews 27 Fred Cooke 24Rumba Ryan Andrews 26 Salsa Ryan Andrews 27 Des Bishop 21Samba Ryan Andrews 29 Fred Cooke 17Showdance Tango Ryan Andrews 23 Fred Cooke 17Viennese Waltz Fred Cooke 20 Waltz 1 These scores was awarded during Switch-Up Week.
Series 1
Celebrity partner Des Bishop; Average: 22; Place: 8th
Week No.Dance/SongJudges' scoreTotalResultRedmondBarryBenson1Tango / "Libertango"56718No elimination2No dance performed - - - -3Salsa / "Club Tropicana"77721Safe4Contemporary Ballroom / "Writing's on the Wall"78823Safe5Cha-cha-cha / "Uptown Funk"88824Safe6Paso Doble / "When Love Comes to Town"88824Eliminated
Series 2
Celebrity partner Tomás O'Leary; Average: 18.3; Place: 10th
Week No.Dance/SongJudges' scoreTotalResultRedmondBarryBenson1Foxtrot / "All of Me"56617No elimination2No dance performed - - - -3Jive / "Chasing Cars"77822Safe4Paso Doble / "Immigrant Song"55616Eliminated
Series 3
Celebrity partner Fred Cooke; Average: 19.6; Place: 4th
Week No.Dance/SongJudges' scoreTotalResultRedmondBarryBenson1Cha-cha-cha / "Sexy and I Know It"345No elimination2No dance performed - - - -3Charleston / "Right Said Fred"78823Safe4American Smooth / "The Pink Panther Theme"445Safe5Tango / "Beat It"56617Safe6Jive / "Great Balls of Fire"77721No eliminationSwitch-Up Week with Denis Bastick7Quickstep / "Dancin' Fool"88824Bottom two8Jive / "I'm Still Standing"88824Safe9Viennese Waltz / "With a Little Help from My Friends"Team Dance / "Born This Way"687979Safe10Samba / "We've Got the World"Euro-thon / "Making Your Mind Up"5Awarded626pointsBottom two11Foxtrot / "Brown Eyed Girl"Salsa / "Best Years of Our Lives"787878Eliminated
Series 4
Celebrity partner Ryan Andrews; Average: 26.7; Place: 2nd
Week No.Dance/SongJudges' scoreTotalResultRedmondBarryBenson1Cha-cha-cha / "If I Can't Have You"678No elimination2No dance performed - - - -3Tango / "Bad Guy"78823Safe4Jive / "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"9109Safe5Rumba / "Fix You"89926Safe6Charleston / "National Express"455No eliminationSwitch-Up Week with Fr. Ray Kelly7Salsa / "Perfect Strangers"99927Safe8Contemporary Ballroom / "Life on Mars"101010Safe9Quickstep / "What a Man Gotta Do"Team Dance / "Physical"98989827Safe10Charleston / "The Muppet Show theme"Rock-Til-You-Drop / "Happy Days"10Awarded10410pointsSafe11Samba / "Lo-Lo Dzama"American Smooth (with Karen Byrne) / "I Get a Kick Out of You"9101010101029Runners-up
Personal life From 2016 to 2021, Dotta was in a relationship with professional dancer and fellow Dancing with the Stars dancer, Kai Widdrington.
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