Julianne Hough Biography:

Dancer Julianne Hough allowed herself to be separated from her family at the tender age of ten in order to develop her dancing skills. She moved to London, England where she trained vigorously with a couple of dance coaches and studied at the Italia Conti Academy of Performing Arts. Her hard work and dedication paid off, as she became the youngest and only American to gain the titles of Junior Blackpool World Latin Champion and International Youth Champion. Aside from dancing, Hough was also trained in the art of singing. When she was 15 years old, she returned to her hometown in Utah, and spent the rest of her teen years with her 10 siblings. After graduating from high school, she relocated to Los Angeles in the hopes of building her singing, acting and dancing careers. Her television appearances include the game show Show Me the Money and the reality series Dancing with the Stars.

Before she was selected to join the regular dance cast of season 4 of Dancing with the Stars, Hough was with the show’s national tour group as a company dancer. She also served as replacement for dancer Kym Johnson when the latter suffered an arm injury while on tour. Julianne is a two-time champion on Dancing with the Stars.  She and her partner Winter Olympic gold medalist Apolo Anton Ohno won in season 4.  Julianne won again in season 5, paired with race car driver Helio Castroneves, triumphing over  Melanie Brown and Maksim Chmerkovskiy to win the mirror ball trophy.

To date, Hough is the youngest professional dancer to compete and to have won Dancing with the Stars. Helio and Julianne earned four perfect 30s in season 5.  Two perfect scores were earned on the same night, during the ninth performance show for the foxtrot and the cha cha.  They earned another perfect score for their final performance of the quickstep before they were announced the winners of the season.

In season 6, Julianne is paired with TV and radio personality Adam Carolla.