peta murgatroyd was the youngest contestant on dancing with the stars.
peta murgatroyd was the youngest contestant on dancing with the stars.
who was the youngest contestant on dancing with the stars?
peta murgatroyd
as of season 27, 309 celebrities have competed. seven of those withdrew from the competition: sara evans of season three left the show to "give her family full attention" after filing for divorce; misty may-treanor of season seven was forced to pull out after an ankle injury; tom delay of season nine reportedly withdrew "due to stress fractures in both of his feet"; dorothy hamill of season sixteen withdrew due to a previous injury that was unrelated to the competition; billy dee williams of season eighteen quit due to a back injury; kim zolciak-biermann of season twenty-one was forced to withdraw after suffering a mini-stroke, which although cleared her to dance, prevented her from flying to california from atlanta; and tamar braxton of season twenty-one withdrew due to pulmonary embolisms in her lungs. at age 14, actress willow shields of season twenty was the youngest contestant to compete on the show. at age 82, actress cloris leachman of season seven was the oldest contestant to compete on the show. at age 51, singer donny osmond of season nine was the oldest contestant to win the competition. at age 16 years, laurie hernandez of season twenty-three was the youngest contestant to win. the first (and, as of now, only) contestant to pass away after appearing on the show is florence henderson of season eleven, who died on november 24, 2016, six years after her participation. forty-five professional dancers have partnered with the celebrities. the twenty-seven winners of the show, in chronological order, are kelly monaco, drew lachey, emmitt smith, apolo anton ohno, hélio castroneves, kristi yamaguchi, brooke burke, shawn johnson, donny osmond, nicole scherzinger, jennifer grey, hines ward, j.r. martinez, donald driver, melissa rycroft, kellie pickler, amber riley, meryl davis, alfonso ribeiro, rumer willis, bindi irwin, nyle dimarco, laurie hernandez, rashad jennings, jordan fisher, adam rippon and bobby bones. pro skateboarder, sky brown was the first junior champion. the sixteen professional partners who have won are alec mazo, cheryl burke (twice), julianne hough (twice), mark ballas (twice), derek hough (six times), kym johnson (twice), karina smirnoff, peta murgatroyd (twice), tony dovolani, maksim chmerkovskiy, witney carson, valentin chmerkovskiy (twice), emma slater, lindsay arnold, jenna johnson and sharna burgess. j.t. church was the first junior professional champion.
list of dancing with the stars (u.s.) competitors
the swedish public tended to vote for younger contestants. for example, of the four finalists decided by public vote – baby bang, skånske elias, mimmi sandén, and slowmotion phax – only one (slowmotion phax) was not the youngest in his group. baby bang (12 year old) was the youngest contestant in the first semi-finals (episode 5), skånske elias (8 years old) was the youngest contestant in the second semi-finals (episode 6), and mimmi sandén (12 years old) was the youngest contestant in the last semi-finals (episode 7).
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