Cheryl Burke Profile

Name: Cheryl Burke
Birth Name: Cheryl Bautista Burke
Birth Date: May 3, 1984
Birth Place: San Francisco, California, USA
Sex: Female
Nationality: American
Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m)
Weight: 155lb

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Cheryl Burke Quotes

My dance partner Cristian de la Fuente introduced me and Gerard a few weeks ago. He actually lives in my apartment building. We've been out together with friends and we've kissed.
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I really hate him. (jokes) He's very sensitive, so I have to be careful with my words during practice because sometimes I can get so strict and straight to the point that I might hurt his feelings. As a dancer, he is very musical. But I need to teach him to move his hips. I need it to become more natural and not so technical.
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To be recognized for a talent you've been working on all your life is an amazing feeling. The show was really nonstop work, but it was fun. And it was worth it. I have an agent now, and a publicist. Before, I didn't even know what a publicist was!
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Cheryl Burke Biography

Cheryl Bautista Burke was born on May 3, 1984 in Atherton, California. With a Russian, Filipino and Irish descent, the 4-year-old Cheryl Burke started occupying the dance floor they have at home and took ballet lessons. As Cheryl grew up, she then switched to ballroom and Latin dancing and has not stopped since. By age 13, Cheryl Burke already started competing in dance contests.

In 2005, Cheryl Burke won several competitions – she became the World Cup Latin Professional Rising Star, the Ohio Star Ball Rising Star Champion and the San Francisco Open Latin Champion. With all her accomplishments at such a young age, Burke was cast in the second season of “Dancing with the Stars,” – a reality dancing competition wherein celebrities are paired with professional dancers. Throughout the 2005 season, Cheryl and her partner 98 Degrees star Drew Lachey performed 10 dance numbers. Out of these 10 dances, Burke and Lachey scored the best on seven of them, including the Quickstep, Rumba, Tango, Jive, Foxtrot, Paso Doble and Freestyle rounds. Eventually, Cheryl Burke and Drew Lachey became the champions of the second season.

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About Cheryl Burke

Cheryl Burke has been dancing ballet and performing at local shows since age 4. She then shifted to ballroom dancing and trained in Latin and standard ballroom dancing. At 13 years old, Burke has been joining dance competitions.

Burke is a star of the TV dancing reality show, “Dancing with the Stars.” In the show’s second season, Cheryl Burke won with 98-Degrees member, Drew Lachey. In the third season, she won another championship with retired football star, Emmitt Smith. She then joined the 38-city ‘Dancing with the Stars Tour’ from December 2006 to February 2007. When the fourth season of the show started in March 2007, Burke was partnered with actor Ian Siering, but the pair was eliminated in the semi-finals. She then joined another summer tour, visiting 24 cities from June to July 2007.

On the 5th season, Cheryl Burke was partnered with Las Vegas entertainer, Wayne Newton, but was voted off from the competition after three episodes. But she still kept busy by the ‘Dancing with the Stars winter tour’ from December 2007 to February 2008. By season 6, Burke was dancing with actor Cristian de la Fuente, but they only came 3rd place during the finals. In season 7, she danced with partner Maurice Greene, but only came in 5th place.

Outside her dancing career, Burke became involved in charity and helped raise funds for the International School of the Peninsula in California and Menlo School.