Trent Whiddon
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Trent Whiddon is an
Early life
Whiddon started dancing at the age of seven. His mother encouraged him and he trained in a wide range of styles including Ballroom, Latin-American, Jazz, Tap, Ballet and Hip Hop. At the age of 15 he represented Australia at the Junior British Championships, reaching the open final. In 2005 he competed as a Latin dancer with partner Peta Murgatroyd.[1]
Two years later he joined the cast of Burn the Floor. In his second tour with the show he became lead dancer and later served as Dance Captain and Company Manager.
Whiddon has also appeared as a professional dancer on Australia's Dancing with the Stars and has choreographed for two seasons of So You Think You Can Dance Australia, alongside his Slovenian wife Gordana Grandosek, whom he met in 2008 when they became dance partners and Australian Professional Ten Dance Champions.[2]
Television appearances
Strictly Come Dancing
On 6 August 2014 it was announced that
| Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' scores | Total | Result | |||
| Horwood | Bussell | Goodman | Tonioli | ||||
| 1 | Shake It Off "
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8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 31 | No elimination |
| 2 | Come Away With Me "
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7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 31 | Safe |
| 3 | Quickstep / "Be Our Guest" | 7 | 9, 9* | 9 | 9 | 43 | Safe |
| 4 | Rumba / "Stay with Me" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 32 | Safe |
| 5 | Samba / "I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 35 | Safe |
| 6 | Tango / "Danger! High Voltage" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 33 | Safe |
| 7 | Foxtrot / "When I'm Sixty-Four" | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 36 | Safe |
| 8 | Pasodoble / "The Eve of the War" | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 38 | Safe |
| 9 | Charleston / "Sparkling Diamonds" | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 37 | Safe |
| 10 | Viennese Waltz / "Tulips from Amsterdam "
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9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 38 | Safe |
| 11 | Cha-Cha-Cha / "Love Shack" Waltz-a-Thon / "The Last Waltz" |
9 Awarded |
9 6 |
8 Extra |
9 Points |
35 41 |
Eliminated |
- Score awarded by guest judge Donny Osmond
Dancing with the Stars: Ireland
On 4 January 2019 Whiddon was announced as a replacement partner for model Holly Carpenter, after her original partner Curtis Pritchard was injured in a nightclub attack on 26 December 2018. They were the second couple to be eliminated.
| Week # | Dance/Song | Judges Scores | Total | Result | ||
| Redmond | Barry | Benson | ||||
| 1 | No dance performed | - | - | - | - | No elimination |
| 2 | Salsa / "Neon Lights" | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |
| 3 | Waltz / "Lollipops and Roses" | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | Safe |
| 4 | Foxtrot / "Beauty and the Beast" | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | Eliminated |
References
- ^ "Trent Whiddon & Peta Murgatroyd". DancesportInfo.Net. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ a b "BBC One - Strictly Come Dancing - Trent Whiddon". BBC.
- ^ "Strictly Come Dancing 2014: Robin Windsor pulls out of series after suffering back injury - Metro News". Metro. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ Martin, Lara (23 April 2015). "Strictly Come Dancing: Trent Whiddon, Iveta Lukosiute leave show". Reveal. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
External links
- Trent Whiddon on Twitter
