About Julianne:
- Date of birth: July 20, 1988
- Profession: Singer and Dancer
- Musical genre: Country, Country pop
- Label: Mercury Records, Universal Music Group Nashville
Fun Facts:
-- is a two-time winner of dancing with the stars.
-- She earned a Creative Arts Prime-time Emmy nomination in 2007 for choreography.
-- ABC's 20/20 called her "one of the very best dancers on the planet".
-- One of her first professional experiences with dance was as an assistant choreographer for Gwen Stefani's "Wind it Up" music video. She was also featured in a few television commercials. She was also one of the "Million Dollar Dancers" on the television show, Show Me the Money.
Dancing with the Stars:
In the fourth season of the U.S. version of Dancing with the Stars, she won, with her partner Apolo Anton Ohno, an Olympic gold medalist speed skater. This made her the youngest professional dancer to win on the show. On November 27, 2007, Hough and her partner, Hélio Castroneves, became the winners of Season 5. Hough returned for season 6 with comedian Adam Carolla, but they were eliminated in the fourth week. In July 2008, Hough was nominated at the60th Primetime Emmy Awards in the category of "Outstanding Choreography" for her Mambo "Para Los Rumberos" on Dancing with the Stars.
On August 25, 2008, the cast of season 7 was announced, and Hough was partnered with Hannah Montana actor Cody Linley. She felt abdominal pains during their jitterbug performance on October 27, 2008 and was immediately rushed to a hospital following the encore performance. She subsequently had surgery to have her appendix removed, causing her to miss several performances, however, Edyta Śliwińska stood in for her. Hough returned to the show, although the pair were ultimately eliminated in the Semifinals Competition. She appeared on the November 12 results show dancing the jive to "Great Balls of Fire" with her brother for the "Design-A-Dance" contest. Julianne and her brother, Derek, were selected the favorite pros on the show by an online vote at ABC.com and won the honor of doing this special audience designed dance.
On November 20, 2008, Hough told Ryan Seacrest on his radio show she would not be returning for the foreseeable future to Dancing with the Stars in order to further her country music career. However, she did return for the eighth season, partnering with real life boyfriend, and country singer, Chuck Wicks. They were voted off in the eighth week of the competition and came in 6th place.
