Damian Whitewood is an

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dancer and former

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competitor.

Background

Born and raised in

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Damian was first introduced to ballroom dancing at the age of 10 through his older brother. His mother was also a competitive ballroom dancer in her childhood days in London. From the age of 14, Damian was traveling across Australia competing in both ballroom and Latin competitions. He became National state champion, Australian champion, and Australasian champion in both ballroom and Latin and represented

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in many world competitions.

Career

In 2001 he joined the cast of

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, which has sold millions of tickets in over 30 countries and 160 cities worldwide. He was a dancer with the company in 2009 making his

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debut. In 2010, Damian made the move to prime-time television in the US as one of the professional dancers on

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's top rated program, "

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" on season 10. He was partnered with

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who he has continually been working with all around the world. Damian has guest appeared on the

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i "

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" רוקדים עם כוכבים, version of "

". He has also competed on the

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" Series 7. Damian has choreographed and appeared on "

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" in

and the

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and also "

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" in

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. He was a Co-Host at the Just For Laughs comedy festival in

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for

's Variety Gala. Damian was a runner-up on the Australian "

" Season 12 with Danielle Spencer.

References

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