Salome Chachua

Salome Tchatchua
Chachua in Austria
Born (1990-06-23) 23 June 1990 (age 34)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Occupation(s)Dancer
Choreographer
Television personality

Salome Chachua (Georgian: სალომე ჭაჭუა Salome Ch’ach’ua, born 23 June 1990) is a Georgian ballroom and Latin dancer and choreographer.

Career

Chachua is a seven-time Georgian Latin dancing champion. From 2004 to 2006, Chachua represented Georgia in several Junior World dance competitions. She was at one time ranked 57th in WDC Professional Latin and 73rd in WDSF RLS Latin.[1]

So You Think You Can Dance

In 2016, Chachua was a judge on the Georgian version of the dance competition show So You Think You Can Dance.[2]

Dancing with the Stars

Georgia

Between 2012 and 2018, Chachua appeared as a professional dancer on seven non-consecutive seasons of the Georgian version of Dancing with the Stars, reaching the final with her celebrity partners three separate times.[3][4][5]

Series Partner Place
1 Levan Rostoshvili 4th
2 Giorgi Vardosanidze 2nd
3 Toli Boisa 5th
5 Zura Gorgadze 5th
6 Andria Gvelesiani 2nd
7 Irakli Makatsaria 2nd
8 Giorgi Giligashvili 4th

Ireland

On 22 December 2021, Chachua was announced as one of the new professionals to join the fifth series of the Irish version of Dancing with the Stars.[6][7][8] Her partner was rugby union player, Jordan Conroy. Chachua and Conroy performed for the first time on the second week of the show scoring one of the highest scores of the week.[9][10] They reached the finals, finishing as joint runners-up behind Nina Carberry and Pasquale La Rocca.

Chachua returned for the sixth series in 2023, partnered with former Dublin GAA footballer, Paul Brogan.[11] They were the third couple to be eliminated from the competition.

Chachua returned for the seventh series in 2024, partnered with Wild Youth singer, David Whelan. They reached the final finishing as joint runners-up behind Jason Smyth & Karen Byrne.

Series Partner Place Average
5 Jordan Conroy 2nd 25.7
6 Paul Brogan 9th 18.4
7 David Whelan 2nd 27.0

Highest and Lowest Scoring Per Dance

Series 5 – with celebrity partner Jordan Conroy
Week No. Dance/Song Judges' score Total Result
Redmond Barry Gourounlian
1 No dance performed - - - - No elimination
2 Salsa / "Take You Dancing" 7 7 8 22
3 Quickstep / "Lightning Bolt" 6 6 7 19 Safe
4 Cha-cha-cha / "I Like to Move It" 6 7 7 20 Safe
5 Paso Doble / "Paint It Black" 9 9 9 27 Safe
6 Foxtrot / "Isn't She Lovely" 7 6 6 19 No elimination
7 Jive / "Runaway Baby" 9 10 10 29 Safe
8 Contemporary Ballroom / "High Hopes" 10 10 10 30 Bottom two
9 Samba / "Magalenha" 8 8 8 24 Bottom two
101 Charleston / "Walk Like An Egyptian"
Team Dance / "Cuba" 		9
9 		10
9 		10
9 		29
27 		Safe
11 American Smooth / "I Get the Sweetest Feeling"
Bust-a-Move Marathon / "I'm So Excited" 		9
Awarded 		9
5 		10
points 		28
33 		Safe
12 Paso Doble / "Paint It Black"
Showdance / "Fire it Up" 		10
10 		10
10 		10
10 		30
30 		Runners-up

1In week 10, Chachua tested positive for COVID-19, so her partner, Jordan Conroy danced with Emily Barker.

Series 6 – with celebrity partner Paul Brogan
Week No. Dance/Song Judges' score Total Result
Redmond Barry Gourounlian
1 American Smooth / "Come Fly With Me" 4 5 6 15 No elimination
2 Samba / "Get Busy" 4 5 5 14
3 Waltz / "Take It to the Limit" 6 7 7 20 Safe
4 Charleston / "A Star Is Born" 9 9 9 27 Safe
5 Tango / "Locked Out of Heaven" 5 5 6 16 Eliminated
Series 7 – with celebrity partner David Whelan
Week No. Dance/Song Judges' score Total Result
Redmond Barry Gourounlian
1 Tango / "Bad Habits" 7 8 8 23 No elimination
2 Charleston / "Bad Boy Good Man" 8 8 8 24
3 Viennese Waltz / "Good" 8 8 8 24 Safe
4 Jive / "You Never Can Tell/Misirlou" 9 9 9 27 Safe
5 Cha-cha-cha / "Lil Boo Thang" 8 8 8 24 Safe
6 Rumba / "Fields of Gold" 9 10 9 28 No elimination
7 Quickstep / "Almost Like Being in Love" 9 8 9 26 Safe
8 Contemporary Ballroom / "Paradise" 9 9 10 28 Safe
9 Paso Doble / "Whole Lotta Love"
Team Dance / "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)" 		9
9 		9
10 		10
10 		28
29 		Safe
10 Salsa / "Wrapped Up"
Scare-a-thon / "Dead Ringer for Love" 		10
Awarded 		10
3 		10
points 		30
33 		Bottom two
11 Jive / "You Never Can Tell/Misirlou"
Showdance / "All That Really Matters" 		10
10 		10
10 		10
10 		30
30 		Runners-up

References

  1. ^ "Details of WDSF athlete Salome Chachua | World DanceSport Federation at worlddancesport.org". www.worlddancesport.org. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  2. ^ "REVEALED: Meet The Dancing With The Stars Couples". 5 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  3. ^ "სალომე ჭაჭუა უცხოეთში მიემგზავრება - რომელი ქვეყნის "ცეკვავენ ვარსკვლავებში" გამოჩნდება მოცეკვავე". www.ambebi.ge. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  4. ^ "სალომე ჭაჭუა". intermedia.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  5. ^ "სალომე ჭაჭუა: "ხშირად ვფიქრობ, რომ კარგი იქნება, დედა გავხდე..."". fortuna.ge. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  6. ^ "Dancing with the Stars professional dancers revealed". 2021-12-22. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ "Dancing with the Stars reveal twelve Professional Dancers for new Season". Extra.ie. 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  8. ^ "Five new pro-dancers join the new series of Dancing With The Stars". sundayworld. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  9. ^ Power, Ed. "Dancing With the Stars week 2: Erica-Cody and Jordan Conroy wow the judges". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  10. ^ "სალომე ჭაჭუასა და ჯორდან კონროის ცეცხლოვანი სალსა ირლანდიურ "ცეკვავენ ვარსკვლავებში" და ქართველი მოცეკვავით აღფრთოვანებული მაყურებელი (ვიდეო)". www.ambebi.ge. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  11. ^ Glennon, Nicole (2022-12-19). "Dancing with the Stars: Pairings revealed as Dr Marie Cassidy, Carl Mullan, prepare to dance". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2022-12-21.