The long and winding road! Valentin “Val” Chmerkovskiy has had a very fruitful journey on Dancing With the Stars — after following closely in big brother Maksim Chmerkovskiy’s footsteps. Val first appeared on the reality show during season 2 in 2006, but it wasn’t until season 13, which aired in 2011, that he competed with … Read more
VAL CHMERKOVSKIY. ABC/Andrew Eccles Val Chmerkovskiy will not be participating in Dancing With the Stars next Monday after testing positive for COVID-19. “I got some bad news. I, unfortunately, tested positive for covid and will not be able to perform this Monday,” the dancer, 36, shared via Instagram on Friday, October 28. “It sucks majorly … Read more
Awkward! Gabby Windey and Val Chmerkovskiy had to bring the romance to their rumba on Dancing With the Stars this week — but their respective partners didn’t mind. “Erich’s really supportive,” the Bachelorette alum, 31, told Us Weekly on Monday, October 24. Meanwhile, Chmerkovskiy, 36, joked that her fiancé, Erich Schwer, felt “left out” as … Read more
View gallery Image Credit: Disney+ Gabby Windey and Val Chmerkovskiy have their eyes on the mirrorball prize. During Michael Bublé Night, Gabby and Val sizzled with their sensual rumba to “Home.” Gabby and Val spoke with reporters after the show, including HollywoodLife, about what Gabby’s fiance Erich Schwer thinks about Gabby and Val’s hot performances … Read more
Sharing her man! Jenna Johnson helped her husband, Val Chmerkovskiy, and his Dancing With the Stars partner, Gabby Windey, with one of their routines — and told them not to hold back on the passion. “Rumba’s a really hard dance. Technically, but also emotionally,” Johnson, 28, said in a pre-taped package during the Monday, October … Read more
View gallery Image Credit: ABC/Eric McCandless The Dancing With The Stars pros wear many hats week after week. They are coaches, performers, competitors and, sometimes, hairstylists! Val Chmerkovskiy opened up to HollywoodLife.com in an EXCLUSIVE interview about how he balances it all, and even shared that he did his partner Gabby Windey‘s hair for the premiere … Read more
Putting in the work. While discussing season 31 of Dancing With the Stars, Val Chmerkovskiy praised his partner Gabby Windey and opened up about how they work so well together. “She’s a great student. She knows how to take direction and she doesn’t take things personally. With me, I think that’s, like, the biggest thing. … Read more
No. 1 fan! Val Chmerkovskiy is returning to the ballroom for Dancing With the Stars season 31 — and wife Jenna Johnson is eager to watch his weekly routines from the sidelines. “I’m just the spouse now,” the pregnant dancer, 28, exclusively told Us Weekly on Wednesday, September 7, while promoting her second fashion collaboration with Jo+Jax. “I just … Read more
View gallery Image Credit: Disney+ Corbin Bleu and Channing make a surprise appearance at Camp Shallow Lake in the middle of the night. They wake Ricky, E.J., Carlos, and Jet up out of the blue (and very loudly) to announce that it’s time for Color War. When Kourtney shows up at the cabin, she declares, … Read more
Future dancer! Pregnant Jenna Johnson and her husband, Val Chmerkovskiy, are expecting a little boy. Johnson, 28, and Chmerkovskiy, 36, revealed the sex of their child on Sunday, August 28. “IT’S A……BOY!!!!!!! 💙,” Johnson wrote via Instagram alongside photos of her and her husband celebrating with blue confetti poppers. “Today we are officially half way … Read more