Karen Clifton
Karen Clifton | |
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Born |
Valencia, Venezuela | 20 April 1982
Residence | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Dancer, choreographer |
Years active | 2009–present |
Home town | Queens, NYC U.S. |
Television |
So You Think You Can Dance Strictly Come Dancing |
Spouse(s) |
Matthew Hauer (divorced) Kevin Clifton (2015–2018) |
Karen Clifton (formerly Hauer; born 20 April 1982) is a Venezuelan professional Latin dance specialist and World Mambo Champion known for her appearances on the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing and the American TV series So You Think You Can Dance. She has also featured on Burn the Floor.
She participated in season 6 of So You Think You Can Dance and subsequently joined Strictly Come Dancing as a professional dancer.
So You Think You Can Dance
In 2009, as Karen Hauer she auditioned for season 6 of the US reality show So You Think You Can Dance.[1]
- Season 6
She originally auditioned with her husband at the time, Matthew Hauer, but Matthew was eliminated during Vegas week and Karen moved on to the top 20.
Week | Partner | Style | Music | Choreographer(s) | Results |
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1 | Kevin Hunte | Cha-Cha | "Push It"—Glee Cast | Tony Meredith and Melanie LaPatin | Safe |
2 | Kevin Hunte | Hip-Hop | "Ice Cream Paint Job"—Dorrough | Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo | Safe |
3 | Kevin Hunte | Hustle | "Come To Me"—France Joli | Maria Torres | Bottom 3 |
4 | Kevin Hunte | Broadway | "If My Friends Could See Me Now"—Christina Applegate | Spencer Liff | Bottom 3 |
5 | Victor Smalley | Tango | "Montserrat"— Orquesta del Plata | Tony Meredith and Melanie LaPatin | Eliminated |
5 | Victor Smalley | Hip-Hop | "Moving Mountains"—Usher | Laurie Ann Gibson | Eliminated |
Strictly Come Dancing
Highest and lowest scoring performances per dance
Dance | Partner | Highest | Partner | Lowest |
---|---|---|---|---|
American Smooth | Nicky Byrne (fusion with Samba) Mark Wright |
27 | Simon Rimmer | 16 |
Argentine Tango | Nicky Byrne | 30 | ||
Cha Cha Cha | Mark Wright | 35 | Dave Myers | 16 |
Charleston | Nicky Byrne Mark Wright |
36 | Simon Rimmer | 21 |
Foxtrot | Mark Wright | 35 | Nicky Byrne | 30 |
Jive | Mark Wright | 35 | Jeremy Vine | 20 |
Paso Doble | Mark Wright | 26 | Dave Myers | 16 |
Quickstep | Mark Wright | 29 | Simon Rimmer | 19 |
Rumba | Mark Wright | 33 | Nicky Byrne | 25 |
Salsa | Mark Wright | 32 | Jeremy Vine | 22 |
Samba | Mark Wright | 33 | Simon Rimmer | 19 |
Showdance | Mark Wright | 35 | ||
Something-athon | Mark Wright | 2 | ||
Tango | Mark Wright | 32 | Dave Myers | 20 |
Viennese Waltz | Mark Wright | 33 | ||
Waltz | Mark Wright | 31 | Nicky Byrne | 17 |
As Karen Hauer, she joined Strictly Come Dancing for series 10 partnering Nicky Byrne.[2] They reached week 10, the quarter-finals, before losing a dance-off to Denise van Outen and her partner James Jordan. Hauer returned for series 11 to partner Dave Myers, and they were voted out of the competition on 10 November, in week 7. In series 12, she was partnered by Mark Wright, and they made it to the final, coming in 4th place. In series 13, she was paired with the BBC Radio 2 presenter Jeremy Vine; they were eliminated in Week 8. For the 14th series she was paired with the singer Will Young who withdrew from the competition after the third week. In 2016, she won the Strictly Come Dancing Children in Need Special with the taekwondo athlete Lutalo Muhammad. She danced with the celebrity chef Ainsley Harriot for the 2016 Christmas special. In the 15th series she was chosen to partner TV chef Simon Rimmer. She is paired with actor Charles Venn in the current series.
Series | Partner | Place |
---|---|---|
10 | Nicky Byrne | 6th |
11 | Dave Myers | 10th |
12 | Mark Wright | 4th |
13 | Jeremy Vine | 9th |
14 | Will Young | 13th |
15 | Simon Rimmer | 11th |
16 | Charles Venn |
Series 10: with celebrity partner Nicky Byrne
Week | Dance/Song | Judges' scores | Total | Result | |||
Revel Horwood | Bussell | Goodman | Tonioli | ||||
1 | Waltz / "I Wonder Why" | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | No elimination |
2 | Cha Cha Cha / "Dynamite" | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | Safe |
3 | Quickstep / "Hey Pachuco" | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | Safe |
4 | Tango / "Weird Science" | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 26 | Safe |
5 | Rumba / "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | Safe |
6 | Foxtrot / "The Best Is Yet to Come" | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 30 | Safe |
7 | Jive / "Jailhouse Rock" | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 30 | Bottom two |
8 | Charleston / "Doop" | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 36 | Safe |
9 | Argentine Tango / "Skyfall" | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 30 | Bottom two |
10 | American Smooth Samba / "Troublemaker" |
5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 27 | Eliminated |
Series 11: with celebrity partner Dave Myers
Week | Dance/Song | Judges' scores | Result | |||
Revel Horwood | Bussell | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
1 | Cha Cha Cha / "Moves Like Jagger" | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | No elimination |
2 | American Smooth / "How D'Ya Like Your Eggs in the Morning?" | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Safe |
3 | Paso Doble / "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Safe |
4 | Waltz / "Take It to the Limit" | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | Safe |
5 | Salsa / "Cuban Pete" | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Safe |
6 | Jive / "Monster Mash" | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | Safe |
7 | Tango / "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | Eliminated |
Series 12: with celebrity partner Mark Wright
Week | Dance/Song | Judges' scores | Result | |||
Revel Horwood | Bussell | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
1 | Cha Cha Cha / "I'm Your Man" | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | No elimination |
2 | American Smooth / "I'm Yours | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
3 | Paso Doble / "Superman Theme" | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
4 | Quickstep / "Tiger Feet" | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | Bottom two |
5 | Samba / "That's the Way (I Like It)" | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | Safe |
6 | Jive / "Prologue (Little Shop of Horrors)" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | Safe |
7 | Waltz / "Weekend In New England" | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | Safe |
8 | Charleston / "We No Speak Americano" | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | Safe |
9 | Tango / "Love Runs Out" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | Safe |
10 | Salsa / "Viva Las Vegas" | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | Bottom two |
11 | Foxtrot / "L-O-V-E" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | Safe |
12 | Viennese Waltz / "I Got You Babe" Rumba / "Fields of Gold" |
8 9 |
8 8 |
9 8 |
8 8 |
Bottom two |
13 | Cha Cha Cha / "I'm Your Man" Showdance / "Don't Stop Me Now" |
8 8 |
9 9 |
9 9 |
9 9 |
Eliminated |
Series 13: with celebrity partner Jeremy Vine
She partnered BBC Radio 2 presenter Jeremy Vine, for the thirteenth series of the show, September to December 2015.
Week | Dance/Song | Judges' scores | Result | |||
Revel Horwood | Bussell | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
1 | Cha Cha Cha / "September" | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | No elimination |
2 | American Smooth / "Happy together | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Safe |
3 | Charleston / "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
4 | Jive / "Splish Splash" | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | Safe |
5 | Waltz/ "She" | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | Safe |
6 | Salsa / "Thriller" | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | Safe |
7 | Tango / "Go West" | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | Safe |
8 | Quickstep / "Going Underground" | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | Eliminated |
Karen featured in the 2016 Strictly Come Dancing tour as part of the group dances, alongside her husband Kevin Clifton, who partnered his 2014 celebrity Frankie Bridge
Series 14: with celebrity partner Will Young
She partnered singer Will Young, for the fourteenth series of the show.
Week | Dance/Song | Judges' scores | Result | |||
Revel Horwood | Bussell | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
1 | Tango / "Let's Dance" | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | No elimination |
2 | Jive / "Rock Around the Clock" | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | Safe |
3 | Salsa / "Jai Ho" | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | Safe |
4 | Viennese Waltz / "Say Something" | – | – | – | – | Withdrew |
Series 15: with celebrity partner Simon Rimmer
She partnered chef Simon Rimmer, for the fifteenth series of the show.
Week | Dance/Song | Judges' scores | Result | |||
Revel Horwood | Bussell | Ballas | Tonioli | |||
1 | Paso Doble / "Song 2" | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | No Elimination |
2 | Waltz / "You'll Never Walk Alone" | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | Safe |
3 | Quickstep / "You've Got a Friend in Me" | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | Bottom two |
4 | Samba / "Copacabana" | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | Safe |
5 | Charleston / "Fit as a Fiddle (And Ready for Love)" | 5 | 5 | 6 | – | Bottom two |
6 | American Smooth / "Delilah" | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Eliminated |
Series 16: with celebrity partner Charles Venn
She partnered actor Charles Venn, for the sixteenth series of the show.
Week | Dance/Song | Judges' scores | Result | |||
Revel Horwood | Bussell | Ballas | Tonioli | |||
1 | Cha-cha-cha / "Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)" | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | No Elimination |
2 | Quickstep / "Sir Duke" | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
3 | American Smooth / "Up Where We Belong" | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | Bottom Two |
Dance tours and other professional engagements
In August 2017, Karen & Kevin Clifton announced they would be touring the UK again in 2018 with their theatre tour 'Kevin and Karen Dance' following the sell out success of their first nationwide tour in 2017.[3]
References
- ↑ "FOX Broadcasting Company – So You Think You Can Dance on FOX".
- ↑ "Riley paired with Strictly hunk". Belfast Telegraph. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ↑ http://www.kevinandkarenlive.com/information
External links
- Strictly Come Dancing Biogs.com