Janette Manrara Skorjanec was born on November 16,1983 and is a singer, Cuban-American television presenter, choreographer and professional dancer from Miami, Florida, US.
21 Facts About Janette Manrara
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Janette Manrara is best known for her appearances on the US series So You Think You Can Dance and British dance reality television competition, Strictly Come Dancing.
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Janette Manrara is married to Slovenian dancer and co-star Aljaz Skorjanec.
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Janette Manrara began performing in musical theatre at age 12, and started her formal dance training at 19, studying ballroom, ballet, pointe, jazz and hip-hop.
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Janette Manrara studied finance at Florida International University whilst completing her dance training.
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In 2015, Janette Manrara became engaged to long time partner, Strictly Come Dancing and Burn the Floor co-star, Aljaz Skorjanec.
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Janette Manrara originally auditioned for So You Think You Can Dance but failed to make it through to the top 20.
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Janette Manrara auditioned again in season 5, performing a lap dance and made it through to the top 20, where she was paired with contemporary dancer Brandon Bryant.
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However, Janette Manrara was eliminated during week 7 along with contemporary dancer Jason Glover.
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In 2013 Janette Manrara became a professional dancer on British TV show Strictly Come Dancing.
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Janette Manrara returned for the 12th series and partnered actor Jake Wood, with whom she made it to the Semi-Finals and finished in 5th place overall.
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In 2014 Janette Manrara scored a maximum of 40 points in 'The People's Strictly for Comic Relief' for an American Smooth with, 'Kidz R us' founder, Phillip Barnett.
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Janette Manrara took part in the 2016 'Strictly Come dancing Live tour' with her series 12 partner Jake Wood.
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Odoom and Janette Manrara reprised their partnership in the 2016 Christmas special, she danced with canoeist Joe Clarke in the 2016 Children in Need special.
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On 10 June 2021, it was announced that Janette Manrara would become the new presenter of Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two, taking over from Zoe Ball who stepped down from the series earlier in the year.
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Janette Manrara therefore did not continue as a professional dancer on the show.
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For series 16, Janette Manrara was paired with Dr Ranj Singh.
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For series 17, Janette Manrara was paired with Paralympic table tennis player Will Bayley.
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Janette Manrara took part in the national Strictly Come Dancing - The Live Tour in 2017.
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Janette Manrara made her "Burn the Floor - West End" debut at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London on 21 July 2010.
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Janette Manrara appears on the BBC One show Morning Live doing a fitness workout.