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| Brooke Burke | |
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 Brooke Burke photographed by Jerry Avenaim for the cover of Razor magazine. |
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| Born | Brooke Lisa Burke September 8, 1971 Hartford, Connecticut |
| Spouse(s) | Dr. Garth Fisher (2001-2005) |
| Domestic partner(s) | David Charvet (2006-present) |
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Brooke Lisa Burke (born September 8, 1971) is an American television personality, Model, and occasional dancer known for hosting Wild On! (1999-2002), Rock Star (2005-2006) and for winning the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars.
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Biography
Early life
Burke was born as the first of nine children in Hartford, Connecticut to Donna and George Burke, she was raised in Tucson, Arizona. Her mother is Jewish and she identifies herself as Jewish;12 she also has Irish, French, and Portuguese ancestry. She attended both Sahuaro High School and Palo Verde High Schools in Tucson. She studied broadcast journalism at UCLA.
Career
Brooke worked as a model for Venus Swimwear and Frederick's of Hollywood. From 1992 to 2002, Burke became well-known while hosting Wild On!, a popular travel series on the E! Entertainment Television channel, replacing previous host Jules Asner. As part of the series, she traveled the world extensively, profiling many popular travel destinations. Burke first appeared nude during her early modeling career for the website BlueNudes,3 and most notably after gaining fame in the May 2001 and November 2004 issues of Playboy and has also appeared in lad mags such as Maxim, Stuff, and FHM4. In 2007, she was listed as one of Blender's hottest women of film and TV.
Burke has fronted infomercials promoting a Swiss ball video home fitness workout named Gunnar Peterson's Core Secrets, and appears in the first video of the series titled 20 Minute Full Body Workout. The infomercials have screened in New Zealand and Australia.
In 2005 and 2006, Burke hosted the CBS summer reality show Rock Star, an American Idol-like series in which aspiring singers compete to become either the frontman or frontwoman for a rock band.
She was the voice and face of "Rachel Teller" in Electronic Arts' video game Need for Speed: Underground 2, and asks the "People and Places" questions in the video game Trivial Pursuit Unhinged. Burke starred as a playable character in the Burger King advergaming title PocketBike Racer and in Big Bumpin'.
In 2007, Brooke started a company called Baboosh Baby, which offers wraps for pregnant women. The company's website features a blog from Brooke about her children. 5
Burke, along with Derek Hough as her partner won Season 7 of Dancing with the Stars.6 7 Brooke has also starred in the TV show host edition of The Weakest Link.
Personal life
In 2001, Burke married Dr. Garth Fisher, a plastic surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. They have two daughters together: Neriah (named after Playmate Neriah Davis) and Sierra Sky. In 2005, Fisher and Burke filed for divorce, and their divorce was finalized in 2006.
On August 21, 2006, she announced that she was engaged to actor/singer David Charvet. They have two children together: a daughter named Heaven Rain (b. January 8, 2007) and a son named Shaya Braven (b. March 5, 2008).
Dancing with the Stars
Performances
| Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
| Inaba | Goodman/Flatley in week 6 | Tonioli | |||
| 1A | Cha Cha Cha/ "Are You My Woman(Tell Me So)" | 7 | 8 | 8 | Safe |
| 1B | Quickstep/ "Lover, Come Back to Me" | 9 | 8 | 9 | Safe |
| 2 | Paso Doble/ "Palladio, first movement" | 8 | 8 | 8 | Safe |
| 3 | Viennese Waltz/ "Daughters" | 9 | 10 | 9 | Safe |
| 4 | Samba/ "Hip Hip Chin Chin" | 9 | 8 | 9 | Safe |
| 5 | Jitterbug/ "Don't Be Cruel" | 10 | 9 | 10 | Safe |
| 6 | Rumba/ "No Air" | 8 | 10 | 8 | Safe |
| 7 | Foxtrot/ "Lullaby of Birdland" | 10 | 10 | 10 | Safe |
| Paso Doble/ "Rocks" | 10 | 9 | 10 | ||
| 8 | Tango/ "Tango Diabolo" | 10 | 8 | 10 | Safe |
| Mambo/ "Cuban Mambo" | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Semi-Finals | Jive/ "House is Rockin'" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
| Salsa/"Barbarabatiri" | 9 | 10 | 9 | ||
| Finals | Samba/ "Blame it on the Boogie" | 9 | 9 | 10 | WON |
| Freestyle/ "You're the One That I Want " | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Viennese Waltz/ "Daughters (John Mayer song)" | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||
Footnotes
- ^ Bloom, Nate (2005-12-16). "Celebrity Jews", j.. Retrieved on 13 December 2006.
- ^ Bloom, Nate (2006-06-16). "Celebrity Jews", j.. Retrieved on 13 December 2006.
- ^ "Brooke Burke at Blue Nudes".
- ^ "Brooke Burke FHM Modeling Picture 2006".
- ^ Errico, Mike (February 2007). "Hottest Women of … Film and TV!". Blender.com.
- ^ Rogers, Sarah (November 25, 2008). "'Dancing With the Stars': Brooke Burke voted Season 7 champion", Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on November 25, 2008.
- ^ "Brooke Burke Wins Dancing With The Stars - Season 7". Kicked Off TV (November 25, 2008).
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| Preceded by Kristi Yamaguchi & Mark Ballas |
Dancing with the Stars (US) winner Season 7 (Spring 2008 with Derek Hough) |
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