Giulia Dotta
Giulia Dotta is an Italian dancer and choreographer. She started dancing from an early age specialising in latin and ballroom dance and has had competition experience at both national and international levels. She is best known for being a professional dancer on the Irish series of Dancing with the Stars.
Career
Dotta has been dancing professionally since 2012. Between 2012 and 2016, Dotta toured extensively with the Burn the Floor tour. Performing worldwide in countries including United States, China, Australia, South Africa, Japan, South Korea and the United Kingdom.In 2015 Giulia Dotta took part in the music video for the song The girl in the yellow dress by David Gilmour from the album Rattle That Lock, lending her image and choreography to the cartoon created and directed by Danny Madden.
In 2016, she performed alongside Strictly Come Dancing professional Brendan Cole in his UK & Ireland tour.
In 2017 and 2018, she performed alongside Strictly Come Dancing professional Giovanni Pernice in his UK & Ireland tours. In 2018, Dotta also toured with Strictly Come Dancing contestants, Harry Judd, Louis Smith and Aston Merrygold's UK tour, Rip it Up.
''Dancing with the Stars''
In 2017, Dotta was announced as one of the professional dancers for the first series of Dancing with the Stars. She was partnered with comedian, Des Bishop. Despite being one of the highest scoring couples up to that point, they were eliminated in what was described as a "shock elimination" in week six of the competition, finishing in eighth place.In 2018, Dotta was partnered with former Ireland rugby player, Tomás O'Leary. The couple were eliminated in the fourth week of the competition, finishing in tenth place.
In 2019, Dotta was partnered with comedian, Fred Cooke. The couple reached the semifinal of the competition and were eliminated in fourth place.
In 2020, Dotta was paired with Fair City actor, Ryan Andrews. On March 15 2020, it was announced that the scheduled semi-final had become the final due to precautions around the COVID-19 pandemic halting production early. Dotta and Andrews were one of the four couples in the final. They finished as runners-up to winners, Lottie Ryan and Pasquale La Rocca.
| Series | Partner | Place |
| 1 | Des Bishop | 8th |
| 2 | Tomás O'Leary | 10th |
| 3 | Fred Cooke | 4th |
| 4 | Ryan Andrews | 2nd |
Highest and Lowest Scoring Per Dance
| Dance | Partner | Highest | Partner | Lowest |
| American Smooth | Ryan Andrews | 30 | Fred Cooke | 13 |
| Cha-cha-cha | Des Bishop | 24 | Fred Cooke | 12 |
| Charleston | Ryan Andrews | 30 | Fr. Ray Kelly1 | 14 |
| Contemporary Ballroom | Ryan Andrews | 30 | Des Bishop | 23 |
| Foxtrot | Fred Cooke | 21 | Tomás O'Leary | 17 |
| Jive | Ryan Andrews | 28 | Denis Bastick1 | 21 |
| Paso Doble | Des Bishop | 24 | Tomás O'Leary | 16 |
| Quickstep | Ryan Andrews | 27 | Fred Cooke | 24 |
| Rumba | Ryan Andrews | 26 | ||
| Salsa | Ryan Andrews | 27 | Des Bishop | 21 |
| Samba | Ryan Andrews | 29 | Fred Cooke | 17 |
| Showdance | ||||
| Tango | Ryan Andrews | 23 | Fred Cooke | 17 |
| Viennese Waltz | Fred Cooke | 20 | ||
| Waltz |
1 These scores was awarded during Switch-Up Week.