Edyta Sliwinska's Profile

Edyta Śliwińska, born May 5, 1982, is a professional ballroom dancer. She is best known as the only professional dancer to appear on all four televised seasons of the American version of the ABC television series Dancing with the Stars.

Edyta comes from a working-class Polish background. In the debut season of Dancing with the Stars in June 2005, Edyta partnered boxing champion Evander Holyfield, where they placed fifth in the competition. For the second season, she was paired with actor George Hamilton, and again came in fifth place. With the third season, her partner was actor Joey Lawrence, and the couple achieved third place. Edyta and Lawrence were part of the first performance tour of the show from December 19, 2006 to February 11, 2007.

Edyta returned to the Dancing with the Stars ballroom on March 19, 2007 for Season 4. She originally had Vincent Pastore as her partner, but Pastore dropped out after a week of training, and was unable to keep up with the hard pace of preparation. On March 2, John Ratzenberger was announced to be Pastore’s replacement, giving Ratzenberger the least time of any celebrity to prepare for the series. On May 1, 2007, Edyta and Ratzenberger became the sixth couple eliminated from the competition, with a finish of sixth place.

She no longer competes professionally, as she busies herself with TV and other dancing events.

Edyta’s professional partner in dance competitions is Alec Mazo, who also participated in Dancing with the Stars, winning the first season with Kelly Monaco. They have danced together for over 6 years and have performed together multiple times for Dancing with the Stars results shows in pair numbers. Edyta and Alec were married September 1, 2007.

For the fifth season of Dancing With The Stars, Edyta's partner will be "All My Children" star Cameron Mathison.