Valentin & Valeria Samba

VALENTIN CHMERKOVSKIY and VALERIA KOZHARINOVA
performance in PA. They are one of the top amateur Latin dance couples in the world. Valentin has appeared with his brother Maks on Dancing with the Stars.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Valentin
• Valeria
• ballroom
• latin
• samba
• dancing with the stars

[aliciamoore81]

Love that! Whats the figure/steps name from 2:11 - 2:18? Thanks!

[jennyisdancing]

That's a roll. Samba rolls are a standard

move in this dance.

[jennyisdancing]

The song is Mas Que Nada by Sergio Mendes w/ the Black Eyed Peas.  The performance was held at La Luna, Bensalem, PA.

[gingermist21]

They are such great dancers, to bad they don't dance together anymore.

[gingermist21]

I got the info from Dancesportinfo. The last result Val and Val had was placing 7th at Blackpool. They beat Andrey and Anna from Russia, Neil and his prev partner and Ekaterina with her prev partner, along with beating the Italian who beat him in all IDSF comps now, Nino Langello. Now he places under all these dancers with Dariya. He would have made finals with Val eventually. The only reason they make finals now is because of all the dancers who don't show up at UK open and Blackpool anymore.

[AceyBlade]

@gingermist21

Where are you getting this info from?

Valentin's first recorded competition with Dariya was UK Open 2009 where they placed better than Val ever did with Valeria.

Also, Valentin never made a world final with Valeria.

[gingermist21]

@AceyBlade after splitting Valentin dropped in rankings at Blackpool and UK open, he then started getting coaching with Shirley Ballas and climbed back up in ranks, but the only reason they place so high in the British comps is because the Russians and the major Italian dancers don't do those comps any more.

[AceyBlade]

@gingermist21

Wut?

Valentin climbed up several ranks after splitting.

[eeeilable]

help val's brother maks finally win the mirror ball trophy! every monday after 8pm call 1-800-868-3406, text 'vote' to 3406, and go to abc.com to vote online. you can vote multiple times. people outside the u.s. can still vote online. 'vote up' this comment if you're supporting maks!

[gingermist21]

he should have stayed with her. He would still be where he is. They didn't gain anything, just made the partners their with now better. They themselves gained nothing out of the split. Too bad though they worked perfect together.

[gingermist21]

I can't believe they split! :(

[Breakin6]

you can go on the dance website and just search them up and u can see what they are ranked