Dancing with the Stars has announced pro Daniella Karagach tested positive for coronavirus and so she won’t be competing on the next live performance show.
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Dancing with the Stars announced Monday afternoon on its official Twitter page, “Unfortunately, Daniella Karagach tested positive overnight for Covid. She is completely asymptomatic and is self-quarantining.”
“Everyone who has been in close contact with her has tested negative,” the show added.
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Daniella is partnered with fitness model and actor Joseph Baena, who is the son of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, on Dancing with the Stars.
“Dance troupe member Alexis Warr will step in and dance with Joseph in Daniella’s place tonight,” Dancing with the Stars additionally tweeted on Monday.
“Following our strict protocols, those considered close contacts to Daniella will be masked on tonight’s show.”
When Dancing with the Stars premiered its 31st season on Disney+ last week, Joseph and Daniella placed ninth on the judges’ leaderboard out of 16 couples.
Joseph and his professional partner received 23 out of 40 possible points from Dancing with the Stars judges Derek Hough, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Len Goodman for their jive routine.
Len said he liked the energy of Joseph and Daniella’s routine but Joseph’s feet were “too soft and flappy.” Derek, on the other hand, said he really enjoyed it and it was a great first dance.
Daniella joined Dancing with the Stars for Season 29, when she competed with rapper Nelly.
Daniella went on to win Dancing with the Stars’ 30th season with her celebrity partner, NBA champion Iman Shumpert.
Daniella is married to fellow Dancing with the Stars pro Pasha Pashkov, who is partnered with The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice.
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Pasha and Teresa landed in the bottom-two couples based on live viewer voting at the end of last week’s Dancing with the Stars episode, but they survived and actor Jason Lewis — along with his pro partner Peta Murgatroyd — were sent home instead.
Dancing with the Stars’ next two-hour live episode streams Monday night at 8PM ET on Disney+.
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