Valerie Hashburntar
Hey all! My name is Valerie Hashburntar, I am 21 and living in Colorado. I have watched Dancing with the Stars since Lisa Canning (I know, long!) and Tom Bergeron introduced six couples ready to ballroom dance. Ever since, I've been hooked. It wasn't until the early months of 2011 that I had searched the abbreviation of DWTS into Twitter. Going hours back, I found a tweet from an account named @dwtsgame - and I immediately pressed go. Ever since 2008, I had myself created many cast lists for Fake DWTS seasons and used them on my computer, but I had never seen such a competition online. I went on the Season 27 website, read every score and watched every video. Finding out that there were three previous seasons, I did the same for all of them. When Season 27 concluded and Kendall Schmidt took the title as winner, I saw there was a competition to be a judge in Season 45. I applied, and got the job. As the website stated, "Valerie's tenure will only be for the season", but I really enjoyed the competition and bonded with Natalie over the game, by being shown future casts and even being able to make couples for the show myself. In Season 20, I decided to leave the game. It wasn't the easiest of things, and let's be honest - it could have maybe gone a bit smoother, but I just felt as if I needed to take some time off, as my new game, Shall We Dance?, which was a spin-off from DWTSGame, was just starting. However, I came back for Season 4 for the new website, and I gave in a suggestion of 'Complex Seasons', which I had used on my computer before by making long recaps to describe the dances. I was hired as Weekly Recapper for Season 4, and plan to continue this role. If I had to pick a dream contestant, it would be especially tough. I am a huge music fan, and have a collection of CD's by groups such as Destiny's Child, TLC, SWV, and other music by Monica and Aaliyah. Of course, Aaliyah is unfortunately not possible, and she would've rocked the show if she was still alive, but to see anyone from the world of music, especially R&B, would be amazing. Who knows, look out for some names in the future seasons and you might realize I picked them! As for my Shall We Dance? game, it was cancelled in the Semi-Finals, as I feel completely at home with DWTSGame. Enjoy the season, all!