Dancing With The Stars

Jessica Raffa

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The Couples
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Daniel MacPherson
Sonia Kruger

Celebrity Partner: Gerrard Gosens

Jessica, 24, has been dancing since the age of 3. She started her dancing career with the Junior Australian Ballet, then ventured into Ballroom.

This led her to compete on both a national and international level for over ten years. She was trained in London by World Champion Latin dancers such as Brian Watson and John Eftidal. At 15, Jessica competed at the prestigious Blackpool Ballroom Dancing Competition in 1999.

Eight years ago, Jessica joined the cast of 'Burn The Floor'. She started teaching dance to blind and vision impaired people after performing a blindfolded dance in the show. Jessica has taught throughout Australia and the US, working closely with Vision Australia.

Togther with producer Harley Medcalf, Jessica created the non-profit organisation Blindfold, raising money for deaf and blind children in Australia.

Jessica was the head spokesperson for 'Burn the Floor presents Floorplay', representing the company at promotional events in Australia, China, Japan, Europe and North America. Two documentaries have been aired in Japan focusing solely on Jessica's life and role in 'Floorplay'.

This year, Jessica assisted Jason Gilkinson with his choreographing duties on So You Think You Can Dance.

Jessica Raffa's Scorecard

Episode	Dance	Total
1	Waltz	20
2	Rumba	17
3	Foxtrot	15
4	Salsa	8
5	Aussie Smooth	16
6	Samba	11
7	Paso Doble	15
7	Tango	19
8	Cha Cha	17
8	Quickstep	20
9	Salsa	17
9	Segue	18

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Amy 12:06pm Monday 07th September 2009 EST Report Abuse
Jess, the rock of a blind man to carry on the episode until the semi-finals.. I'm inspired with your work and keep up with your hard work.. it always pays.. God bless your kind and loving heart..
Jodie 09:45pm Sunday 06th September 2009 EST Report Abuse
You are a beautiful lady with a beautiful heart and you have done a great job with gerrard.I think you a re a great dancer and a caring lovely lady.Good luck to you.
Kate 09:30pm Sunday 06th September 2009 EST Report Abuse
jess you are a beautiful caring person the way you have helped Gerrard to dance and his wife! your cheorgraphy (sp?) is always gorgeous and u help Gerrard perfectly!
Steve 08:46am Friday 04th September 2009 EST Report Abuse
you are a beautiful lady with a beautiful heart and you have done a great job with gerrard.
zara 10:35pm Thursday 03rd September 2009 EST Report Abuse
hi jess i think u r the best the best dancer ever i think u r the real winner good luck
Bevan 08:23pm Tuesday 01st September 2009 EST Report Abuse
hi jess, i only watched that show because your a beautiful careing person and omg you can dance. lucky i wasnt a judge you would of got 11 11 11 great job take care....drewl x
macondran 05:11pm Tuesday 01st September 2009 EST Report Abuse
So caring and inspirational. A beautiful lady with a big heart.
Peter 10:08pm Monday 31st August 2009 EST Report Abuse
Jessica, You inspire hope in men that there are still beautiful caring women left in Australia. You're simply sensational in every way...
Rod 11:31am Monday 31st August 2009 EST Report Abuse
Just occasionally in life someone comes along who inspires the rest of us to be better than we think we can be ...Jess you rock !!... Gerard too...
gary.roche 10:52am Monday 31st August 2009 EST Report Abuse
Congradulations Jess , you did a fantastic job throughout DWTS with Gerrard , you put a lot of effort into teaching Gerrard and got really frustrated when the judges didn;t score you both very well and gave no constructive feedback , but once you started to get feedback , you were able to put what they were looking for into your training and Gerrard was a much better dancer for it , well done Jess you should be very proud of the achievement.