Salome Chachua ( Salome Ch’ach’ua, born 23 June 1990) is a Georgian ballroom and Latin dancer and choreographer.
Career Chachua is a seven-time Georgian Latin dancing champion. From 2004 to 2006, Chachua represented Georgia in several Junior World dance competitions. She was at one time ranked 57th in WDC Professional Latin and 73rd in WDSF RLS Latin.
So You Think You Can Dance In 2016, Chachua was a judge on the Georgian version of the dance competition show So You Think You Can Dance.
Dancing with the Stars
Georgia Between 2012 and 2018, Chachua appeared as a professional dancer on seven non-consecutive seasons of the Georgian version of Dancing with the Stars, reaching the final with her celebrity partners three separate times.
SeriesPartnerPlace1Levan Rostoshvili4th2Giorgi Vardosanidze2nd3Toli Boisa5th5Zura Gorgadze5th6Andria Gvelesiani2nd7Irakli Makatsaria2nd8Giorgi Giligashvili4th
Ireland On 22 December 2021, Chachua was announced as one of the new professionals to join the fifth series of the Irish version of Dancing with the Stars. Her partner was rugby union player, Jordan Conroy. Chachua and Conroy performed for the first time on the second week of the show scoring one of the highest scores of the week. They reached the finals, finishing as joint runners-up behind Nina Carberry and Pasquale La Rocca.
Chachua returned for the sixth series in 2023, partnered with former Dublin GAA footballer, Paul Brogan. They were the third couple to be eliminated from the competition.
Chachua returned for the seventh series in 2024, partnered with Wild Youth singer, David Whelan. They reached the final finishing as joint runners-up behind Jason Smyth & Karen Byrne.
Chachua returned for the eighth series in 2025, partnered with Mrs. Brown's Boys actor, Danny O'Carroll.
On 23 November 2025, Chachua announced that she was leaving the show.
SeriesPartnerPlaceAverage5Jordan Conroy2nd25.76Paul Brogan9th18.47David Whelan2nd27.08Danny O'Carroll2nd24.7
Highest and Lowest Scoring Per Dance
DancePartnerHighestPartnerLowestAmerican Smooth Jordan Conroy 28 Paul Brogan 15Cha-cha-cha David Whelan 24 Jordan Conroy 20Charleston Danny O'Carroll 29 David Whelan 24Contemporary Ballroom Jordan Conroy 30 Danny O'Carroll 27Foxtrot Jordan Conroy 19 Danny O'Carroll 16Jive David Whelan 30 Danny O'Carroll 17Paso Doble Jordan Conroy 30 Danny O'Carroll 25Quickstep David Whelan 26 Jordan Conroy 19Rumba David Whelan 28 Salsa David Whelan 30 Jordan Conroy 22Samba Jordan Conroy 24 Paul Brogan 14Showdance Jordan ConroyDavid Whelan 30 Danny O'Carroll 27Tango Danny O'Carroll 26 Paul Brogan 16Viennese Waltz Danny O'Carroll 25 David Whelan 24Waltz Paul Brogan 20
Series 5 – with celebrity partner Jordan Conroy
Week No.Dance/SongJudges' scoreTotalResultRedmondBarryGourounlian1No dance performed - - - -No elimination2Salsa / "Take You Dancing"778223Quickstep / "Lightning Bolt"66719Safe4Cha-cha-cha / "I Like to Move It"67720Safe5Paso Doble / "Paint It Black"999Safe6Foxtrot / "Isn't She Lovely"76619No elimination7Jive / "Runaway Baby"9101029Safe8Contemporary Ballroom / "High Hopes"101010Bottom two9Samba / "Magalenha"88824Bottom two101Charleston / "Walk Like An Egyptian"Team Dance / "Cuba"9910910929Safe11American Smooth / "I Get the Sweetest Feeling"Bust-a-Move Marathon / "I'm So Excited"9Awarded9510points2833Safe12Paso Doble / "Paint It Black"Showdance / "Fire it Up"101010101010Runners-up
1In week 10, Chachua tested positive for COVID-19, so her partner, Jordan Conroy danced with Emily Barker.
Series 6 – with celebrity partner Paul Brogan
Week No.Dance/SongJudges' scoreTotalResultRedmondBarryGourounlian1American Smooth / "Come Fly With Me"45615No elimination2Samba / "Get Busy"455143Waltz / "Take It to the Limit"67720Safe4Charleston / "A Star Is Born"999Safe5Tango / "Locked Out of Heaven"55616Eliminated
Series 7 – with celebrity partner David Whelan
Week No.Dance/SongJudges' scoreTotalResultRedmondBarryGourounlian1Tango / "Bad Habits"78823No elimination2Charleston / "Bad Boy Good Man"8883Viennese Waltz / "Good"888Safe4Jive / "You Never Can Tell/Misirlou"999Safe5Cha-cha-cha / "Lil Boo Thang"88824Safe6Rumba / "Fields of Gold"9109No elimination7Quickstep / "Almost Like Being in Love"89926Safe8Contemporary Ballroom / "Paradise"991028Safe9Paso Doble / "Whole Lotta Love"Team Dance / "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)"99910101028Safe10Salsa / "Wrapped Up"Scare-a-thon / "Dead Ringer for Love"10Awarded10310points33Bottom two11Jive / "You Never Can Tell/Misirlou"Showdance / "All That Really Matters"101010101010 Runners-up
Series 8 – with celebrity partner Danny O'Carroll
Week No.Dance/SongJudges' scoreTotalResultRedmondByrneBarryGourounlian1Foxtrot / "Obviously"565622No elimination2Charleston / "Don't Blame it On Me"99993Jive / "C'mon Everybody"576624Safe4Paso Doble / "Now We Are Free (Remix)"88 -925Safe5Cha-cha-cha / "She's a Lady"788831No elimination6Contemporary Ballroom / "Arcade"999936Safe7Viennese Waltz / "This Year's Love"889934Safe8Salsa / "All Night Long (All Night)"888933Bottom two9Quickstep / "Ring of Fire"Team Dance / "Timber"7981071081030Safe10Tango / "Poison"Scare-a-thon / "Time Warp"9Couple9awarded829points37Safe11Charleston / "Don't Blame it On Me"Showdance / "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)"10910109910939 Runners-up
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