Sharna Burgess Biography 2024 - Winner Of Dancing with the Stars S27

Sharna Burgess, born Sharna May Burgess, is a professional ballroom dancer from New South Wales, Australia. She came into prominence as a professional troupe member and partner on the American popular dance competition television show Dancing with the Stars. She was also the winner of season 27 of the show, where she was paired with American radio and television personality Bobby Bones. Thanks to all her ventures, Sharna has accumulated immense fortune to her name.

Sharna has also gained huge popularity and fan following around the world. Apart from being a dancer, she is also a television host. Talking about her love life, currently, she is in a relationship. For now, let's learn more about Sharna Burgess's biography and professional life. 

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Early Life, Family, And Education

Sharna Burgess was born Sharna May Burgess on June 21, 1985. She was born to her mother, Lucy Burgess, and her father, Ray Burgess. Well, Sharna has a good relationship with both of her parents, and they reside in Australia at her grandmother's house. She is the only child of her parents.

Sharna Burgess often posts several lovely pictures of her mother. Image Source: Sharna Burgess Instagram.

Sharna uploads several pictures and videos with her parents on Instagram and YouTube. Her dad and mom have been great support in her career. Sharna might have had a great childhood, and her parents raised her with great love and care. As for details regarding their educational background, the information has not been revealed yet.

Career As A Professional Dancer

From a very young age, Sharna was interested in dancing. When she was five years old, she started training in jazz, ballet, and gymnastics, and three years later, at the age of eight, her love for ballroom dancing began. By the age of fifteen, she had participated in several local and national dance competitions and had won many titles. As a result, she was chosen as a representative of Australia at the World Championships in both the Latin and Standard styles. She had already earned several awards and prominence all over the country, and due to this, she was given the honor to perform in the closing ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.

Within a short time, Sharna had gained abrupt fame and recognition around the world. She had collected numerous titles in several countries around the world. In 2006, she was chosen by the choreographer Jason Gilkison to go on tour with the hit dance sensation Burn The Floor, and she toured the world with them for six years. She lived in London for two years, where she participated in numerous competitions and also appeared on a UK tour with the theatre show Simply Ballroom.

While she was on the world tour with the team, she made guest appearances on So You Think You Can Dance Holland, Dancing With The Stars USA, and Dancing With The Stars Australia. She also has worked as an assistant choreographer to Jason Gilkisonon in Dancing With The Stars USA and So You Think You Can Dance Australia. Apart from these, she has worked in films as well. 

Sharna Burgess Net Worth And Earnings

Thanks to her career in the entertainment industry, Sharna has accumulated enormous fame and fortune to her name. The shows that she has done have helped significantly in her net worth. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Sharna Burgess's net worth is estimated to be $750 thousand. As mentioned before, she has amassed huge wealth through the various reality dancing shows that she has participated in, the film that she has choreographed in, YouTube channel, and various other ventures. 

As mentioned before, Sharna has appeared in the ABC dance competition show, Dancing With The Stars (DWTS) for several seasons. According to Variety, contestants on the show make $125,000 for the show's rehearsal period and their first two weeks on the air. They begin to earn additional fees each week after they make it beyond week three. Furthermore, if they made it past the first two weeks, they make an extra $10,000 for the next two, and if they make it past the next two episodes, they'll make $20,000 for each of the next two episodes. In total, they make $50,000 for their appearance in the final episodes. Thus, Sharna might have made a good sum of money in different seasons of the show. Here's the table showing the seasons of DWTS that Sharna has participated in, along with her partner and the place that she has secured.

As she also won the 27th season, Sharna must have received quite a great sum as prize money.

Thus, Sharna Burgess's fortune has risen significantly over the years as a participant in the show. Apart from being a participant in the show, she has also been a judge since 2019, on the Australian version of the show, along with Craig Revel Horwood and Tristan MacManus. According to Comparably, Dancing With The Stars judges in the USA earn $305,561 as an average salary, so in the Australian version of the show, they might also earn a similar amount.

Apart from that, the talented dancer has also choreographed Street Dance 2 3D and has created some of the electrifying Latin and Salsa scenes on the film.

Aforementioned, Sharna also has a YouTube channel named Sharna Burgess, with 14.8K subscribers. She might have earned significantly from her channel. The fame that she has gained has helped her receive several endorsement and sponsorship deals with brands like Lexus Australia, Bondi Boost, HelloFresh, and many others. Thus, all these ventures have resulted in Sharna Burgess's fortune to be $750 thousand. All thanks to her multi-million dollars of fortune, she is able to live a comfortable lifestyle.

Relationship And Kids

As mentioned before, Sharna Burgess is in a relationship. She is currently dating Brian Austin Green, an American actor, producer, and rapper. In January 2021, the lovely pair of Sharna and Brian made their relationship official through an Instagram post. In February 2021, on the occasion of Valentine's Day, they went live together and talked about their feelings for each other. The adorable couple of Sharna and Brian is deeply in love with each other, and they don't shy away from sharing their love for each other via Instagram. The lovely duo is also often spotted together on several vacations. 

Sharna Burgess and Brian Austin Green made their relationship Instagram official in January 2021. Image Source: Sharna Burgess Instagram.

Well, Sharna Burgess's boyfriend, Brian, was previously married to Megan Fox for 10 years, from 2010 to 2020. In the marriage of 10 years, they welcomed three sons, Noah Shannon, Bodhi Ransom, and Journey River. In May 2020, the former couple of Green and Fox confirmed their split, and he signed a petition for a divorce from Fox, citing irreconcilable differences as the cause of their divorce.  

Plenty Of Relationships In The Past

Before dating Green, Sharna was in relationships with other men in the past. She dated the fellow dancer, Paul Kirkland, from 2010 to 2015. In 2017, she was rumored to be dating her season 24 DWTS partner, Bonner Bolton. However, both of them declared the rumors to be false. Furthermore, in April 2017, she was linked with Pierson Fode, but she never confirmed whether they were dating. Then in October 2020, Burgess was spotted with the Selling Sunset star Jason Oppenheim. Later, he confirmed that nothing romantic was going on between them, and it was just a lunch date.

Nevertheless, Sharna's love life with Brian is going strong, and both of them have stated that they weren't in a rush to label things. Well, we can hope that their bond remains the same forever, and we get to hear some good news in the future. As for Sharna's children, she is yet to be a mother. 

Trivia

• Sharna's height is 5 feet and 4¼ inches.
• She has 872K and 156.3K followers on Instagram and Twitter, respectively.
• Sharna behaved like a tomboy while she was younger.