Karina Smirnoff Leaving Dancing With the Stars After 16 Seasons

The show will go on — yet without Karina Smirnoff. After 16 seasons as a professional on Dancing With the Stars, Smirnoff reported through Instagram on Tuesday, Feb. 10, that she would not be returning for the forthcoming twentieth season of the ABC rivalry. 

"A number of you have been approaching on the off chance that I will be once more for season 20 of DWTS and I needed the greater part of my fantastic family to hear it straightforwardly from me," she wrote in the heading of a super glitz headshot of herself. "After a considerable measure of thought and petition to God, I've chosen to center my energies on some other energizing attempts including adding creator to my resume." 

(Smirnoff simply discharged her first book, We're Just Not That Into You: Dating Disasters From the Trenches.) 

"I have completely cherished moving for every one of you for all these years and feel honored to have been given a stage to put my enthusiasm for move, choreography, and inventiveness on showcase," she proceeded. "DWTS has been a colossal piece of my life throughout the previous 10 years and I will dependably remain as a cherished memory to me for it." 

She included that her new book is accessible now, thinking of, "I anticipate got notification from you as you read it! I cherish every one of you so all that much and couldn't feel more appreciative for your backing in all that I do!" 

Smirnoff initially joined DWTS for season three in 2006, contending with Mario Lopez and putting second in the opposition behind Cheryl Burke and Emmitt Smith. She has contended in every season following with the exception of season 10, with one Mirrorball title in season 13, when she hit the dancefloor with cleanser star J.R. Martinez. 

Her latest spell on the show was with Randy Couture in season 19. They were sent home in week thre

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