Dovolani was born in Pristina, Kosovo to Albanian parents from Debar, North Macedonia.

[5] Dovolani joined the show in its second season and was partnered with professional wrestler Stacy Keibler; they made it to the finals and finished in third place.

Dovolani competed in Season 7 of Dancing with the Stars with actress Susan Lucci of All My Children as his partner.

In the eighth season, he was originally paired with Nancy O'Dell, the then-host of Access Hollywood.

With only two days to practice, Melissa Rycroft, fresh off her The Bachelor appearance, stepped in and became his new celebrity partner.

For season 16, he partnered with country singer Wynonna Judd and was eliminated in the third week of the competition.

He believes the man is meant to be the frame for the picture of beauty as presented by the woman.

Dovolani and his partner Elena Grinenko have recently retired from competing in the American rhythm division.

Prior to his partnership with Elena, he danced with Inna Ivanenko[12] and Lisa Regal.

Tony and Len Goodman appear along with Mary Murphy in an infomercial for the Core Rhythms workout system.

Dovolani and fellow dancers Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Elena Grinenko have created a website called the Ballroom Dance Channel.

The website is called ballroomdancechannel.com Dovolani is the driving force behind the Superstars of Ballroom Dance Camp, an opportunity for people to learn from celebrity Pros from hit television shows.

The other studios are in Ridgefield, N.J., Long Island, N.Y., and Soho, N.Y. Tony left Dance With Me in middle 2018, to return to Fred Astaire, where he started learning ballroom.

[1] Tony was in the middle of rehearsals for the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars with partner Susan Lucci when he got the call that Lina had gone into labor.