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Chelsie Hightower
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Dancer Profile
Birth Date 21 July 1989 (1989-07-21) (age 34)
Hometown Las Vegas, Nevada

Partner(s) 8: Ty Murray (4th)
9: Louie Vito (8th)
10: Jake Pavelka (7th)
11: Michael Bolton (11th)
12: Romeo (5th)
14: Roshon Fegan (6th)
All-Stars: Hélio Castroneves (10th)

Chelsie Kay Hightower was a professional dancer in Dancing with the Stars.

Early Life[]

Born Chelsie Kay Hightower in Las Vegas, Nevada, and raised in Orem, Utah, with five older brothers and her mother and father until they divorced in 2006. She started dancing when she was nine years old and received conventional training since the age of fourteen. She has been trained in ballroom, jazz, ballet, and hip-hop. Hightower has performed in musical theaters across the United States and won her first national title when she was eleven. She was a U.S. Worlds finalist in 2005, and competed on Team USA during the British Open in Blackpool, England. She graduated from Timpanogos High School, then attended Utah Valley University.

Career[]

So You Think You Can Dance[]

At age eighteen, she made her television debut in Season Four of So You Think You Can Dance. She is highly remembered for her Emmy-nominated performances with Mark Kanemura to a revision of "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis choreographed by NappyTabs and with Joshua Allen to "A Los Amigas" choreographed by Dimitry Chaplin. She was eliminated from the U.S. reality TV show 31 July 2008 after making it to the top six. Hightower was one of two contestants who were never in the bottom three. After Season Four, Chelsie has since returned in Season Eight as an All-Star and in Season Ten as a choreographer and All-Star.

Dancing with the Stars 8[]

Chelsie was partnered with Ty Murray. Placed 4th.

Scores[]

Dancing with the Stars 9[]

Chelsie was partnered with Louie Vito. Placed 8th.

Scores[]

Week # Dance/Song Judges' Scores Result
Inaba Goodman Tonioli
1 Foxtrot / "It's My Life"

Salsa Relay / "Get Busy"—Sean Paul

6

Awarded

7
8
6

points

Safe
2 Jive / "Crash" 6 7* 6 Safe
3 Rumba / "Total Eclipse of the Heart" 8 5 7 Safe
4 Two-Step / "Sweet Home Alabama 5 5 6 Safe
5 Argentine Tango / "Sin Rumbo"
Group Hustle / "The Hustle"
7
No
8
scores
7
given
Safe
6 Jitterbug / "Baby Likes to Rock It"
Mambo Marathon / "Ran Kan Kan"
7
Awarded
7
three
7
points
Eliminated

* Due to Len Goodman's absence in Week 2, the 7 was awarded by stand-in guest judge Baz Luhrmann.

Dancing with the Stars 10[]

Chelsie was partnered with Jake Pavelka. Placed 7th.

Scores[]

Dancing with the Stars 11[]

Chelsie was partnered with Michael Bolton. Placed 11th.

Scores[]

Dancing with the Stars 12[]

Chelsie was partnered with Romeo. Placed 5th.

Scores[]

  • Scores for Weeks 1 & 2 were combined and first results were revealed 29 March 2011
  • Week 7 guest judge Donnie Burns' score is before Carrie Ann's
  • Average score does not include guest judge's score in Week 7

Dancing with the Stars 14[]

Chelsie was partnered with Roshon Fegan. Placed 6th.

Scores[]

  • Average score does not include marathon dance in Week 6

Dancing with the Stars 15[]

Chelsie was partnered with Hélio Castroneves. Placed 10th.

Scores[]

Trivia[]

  • Chelsie was eliminated in the week of the marathon twice (Seasons 9 and 10) and was very close to being eliminated in the marathon week of Season 14.
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