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Chelsie Hightower 
Chelsie in 2010Born Chelsie Kay Hightower
July 21, 1989
Las Vegas, Nevada, United StatesOccupation Professional dancer/choreographer Years active 1998–present Chelsie Hightower (born July 21, 1989) is a Latin ballroom dancer, who is best known for being a regular dance partner, trainer, and choreographer on the ABC competition show Dancing with the Stars.
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Biography
Born Chelsie Kay Hightower in Las Vegas, Nevada, and raised in Orem, Utah with five brothers and her mother, Laurie Hightower, she started dancing when she was nine years old, and received conventional training since the age of 14. Hightower performed in musical theatres across the United States. She was a U.S. Worlds finalist in 2005, and competed on Team USA. She graduated from Timpanogos High School, then attended Utah Valley University.[1]
At 18, she made her television debut on season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance. She was eliminated from the U.S. reality TV show on July 31, 2008 after making it to the top 6.
Hightower joined the season-eight cast of Dancing with the Stars as a professional dancer, and was partnered with Ty Murray, a nine-time World Champion rodeo cowboy. On May 12, 2009, she and Murray were eliminated from the competition with a 4th place finish. Her partner for Season 9 was professional snowboarder Louie Vito. They were eliminated in week six of the competition, and came in 8th place. For Season 10 she was partnered with Bachelor Jake Pavelka. They were voted off in week five of the competition, and came in 7th place. She was paired with Michael Bolton in Season 11. The couple were eliminated in week two. For Season 12 she was partnered with rapper and actor Romeo Miller. They were eliminated in week eight of the competition, and came in 5th place. She will not be on Season 13 (Fall 2011), but has said she hopes to be back soon after.
Hightower made an appearance in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Winter 2010 edition (pages 152 and 153) along with three other couples from Dancing with the Stars.[2] On July 8, 2010, Chelsie received an Emmy nomination for the "Paso Doble/Malagueña" dance that she and Derek Hough performed and co-choreographed for Dancing with the Stars Season 10.[3]
Hightower has performed with singer/songwriter Jewel (Ty Murray's wife) in concert on Jewel's hit "Hands."
Personal life
Hightower in April 2009
Chelsie has been teaching at Center Stage in Utah.
Hightower has her own clothing line through Sugar and Bruno and makeup line through Cliche Cosmetics.
So You Think You Can Dance performances
Week Partner Dance Song Result 1 Mark Kanemura Contemporary "Beautiful"—Meshell Ndegeocello Safe 2 Argentine Tango "Mi Confesión"—Gotan Project Safe 3 Lyrical hip-hop "Bleeding Love"—Leona Lewis Safe 4 Jazz "Kiss Kiss"—Holly Valance Safe Foxtrot "It's My Life"—Paul Anka 5 Salsa "Fuego"—Joe Bataan Safe Broadway "I'm a Woman" from Smokey Joe's Cafe 6 Gev Manoukian Contemporary "These Arms of Mine"—Otis Redding Safe Jive "The House is Rockin'"—Brian Setzer Orchestra Solo "Pon de Replay"—Rihanna 7 Joshua Allen Argentine Tango "A Los Amigos" from Forever Tango Safe Disco "Everlasting Love"—Gloria Estefan Solo "Damaged"—Danity Kane 8 Stephen "Twitch" Boss Mambo "Ahora Me Toca A Mi"—Víctor Manuelle Eliminated Hip-Hop "Control"—Vitamin String Quartet Solo "When I Grow Up"—The Pussycat Dolls Results show solo "The Girl's Gone Wild"—Travis Tritt Dancing With the Stars performances
Chelsie's average score from all her partners is 19.08 points. In season 12, she was chosen as one of the pros performing in Macy's Design a Dance.
Season 8 : with Ty Murray (average : 22.4)
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result Inaba Goodman Tonioli 1 Cha-Cha-Cha/"Train in Vain" 5 4 5 No Elimination 2 Quickstep/"Life is a Highway" 7 6 7 Safe 3 Foxtrot/"Come Dance With Me" 8 8 7 Safe 4 Lindy Hop/"You and Me and the Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby)" 9 8 8 Safe 5 Paso Doble/"Barracuda" 7 7 7 Safe 6 Jive/"The Girl's Gone Wild" 6 6 6 Last to be saved 7 Waltz/"Strawberry Wine" 8 8 8 Last to be saved 8 Salsa/"Vehicle"
Team Tango/"Womanizer"9
97
98
10Safe 9 Argentine Tango/"Amor Que Se Baila"
Rumba/"Free Fallin'"8
79
78
7Bottom 2 10
Semi-finalsViennese Waltz/"Tuesday's Gone"
Samba/"Concrete and Clay"8
89
78
8Eliminated Season 9 : with Louie Vito (average : 18.8)
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result Inaba Goodman Tonioli 1 Foxtrot/ "It's My Life" 6 7 6 Safe Salsa Relay/ "Get Busy"—Sean Paul Awarded 8 Points 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" 7 8 7 Safe 6 Jitterbug/"Baby Likes To Rock It" 7 7 7 Eliminated ^* Due to Len Goodman's absence in week 2 the 7 was awarded by stand-in guest judge Baz Luhrmann.
Season 10 : with Jake Pavelka (average : 19.4)
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result Inaba Goodman Tonioli 1 Viennese Waltz/"Kiss From a Rose" 7 6 7 No Elimination 2 Jive/"Hip to be Square" 6 7 7 Safe 3 Quickstep/"Walk Like An Egyptian" 7 7 7 Bottom Two 4 Tango/"A Girl Like You" 6,7 7,6 6,6 Safe 5 Cha-Cha-Cha/"Old Time Rock and Roll" 8 7 8 Safe 6 Samba/"Comanche" 7 7 7 Eliminated Season 11 : with Michael Bolton (average : 14)
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result Inaba Goodman Tonioli 1 Viennese Waltz/ "Life After You" 6 5 5 Safe 2 Jive/ "Hound Dog" 4 5 3 Eliminated Season 12 : with Romeo Miller (average : 23.6)
Week # Dance/Song/Singer(s) Judges' score Result Inaba Goodman Tonioli 1 Cha-Cha-Cha/"Romeo" 7 6 6 No Elimination 2 Quickstep/"You're the One That I Want" 7 8 8 Safe 3 Rumba/"I'll Be There" 7 6 7 Safe 4 Paso Doble/"Palladio, First Movement" 7 8 8 Safe 5 Foxtrot/"New York, New York" 9 8 9 Safe 6 Waltz/"My Heart Will Go On" 10 9 9 Safe 7 Samba/"Say Hey (I Love You)"
Team Cha-Cha-Cha/"Born This Way"7/8
8/87
78
7Safe 8 Tango/"Hold It Against Me"
Salsa (Instant-dance)/"Tequila"9
89
99
8Eliminated - Scores for weeks 1 & 2 were combined and first results were revealed on March 29, 2011.
- Week 7 guest judge Donnie Burns score is before Carrie Ann's.
- Average score doesn't include guest judge's score on week 7.
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- People from the Las Vegas metropolitan area
- Utah Valley University alumni
- So You Think You Can Dance contestants
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