Lacey Schwimmer from "so you think you can dance" joins Dancing with the Stars.....

I had no clue.


The new season of Dancing With The Stars has announced its new celebrity contestants, but getting lost in the shuffle is who will be participating as one of the new professional dancers on the show. Lacey Schwimmer will be taking on the role of one of the professional partners that gets teamed up with a celebrity in order to learn new dance routines and compete in front of a live audience. Lacey herself is a celebrity of sorts, having appeared on the FOX hit show So You Think You Can Dance in 2007. As a competitor on the show that season, she ended up coming in 4th place, which was a very respectable showing, and through the competition she had show-cased her immense talent in the world of dancing.

Though she has become very popular recently, this wasn't the first time that Lacey Schwimmer found herself in the dancing spotlight. You could even go as far as saying that Lacey was born into dancing, as her father was a well known West Coast Swing dancer by the name of Buddy Schwimmer. It is also of note, that she is the younger sister of Benji Schwimmer, who also performed on So You Think You Can Dance back in the second season, and took home the title for that year. She was in his shadow a little bit when she debuted on the show, but it was something she was probably used to after years of dance competitions that she also participated in. Her experience in dance is pretty extensive, with several 1st place finishes in the United States Open Swing Dance Championships in her younger years, peaking with a 1st place finish in the 2007 World Swing Dance Championships where she competed as a partner to her brother Benji.

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Re: Lacey Schwimmer from "so you think you can dance" joins Dancing with the Stars.....

I read this in NEWSDAY this morning.
I like her...I'm glad to see her added to the show.

Re: Lacey Schwimmer from "so you think you can dance" joins Dancing with the Stars.....

I am really excited about this season. I can't wait to see how they all do.

Re: Lacey Schwimmer from "so you think you can dance" joins Dancing with the Stars.....

Re: Lacey Schwimmer from "so you think you can dance" joins Dancing with the Stars.....

Just when I decide not to watch this year because I don't wanna support Kim's big, no talent a$$ bopping around the TV anymore than it already does, they go and do something to make me wanna watch....le sigh.

Re: Lacey Schwimmer from "so you think you can dance" joins Dancing with the Stars.....

I don't watch this show, but I loooooove So You Think You Can Dance and Lacey is sooooo amazing, really talented dancer and so entertaining to watch. She'll be a great add to the show.

Re: Lacey Schwimmer from "so you think you can dance" joins Dancing with the Stars.....

cool, she is fun!

Re: Lacey Schwimmer from "so you think you can dance" joins Dancing with the Stars.....

I lover her, but how is it fair that she joins when she is such a phenomenal dancer already?

Re: Lacey Schwimmer from "so you think you can dance" joins Dancing with the Stars.....

That's great!!

Re: Lacey Schwimmer from "so you think you can dance" joins Dancing with the Stars.....