Lacey Schwimmer is an American competitive ballroom dancer, singer, and the winner of multiple youth championships. She is best known as the fourth place finalist of the third season of So You Think You Can Dance. She is the daughter of noted dancer Buddy Schwimmer, as well as the cousin of Heidi Groskreutz, who placed fourth on the second season of So You Think You Can Dance. She is also the sister of Benji Schwimmer, the winner of the second season of So You Think You Can Dance. She participated in the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars as a professional dancer paired with Lance Bass of 'N Sync, in the eighth season of the show paired with Jackass star Steve-O and in the ninth season paired with actor and Iron Chef America host Mark Dacascos. Schwimmer returned to Dancing with the Stars for its eleventh season and she was partnered with Disney Channel star, Kyle Massey and in the 12th season she was paired with radio host Mike Catherwood. In the thirteenth season, she was paired with transgender activist Chaz Bono. Schwimmer did not return for season 14 of Dancing With The Stars'

Schwimmer describes her dance style as West Coast Swing and International Latin. She made an appearance in Jon Chu and Adam Sevani's "Biggest Online Dance Battle" against M&M Cru and was credited as a member of America's Best Dance Crew with Hok, another So You Think You Can Dance competitor. She's made television appearances on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Good Morning America, and Jimmy Kimmel Live!. In 2008 she danced alongside Adam Sandler at the MTV Movie Awards 2008. She then appeared in the video of the song Rainbow, by Elisa with singer songwriter Vinnie Ferra.

She is a part of the iHollywood Dance faculty teaching master classes in the United States and Norway. Schwimmer also has her own line of tube socks as well as a dance wear line designed by Sugar and Bruno Dancewear collection.

Schwimmer's debut single, "Love Soundz", was released June 21, 2011.

Early life

Lacey Schwimmer grew up in a Mormon (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) household in Redlands, California. Her parents are Laurie Kauffman and notable West Coast Swing dancer Buddy Schwimmer. She is the younger sister of Benji Schwimmer, winner of the second season of So You Think You Can Dance.

Schwimmer has been training and dancing competitively since a young age. At age seven, she and partner Brian Cordoba danced in the 1995 U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships. At age ten, she and partner Blace Thompson placed 1st in the Young America Division at the 1998 U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships. Schwimmer went on to have annual top rankings at the U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships and has won numerous U.S. titles.

Early career

In January 2003, Schwimmer was paired with Jared Murillo, and the two began competing at a junior level. They were upgraded to the youth level in August 2003 and were in dozens of competitions. They received the U.S. title in the Young Adult Division of the U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships. They were also awarded the US National Youth Latin Championship in 2006. Schwimmer also appeared in Christina Aguilera's "Candyman" music video as a jitterbugger.

Schwimmer and Murillo have a cameo appearance in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody in the episode "Loosely Ballroom". She is in the background of the scene during which a ballroom competition takes place.

So You Think You Can Dance

Schwimmer auditioned for So You Think You Can Dance with her brother, Benji Schwimmer.

After becoming a top 20 finalist on Season 3 of So You Think You Can Dance, Schwimmer was paired up with contemporary/hip hop dancer, Kameron Bink. The two danced together for five weeks and had much success, with the judges praising their chemistry and ease with which they danced together. They were also the only couple to never get placed in the bottom three couples. At Week 6, the couples were assigned new partners and Schwimmer was then partnered with Danny Tidwell. She was also partnered with Neil Haskell and Pasha Kovalev before being named a Top 4 Finalist on the show.

Schwimmer, her brother Benji Schwimmer, Donyelle Jones, Katee Shean, Jakob Karr, Ashleigh Di Lello, Joshua Allen, Evan Kasprzak, Kent Boyd, Marko Germar, and Melanie Moore are the only contestants in all eight seasons of the show to have never been in the bottom three couples or bottom four dancers.

After making it to the top 10 finalists, Schwimmer joined her fellow contestants in the So You Think You Can Dance's 2007 dance tour, starting in Albany, New York. On December 12, 2007, Schwimmer had surgery on her left knee to repair a torn meniscus she suffered during the So You Think You Can Dance 's 2007 dance tour.

She also appeared in season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance to assist her brother, Benji Schwimmer, to choreograph a West Coast Swing routine for Katee Shean and Joshua Allen.

Week	Partner	Dance	Song	Result
1	Kameron Bink	Contemporary	"Dancing" by Elisa	Safe
2		Broadway	"Overture/All That Jazz" from Chicago	Safe
3		Quickstep	"Big and Bad" by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy	Safe
4		Hustle	"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Inner Life	Safe
5		Hip-hop	"Here I Come" by Fergie	Safe
6	Danny Tidwell	Samba	"Hip Hip Chin Chin" by Club Des Belugas	Safe
	Solo		"Waiting on the World to Change""?John Mayer
7	Neil Haskell	Latin jazz	"Acid" by Ray Barretto	Safe
		Contemporary	"Time" by Billy Porter
	Results Show Solo		"I'm Doing Everything (For You)""?The Rocket Summer
8	Pasha Kovalev	Hip-hop	"In The Morning" by Junior Boys	Safe
		Smooth waltz	"A Daisy In December" " Mick McAuley & Winifred Horan
	Solo		"Le Disko""?Shiny Toy Guns
	Results Show Solo		"What I Like About You""?Lillix
9	Danny Tidwell	Viennese Waltz	"Keep Holding On""?Avril Lavigne	4th Place
	Sabra Johnson	Jazz	"Koyal (Songbird)""?Nitin Sawhney
	Neil Haskell	Lindy hop	"Bill's Bounce""?Bill Elliot Swing Orchestra
	Solo		"Technologic""?Daft Punk

Note: Results highlighted in red indicate that contestants placed in the bottom dancers or couples, but may not have necessarily been eliminated.

Later career

Dancing with the Stars

On the morning of August 25, 2008 on Good Morning America Schwimmer was announced as one of the professional dancers on season seven of Dancing with the Stars and was partnered with Lance Bass. TV Guide reported that Schwimmer had endometriosis but was still able to continue on the show as her condition did not require surgery. She returned for seasons 8, 9, 11, 12 and 13. During this time, she and professional dancers, Chelsie Hightower and Dmitry Chaplin, are the only former participants from So You Think You Can Dance to perform as regulars on DWTS. However, other SYTYCD alumnis such as Anya Garnis, Iveta Lukosiute, Ryan DiLello and Pasha Kovalev have often done special performances performed during the results show.

On November 25, 2008, Schwimmer and her celebrity partner, Lance Bass, finished in 3rd place. Lacey was on the last DWTS tour with her partner Lance Bass. The tour ended on February 8, 2009. Lacey returned for season eight of DWTS, and she was partnered with reality television star Steve-O. On August 24, 2009 it was announced on GMA that Schwimmer would be partnering Mark Dacascos for season nine . Schwimmer was not paired with a celebrity partner in season ten, but was present in a few results show dances.

In season 11 Schwimmer was partnered with Disney Channel star Kyle Massey. They made it to the finale and were the runners-up to Jennifer Grey and Derek Hough. For season 12, Lacey was partnered with radio personality Mike Catherwood. They were eliminated first on March 29, 2011. For season 13, Schwimmer was partnered with Chaz Bono. They were eliminated on October 25, 2011.

Season	Partner	Place
7	Lance Bass	3rd
8	Steve-O	8th
9	Mark Dacascos	6th
10
11	Kyle Massey	2nd
12	Mike Catherwood	11th
13	Chaz Bono	7th

With Lance Bass

Average:24.5

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Cha Cha/ "Jumpin' Jack Flash"	8	6	8	Safe
	Quickstep/ "Close To Me"	7	6	8	Safe
2	Paso Doble/ "I Kissed A Girl"	7	6	7	Safe
3	Viennese Waltz/ "Let Me Leave"	8	7	7	Last to be called safe
4	Tango/ "Disturbia"	9	8	9	Safe
5	West Coast Swing/ "Breakin' Dishes"	7	7	7	Safe
6	Jive/ "Tutti Frutti" Old School Hip Hop/"It Takes Two"	9 No	9* Scores	9 Given	Safe
7	Rumba/ "Your Body Is A Wonderland"	9	7	9	Safe
	Team Cha Cha/ "Mercy"	6	7	7
8	Foxtrot/ "Sweet Pea"	9	8	9	Safe
	Samba/ "1 Thing"	8	7	9
Semifinals	Mambo/ "Straight To Number One"	10	9	9	Safe
	Jitterbug/ "Jim Dandy"	10	9	10
Finals	Samba/ "Blame It On The Boogie"	9	8	9	Third Place
	Freestyle/ "It's Tricky"	9	9	9
	Jitterbug/ "Jim Dandy"	9	9	10

• Score was awarded by stand in judge Michael Flatley.

With Steve-O

Average:15.8

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Waltz/ "Vito's Waltz"	6	5	6	No elimination
2	Salsa/ "Cobrastyle"	5	4	5	Safe
3	Foxtrot/ "I'm Yours"	5	5	5	Safe
4	Lindy Hop/ "Dance Little Sister"	5	5	5	Bottom 3
5	Viennese Waltz/ "Complainte de la Butte"	6	6	6	Safe
6	Rumba/ "Fall For You"	7	4	5	Eliminated

With Mark Dacascos

Average:22.1

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Cha Cha Cha/"Kung Fu Fighting"	7	7	7	Safe
	Viennese Waltz/"I'm Your Man"	Awarded	Eight	Points
2	Quickstep/"King of Swing"	7	7*	7	Safe
3	Rumba/"Don't Lie"	6	6	6	Safe
4	Two-Step/"Nothin' Better to Do"	8	7	7	Safe
5	Paso Doble/"Diablo Rojo"	9	9	8	Safe
	Hustle/"The Hustle"	No	Score	Given
6	Jitterbug/"This Cat's On a Hot Tin Roof" Mambo/"Ran Kan Kan"	9 Awarded	9 6	8 Points	Safe
7	Samba/"Switch" Team Paso Doble/"I Hate Myself for Loving You" Replaced by Anna Trebunskaya	6 8	7 8	6 8	Eliminated

• Score was awarded by stand in judge Baz Luhrmann.

With Kyle Massey

Average:24.9

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Cha Cha Cha/ "My First Kiss"	8	7	8	Last to be called Safe
2	Quickstep/ "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To"	8	7	7	Safe
3	Waltz/"Falling In Love At a Coffee Shop"	8	7	8	Safe
4	Rumba/"Nothin' on You"	6/8	6/7	6/7	Safe
5	Foxtrot/"Charlie's Angels Theme"	8	5	7	Safe
6	Tango/"If I Had You" Rock n' Roll Marathon/"La Grange"	8 Awarded	7 7	8 Points	Safe
7	Cha Cha Cha Team Dance/"Workin' Day and Night" Paso Doble/"Free Your Mind"	8 10/9	8 8	8 8	Last to be called Safe
8	Viennese Waltz/"Breathe (2AM)" Jive/"Good Golly Miss Molly"	9 10	9 9	9 10	Safe
9 Semi-finals	Samba/"She's Got Me Dancing" Argentine Tango/"Jai Ho"	10 10	9 9	10 10	Safe
10 Finals	Foxtrot/"Feeling Good" Freestyle/"Tootsee Roll" Tango/"If I Had You" Cha Cha Cha/"Raise Your Glass"	9 10 9 9	9 9 8 9	9 10 9 10	Second Place

With Mike Catherwood

Average:15.0

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Foxtrot/"Cooler Than Me"	5	4	4	No Elimination
2	Jive/"The Boys Are Back in Town"	6	5	6	Eliminated

With Chaz Bono

Average:18.8

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Cha-Cha-Cha/"Dancing In The Street"	6	5	6	Safe
2	Quickstep/"Love is All Around"	6	5	6	Safe
3	Rumba/"Laugh at Me"	6	6	6	Safe
4	Paso Doble/Theme from Rocky	7	7	7	Safe
5	Samba/Get Down on It	7	7	7	Safe
6	Tango/The Phantom of the Opera Group Broadway Dance/Big Spender & Money Money	7 No	6 Scores	6 Given	Eliminated

Music career

Schwimmer was featured as a singer on the 2010 single "Red Cup (I Fly Solo)" by Cash Cash. In June 2011 she released her official single titled "Love Soundz" produced by The Monsters and The Strangerz. The song hit the airwaves on "On Air with Ryan Seacrest" on June 17, 2011 and was available on iTunes on June 21.

In 2012, Schwimmer was featured as a singer on the It Boys! single "Burning Up".

Awards

• 2011 " 7th Place: Dancing With The Stars Season 13; Partner: Chaz Bono
• 2011 " 11th Place: Dancing With The Stars Season 12; Partner: Mike Catherwood
• 2010 " 2nd Place: Dancing With The Stars Season 11; Partner: Kyle Massey
• 2009 " 6th Place: Dancing With The Stars Season 9; Partner: Mark Dacascos
• 2009 " 8th Place: Dancing With The Stars Season 8; Partner: Steve-O
• 2008 " 3rd Place: Dancing With The Stars Season 7; Partner: Lance Bass
• 2007 " 1st Place: World Swing Dance Championships, Classic Division; Partner: Benji Schwimmer
• 2007 " 4th Place: Season 3 of So You Think You Can Dance
• 2006 " 1st Place: U.S. National Youth Latin Championships; Partner: Jared Murillo
• 2005 " 3rd Place: U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships; Young Adult Division (14"17 years); Partner: Jared Murillo
• 2004 " 1st Place: U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships; Young Adult Division (14"17 years); Partner: Jared Murillo
• 2003 " 2nd Place: U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships; Young Adult Division (14"17 years); Partner: Jared Murillo
• 2002 " 1st Place: U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships; Young Adult Division (14"17 years); Partner: Jamie Bayard
• 2001 " 2nd Place: U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships; Young Adult Division (14"17 years); Partner: Jamie Bayard
• 2000 " 1st Place: U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships; Young America Division (6"14 years); Partner: Jamie Bayard
• 1998 " 1st Place: U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships; Young America Division (6"12 years); Partner: Blace Thompson

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