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  • Chelsie Hightower Not Competing On DWTS Season 18

    This past Monday’s Dancing With The Stars season 18 lineup included a lot of new faces to the show, along with various pro-dancer favorites as well. Among the favorites returning to Dancing With The Stars season 18 was Maksim Chmerkovskiy, who had been on a hiatus for a season, but not recurring pro-dancing favorite Chelsie Hightower.

    Hightower, 24, from Las Vegas, NV, first started her television-dancing career when she appeared on the FOX dancing/reality show So You Think You Can Dance during the show’s fourth season. Hightower was eliminated from So You Think You Can Dance in July of 2008 after securing her place into the contestant’s top sixth rankings. One of Hightower’s most memorable performances on the show was when she performed “Bleeding Love” with other So You Think You Can Dance contestant Mark Kanemura, who has recently been working closely with Lady Gaga.

    Hightower has been involved with Dancing With The Stars since the show’s eighth season when she was paired with rodeo cowboy Ty Murray. Hightower has also been involved with Dancing With The Stars up to its fifteenth season. Many of Hightower’s fans were expecting a comeback appearance for the 18th season; however, according to SheKnows.com’s Reality TV Magazine, Hightower will be involved with ABC’s dance/reality show in a different way–by contributing her thoughts and feedback regarding the performances on the show’s ABC Blog.

    On Tuesday morning, the day after Dancing With The Stars‘ season 18’s premiere, Hightower appeared on Good Morning America to recap and discuss her insights into the premiere as well.

    SheKnows.com’s Reality TV Magazine offered the following statement pertaining to Hightower’s absence from Dancing With The Stars season 18.

    “While it’s sad that she’s no longer on stage, it is nice to know that Chelsie still considers herself a part of the DWTS community. The dancer has dedicated herself to providing other fans with excellent insight into everything from costumes to choreography.”

    Other So You Think You Can Dance alumni who are not returning for season 18 of Dancing With The Stars but have been involved with the show in the past are Lacey Schwimmer and Dmitry Chaplin; however, Lindsay Arnold continues her involvement with the Dancing With The Stars troupe, and Witney Carson has started her pro-dancer career on the show as she pairs with Australian singer Cody Simpson.

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  • Chelsie Hightower Talks About DWTS Week 1

    Chelsie Hightower may not be dancing as a pro on season 18 of Dancing With the Stars (DWTS), but she is weighing in on all of the performances from week one.

    The ballroom dancer, who was a professional on DWTS for seasons 8 – 12, as well as seasons 14 and 15, is sizing up the contestants on a blog for ABC and on a panel with Good Morning America (GMA).

    In her blog, Hightower admits that contestant Danica McKellar is her early favorite, though she was impressed by most of the contestants.

    While she didn’t think Billy Dee Williams was a “great dancer,” she did give him some advice, “Just give it a little more energy and work on using those arms! We just want to see a little improvement every week. You got this!”

    Like many who watched the season 18 opener of DWTS, Hightower was inspired by Amy Purdy and her performance. “Amy has sterling courage to face the stiff challenge this show presents! That is not just noteworthy but absolutely inspiring to all who will watch her performances in the coming weeks,” said Hightower.

    Hightower gave positive reviews to all contestants, ending her post with, “Over-all it was an impressive ‘Dancing with the Stars’ seasonal premiere! If the opening show is any indication, and it is, this will be a strong season featuring great dancing!”

    On Tuesday morning Hightower joined former DWTS contestant Sherri Shepherd, Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, Josh Elliott, and Amy Robach, to further discuss the performances from the first night of season 18 of DWTS.

    Hightower took to Instagram to document her time on GMA.

    “Fun on the panel @GMA”

    “Always love seeing this woman @sherrieshepherd and getting her sweet words of advice. So much love to you Sherri!”

    Image via Chelsie Hightower, Instagram.

  • Britney Spears Visits Dancing with the Stars to Support Roshon Fagan and Chelsie Hightower

    Dancing with the Stars blasted off Season 14 on Monday night with oodles of star power. Aside from the celebrities on the dance floor, Britney Spears was in the audience to root for “Camp Rock” star Roshon Fagan and partner Chelsie Hightower.

    The dance team cha-cha-chad their way to a score of 20/30.

    Chelsie met up with Britney following Monday’s show and said Britney was “So complimentary and nice, so genuine. It was a thrill to meet her and how nice of her to come and support Roshon.”

    After the show, Britney Tweeted, “Just went to Dancing with the Stars to support Jason’s friend Roshon Fegan;” Jason Trawick is Britney’s fiance. She went on to tweet that Roshon, “Is so cute! And wow can that boy dance!”

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    In May 2010, Spears’s representatives confirmed she was dating her agent Jason Trawick, and that they had decided to end their professional relationship to focus on their personal relationship. The couple became engaged on December 16th.

    Trawick starred in Britney’s Criminal music video. He plays her night and shining armor as he saves her from an abusive relationship.