Lindsay Arnold

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Lindsay Arnold Cusick
Born (1994-01-11) January 11, 1994 (age 30)
Occupation(s)Dancer, choreographer
Years active2012–present
Height5 ft 5.5 in (166 cm) [1]
Spouse
Samuel Cusick
(m. 2015)
Children2
Website www.lindsayarnold.com

Lindsay Arnold Cusick (born January 11, 1994) [2] [3] is an American professional Latin and ballroom dancer. She was a contestant on So You Think You Can Dance . She was a professional dancer and choreographer on Dancing with the Stars

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Personal life

Lindsay Arnold was born and raised in Provo, Utah, and is the oldest of four daughters. [3] [4] Her siblings are Jensen, Brynley, and Rylee. On June 18, 2015, she married her high-school sweetheart, Samuel Cusick, in a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ceremony at the Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah. Fellow Dancing with the Stars dancers Brittany Cherry, Jenna Johnson, and Emma Slater were among her bridesmaids, with Witney Carson serving as maid of honor. [3] On May 13, 2020, she announced she and Cusick were expecting their first child, a girl, due in November. [5] Their daughter, Sage Jill Cusick, was born on November 2, 2020. [6] On October 24, 2022, she announced she and Cusick were expecting their second child, a girl. Their second daughter, June Cusick, was born on May 3, 2023. [7] [8]

So You Think You Can Dance

At age 18, Arnold auditioned for the ninth season of So You Think You Can Dance. She progress to the top 20 finalists. Her partner was martial arts fusion dancer Cole Horibe. With 10 dancers remained, the contestants switched partners to a new one each week. As she proceeded to the top eight dancers, Arnold partnered with Jakob Karr and Alex Wong. She was eliminated on August 29, 2012. After the season, she performed on the show's 30-city tour.[ citation needed ]

Dancing with the Stars

Arnold became a professional dancer on season 16 of the reality television series Dancing with the Stars. At the time, she was the second-youngest pro dancer in the show's history,[ citation needed ] following Julianne Hough joining the show at 18. She was partnered with professional boxer Victor Ortiz. They finished in 8th place and were eliminated in week six after getting three 6s. [9]

She returned in season 17 as a member of the dance troupe, and continued in the troupe through season 20.

She was promoted again to a professional partner in season 21, in which she partnered with National Guard member Alek Skarlatos. [10] The couple made it to the finals and finished in third place. [11]

Arnold returned as a professional for season 22 and was paired with Boyz II Men singer Wanya Morris. They were eliminated in the semifinals, finishing in 4th place. [12]

In season 23, she was partnered with former NFL player Calvin Johnson Jr., finishing in third place. [13]

The following season, her partner was former Major League Baseball catcher David Ross. They finished in second place, behind Rashad Jennings and Emma Slater.

In season 25, Arnold was paired with singer-actor Jordan Fisher. They won the season on November 21, 2017, [14] setting the record [15] for most perfect scores with a total of 9.

The next season, Arnold and former NBA player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar were eliminated in the second week of competition, tying for 7th place with Arike Ogunbowale and Gleb Savchenko. [16]

In season 27, she was paired with former NFL player DeMarcus Ware. [17] The couple was eliminated on week 7 of the competition, finishing in 7th place. [18]

The following season, Arnold was paired with former White House Press Secretary and political aide Sean Spicer. Despite consistently earning low scores and criticism from the judges, home-audience votes kept the pair in [19] through week 9, and they finished in 6th place. [20]

Arnold returned to the show in season 30. She was partnered with season 25 Bachelor Matt James. [21]

SeasonPartnerPlace
16 Victor Ortiz 8th
21 Alek Skarlatos 3rd
22 Wanya Morris 4th
23 Calvin Johnson Jr. 3rd
24 David Ross 2nd
25 Jordan Fisher 1st
26 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 8th
27 DeMarcus Ware 7th
28 Sean Spicer 6th
30 Matt James 12th

Performances

Season 16 with celebrity partner Victor Ortiz

WeekDance / SongJudges' scoreResult
InabaGoodmanTonioli
1 Foxtrot / "Daylight"666No elimination
2 Jive / "Runaway Baby"666Bottom two
3Prom group dance / "The Rockafeller Skank"
Contemporary / "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room"
No
8
points
7
awarded
8
Safe
4 Paso doble / "We Will Rock You"666Bottom two
5 Viennese Waltz / "Never Tear Us Apart"777Bottom two
6 Rumba / "I Just Called to Say I Love You"
Team Paso doble / "Higher Ground"
6
7
6
8
6
7
Eliminated

Season 21 with celebrity partner Alek Skarlatos

WeekDance / SongJudges' scoreResult
InabaHoughTonioli
1 Foxtrot / "Ten Feet Tall"877No elimination
2 Jazz / "Don't Stop Believin'"
Quickstep / "American Girl"
8
7
7
7
8
8
Safe
3 Tango / "Bad Things"881/98Safe
4 Paso doble / "Wake Me Up"888Safe
52 Rumba / "Let It Go"87/737No elimination
6 Jive / "Jailhouse Rock"88/747Safe
7 Viennese Waltz / "Haunted"
Team Freestyle / "Ghostbusters"
9
9
8
10
8
9
Safe
8 Contemporary / "Holding Out for a Hero"
Samba dance-off / "Lean On"
9
No
8
extra
8
points
Safe
9 Salsa / "Back It Up"
Team-Up Dance (Paso Doble) / "We Will Rock You"
8
8
8
8
8
8
Safe
10
Semifinals
Waltz / "America the Beautiful"
Cha-cha-cha Dance-off / "Fun"
Trio Argentine Tango / "Ex's & Oh's"
10
No
9
10
Extra
9
10
Points
9
No elimination
11
Finals
Rumba / "The Pieces Don't Fit Anymore
Freestyle / "Marchin On"
Rumba & Tango Fusion / "A Sky Full of Stars"
9
10
9
9
10
9
9
10
9
Third place

1 Score given by guest judge Alfonso Ribeiro.

2 This week only, for "Partner Switch-Up" week, Skarlatos performed with Emma Slater instead of Arnold. Arnold performed with Carlos PenaVega. [22]

3 Score given by guest judge Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

4 Score given by guest judge Olivia Newton-John.

Season 22 with celebrity partner Wanya Morris

WeekDance / SongJudges' scoreResult
InabaGoodmanTonioli
1 Cha-cha-cha / "Motownphilly"878No elimination
2 Salsa / "Echa Pa'lla (Manos Pa'rriba)"888Safe
3 Waltz / "The Star-Spangled Banner"888Safe
4 Samba / "Circle of Life"89/919Safe
52 Tango / "Hold Back the River"87/738No elimination
6 Jazz / "Bye Bye Bye"10910Safe
7 Foxtrot / "I Say a Little Prayer"
Team Freestyle / "Super Bad", "Living in America" & "I Got You (I Feel Good)"
9
9
9
9
9
10
Safe
8 Jive / "Can You Do This"
Team-up Dance (Samba) / "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)"
8
10
8
9
9
10
Safe
9
Semifinals
Trio Paso doble / "Explosive"
Charleston / "Shame on Me"
10
10
10
10
10
10
Eliminated

1 Score given by guest judge Zendaya.
2 For this week only, as part of "America's Switch Up", Morris performed with Witney Carson instead of Arnold. Arnold performed with Von Miller.
3 Score given by guest judge Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
3 Due to Goodman being the judge coaching Morris' team during the team-up dance, the viewers scored the dance in his place with the averaged score being counted alongside the remaining judges.

Season 23 with celebrity partner Calvin Johnson Jr.

WeekDance / SongJudges' scoreResult
InabaGoodmanHoughTonioli
1 Cha-cha-cha / "That's What I Like"7667No elimination
2 Foxtrot / "As Days Go By"7777Safe
3 Viennese Waltz / "It's a Woman's World"8888Safe (Immunity)
4 Charleston / "Bella Donna Twist"878Safe
5 Jazz / "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"888No elimination
6 Argentine Tango / "Hotel California"910199Safe
7 Jive / "Good Golly, Miss Molly"
Team Freestyle / "The Skye Boat Song"
9
10
9
9
9
9
9
10
Safe
8 Quickstep / "Dr. Bones"
Jive Dance Off / "The Purple People Eater"
10
No

Extra
10
Points
10
Awarded
Safe
9 Waltz / "Memory"
Team-Up Dance (Paso Doble) / "No Good"
9
9
92
92
10
10
9
9
Safe
10
Semifinals
Tango / "Seven Nation Army"
Trio Salsa / "Limbo"
8
10

9
10
9
10
Safe
11
Finals
Viennese Waltz / "I Am Your Man"
Freestyle / "Please Mr. Postman" & "I Want You Back"
Jive & Quickstep Fusion / "Tutti Frutti"
8
10
10
9
10
10
9
10
10
9
10
10
Third Place

1 Score given by guest judge Pitbull.
2 Score given by guest judge Idina Menzel

Season 24 with celebrity partner David Ross

WeekDance / SongJudges' scoreResult
InabaGoodmanHoughTonioli
1 Quickstep / "Go, Cubs, Go"7777No elimination
2 Cha-cha-cha / "Bust a Move"7677Safe
3 Jazz / "Candy Shop"8788Safe
4 Viennese Waltz / "Forever Young"7888Safe
5 Jive / "Ride"7787Safe
6 Argentine Tango / "I Want You Back"
Team Freestyle / "Dancing Machine", "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" & "Best Song Ever"
7
8
7
8
81
91
7
8
Safe
7 Salsa / "Universal Mind Control"
Jive Dance Off / "Gimme Some Lovin'"
8
No
8
Extra
82
Points
8
Awarded
Safe
8 Waltz / "Humble and Kind"
Trio Paso Doble / "Gangsta's Paradise"
9
7
9
7
9
8
9
7
Safe
9
Semifinals
Foxtrot / "You Make Me Feel So Young"
Tango / "Castle on the Hill"
9
9
8
9
9
9
8
9
Safe
10
Finals
Viennese Waltz / "Let's Hurt Tonight"
Freestyle / "It Takes Two" & "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
Foxtrot & Salsa Fusion / "Living"
8
10
9
8
10
9
9
10
9
8
10
9
Runners-up

1 Score given by guest judge Nick Carter
2 Score given by guest judge Mandy Moore

Season 25 with celebrity partner Jordan Fisher

WeekDance / SongJudges' scoreResult
InabaGoodmanTonioli
1 Tango / "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back"878No Elimination
2 Viennese Waltz / "Count On Me"
Samba / "Mi Gente"
8
8
8
8
8
8
Safe
3 Charleston / "The Glory Days"889No Elimination
4 Contemporary / "Take Me Home"1099Safe
5 Foxtrot / "You're Welcome"101010Safe
6 Rumba / "Supermarket Flowers"109/10110Safe
7 Paso Doble / "Animals"
Team Freestyle / "Monster Mash"
10
8
10
8
10
8
Safe
8 Quickstep / "Chuck Berry"
Trio Salsa / "Que Viva La Vida"
10
10
10
10
10
10
Safe
9 Argentine Tango / "Brother"
Jive / "Proud Mary"
9
10
9
10
10
10
Safe
10 Charleston / "Bad Man"
Freestyle / "Puttin on the Ritz"
Samba / "Mi Gente"
Salsa & Paso Doble Fusion / "Kill the Lights"
10
10
10
10
10/102
10/102
10
10
10
10
10
10
Winners

1 Score given by guest judge Shania Twain.
2 Score given by guest judge Julianne Hough.

Season 26 with celebrity partner Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

WeekDance / SongJudges' scoreResult
InabaGoodmanTonioli
1 Cha-cha-cha / "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"656Safe
2 Salsa / "La Malanga"
Team Freestyle / "...Baby One More Time"
7
8
6/71
8/91
6
8
Eliminated

1 Score given by guest judge Rashad Jennings.

Season 27 with celebrity partner DeMarcus Ware

WeekDance / SongJudges' scoreResult
InabaGoodmanTonioli
1 Cha-cha-cha / "Sweet Sensation"878Safe
2 Foxtrot / "The Boy from New York City"
Quickstep / "Ladies Man"
8
8
8
7
8
8
Safe
3 Argentine Tango / "Lux Aeterna"989Safe
4Trio Paso Doble / "Fire"778Safe
5 Charleston / "A Star Is Born"989No Elimination
6 Salsa / "Under Your Spell"899Safe
7 Viennese Waltz / "Tennessee Whiskey"
Team Freestyle / "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)"
9
9
9
8
9
9
Eliminated

Season 28 with celebrity partner Sean Spicer

WeekDance / SongJudges' scoreResult
InabaGoodmanTonioli
1 Salsa / "Spice Up Your Life"444No Elimination
2 Tango / "Shut Up and Dance"655Safe
3 Cha-cha-cha / "Night Fever"555Safe
4 Paso Doble / "Bamboléo"561/55Safe
5 Quickstep / "You've Got a Friend in Me"766No Elimination
6 Viennese Waltz / "Somebody to Love"777Safe
7 Jive / "Monster Mash"
Team Freestyle / "Sweet Dreams"
6
8
6
8
6
8
Safe
82 Jazz / "Come Sail Away"
Cha-cha-cha Dance-Off / "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
7
No
7
Points
6
Awarded
Safe
92 Argentine Tango / "Bills, Bills, Bills"
Foxtrot / "Story of My Life"
7
6
6/73
6/63
6
6
Eliminated

1 Score given by guest judge Leah Remini.
2 Due to Arnold being unable to perform weeks 8 and 9, Spicer danced with Jenna Johnson instead.
3 Score given by guest judge Joey Fatone.

Season 30 with celebrity partner Matt James

WeekDance / SongJudges' scoreResult
InabaGoodmanHoughTonioli
1 Cha-cha-cha / "Give It to Me Baby"6666No elimination
2 Samba / "Levitating"5566Safe
3 Tango / "Scream and Shout"76-7Safe
4 Quickstep / "The Incredits"
Paso doble / "Jungle"
6
8
6
7
7
8
7
8
Eliminated

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Dancing with the Stars (US) Winners
Season 25 (Fall 2017 with Jordan Fisher)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Dancing with the Stars (US) runner up
Season 24 (Spring 2017 with David Ross)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Dancing with the Stars (US) third place contestant
Season 21 (Fall 2015 with Alek Skarlatos)
Season 23 (Fall 2016 with Calvin Johnson Jr.)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Dancing with the Stars (US) semi-finalist
Season 22 (Spring 2016 with Wanya Morris)
Succeeded by