Artem Chigvintsev

Artem Vladimirovich Chigvintsev (Russian: Артём Влади́мирович Чи́гвинцев; born 12 June 1982) is a Russian-American professional dancer, specialising in Latin dancing.[3]

Artem Chigvintsev
Born
Artem Vladimirovich Chigvintsev[1]

(1982-06-12) 12 June 1982[2]
Izhevsk, Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, RSFSR, Soviet Union
OccupationDancer

Choreographer

Reality TV Star
Years active2003–present
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
TelevisionSo You Think You Can Dance
Strictly Come Dancing (2010–2013)
Dancing with the Stars (2014–2018)
Spouse(s)
Giselle Peacock
​
(
m. 2004; div. 2005)
Partner(s)Nikki Bella (2019-present)
Children1
Websiteartemchigvintsev.com

Chigvintsev joined the cast of Burn the Floor. He performed both on Broadway and more recently in the West End in 2009. Chigvintsev joined Strictly Come Dancing straight from Burn the Floor in London in 2010–2013 in his first year, winning the show along with his celebrity partner Kara Tointon.

Early life

Chigvintsev was born at Izhevsk, Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, RSFSR, Soviet Union. He moved to the United States in 2003, and began dancing with champion ballroom dancer Giselle Peacock. Chigvintsev auditioned to appear as a contestant on the first series of So You Think You Can Dance.[4] Chigvintsev was eliminated alongside his fellow contestant Melissa Vella,[5] but returned as a guest choreographer for season two.[4]

Strictly Come Dancing

In September 2010, Chigvintsev joined Strictly Come Dancing series 8 as a professional dancer, where he was partnered with actress Kara Tointon.[6] The pair achieved good scores in the first five weeks of 30, 32, 31, 32, and 37. In week 5, they were awarded the first 10 of the series by Alesha Dixon for their paso doble. In week 6 they were top of the leaderboard with their salsa. They also had good scores for the next five weeks of 36, 38, 35, 34, and 38. In week 11, they got their highest score of 39 for the Viennese Waltz and Rumba and got the maximum 5/5 for the swing-a-thon. Chigvintsev and Tointon made it to the final along with Matt Baker and Pamela Stephenson. The pair went on to win the competition, defeating Matt Baker and his partner Aliona Vilani, and being crowned series champions for 2010. Chigvintsev is one of four professionals to win the series as a first-time Strictly pro.

In 2011's Strictly Come Dancing season 9 Chigvintsev was partnered with Holly Valance. He and Valance made it to Week 11, the semi-finals, before being eliminated.

Chigvintsev's celebrity partner in the 10th series of Strictly Come Dancing was television presenter Fern Britton. They were eliminated in Week 6.

His celebrity partner in the eleventh series of Strictly Come Dancing was former Coronation Street star Natalie Gumede, who played Kirsty Soames. They reached the finals and became one of the runners-up, along with Susanna Reid and Kevin Clifton, losing to model Abbey Clancy.

Series Celebrity partner Place Average
Score
8 Kara Tointon 1st 35.7
9 Holly Valance 4th 32.8
10 Fern Britton 10th 23.0
11 Natalie Gumede 2nd 36.9

Series 8: with celebrity partner Kara Tointon

Series 9: with celebrity partner Holly Valance

Series 10: with celebrity partner Fern Britton

Series 11: with celebrity partner Natalie Gumede

Dancing with the Stars

In 2014, after competing on the eleventh series of Strictly, Chigvintsev appeared in the 18th season of Dancing with the Stars as a member of the Dance Troupe. Later that year, it was announced that Chigvintsev had been promoted to professional dancer for the show's 19th season, marking his exit from Strictly Come Dancing.[7]

He was paired, for season 19, with actress Lea Thompson. The couple was eliminated in week 9 (the quarterfinals) and finished in sixth place.

He returned for season 20 and paired with award-winning singer Patti LaBelle.[8] The couple was eliminated on week 6 and finished in 8th place.

On 19 August 2015, Chigvintsev was announced as one of the professional dancers for season 21 of Dancing with the Stars.[9] However, when the full season 21 cast was revealed along with their partners, Chigvintsev was not part of the lineup.[10] Chigvintsev wrote on his Instagram account that he would not be competing on season 21 due to a last minute casting change, but he would still dance with the pros in the ballroom.[10]

Chigvintsev returned for season 22 partnering with actress Mischa Barton. They were eliminated on Week 3 of competition and finished in 11th place.

For season 23, he was paired with Brady Bunch actress and author Maureen McCormick. McCormick and Chigvintsev were eliminated in week 7 finishing in 8th place.

For season 24, he was paired with former figure skater Nancy Kerrigan. On 1 May 2017, Kerrigan and Chigvintsev were eliminated in a double elimination along with The Bachelor star Nick Viall and Peta Murgatroyd.

For season 25, he was paired with WWE wrestler Nikki Bella. They were eliminated in week 7 of the competition in a double elimination only announced at the end of the show. This marks the third season in a row where Artem and his partner have left the show in the seventh week of competition and the second season in a row where they have left as part of a double elimination.

For season 26, he was partnered with Olympic snowboarder Jamie Anderson. They were eliminated in the first week of competition, tying in 9th place with Johnny Damon and Emma Slater. This marks the third season in a row where Chigvintsev and his partner have left as part of a double elimination.

For season 27, he was paired with Paralympic skier Danelle Umstead. The couple was eliminated on week 2 and finished in 12th place.[11]

Season Partner Place Average
19 Lea Thompson 6th 34.1
20 Patti LaBelle 8th 28.6
22 Mischa Barton 11th 16.3
23 Maureen McCormick 8th 29.6
24 Nancy Kerrigan 6th 32.6
25 Nikki Bella 7th 22.9
26 Jamie Anderson 9th 19.0
27 Danelle Umstead 12th 18.3

Season 19 with celebrity partner Lea Thompson
  • Average: 34.1
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result
Inaba Goodman Hough Tonioli
1 Foxtrot / "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)" 8 8 8 8 Safe
2 Jive / "Land of a Thousand Dances" 9 8 9 9 Safe
3 Cha-Cha-Cha / "The Power of Love" 7 81 8 8 Safe
4 Contemporary / "Dance with My Father" 10 92 10 10 Safe
53 Broadway / "You Can't Stop the Beat" 9 84 8 9 No Elimination
6 Salsa / "Sexy People" 8 85 8 8 Safe
7 Argentine Tango / "Necessary Evil"
Team Freestyle / "Black Widow"		 8
9		 8
9		 9
9		 9
9		 Safe
8 Jazz / "Somethin' Bad"
Jive Dance-Off / "Rip It Up"		 8
No		 8
Extra		 8
Points		 8
Awarded		 Safe
9
Quarter-finals		 Samba / "Animals"
Paso Doble (Trio Challenge) /"Black Betty"		 8
9		 9
9		 8
9		 9
9		 Eliminated

1 Score given by guest judge Kevin Hart in place of Goodman.

2 The American public scored the dance in place of Goodman with the averaged score being counted alongside the three other judges.

3This week only, for "Partner Switch-Up" week, Thompson performed with Valentin Chmerkovskiy instead of Chigvinstev. Chigvintsev performed with Janel Parrish.

4Score given by guest judge Jessie J in place of Goodman.

5Score given by guest judge Pitbull in place of Goodman.

Season 20 with celebrity partner Patti LaBelle
  • Average: 28.6
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result
Inaba Goodman Hough Tonioli
1 Foxtrot / "Lady Marmalade" 7 6 6 6 No Elimination
2 Salsa / "In da Club" 7 7 7 7 Safe
3 Cha-Cha-Cha / "Oye 2014" 6 5 5 6 Safe
4 Jazz / "Dan Swit Me" 8 7 7 8 Safe
5 Waltz / "When You Wish Upon A Star" 7 6 7 7 Safe
6 Quickstep / “Heat Wave”
Team Freestyle / "Trouble"		 8
10		 7
9		 7
10		 7
10		 Eliminated

Season 22 with celebrity partner Mischa Barton
  • Average: 16.3)
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result
Inaba Goodman Tonioli
1 Tango / "In the Night" 5 5 6 No Elimination
2 Cha-cha-cha / "Pata Pata" 5 5 5 Bottom three
3 Samba / "Party in the U.S.A." 6 6 6 Eliminated

Season 23 with celebrity partner Maureen McCormick
  • Average: 29.6
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result
Inaba Goodman Hough Tonioli
1 Viennese Waltz / "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" 6 5 5 6 No Elimination
2 Quickstep / "The Brady Bunch" 7 6 6 7 Safe
3 Salsa / "Tres Deseos" 7 7 7 7 Safe (Immunity)
4 Argentine Tango / "High Bar" 8 — 8 8 Safe
5 Foxtrot / "From the Ground Up" 8 — 8 8 No Elimination
6 Samba / "Mas que Nada" 8 71 8 8 Safe
7 Tango / "You Give Love a Bad Name"
Team Freestyle / "The Skye Boat Song"		 7
10		 7
9		 7
9		 7
10		 Eliminated

1 Score given by guest judge Pitbull.

Season 24 with celebrity partner Nancy Kerrigan
  • Average: 32.6
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result
Inaba Goodman Hough Tonioli
1 Viennese Waltz / "She's Always a Woman" 7 7 7 7 No Elimination
2 Cha-cha-cha / "No Rights No Wrongs" 7 7 7 7 Safe
3 Samba / "Shake Your Bon-Bon" 8 9 8 8 Safe
4 Foxtrot / "My Wish" 8 9 8 8 Safe
5 Jazz / "That's How You Know" 9 9 9 9 Safe
6 Paso Doble / "Free Your Mind"
Team Freestyle / "My Boyfriend's Back", "No Scrubs" & "BO$"		 9
8		 8
8		 81
91		 8
9		 Last to be called safe
7 Tango / "Oh, Pretty Woman
Cha-cha-cha Dance-Off / "Crave"		 9
No		 9
Extra		 92
Points		 9
Awarded		 Eliminated

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

Season 25 with celebrity partner Nikki Bella
  • Average: 22.9
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result
Inaba Goodman Tonioli
1 Tango / "So What" 7 7 6 No Elimination
2 Waltz / "Come Away with Me"
Samba / "Despacito"		 7
6		 7
6		 7
6		 Safe
3 Viennese Waltz / "Love on the Brain" 7 7 7 No Elimination
4 Contemporary / "Fight Song" 8 8 8 Safe
5 Jazz / "Remember Me" 9 9 9 Safe
6 Argentine Tango / "Dernière danse" 9 9/91 9 Safe
7 Jive / "I Put a Spell on You"
Team Freestyle / "Monster Mash"		 8
8		 8
8		 8
8		 Eliminated

1 Score given by guest judge Shania Twain

Season 26 with celebrity partner Jamie Anderson
  • Average: 19.0
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result
Inaba Goodman Tonioli
1 Viennese Waltz / "Feeling Good" 6 7 6 Eliminated

Season 27 with celebrity partner Danelle Umstead
  • Average: 18.3
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result
Inaba Goodman Tonioli
1 Foxtrot / "Rise Up"
Foxtrot / "Strong Ones"		 6
6		 6
6		 6
6		 Safe
2 Cha-Cha-Cha / "Welcome to New York"
Quickstep / "Luck Be a Lady"		 6
7		 6
6		 6
6		 Eliminated

So You Think You Can Dance

In 2011, Chigvintsev was a choreographer on So You Think You Can Dance. He choreographed a Viennese Waltz to "She's Always a Woman" by Billy Joel for Katie Love & Luke Jackson. He choreographed a Cha-Cha-Cha to "Judas" by Lady Gaga for Bethany Rose Harrison & Lee Bridgman. For the final, he choreographed a Tango to "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)" by Grace Jones for Katie Love & Luke Jackson.

Other work

In 2009 he appeared in the music video for Hush Hush; Hush Hush by The Pussycat Dolls, dancing with Nicole Scherzinger.

In 2011, Chigvintsev acted the part of lead choreographer in the CBeebies Christmas Pantomime, Cinderella.

Chigvintsev has also appeared in an episode of the TV show The O.C. and in the movie I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.[4]

Personal life

Chigvintsev was married to his dancing partner, Giselle Peacock, from 2004 to 2005. He became a naturalized American citizen on September 17, 2014.[2] As of November 2019, he is engaged to Total Bellas star, and retired WWE wrestler, Nikki Bella, who was his celebrity partner on the 25th season of Dancing with the Stars. On January 29, 2020, Nikki and Artem announced they were expecting their first child together just a week and a half after Nikki's twin sister is expecting her second child. On June 11, 2020, the couple announced they are expecting a boy. [12] Bella gave birth on July 31, 2020.[13]

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References
  1. "ARTEM CHIGVINTSEV: DanceDish.com Exclusive Interview". DanceDishTV. YouTube. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  2. "About Artem". ArtemChigvintsev.com. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  3. "Strictly Come Dancing 2011 - Professionals - Artem Chigvintsev". BBC.
  4. "Artem Chigvintsev". Curtis Brown (literary agents).
  5. on digitalspy.co.uk
  6. "Kara Tointon to star in Strictly Come Dancing". Tv.sky.com. 20 December 2010. Archived from the original on 12 September 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  7. "Meet The Pro Dancers for DWTS Season 19". ABC.
  8. ABC News. "'Dancing With the Stars' 2015: Season 20 Celebrity Cast Announced". ABC News.
  9. ABC, News (19 August 2015). "'Dancing With the Stars' Season 21: Returning Pro Dancers Revealed". Yahoo. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  10. Jacobsen, Kevin (4 September 2015). "'Dancing With the Stars' 2015 Cast: Why Is Artem Chigvintsev Not Part Of Upcoming Season 21 Pro Lineup?". Enstarz. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  11. Seemayer, Zach (2 October 2018). "'Dancing With the Stars': Blind Paralympian Danelle Umstead Tears Up Over Early Elimination (Exclusive)". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  12. "Nikki Bella Is Dating 'DWTS' Pro Artem Chigvintsev After John Cena Split". Us Weekly. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  13. Mizoguchi, Karen (2 August 2020). "He's Here! Nikki Bella and Fiancé Artem Chigvintsev Welcome Their First Child". People.
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