Lindsay Arnold Latest News, Photos, and Videos

You’ve probably noticed that there’s a HUGE height difference between reigning Dancing With the Stars champ Lindsay Arnold and her new partner, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

She’s 5’6″, he’s 7’2″ – and that’s the biggest height difference ever featured on the show. Ever. But somehow, they’ve got it handled.

“That’s definitely a challenge,” Lindsay tells TVGuide. “When you dance, there’s a lot of dances where you have to be closer in height to do them, but we are getting creative. We’re making it work.”

The height difference is actually a bonus for Lindsay, because she loves “pushing the boundaries and trying new things, and that’s something that we’re definitely going to do this season. I’m excited for it!”

She also share a bit about their first dance, a cha-cha.

“It’s quick, and it’s fun, and I think it’s going to be a really good style for Kareem and I. We are going to have less weeks this season, so we might not get to all of the dances, so I’m very excited that one of them we got to do was Cha Cha,” Lindsay says.

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Lindsay Arnold has her eyes on a lot of athletes for the upcoming season of Dancing With The Stars – but one of them is sticking out more – Nathan Chen!

The reigning champ (she won with Jordan Fisher last fall!) spoke to ET about her dream list for the all-athlete season and why she think Nathan would be perfect for the show.

“Nathan is someone who really inspired me during the Olympics because of his fight,” she says. “He came back so strong after a rough performance and absolutely killed it out on the ice.”

Obviously, Nathan and Lindsay both being from Utah is a plus, too.

“He is also a fellow Utahn, so that gives us an automatic connection.”

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In the past few seasons, we saw a ton of familiar faces pop back up on So You Think You Can Dance as All-Stars and choreographers. Now, we’re wondering when, and if, it will be Lindsay Arnold‘s turn.

The 24-year-old dancer was in season 9 of the show (in 2012) and made it to the top 8 dancers, and since then, has been on Dancing With The Stars.

In the past seasons, Jenna Johnson, Val Chmerkovskiy, Sasha Farber, Emma Slater and Allison Holker have all popped up on the show as All-stars and choreographers. So, could Lindsay get that chance?

“I think since I was on SYTYCD, right after that I was on DWTS. It’s never really lined up in a way that I could do it,” she tells JJJ. “I would obviously love to, but I don’t think it’s ever been able to work out with me being a pro on DWTS.”

However, she would definitely be open to choreograph for the show.

“It was cool to see Val, Sasha and Emma choreograph this [past] season,” she shared. “I really want to do that too. All I would have to do is submit some of my choreography and try out for that.”

Lindsay promises JJJ that she’s definitely going to submit some of hers for the next season.

“That just looks like a lot of fun and it’s a different experience because you’re choreographing on two dancers. I think I could do some pretty fun stuff.”

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Lindsay Arnold isn’t taking a break from the ballroom at all.

The 24-year-old reigning pro Dancing With The Stars champ is hoping to return for the upcoming spring season, which will welcome all athletes to the competition.

“I always will be a part of the show as long as they’ll have me,” she told Orlando Sentinel in a recent interview.

But what about the other pros? We probably won’t hear about the pro lineup until at least late March, so we can only hope that Sharna Burgess, Sasha Farber, Emma Slater, Witney Carson, Alan Bersten and more return too.

However, we might have to get used to having a season without the Chmerkovskiys — Val, Maks and Peta Murgatroyd — as their MVP tour has Monday night shows.

Here’s hoping we hear something soon!

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Valentine’s Day is here and our fave celeb couples are celebrating all over social media.

Married couples Alexa and Carlos PenaVega, Aimee Carrero and Tim Rock, Kevin and Danielle Jonas, and Lindsay Arnold and Sam Cusick all left sweet messages for each other on Instagram.

Sarah Hyland and Wells Adams are celebrating their first Valentine’s Day together, just like Kelsea Ballerini and Morgan Evans — this makes their first Valentine’s Day together as husband and wife!

Jenna Johnson and Val Chmerkovskiy, Ashley Tisdale and Christopher French, and Megan Nicole and Cooper Green are also celebrating.

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Jordan Fisher, Lindsay Arnold, Emma Slater and Sasha Farber are alright after they were involved in a pileup while heading to their next tour stop on the DWTS: Light Up The Night tour yesterday.

No one was seriously injured during the multi-car accident on Monday afternoon (February 5) in Iowa, involving one of the tour buses transporting members of the show.

“We are okay. Love you guys,” Jordan shared on social media shortly after the show was cancelled. “Thanks for the prayers and well-wishes.”

Lindsay took to her Instagram stories to thank fans for their prayers too: “Hey guys, thank you all so much for love and support. I am so thankful to say that Sam and I are ok along with everyone on our bus. We feel very lucky and our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved in [the] accident.”

As many as 70 cars were involved in the accident, KCCI 8 in Des Moines reports, with one person dead and five more being sent to the hospital in critical condition.

DWTS is working on rescheduling the tour stop at Stephens Auditorium in Des Moines.

How cute is this pic of mirrored-ball champ Lindsay Arnold with Sharna Burgess and Emma Slater backstage at the Dancing With the Stars Light Up The Night Tour?

The tour is currently heading all around the country, and JJJ has the first pics from the shows!

Jordan Fisher, Frankie Muniz, Jenna Johnson, Sasha Farber, Artem Chigvintsev, Alan Bersten, Keo Motsepe, Gleb Savchenko, Morgan Larson, Brandon Armstrong and Hayley Erbert are also on the tour, showing off their dance skills on stage.

“We are doing the freestyle, the samba, our Disney week foxtrot and our Charleston,” Lindsay teases of her performances with Jordan on stage. “Jordan and I also dance in a lot of new group numbers, so that is something new and different that people haven’t seen.”

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Check out all the pics of the pros and special guests, Jordan and Frankie, below!