Lacey Schwimmer News

With So You Think You Can Dance returning this Thursday night, past champion Lacey Schwimmer was recently asked about her favorite performance on the show.

Here's her reply:

I'd have to say the very first routine I ever did. The contemporary routine where my legs split like POP! The other reason why I would say that is because it was the first number. It's the first thing I remember being on that show.

And you know, I would perform it any day, any time, whatever. I miss it a lot. It's one of my favorites. It's beautiful.

Here's the dance in question:

According to OK!, David Cook has more to celebrate than just an incredible run on American Idol.

That tabloid's sources say the talented rocker is dating another reality TV stalwart: Lacey Schwimmer, who finished in the top four So You Think You Can Dance last season.

The insider claims Schwimmer is "falling hard" for the rocker. She has been in the audience at the American Idol tapings for the last two weeks, even describing Cook's feelings on his brother being in attendance for last night's show:

"His brother came to town a few days ago, and he's not in the best of shape and you can tell it's affecting David and everything," Schwimmer said to People Magazine. "But I think it's a good thing that he's here because it shows that his brother is still supporting him."

So, You Think You Can Date? David Cook and Lacey Schwimmer supposedly do.

The pair met two weeks ago during rehearsals for the Idol Gives Back special.

"Lacey met David during rehearsals and they had an intense chemistry immediately! They were totally flirting and she was joking with him saying, 'Don't make your heart rate go up too high.' They have the same sense of humor," OK!'s source added.

Lacey Schwimmer and Hok Konishi are enjoying themselves on So You Think You Can Dance's current North American tour. But the main source of happiness isn't the grooving and/or the shaking.

"Being on tour is an amazing experience, but I couldn't imagine it without Hok," Schwimmer told In Touch Weekly.

The 19-year-old swing and international Latin dancer and Konishi, a 22-year-old break dancer, finally went public with their relationship a couple months ago. Now, they can't say enough positive things about one another.

"He is by far the best thing that ever happened to me," Schwimmer said. "It's exciting to know that I have my best friend and my love with me at all times."

Schwimmer said she was first introduced to her man by her brother - So You Think You Can Dance second-season champ Benji Schwimmer - who knew Konishi because he also competed during the show's summer 2006 second installment, without making it as a finalist.

However, romantic sparks didn't fly between the two until both appeared as So You Think You Can Dance third-season finalists over the summer. The rest is dancing and love-making history.

So You Think You Can Dance third-season finalists Lacey Schwimmer and Hok Konishi have confirmed they are dating.

But they weren't anxious to share the news.

"Actually there is Hok and Lacey, I think they are official and I think they have been official," fellow finalist Lauren Gottlieb told Access Hollywood last Friday when asked about any romantic relationships between third-season cast members.

So You Think You Can Dance 3 champ Sabra Johnson - as well as contestant Neil Haskell - then backed up this claim. It forced Schwimmer to come clean about her love life.

"What? Wait. Wait. Where did you get that information from?" asked Schwimmer when approached by Access Hollywood about her alleged relationship with Konishi. Once she learned it was her fellow finalists who let the news slip, Schwimmer said, "Alright, you caught us."

Reality TV World reports that Schwimmer, an 18-year-old swing and international Latin dancer from Redlands, CA, was eliminated from So You Think You Can Dance 3 during the show's finale last month; while Konishi, a 22-year-old break dancer from Los Angeles, CA, was cut on the cusp of the Top 10 being revealed.