Benji Schwimmer was born on January 18, 1984 in Newport Beach, California. He trained formally for 19 years and characterized his style as West Coast Swing. He came from a family who deeply enjoys dancing. Aside from his parents, Fred Astaire is one of his favorite dancers of all time.
Benji auditioned for Season 2 of So You Think You Can Dance with his cousin
Heidi Groskreutz , and both of them made it to the final four. Up until week 5, he was paired with
Donyelle Jones , to whom he had great chemistry with. The pair was praised by the judges as "the couple to beat". Both Benji and Donyelle made it to the top 4, where Benji was declared winner of So You Think You Can Dance.