Jojo Siwa Bio

Jojo Siwa started to dance at the tender age of 5 initially at her mother’s dance school. Her talent became evident to the world when she competed in AUDC (Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition) as the youngest of the lot and she ranked among the top 5 of the finalists but got eliminated within a week.

JoJo Siwa didn’t get disheartened and started to audition for Abby Lee Miller’s ALDC and got selected in 2015. Simultaneously in 2015-2016, Jojo Siwa and her mom started to appear in the reality show Dance Moms 5th-6th season and went on to win the show. While performing in this show she got selected in Abby Lee Dance Company’s elite team, replacing Chloe.

JoJo Siwa also performed as a guest star in Make It Pop, Bizaardvark (Disney Channel), and The Thundermans in 2016. Later, Nickelodeon signed a contract with her to perform for their channel. In 2016, she won the Industry Dance Award as the favorite dancer in the seventeen years age group category. She went on to star in series like Lip Sync Battle Shorties, School of Rock, SpongeBob SquarePants, All That, Keeping Up with the Karadashians, and Middle School Moguls.

In 2020, she made an appearance on the American reality television program ‘The Substitute.’ That same year, she was also seen on The Masked Singer and Celebrity Watch Party. She next starred in Celebrity Family Feud, Dancing with the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, and America's Got Talent. In 2022, she portrayed ‘Madison’ in the mockumentary musical drama television series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.

Besides television shows, JoJo Siwa has also starred in films. In 2019, she voiced ‘Jay and Kira’ in the animated action comedy film The Angry Birds Movie 2 directed by Thurop Van Orman. The film was praised by critics and grossed over $152.8 million at the box office. She played a fictional version of herself in the 2021 American children/family musical drama film The J Team directed by Michael Lembeck. The film holds a 64% approval score on Rotten Tomatoes.

JoJo Siwa's first song video uploaded on YouTube, I Can Make U Dance, became very popular and she further justified her singing talent with the profound success of her single Boomerang. In this song, she raises her voice against all the negative comments shared through social media. JoJo Siwa further states that one should not listen to the haters but come back with a bang and fulfill their dreams.

As JoJo Siwa gained popularity, her signature colorful bows and accessories became a fashion trend. In 2013, she released her exclusive Jo Jo Collection (Dancewear) with Tilt Dancewear (shop) and in 2016, she signed a business contract with Claire’s. She now has her own JoJo bow line in their stores.

JoJo Siwa has a huge fan following on social media with over 12.3 million subscribers on her YouTube channel and over 11.3 million followers on Instagram.

She received the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award as the Favourite Viral Music Artist of 2017. She also won the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Social Music Star in 2019 and again in 2020.

Certain schools in the USA have banned JoJo Siwa's colorful bows for their students. The Pioneer posted that the school authorities found these to be obnoxious, humongous, and breaching the uniform code. A recent controversy arose just after the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards when many fans of Jacob Sartorius stated that JoJo Siwa had rigged and paid to win.

Jojo Siwa was born on May 19, 2003, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Tom Siwa and Jessalynn Siwa. Her father, Tom, is a Chiropractor at Northwest Chiropractic, and her mother, Jessalynn, runs her own dance school. Her mother is very supportive and has also performed with her on numerous reality shows.

Her actual hair color is brown but her mother has been bleaching it since childhood.

Jojo Siwa states that most of her bows are handmade by her mother. She has an elder brother, Jayden Siwa, and he is an Instagram star and celebrity dancer.

JoJo Siwa reportedly dated Mark Bontempo in 2020. In January 2021, she revealed that she is a member of the LGBTQ+ community. She also mentioned her girlfriend, Kylie Prew, whom she dated from January 2021 to October 2021. The couple reunited. However, in August 2022, they broke up again. In August 2022, she started dating TikTok star Avery Cyrus. However, the couple parted ways within a few months.