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“Dancing with the Stars” Returns for 7th Season - Update
As much as I like unscripted TV, it’s pretty hard to watch three nights in a row of any show. The folks at ABC are counting on us doing just that as they kick-off season 7 of “Dancing with the Stars.”
This season will feature a Grammy®-winning singer, a television legend, a Super Bowl champion, two Olympic Gold medalists and an Oscar® winner. To help speed up the process, two couples will be eliminated this week (September 24).
The Kids Ballroom Dance Competition, sometimes one of the best parts of the show, will also return for another season.
Dancing with the stars is hosted by Tom Bergeron and Samantha Harris (E! Entertainment). Back for another year are judges Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba.
The dancing hopefuls include:
LANCE BASS - member of the boy band *NSYNC. Teaming up with Lance is Lacey Schwimmer 2007 World Swing Dance Champ.
TONI BRAXTON - Six-time Grammy Awards winner. Braxton is paired up with Alec Mazo, who is returning for his fourth season.
BROOKE BURKE - ABC says Burke is “a host, actress, entrepreneur and celebrity mom.” Should I know how she is? Her dancing partner for the show is Derek Hough who is returning for his third season.
ROCCO DISPIRITO - Reality TV star and award-winning celebrity chef will be cooking on the dance floor with Karina Smirnoff who is back for her fifth season.
MAURICE GREENE - A gold medal Olympian is teaming up with Cheryl Burke to win the mirror ball gold. This will mark the sixth season for Burke.
KIM KARDASHIAN - One of the stars of Keeping up with the Kardashians, whose famous stepfather is none other than, Olympic Gold Medalist Bruce Jenner, is teamed up with the returning champ, Mark Ballas. Perhaps they’ll dance their way on to a box of Wheaties.
CLORIS LEACHMAN - This award winning actress is teamed up with the World Latin Champion, Corky Ballas, who will be making his series debut.
CODY LINLEY - the youngest contestant ever to compete on Dancing with the Stars is partnered with the two-time Dancing with the Stars champ, Julianne Hough.
SUSAN LUCCI - Emmy® Award winning actress, cosmetic and jewelry designer is teamed up with Tony Dovolani who is returning for his sixth season.
MISTY MAY-TREANOR - Beach Volleyball champion and recent Olympic gold medalist will be volleying for votes with her dance partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
TED MCGINLEY - this TV actor is teamed up with Inna Brayer - the current US Amateur 10 Dance Champion.
JEFFREY ROSS - New York Magazine’s “Meanest Man in Comedy,” will with hamming it up for the judges and America as he makes his way across the dance floor with Edyta Sliwinska. Sliwinska has competed in all seven seasons of Dancing with the Stars.
WARREN SAPP - Superbowl Champion and recently retired defensive tackle Warren Sapp will be trying his fancy footwork on the dance floor. He is teamed with Kym Johnson who is returning for her fifth season.
This week’s result show will feature the Jonas Brothers and Jesse McCartney.
You can cast your votes for your favorite teams via phone on Monday and Tuesday night during the show and up to 30 minutes after the show has ended.
Dancing with the Stars airs on ABC - check the listings to see how many nights it’s on.
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By Socialwrkr
September 22, 2008 11:31 PM | Link to this
I loved the kick off. Several really good competitors, several it will be good to see go! As for you, Craig, you sound like you can’t stand the show! Maybe someone who enjoys it would have more fun doing the blog…