Dancing With The Stars

[Anna]

The official cast announcement:

- Actress Melissa Joan Hart
- Kelly Osbourne
- Aaron Carter
- Singer/actress Mya
- Ultimate Fighting Champion Chuck Liddell
- Professional snowboarder Louie Vito
- Former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Michael Irvin
- Six-time swimming gold medalist Natalie Coughlin
- Actress Debi Mazar
- Iron Chef America star Mark Dacascos
- Swimsuit model Joanna Krupa
- The son of George Hamilton and Alana Stewart, Ashley Hamilton
- Donny Osmond
- Politician Tom DeLay
- Supermodel Kathy Ireland
- Singer Macy Gray

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/ent...ntestants.html

Pairings will follow when announced.

[G. Wayne]

Is Dacascos there as himself or in-character as the Chairman of ICA? Hell, -I- would watch this if it was the latter.

[joemagnum611]

My early pick is Mya. She's a trained tap (Savion Glover taught her), ballet, jazz and hip hop dancer

[Anna]

Originally Posted by G. Wayne

Is Dacascos there as himself or in-character as the Chairman of ICA? Hell, -I- would watch this if it was the latter.

They're not saying.

Originally Posted by joemagnum611

My early pick is Mya. She's a trained tap (Savion Glover taught her), ballet, jazz and hip hop dancer

Mine too.

[Jared]

I assume Donny has had some dance training too.

Dacascos knows capoeira, or at least he did for one movie.

[Anna]

New dances include the Bolero, Lambada, Two Step and Charleston.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing...(U.S._season_9)

[Anna]

The formal partnership announcement will be on the 24th; but lots of stuff has been leaked:


Donny Osmond is paired with Kym Johnson:
http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/08/77669/index.html

Natalie Coughlin is paired with Alec Mazo: http://twitter.com/NatalieCoughlin/status/3392037549

Tom DeLay scores Cheryl Burke: http://www.tomdelay.com/2009/08/19/m...stars-partner/

Debi Mazar has landed Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Ashley Hamilton has been paired with Edyta Sliwinska, who also danced with his father George a few years ago.

http://www.theinsider.com/news/27489...ancing_Partner

Chuck Lidell will dance with the lovely redhead Anna Trebunskaya

Aaron Carter has scored Karina Smirnoff

Mya will dance with Dmitry Chaplin

http://www.accesshollywood.com/danci..._article_21870


Michael Irvin NFL Hall of Famer Anna Demidova

Supermodel Joanna Krupa with Derek Hough

Kelly Osbourne will get Louis van Amstel (straight off his So You Think You Can Dance session)

Louie Vito scores Chelsea Hightower

Mark Dacascos will dance with Lacey Schwimmer



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing...(U.S._season_9)

[Anna]

Final three pairings, courtesy wiki:

Melissa Joan Hart with Mark Ballas
Kathy Ireland with Tony Dovolani
Macy Gray with Jonathan Roberts[8]

[Dave Bennett]

Thanks for the pairings.

Poor Cheryl.

[Anna]

Originally Posted by Dave Bennett

Thanks for the pairings.

Poor Cheryl.

I know; but the "news" pundits will encourage everyone to vote for him.

[Jared]

Cherly has won twice. And who knows, maybe 'The Hammer' will surprise us all.

Ashley Hamilton (surprised to learn he's a guy) was briefly married to Shannen Doherty. So while we don't know about his talent, we do know he's got nerves of steel.

[Anna]

Originally Posted by Jared

Cherly has won twice. And who knows, maybe 'The Hammer' will surprise us all.

Ashley Hamilton (surprised to learn he's a guy) was briefly married to Shannen Doherty. So while we don't know about his talent, we do know he's got nerves of steel.

We learned tonight that he's survived a serious accident; and that he's most likely going home Wednesday.

[Tien Long]

Originally Posted by Anna

We learned tonight that he's survived a serious accident; and that he's most likely going home Wednesday.

Yeah, it was tough to see Ashley not perform too well, especially since he has the look.

My personal favorite is Mark Dacascos, and I think he did well enough. Good hips and energy, but his incorporation of the martial arts techniques could have been better. I was very surprised with Aaron Carter and Louie Vito, especially during the relays. Their dances were very dynamic and energetic.

Can't wait to see the women perform, especially after reading of Mya's dance credentials.

[Jared]

I'm surpised Michael Irvin wasn't better. I want to see him do his trademarked push-off on his partner before going into a solo.

Huh. I always thought Debbie Mazar's last name was pronounced "May-zar".

[Christopher Cross Is God]

I watched the last hour of the debut episode last night, and I was baffled.......When did Aaron Carter stop talking like Rap Masta B?

I saw 1-2 episodes of the Carter family reality show (About a year or two ago?), and the way Aaron Carter talked on that show was a stark contrast to how he spoke on Dancing With the Stars last night. He actually spoke without the bullshit lingo & accent.

He sounded......normal.

Originally Posted by Jared

Huh. I always thought Debbie Mazar's last name was pronounced "May-zar".

During her intro, I remember Mazar pronouncing her own last name as "May-zar"......It's the commentators who keep pronouncing it the other way.