ABC announced the new Dancing with the Stars cast today. If you've been living under a rock the past few years, the announcement of the new DWTS cast is now given all of the gravitas as the naming of a new Pope.Here we go:
Aaron Carter
Ashley Hamilton
Chuck LiddellDebi Mazar
Donny Osmond
Joanna Krupa
Kathy Ireland
Kelly Osbourne
Louie Vito
Macy Gray
Mark Dacascos
Melissa Joan Hart
Michael Irvin
Mya
Natalie Coughlin
Tom Delay
Quck thoughts: My first reaction was of course these celebs are doing Dancing with the Stars. But I actually think that this show is better than most reality or reality competition shows. At least it's mostly for fun and the stars don't have delusions of stardom. We knew Donny Osmond was going to be on the show. I think he and Marie have some intense competition thing going on. Sports stars are well represented (Michael Irvin, Natalie Coughlin), and Joanna Krupa is now making a career of being on reality shows. I think the secret front runner here might be Mark Dacascos. Just look at those moves he makes on Iron Chef America.
No idea who Mya is.
Like everyone else I think the most interesting name on the list is Tom Delay. Though I would have gone with Dan Quayle.
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8-17-2009 @ 11:54AM
Jude said...
In keeping with the usual Dancing with the Stars list, I can tell you who five of these "celebrities" are. On the rare occasions when I tune into the show, I'm rarely certain who is the professional dancer and who is the "celebrity." It's such a worthless show.
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8-17-2009 @ 11:55AM
Raked said...
Mya is a singer, but that's about all I know.
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8-17-2009 @ 11:55AM
yaksplat said...
well, there are now 15 new reasons to ignore this show.
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8-17-2009 @ 12:14PM
BL said...
Mya is actually an excellent dancer. She was in Cell Block Tango in the movie of Chicago, I think her verse was about killing the painter. I think she is a bit of a ringer.
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8-17-2009 @ 12:47PM
Owloo said...
no Charo = another season I don't watch this
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8-17-2009 @ 1:05PM
PB said...
"...all of the gravitas as the naming of a new Pope." I *did* see the sequined smoke coming from the Good Morning, America studios this morning ;-)
Some people I know, some people I don't know, which is par for the course each season. It'll be fun, as usual, if only because Tom Bergeron is the best show host.
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8-17-2009 @ 2:31PM
Pingles said...
No Beth Stern?
*points to recent post on TVSquad*
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8-17-2009 @ 3:57PM
Brent McKee said...
Mark Dacascos is of course Mr. Chairman on "Iron Chef America" but before that he also played Eric Draven on the TV series "The Crow: Stairway to Heaven."
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8-17-2009 @ 5:34PM
Don-Don said...
Let's hope Marc Dacascos shows off his capoeira moves from 'Only the Strong'. If they couple him with Cheryl, they can be a Filipino power pair.
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8-17-2009 @ 8:01PM
Gordy said...
Mya's biggest hit is the Lady Marmalade remake with Xtina, Lil' Kim, and Missy Elliot--oh, and P!nk.
Regardless, Mya is a trained dancer. WTF?
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8-18-2009 @ 10:18AM
Ari said...
What Tom Delay have to pull out of the competition when it is discovered he is already a long time ballroom dancer.
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8-18-2009 @ 5:25PM
Jimmy said...
I couldn't pick half of them out of a line-up!
My early picks would be Melissa Joan Hart and Debi Mazar (if she can keep her attitude in check).
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