DonnyOsmond-related stories
Posted Nov 25th 2009 2:00AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews

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S09E21)
Dancing with the Stars is down to three finalists, two hours, and one winner. We re-welcome the thirteen eliminated celebrities. Donny & Kym, Mya & Dmitry, and Kelly & Louis emerge from the other side of the stage and run past the eliminated contestants. Louis got a lot of butt slaps; he giggles and continues walking.
We get a recap of last night, ad in the middle of the recap we have the back of Miss Piggy's head. Was that the spaghetti cat of
DWTS? The recap played again right after a commercial break.
The best part of the night wasn't the results, it was Miss Piggy laying the smackdown on Samantha Harris.
Continue reading Review: Dancing with the Stars - Performance 10 Results (season finale)
Posted Nov 24th 2009 1:52AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Recaps

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S09E20) It's the finals of
Dancing with the Stars and the trophy was placed in front of the judge's table. Tom announces that three couples have three new dances; technically Mya was part of Team Paso Doble in week seven.
The second round was the megamix, and I would rather have them return to the group dance-off format. The three couples dancing at the same time was too much to handle. I missed individuality.
I was very disappointed with the Freestyle round. There's free reign and it didn't seem like anyone even took it. I was expecting Kelly to rock out and Mya to pull off a tasteful hip-hop piece. Alas, I got neither.
Continue reading Recap: Dancing with the Stars - Performance 10
Posted Nov 18th 2009 1:29AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews

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S09E19) It's been nine weeks on
Dancing with the Stars and I didn't expect to see Joanna, Kelly, or Donny around this long. Unfortunately, one of them was eliminated.
For no reason, Melissa Rycroft showed up on this results show and slipped in the professional's performance. This was probably because her fans caused an uproar since she wasn't a candidate for the Design A Dance competition. Instead of "Sabrina was robbed" we got "Melissa was robbed," and ABC listened.
It was a busy show, but the elimination was not a shocker to me. By this point, fan support outweighs the judges scores.
Continue reading Review: Dancing with the Stars - Performance 9 Results
Posted Nov 17th 2009 1:12AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Recaps

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S9E18) For the first time in
Dancing with the Stars history, the semifinalists have to dance three dances. Fortunately, their third dance was the dance-off they've been practicing for weeks. For the Latin dances, each of the contestants have to do a solo.
With next week being the finals, all the contestants are stressed and more emotional than normal. There were a lot of tears being held tonight.
As the contestants walked down, I couldn't help but gawk at how beautiful Kym Johnson looked in her tango costume. Unfortunately for her, it will probably lead to her and Donny's downfall.
Continue reading Recap: Dancing with the Stars - Performance #9
Posted Nov 10th 2009 2:30AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: Dancing With The Stars, Episode Recaps

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S09E16)
Dancing with the Stars is only two weeks away from the finals. With only five contestants left, each have to perform two dances to ensure that we fit the two hour block.
The two dances consist of one ballroom and one Latin routine. The biggest flaw with having two dances was that everyone spent all their time making sure that the Latin dance was amazing, and their ballroom dances felt lazy.
I'm shocked to see the seven paddle still around with only five contestants left. This season's quality level was nowhere near Shawn Johnson, Gilles Marini, and Melissa Rycroft last season.
Continue reading Recap: Dancing with the Stars - Performance 8
Posted Jan 27th 2009 10:33AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars

There seems to be an epidemic of blabbermouthing going around these days. First, Vice President Joe Biden's wife Jill lets it slip on
Oprah that Joe had his choice of VP or Secretary of State (snap Hillary!), then Steve Martin reveals that he and Tina Fey will be presenting together
at the Oscars (so much for secret presenters), now Donny's let the cat out of the bag.
While taping
The Bonnie Hunt Show,
Donny Osmond announced that he's doing Dancing With the Stars, the new edition that commences in March.
Oops! See, it wasn't Donny's job to make the announcement. He was supposed to let ABC decide the right time to reveal the lineup of celebrity dancers, although whether they can dance before the show begins is debatable.
Continue reading Loose lips? Swiveling hips? Donny's Dancing with the Stars
Posted Jan 31st 2008 9:00AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Watercooler Talk, Celebrities, Talk Show, Dancing With The Stars, Pickups and Renewals

About two months ago, we learned that Donny and Marie Osmond were
being considered for their own daytime talk show. One of the Osmonds will indeed host a talk show in the somewhat near future. Earlier this week, Marie, who recently appeared on
Dancing with the Stars, announced that she will host her very own syndicated daytime talk show set to premiere in the fall of 2009.
This will not be Marie's first time as a host. If you recall, from 1998 to 2000, she co-hosted
Donny & Marie with her brother, Donny Osmond.
Continue reading Marie Osmond to host new talk show
Posted Dec 23rd 2007 1:21PM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Programming, OpEd, Video, Festivus, Retro Squad
Well, one of my Festivus wishes may be coming true after all. As we reported last week there are rumors that Donny & Marie (it is never Donny and Marie, always Donny & Marie) may be returning to television in perhaps a daytime talk show format or a reality program. My hope is that they shelve all of that and give us another variety show. And, if they can get it up in time, then we can have an Osmond Family Christmas.
Just like the one in this video, which seems to be from the latter (or last) season of the ABC variety show Donny & Marie. I probably remember these episodes the most because they featured every single Osmond that was still alive. In this example we see the Osmond Family band, including Jimmy on trumpet, Merrill on banjo, and Dad (may he rest in peace) on the bass guitar. We even get to see Marie play a little xylophone during the set.
Continue reading It's a late '70s Osmond Family Christmas - VIDEO
Posted Dec 17th 2007 9:45PM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars
Word on the street is that Donny and Marie Osmond may be returning to TV. After being prominently featured on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, the brother and sister duo have found a new audience.
Marie came in third place in the latest season of DWTS and Donny made appearances on the show as well as working for Entertainment Tonight as a special DWTS correspondent.
Continue reading The return of the purple socks?
Posted Mar 29th 2007 7:51PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: ABC, Game Show, Cancellations

Hey, here's a shocker:
The Great American Dream Vote has dismal ratings. So bad, in fact, that ABC yanked it off the schedule after airing only two episodes. Donny Osmond was the host of the sick game show that had people come on television and tell their sob story and beg to have their dream come true. Even the promos for the show made it sound demented and wrong. Last night's episode came in dead last behind fourth place
Friday Night Lights on NBC. Instead, ABC will fill the Wednesday 8 pm time slot with episodes of
George Lopez.
While we may never know whose dream comes true, I can tell you that
mine has.