Season 9 Dancing With The Stars have been revealed
Good Morning America's Chris Cuomo and Dancing With The Stars host, Tom Bergeron revealed the latest D-List celebrities who are set to dance their dignity away as cast members of the popular ABC reality competition, Dancing With The Stars. The two were joined by Donnie Osmond, who after much publicity surrounding his possible involvement last season, is actually one of the stars on hand for Season 9.
Missing from the list are recently rumored stars LaToya Jackson, Paula Abdul, Florence Henderson, Tori Spelling and Lou Ferrigno.
During the GMA segment, Bergeron revealed, "This will be our biggest cast yet." He went on to say that at about halfway into the season, there will be three weeks of double eliminations. "It will be a ballroom bloodbath," joked the former Americas Funniest Videos host, who now shares Dancing host duties with Samantha Harris.
That ballroom bloodbath comment may not be too far from the truth; as far as a battle for ratings is concerned. It seems FOX has bumped up the next season of its own dancing show, So You Think You Can Dance to go head to head with the September debut of Dancing With The Stars.
The stars for set to dance on ABC are as follows:
1. Kathy Ireland, supermodel, who graced the cover of Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue 13 years in a row.
2. Macy Gray, a Grammy winning singer, who dabbled in reality television or sorts back in 2006, when she was a contestant on Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown, finishing third.
3. Melissa Joan Hart, former star of Sabrina, The Teenage Witch, and a current favorite of ABC Family movies.
4. Mya, R&B singer and starred alongside Catherine Zeta Jones and Queen Latifah in the film adaptation of Chicago.
5. Ashley Hamilton, ex-husband of 90210's difficult star, Shannen Doherty and son of perennially tanned George Hamilton, who was a Dancing Star on Season 2. Dear old dad lasted until round six.
6. Michael Irvin, ex-Dallas Cowboy wide receiver.
7. Mark Dacascos, the Chairman of Food Network's Iron Chef America.
8. Donny Osmond, former teen idol, currently starring in a Las Vegas production with Dancing's Season 5 favorite fainter, his sister, Marie.
9. Kelly Osbourne, singer, reality star and daughter of singer Ozzy Osbourne and America's Got Talent judge, Sharon Osborne.
10. Debi Mazar, for Madonna gal-pal and co-star of HBO's Entourage.
11. Chuck Liddell, aka The Iceman, former Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion.
12. Natalie Coughlin, 11-time Olympic medalist in swimming.
13. Joanna Krupa, model; most recently seen on another ABC reality series, The Superstars.
14. Louie Vito, 21 year old professional snowboarder.
15. Aaron Carter, singer, former reality star of House of Carter and brother of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter.
16. Tom DeLay, former House majority leader who got the nickname The Hammer for his no-nonsense way of dealing with business.
The show kicks off with a three night premiere on Monday, September 21.
Comments
Mark Dacascos should do well. I studied acting with him in the eighties in the valley - we were close then - nice guy - very talented actor... he's sorta gotten type cast on the Food Network - but at least he's got a regular paycheck... I guess...
I wouldn't be surprised if he takes it all the way!
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