Wasn't sure I was going to get to a post today... had some work come in (a very important Dora the Explorer project!) and plus I had one of those delightful "What's new?" Facebook requests from a good college friend I hadn't been in touch with in about 15 years... ah, where to start?! But you know me, I managed... though only with a small/medium amount of rambling!
Anyhow, I have finally found out the celebrity partnerships for the upcoming season of Dancing With the Stars, which I now find to be just as exciting as the "star" announcements.
For you So You Think You Can Dance fans, there is another cross-over "pro" - Chelsie Hightower. Lacey Schwimmer is also back (though I don't like her chances of lasting too long this time around). I had read Dmitry Chaplin would also be joining the show this season, but I don't see him on the list, which I should add is "unofficial" since it's not off the ABC website.
UPDATE (Wednesday late afternoon): Go a whole different list/order?!!?
UPDATE (Thursday - OK, below are allegedly the *final* pairing according to Entertainment Weekly via ABC!)
Anyhow, here's they are:
Belinda Carlisle w/ Alec Mazo Louis van Amstel Jonathan Roberts (EW confirmed)
David Alan Grier w/ Chelsie Hightower Edyta Sliwinska Kym Johnson (EW confirmed)
Jewel w/ Derek Hough Dmitry Chaplin (EW confirmed)
Shawn Johnson w/ Mark Ballas (yeah, Mark will probably stick around this season! sort of confirmed by paparazzi pix of them leaving practice studio)
Lil' Kim w/ Tony Dovolani Derek Hough (EW confirmed)
Gilles Marini w/ Chery Burke (with the exception of Wayne Newton, Cheryl always seems to do pretty good for herself, though who know about Gilles except that he's hunky - confirmed on his Facebook page)
Ty Murray w/ Edyta Sliwinska Chelsie Hightower (EW confirmed)
Steve-O w/ Lachey Schwimmer (again, not a good draw for Lacey this season after Lance - confirmed on Jimmy Kimmel)
Nancy O'Dell w/ Jonathan Roberts Tony Dovolani (confirmed on Access Hollywood )
Denise Richards w/ Maksim Chmerkovskiy (certainly the hottest looking couple, though we'll see if Denise is serious/hard worker that Maks thrives on - confirmed on GMA)
Lawrence Taylor w/ Karina Smirnoff Edyta Sliwinska (EW confirmed)
Chuck Wicks w/ Julianne Hough (real-life boyfriend & girlfriend - confirmed on ABC)
Steve Wozniak w/ Kym Johnson Karina Smirnoff (EW confirmed)
It will definitely be a "season of love" on DWTS this season... with a bunch of real-life couples... married (Jewel/Ty Murray)... engaged (Maks/Karina)... and dating (Chuck/Julianne).
Will post couple pix when I stumble onto them!
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