The celebrities and their partners for season 10 of Dancing with the Stars have been announced!We have two pilots (one flies a plane, the other a spaceship), a life guard, a police officer, a spy, an actress, a sportscaster, a clown, a mother, an Olympian and a dancer.
We also have a returning professional dancer and a brand new one.
Here are the couples:
Kate Gosselin and Tony Dovolani - Kate Gosselin is a mother of eight (six all at once), who appeared in the reality show Jon and Kate plus Eight. She and Jon have since divorced and Kate seems to be looking for work. She seemed to own the Today show during her break-up and has guest-hosted on The View. Tony will have his hands full!
Pamela Anderson and Damian Whitewood - A diversifying figure, Pam came to fame as a life guard in the TV show Baywatch. She has posed naked quite a few times (well, most of the time), and is an ardent supporter of PETA. Damian comes from Burn The Floor, and has been thrown in at the deep end!
Shannen Doherty and Mark Ballas - Shannen played Brenda Walsh, an aspiring actress, in Beverly Hills 90210. She has a good partner with Mark, but actresses rarely get near the finals.Erin Andrews and Maksim Chmerkovskiy - The DWTS producers said they have been pursuing Erin since day 1. She is an ESPN sportscaster, (in)famous for the stalker who took peephole videos of her. She certainly showed her mettle is going after they guy. Plus Maks is full of mettle too! It just depends on whether she can dance...
Niecy Nash and Louis van Amstel - Niecy plays a police deputy, Raineesha Williams, in the comedy show Reno 911. To be honest, Niecy doesn't really have the body-type to be a ballroom dancer, but she has the best partner in terms of maximizing her strengths.
Nicole Scherzinger and Derek Hough - The pair to beat. Nicole, of the Pussycat Dolls, is a dancer. Period. Derek has a huge fan base. Add the two together and they are almost certain to be in the finals, if not champions.
Chad Ochocinco and Cheryl Burke - As well as being an outstanding football player, Chad is a bit of a clown. Football players traditionally do well, and Cheryl certainly knows how to win!
Buzz Aldrin
and Ashly Costa - Buzz will get some patriotic votes, and I'm sure he's fit for his age. But it's his age that will factor into this. Ashly returns after appearing in seasons 1-3.Aiden Turner and Edyta Sliwinska - Good-looking actor who plays a spy on All My Children. Will definitely get the soap opera vote, but how long will he last> Despite appearing in every season, Edyta never seems to get great partners.
Evan Lysacek and Anna Trebunskaya - A national hero, and skater - always been good characteristics to go far in the competition. It's nice that Anna will have a chance of winning after waiting for a while,
Jake Pavelka and Chelsie Hightower - Jake is a pilot and appeared in the Bachelor - a show who's sole purpose is as a lead-in to the DWTS cast announcement. I have no idea why he's here.
I think the favorites are Nicole and Derek, and Evan and Anna. But you can never tell until a few weeks in who really has the talent.
(By the way, I got five of the contestants correct! That's pretty good for me!)
No Lacey? No Karina? This season is already boring and it hasn't even started yet. This season's "stars" are either washed up or never-were. Truly pathetic! ABC is cutting corners and will lose viewers. So what else is on TV as I won't be watching this garbage!
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean by "six hers"? All 8 of her children are hers.
ReplyDelete@wagrobanite You're absolutely right - I meant to say "six at once". I was trying to write two things at once! Corrected now.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, have you ever watched the show? None of the "stars" on the show have been major stars or weren't currently major stars. That's the point of the show! This show may be ridiculous at times which some of the fluff but Ballroom is a seriously hard sport to do.
ReplyDelete@wagrobanite First, I never questioned the difficulty of learning any type of dance. I simply stated that this season will in all likelihood be a snooze-fest. At least when they had fun dancers like Lacey Schwimmer who spiced things up a bit, there was a better reason to watch. Also, past seasons have had much better stars with better personalities. So to answer your first question, yes I have watched the show many, many times.
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