Dancing With the Stars: TV Guide Photo Shoot

This is a totally fun video clip for fans of Dancing With the Stars! In it, the final four couples this season talk about being on the show while they do a photo shoot for TV Guide Magazine. We get to see them posing, being made up for the cameras and casually talking in between it all.

Be sure to stay with it all the way to the end, because Ty Murray clowns it up and has Chelsea Hightower giggling. It’s very cute!

Tags: Chelsea Hightower, Cheryl Burke, Dancing With the Stars, Gilles Marini, Mark Ballas, Melissa Rycroft, Photo shoot, Shawn Johnson, Tony Dovolani, TV Guide, Ty Murray

Dancing With the Stars: Shawn Gilles Talk About the Results

After winning the 8th season of Dancing With the Stars, Shawn Johnson & Mark Ballas stopped to talk a bit with a correspondent from TV Guide.

Shawn says that the mirror-ball trophy feels like her second gold medal. Mark was obviously very moved by winning too. Even though a lot of people were upset that Gilles or Melissa didn’t win, Shawn has obviously got tons of fans because it was their votes that put her over the top. Check it out:

And it’s so amazing how graceful both Gilles Marini & Cheryl Burke were after coming so close to winning. Gilles said that it was fitting that Shawn would win. She’s 17 years old and he’s 33 years old. He wanted her to win. WOW! How cool is he?

Tags: Cheryl Burke, Dancing With the Stars, Gilles Marini, Mark Ballas, Shawn Johnson

Dancing With the Stars 8: Final 3 Pairs on GMA

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After last night’s amazing season finale of Dancing With the Stars, all three of the finalist pairs were guests on Good Morning America today. They danced for the crowds and showed off why they were the final three.

I found some great photos of them dancing on GMA, as well as a very cute photo of Shawn Johnson & Mark Ballas with their masks from last night. All I can say is that season 9 had better be fabulous, if it’s going to live up to this season…

[Photo: Bauer-Griffin]

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[Photo: Bauer-Griffin]

[Photo: Bauer-Griffin]

Tags: Cheryl Burke, Dancing With the Stars, Gilles Marini, Good Morning America, Mark Ballas, Melissa Rycroft, Season 8, Shawn Johnson, Tony Dovolani, winner

Dancing With the Stars 8: Shawn Johnson Mark Ballas Win!

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Last night was the exciting season 8 finale of Dancing With the Stars. I was honestly ready to see any of the three win it this season. They were all three amazing! Amid performances by Lady Gaga and all of this season’s dancers, we saw repeat performances by the final three couples. All three final performances were given perfect 30 scores by the judges, so it all came down to the viewers’ votes.

First, we had to see Melissa Rycroft & her partner Tony Dovolani get eliminated. Then we found out that Shawn Johnson & Mark Ballas were the seaosn 8 winners. Apolo Ohno told Shawn that no Olympian who made it to the finals had left without winning the trophy. She certainly took it to heart, because she danced fabulously!

[Photo: Bauer-Griffin]

I’m not surprised that Melissa didn’t get as manay audience votes as the other two, since she is so new to the celebrity world. But after being the consistent leader all season and being as totally hunky as he is, I was surprised that Gilles Marini & Cheryl Burke didn’t win.

But overall, there were three of the most wonderful dancers ever in the finale this season.

Tags: Apolo Ohno, Cheryl Burke, Dancing With the Stars, Gilles Marini, Lady Gaga, Mark Ballas, Melissa Rycroft, Season 8, Shawn Johnson, Tony Dovolani, winner

Dancing With the Stars 8: Ty Rides Into the Sunset

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[Photo: newscom.com]

He made a valient effort. He impressed us all with his tenacity and his hard work. And he won us all over with his easy going personality. His fans saved him from elimination last week, in spite of how fantastic Lil Kim danced. But finally, Ty Murray’s time on the dance floor came to an end. He was this week’s eliminated star on Dancing With the Stars.

Not only that, but So You Think You Can Dance alum Chelsea Hightower did an amazing job working with Ty this season. She’s just completed her first season as a pro dancer on DWTS, but I know she’ll be back. She’s terrific.

This week, we saw several amazing performances that got perfect scores, including two perfect routines by Gilles Marini & Cheryl Burke. The competition is just to fierce at this point in the competition for Ty to stay in it. He’s been a wonderful dancer to watch this season, and managed to be one of the only dancers to avoid injury. (Of course, compared to riding a bull, dancing is a piece of cake!)

Now we’re down to the final three couples on the show and next week is the finals. I’m guessing that Gilles will win, but wouldn’t be surprised to see either of the two women (Melissa Rycroft or Shawn Johnson) pulls out the win either. All three are spectacular. Anything can happen at this point.

Who do you expect to take home the mirror-ball trophy this season?

Tags: Chelsea Hightower, Dancing Withthe Stars, Gilles Marini, Lil Kim, Melissa Rycroft, Shawn Johnson, Ty Murray

Dancing With the Stars: Dance Center

I can’t help myself. The most hilarious and fun part of every season of Dancing With the Stars for me is the occasional Dance Center segment. The first person to be voted off of the second season of Dancing With the Stars, Kenny Mayne who is an ESPN sports anchorman in real life, anchors the fake commentary about the season’s competition.

He is so funny. He always wears an amazing amount of very feminine makeup and acts so serious about the whole thing. But almost everything he says comes out sounding clueless. And to make it even funnier, his sidekicks include judge Len Goodman, whom he cuts off in the middle of is sentences nearly every time he tries to talk. And the other sidekick is season 2 great dancer Jerry Rice, wearing crazy makeup and outfit too. The three of them act so seriously when they give their silly, fun commentary, I love it. This week we saw two segments of Dance Center. The first segment is about 3 minutes into this clip.

And the second segment is about a minute into this clip:

Tags: Chelsea Hightower, Cheryl Burke, Dance Center, Dancing With the Stars, Derek Hough, Gilles Marini, Jerry Rice, Kenny Mayne, Len Goodman, Lil Kim, Mark Ballas, Melissa Rycroft, Shawn Johnson, Tony Dovolani, Ty Murray

Dancing With the Stars 8: Steve-O Heads Home

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[Photo: newscom.com]

The number of dancers with injuries this season on Dancing With the Stars is at an all-time high. And Steve-O, in spite of his previous career being filled with him trying to injure himself in strange and exotic ways, has been no exception. He hurt his back and was unable to even perform live one week. Yet his many fans kept him in the competition in spite of it all.

But, we all knew it was time for his run on the show to come to an end. It just had to happen.

I am personally very happy to see that he made it through rehab and has managed to stay sober for months now. I hope he continues to stay sober and to take care of himself. He’s spent many self-destructive years so far and it was time to grow up. Good for him!

I do have to admit that I have been completely surprised by how well he actually did do on the show. When he was announced as one of the dancers, I was expecting him to maybe last a week. He evidently has a very large fan base and he really did put his heart into his dance performances, even if they didn’t make it to professional level.

I wish him well in his future and can say that I’m glad that he was on this season of the show. Even though he’s no dancer, he does seem to be getting his life on the right track and that deserves our respect.

So long, Steve-O. It was great having you on this season of DWTS.

So who do you think will be the next to go home? Who do you think is going to win this season? Let us know!

Tags: Chelsea Hightower, Cheryl Burke, Chuck Wicks, Dancing With the Stars, Derek Hough, Edyta Sliwinska, Gilles Marini, Julianne Hough, Lacey Schwimmer, Lawrence Taylor, Lil Kim, Mark Ballas, Melissa Rycroft, Shawn Johnson, Steve-O, Tony Dovolani, Ty Murray

Dancing With the Stars 8: Tonight’s Performance Show

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Tonight marked the halfway point in this season of Dancing With the Stars. It’s becoming very clear who will probably make it to the final three and who will not. After tonight’s performances, I think it’s a slam dunk that Gilles Marini & Cheryl Burke, as well as Lil Kim & Derek Hough will be in the final three. My big indecision is between Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovolani and Shawn Johnson & Mark Ballas. Those two teams are both very close in their skills and it will be interesting to see who does better as the season progresses.

As for this week, sadly, I think the bottom two will follow the judges’ scores. It seems clear to me that the two who deserve this week’s dance-off are Steve-O & Lacey Schwimmer and Ty Murray & Chelsea Hightower. I just don’t think they will be here much longer. Overall, it’s a good season with lots of interesting dancers. Here are my comments on tonight’s performances:

Who did you like the best tonight? Who do you think will go home?