Dancing with the Stars 8 premieres Monday March 9 at 8/7c on ABC. The cast of 13 contestants who will be competing on the show are:

Belinda Carlisle (Singer, Go-Go’s)
David Alan Grier (Actor, In Living Color)
Jewel (Singer)
Shawn Johnson (Olympic gold medalist, balance beam)
Lil’ Kim (Rapper)
Gilles Marini (Actor, Sex and the City movie)
Ty Murray (Rodeo champion)
Steve-O (aka Stephen Glover, Actor)
Nancy O’Dell (Co-anchor, Access Hollywood)
Denise Richards (Actress)
Lawrence Taylor (Ex-NFL star)
Chuck Wicks (Country singer)
Steve Wozniak (Former Apple designer)

ABC has announced the cast for season 7 of Dancing with the Stars.

Kim Kardashian, reality TV star

Cloris Leachman, Oscar-winning actress (The Last Picture Show)

Maurice Greene, Olympic sprinter

Lance Bass, N*SYNC

Rocco DiSpirito, TV chef

Warren Sapp, NFL star

Misty May-Treanor, Olympic beach volleyballer

Toni Braxton, Grammy award-winning R&B star

Cody Linley, actor (Hannah Montana)

Ted McGinley, actor (Happy Days, Dynasty, Married with Children)

Brooke Burke, actress

Jeffrey Ross, celebrity roaster and comedian

Susan Lucci, actress (All My Children)

ABC has announced the cast of Dancing with the Stars 6. The 12 celebrities who will be participating in the sixth season of Dancing with the Stars are:

Adam Carolla (actor/radio personality)
Cristian de la Fuente (actor)
Jason Taylor (Miami Dolphins football player)
Kristi Yamaguchi (Olympic skater)
Mario (R&B singer)
Marissa Jaret Winokur (Tony award winner)
Marlee Matlin (actress)
Monica Seles (tennis player)
Penn Jillette (actor/entertainer)
Priscilla Presley (actress)
Shannon Elizabeth (actress)
Steve Guttenberg (actor)

We’re down to the final three couples: Marie Osmond and Jonathan Roberts, Melanie Brown and Maksim Chmerkovskiy, and Helio Castroneves and Julianne Hough.

Marie and Jonathan are the first ones out, coming in third place. The winner will be announced after another 40 minutes of filler.

Mel and Maks do the mambo for their final dance. They get a perfect score of 30 from the judges, for a total of 85 out of 90 when combined with last night’s dances.

Helio and Julianne do the quickstep for their final dance. They also get a perfect score, for a total of 84 out of 90.

And the winners are… Helio and Julianne.

It was clear from the get go that Jerry Springer, host of the Jerry Springer Show, didn’t have a hope in hell at winning Dancing With the Stars, but now his chances are even lower then before, if that is actually possible.

Jerry’s Dancing With the Stars partner, Kym Johnson, has developed a knee injury and has been forced to withdraw from the competition. Tragedy of all tragedies, whatever shall we do!

You know they’ve got to bring someone else in to repalce Kym Johnson and I can’t help but feel sorry for whoever that unlucky soul is. Sure, getting on a show like Dancing with the Stars can do wonders for your career if you’re a relative unknown, but if you’re partnered with Jerry Springer you’re not going to be around for very long and the air time you do get will be about as good for your career as being on the Jerry Springer Show.

In other Dancing with the Stars news:

Mario Lopez is being accused of cheating and being a ringer.

A women that was allegedly his former dance partner has said Mario Lopez is far from being an amateur and won a series of dance competitions when he was younger.

Mario’s reps came back by stating that he is in no way a professional or ringer, and the only dance competition’s he’s performed in where hip-hop dance-offs. Ooh, how ghetto.

Dancing With the Stars
Tuesdays @ 8/7c
Wednesdays @ 8/7C (Results)
on ABC

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