Dancing With the Stars contestants

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jarnon · #1 Post by **jarnon** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:05 am

The contestants for Season 7 of Dancing With the Stars are:

• Toni Braxton, singer, 40, and Season 1 DWTS champ Alec Mazo
• Lance Bass, singer and Celebrity Millionaire contestant, 29, and Lacey Schwimmer
• Ted McGinley, actor, 50, and Inna Brayer
• Cloris Leachman, actress, 82, and Corky Ballas
• Warren Sapp, former NFL star, 35, and Kym Johnson
• Rocco DiSpirito, chef, 31, and Karina Smirnoff
• Kim Kardashian, TV personality, 27, and reigning DWTS champ Mark Ballas
• Maurice Green, Olympic gold medalist track and field star, 34, and two-time DWTS champ Cheryl Burke
• Misty May-Treanor, Olympic gold medalist beach volleyball player, 31, and Maksim Chmerkovskiy
• Susan Lucci, Emmy-award winning soap opera actress, 61, and Tony Dovolani
• Jeffrey Ross, 42, comedian, and Edyta Sliwinska
• Cody Linley, 18, actor, and two-time DWTS champ Julianne Hough
• Brooke Burke, 36, TV personality, and Derek Hough

Guess which one I like.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #2 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:08 am

I am just glad that Maksim is back on the show and that he is not dancing with Kim K.

Linus's Boss · #3 Post by **Linus's Boss** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:11 am

jarnon wrote:The contestants for Season 7 of Dancing With the Stars are:

• Cloris Leachman, actress, 82, and Corky Ballas

My invite must've gotten lost in the mail.....

minimetoo26 · #4 Post by **minimetoo26** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:12 am

Wow--I've heard of all but two of them. That's a new record for me!

They're moving up from the D-list...

KillerTomato · #5 Post by **KillerTomato** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:17 am

Singer in need of a career boost? Check.
Former boy-band singer? Check.
Former NFL player? Check.
Tabloid bait? Check.
Soap star? Check.
Washed up comedian who was never funny in the first place? Check.
Really really really old chick? OK that's a new one at least. And since I love Ms. Leachman I'd be rooting for her if I watched this crap.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #6 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:21 am

KillerTomato wrote:Singer in need of a career boost? Check.
Former boy-band singer? Check.
Former NFL player? Check.
Tabloid bait? Check.
Soap star? Check.
Washed up comedian who was never funny in the first place? Check.
Really really really old chick? OK that's a new one at least. And since I love Ms. Leachman I'd be rooting for her if I watched this crap.

Usually they have somebody on the show who has medical issues. Perhaps being old is this year's medical issue.

Four Hour Stiffy · #7 Post by **Four Hour Stiffy** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:23 am

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:
KillerTomato wrote:Singer in need of a career boost? Check.
Former boy-band singer? Check.
Former NFL player? Check.
Tabloid bait? Check.
Soap star? Check.
Washed up comedian who was never funny in the first place? Check.
Really really really old chick? OK that's a new one at least. And since I love Ms. Leachman I'd be rooting for her if I watched this crap.
Usually they have somebody on the show who has medical issues. Perhaps being old is this year's medical issue.

I can still lambada.....

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #8 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:24 am

Toni Braxton has medical issues:

A hotel official said that doctors advised Braxton to take the rest of the time off to concentrate on her health. The singer suffered from heart aggravated problems resulting from the birth of her second child, which endangered the walls of her heart.

KillerTomato · #9 Post by **KillerTomato** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:37 am

And I thought I read somewhere that Kim Kardasian sliced open her foot.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #10 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:39 am

KillerTomato wrote:And I thought I read somewhere that Kim Kardasian sliced open her foot.

Her large ass and lack of talent can also be considered handicaps.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #11 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:40 am

KillerTomato wrote:And I thought I read somewhere that Kim Kardasian sliced open her foot.

She did slice open her foot:

http://www.tmz.com/2008/08/25/bloody-su ... hed-to-er/

tanstaafl2 · #12 Post by **tanstaafl2** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:42 pm

They really seem to like to saddle Kym Johnson with some albatrosses. Other than Fatone, who was a bit of a surprise but perhaps shouldn't have been with his "boy band" connection, she hasn't gotten a lot to work with. Maybe Sapp will uphold the successful tradition of past NFL players but I seeing is believing!

And what is with the SLC Mormon ballroom dancer connection? The addition of Lacey Schwimmer as a new pro will be at least the fourth one in the series.

I suppose once they had one with Ashley Del Grosso it gave them a connection to find others?

The Ballas family is an interesting one. The dad, Corky Ballas, joins the show with his son Mark and his two pupils/"foster" kids, the Houghs, as the partner of Cloris Leachman.

Not to be outdone the grandfather, according to Wiki, was not only a dancer as well who owned a huge dance studio AND also invented the weedeater!

Now there's a combo you don't see every day...

themanintheseersuckersuit · #13 Post by **themanintheseersuckersuit** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:46 pm

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:
KillerTomato wrote:And I thought I read somewhere that Kim Kardasian sliced open her foot.
Her large ass and lack of talent can also be considered handicaps.

And oddly enough, her only assets, too.

tanstaafl2 · #14 Post by **tanstaafl2** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:47 pm

After a couple of decent partners the past 2 seasons, although Mathison was borderline at best and I never much cared for Taylor, it looks like Edyta drew a short straw again as well...

tanstaafl2 · #15 Post by **tanstaafl2** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:49 pm

I guess Lawrence was OK as well but she has really had some projects to work on each season.

otherindigo · #16 Post by **otherindigo** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:39 pm

Lance can't dance.

As many times as I saw that boy in concert, he never could get it quite right.

WWTBAM Bored

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