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Jason Derulo Performs 'The Other Side' on 'DWTS' While Standing on His Head

Amy Sciarretto — Wed, 08 May 2013 04:59:27 +0000

Jason Derulo danced while standing on his head tonight (May 7) on ‘Dancing With the Stars.’ Literally. The singer, who suffered a broken neck in rehearsals for a tour back in early 2012, was sidelined by the injury, but was clearly back in full dancing form as he spun on his head, breakdance style. He [...]

New 'Dancing With the Stars' Cast Includes a Few Names You May Almost Recognize

Jessica Sager — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:03:00 +0000

The cast of season 16′s ‘Dancing With the Stars‘ was announced, and unlike most of the previous seasons, you may actually know some of the stars on this one. A potential frontrunner is already present in Disney starlet Zendaya Coleman, who’s a trained dancer and plays one on ‘Shake It Up.’ Did we mention she’s [...]

'Dancing with the Stars' Season 15 Announces an All-Star Cast

Nick Romano — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:09:48 +0000

‘Dancing with the Stars‘ season 15 is just around the corner, and we realize you all want to know if Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte will be fulfilling his wish of appearing on the celebrity reality show. Well, the quick answer to that is, not this year. But with the official casting announcement for the upcoming season announced Monday morning on ‘Good Morning America,’ there will definitely be some familiar faces in the mix.

'Dancing with the Stars: All Stars' Lineup Announced

Shauna Wright — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:06:53 +0000

A couple months ago, ‘Dancing with the Stars‘ announced an upcoming all-star season in which they’d bring back contestants from years past to compete for ultimate bragging rights (and, we assume, a moon-sized mirrorball trophy). Now we know who those celeb dancers will be.

Reality TV, My Favorite Distraction – Jan Risher

99.9 KTDY — Tue, 29 May 2012 16:16:54 +0000

I will go so far in my profession of television love to admit that one might call certain reality shows my guilty pleasure.

Kelly Clarkson Rocks 'Dark Side' + 'Stronger' on 'DWTS'

Jessica Sager — Wed, 23 May 2012 02:38:50 +0000

Kelly Clarkson stole the show on the ‘Dancing With the Stars’ finale when she performed a medley of ‘Dark Side’ and her biggest selling single to date, ‘Stronger.’Clad in a sparkly dress with matching glittery smoky eyes and pin straight hair, Clarkson first broke into ‘Dark Side.’ After the first verse and chorus, the ‘American [...]

'Dancing with the Stars' Review: Finals Night

Shauna Wright — Tue, 22 May 2012 04:44:56 +0000

This is it — the week we finally learn who wins ‘Dancing with the Stars.’ All three of the couples in the finals this year were excellent, so the margin of victory will be the narrowest of narrows.

Let’s check out their Monday night performances … LIIIIIIIVE!

'Dancing with the Stars' Semifinals Elimination – Who Went Home?

Shauna Wright — Wed, 16 May 2012 05:41:04 +0000

With so many amazing contenders in the ‘Dancing with the Stars‘ semifinals, it was really anyone’s guess who’d leave after Tuesday night’s elimination show. So which three couples will move on to next week’s big finale? Hosts Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke-Charvet, who was nice enough to introduce first-time viewers to her cleavage, kicked off [...]

Dancing With The Stars Week 8 Results Review [VIDEOS]

Melissa Molina — Wed, 09 May 2012 06:33:11 +0000

There’s usually a thick blanket of anxiety that sweeps over contestants and audience members alike when the results portion of the show comes about. Nobody likes seeing their favorites go home, but in this particular results episode of ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ we’re seeing a double elimination. Ouch. Not fun.

Dancing With The Stars Week 8 Review

Melissa Molina — Tue, 08 May 2012 10:43:22 +0000

After last week’s classic night on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ one would think that it can’t get any more difficult before they begin the semi-finals. Well, when you’ve got six couples adding an additional person to their group to go on a trio dance-offs against the others then – yeah – it still is heating up on the dance floor.

Dancing With The Stars Review: Classical Night

Melissa Molina — Tue, 01 May 2012 08:13:38 +0000

After dealing with Motown Night, ‘Dancing with the Stars‘ decided to crank up the intensity and challenge the dancers even more with Classical Night. After all, classical music is more difficult to dance to in comparison to anything contemporary. The show begins rather dramatically with the orchestra showing their skill lead on by violinist Joshua [...]

'Dancing with the Stars': Ranking the Remaining Dancers

Shauna Wright — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:15:40 +0000

'Dancing with the Stars' is already half-over, so we thought it was a good time to handicap the remaining contestants. Taking into consideration factors like their skills and apparent popularity with audience voters, here's how we think everyone will place. 8 Roshon Fegan The Disney star is a great dancer, but he seems [...]

Gavin DeGraw Eliminated From 'Dancing With the Stars'

Cristin Maher — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:32:54 +0000

We hate to see you go, Gavin! Gavin DeGraw managed to narrowly escape elimination on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ twice before, but on last night’s episode (April 17), the crooner was unable to get a save from the bottom two. DeGraw received the lowest score on last night’s ep of ‘DWTS,’ and he was forced to [...]

'Dancing with the Stars' Season 14 Week 5 Elimination — Who Went Home? [SPOILER, VIDEOS]

Shauna Wright — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:21:06 +0000

On Monday night, Latin and the ballroom came together in one big explosion of fringe and ruffles and male shirtlessness. But who didn’t share their respective bon-bons quite hard enough? Hosts Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke-Charvet, whose silver dress made her look like a baked potato ready for the oven, first announced that Maria and [...]

'Dancing with the Stars' Season 14 Week 4 Elimination — Who Went Home? [SPOILER, VIDEOS]

Shauna Wright — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:54:17 +0000

Rock Week continued on Tuesday’s ‘Dancing with the Stars’ elimination, when Kiss did yet another live performance and one contestant hung up their dancing shoes for good. Whose bare feet pitter-pattered out of the ballroom? But first, some backstage drama. As we mentioned on performance night, Melissa Gilbert and Maksim Chmerkovskiy’s routine was marred when [...]

We Found Captain Kangaroo's Bear [Video]

JayCee — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:17:52 +0000

Real video + real bear + dubbed-in music = hilarity. Enjoy!

(Via Youtube)

'Dancing with the Stars' Season 14 Week 2 Elimination – Who Went Home? [SPOILER, VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:35:24 +0000

Tuesday nights bring doom for the ‘Dancing with the Stars’ contestants, because one has to turn in their sequins and watch the rest of the competition from home (or at least from a chair in the audience). Who was this season’s first casualty? After an obligatory filler routine by the ‘DWTS’ pros, hosts Tom Bergeron [...]

'Dancing with the Stars' Preview – Contestants Prep for Their First Routine

Nick Romano — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:10:15 +0000

In preparation for tonight’s premiere of ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ Jaleel “Urkel” White, Gladys Knight, William Levy, and the rest of the contestants have been seriously breaking a sweat in preparation for their first performances. For the 2-hour showing, all the celebs had to loosen their hips for either the Foxtrot or the Cha Cha. [...]

Jimmy Kimmel Is Not Impressed With the 'Dancing With the Stars' Cast

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:57:37 +0000

Earlier this week, we told you the only thing you really need to know about the recently announced cast of ‘Dancing With The Stars.’ And that would be that Jaleel White (or should we say Steve Urkel) is a shoe-in for this season’s title.

However, Jimmy Kimmel still felt the need to comment further. So he ran a segment spoofing some of the season 14 picks.

Who Won 'Dancing with the Stars'? [SPOILER, VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:58:04 +0000

We started out 10 weeks ago with 12 couples. A few shocking eliminations later, it was down to three: Rob Kardashian and Cheryl Burke, J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff, and Ricki Lake and Derek Hough. So who took home the big prize of that shiny mirrorball trophy? After each couple danced again for another score [...]