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Dancing With The Stars Cast Announced (Cycle 8 - March 2009)

http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-da...,4002751.story

Here's the full cast:

Name: Belinda Carlisle
Famous for: A music career with the Go-Go's and as a solo artist

Name: David Alan Grier
Famous for: " In Living Color," "Chocolate News"

Name: Jewel
Famous for: A Grammy-nominated music career, hosting "Nashville Star"; married to fellow competitor Ty Murray

Name: Shawn Johnson
Famous for: Her four-medal (one gold, three silver) performance in gymnastics at the 2008 Olympics

Name: Lil Kim
Famous for: A Grammy-winning hip-hop career, outrageous fashion choices

Name: Gilles Marini
Famous for: Making Samantha have impure thoughts in the "Sex and the City" movie

Name: Ty Murray
Famous for: Winning seven world all-around rodeo championships; married to fellow competitor Jewel

Name: Nancy O'Dell
Famous for: Hosting "Access Hollywood"

Name: Denise Richards
Famous for: "Wild Things," "The World Is Not Enough," a rocky marriage to Charlie Sheen and currently an E! reality show

Name: Steve-O
Famous for: Being a "Jackass"

Name: Lawrence Taylor
Famous for: Terrorizing quarterbacks in a Hall of Fame NFL career

Name: Chuck Wicks
Famous for: Country-music hit "Stealing Cinderella," dating "Dancing" pro Julianne Hough

Name: Steve Wozniak
Famous for: Co-founding Apple Computer
Old 02-08-09, 11:22 PM
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Re: Dancing With The Stars Cast Announced (Cycle 8 - March 2009)

Hmm... how do they keep getting all these people to do this show?

What's weird is that Nancy O'Dell has also hosted "Nashville Star", as well as Jewel.
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Re: Dancing With The Stars Cast Announced (Cycle 8 - March 2009)

How is it even fair to have Shawn Johnson go against all these others? I imagine her body control is far superior to everybody else's, even the professional dancers.
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Re: Dancing With The Stars Cast Announced (Cycle 8 - March 2009)

Steve-O?? LOL.
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Re: Dancing With The Stars Cast Announced (Cycle 8 - March 2009)

Originally Posted by Phod
Steve-O?? LOL.
They should have gotten Chris "Party Boy" Pontius. He's quite the dancer.
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Re: Dancing With The Stars Cast Announced (Cycle 8 - March 2009)

My guess is that Wozniak will be the first to go.

Overall, the list is better than I would have expected. I was expecting Pia Zadora and the ghost of Charles Nelson Reilly.
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Re: Dancing With The Stars Cast Announced (Cycle 8 - March 2009)

Originally Posted by Josh-da-man
They should have gotten Chris "Party Boy" Pontius. He's quite the dancer.
That was my first thought as well.

I'm not seeing anyone that jumps out as an odds on favorite.
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Re: Dancing With The Stars Cast Announced (Cycle 8 - March 2009)

Damn, Shawn Johnson and Jewel. I might have to find some time for the show this season.
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Re: Dancing With The Stars Cast Announced (Cycle 8 - March 2009)

I will watch this just to see Jewel.
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This show must be doing dynamite in the ratings, they're getting real celebrities!
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Re: Dancing With The Stars Cast Announced (Cycle 8 - March 2009)

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My guess is that Wozniak will be the first to go.

Overall, the list is better than I would have expected. I was expecting Pia Zadora and the ghost of Charles Nelson Reilly.
AH how I miss the old Hollywood Squares
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Re: Dancing With The Stars Cast Announced (Cycle 8 - March 2009)

Hmm... wonder if Julianne will partner with her boyfriend or sit this one out?

Cast list is better than expected, I actually recognize all the names except for Gilles Marini.

For me, the biggest name is Denise Richards, but she seems like an afterthought on the DWTS cast articles.
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Re: Dancing With The Stars Cast Announced (Cycle 8 - March 2009)

Originally Posted by Groucho
This show must be doing dynamite in the ratings, they're getting real celebrities!
Old 02-09-09, 11:45 AM
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God I hate Denise Richards. What an outright virulently arrogant woman.
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Re: Dancing With The Stars Cast Announced (Cycle 8 - March 2009)

Originally Posted by Groucho
This show must be doing dynamite in the ratings, they're getting real celebrities!
At least I have actually heard of most of these people this season. Usually it's a few people I have heard of plus a bunch of athletes and ABC soap stars.

I have only not heard of 3 of these people: Gilles Marini, Ty Murray, and Lawrence Taylor.

Excited to see Belinda Carlisle.
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Re: Dancing With The Stars Cast Announced (Cycle 8 - March 2009)

Originally Posted by Zen Peckinpah
God I hate Denise Richards. What an outright virulently arrogant woman.
When I looked at this list my first though was that she's just on there to be kicked off the first week. She'd have to be an amazing dancer to last beyond an elimination or two.

Wozniak will probably be the worst but he could last a bit if he manages not to act too arrogant.

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I didn't know Shawn was a girl.

Haven't heard much about Denise Richards lately.

I like LT. Wonder who will be his partner.

I'm still in shock about lil Kim.
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Re: Dancing With The Stars Cast Announced (Cycle 8 - March 2009)

Originally Posted by Mikael79
I will watch this just to see Jewel.
Same here.
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Re: Dancing With The Stars Cast Announced (Cycle 8 - March 2009)

Originally Posted by Jadzia
I have only not heard of 3 of these people: Gilles Marini, Ty Murray, and Lawrence Taylor.

Excited to see Belinda Carlisle.
I'm excited to see Belinda, but probably for different reasons than yours.

Lawrence Taylor - do a youtube search for "lawrence taylor joe theisman" and you'll be grossed out by what turns up.
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Wozniak? Really? Wow.
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Re: Dancing With The Stars Cast Announced (Cycle 8 - March 2009)

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Hmm... wonder if Julianne will partner with her boyfriend or sit this one out?

Cast list is better than expected, I actually recognize all the names except for Gilles Marini.

For me, the biggest name is Denise Richards, but she seems like an afterthought on the DWTS cast articles.
Denise Richards was on Good Morning America and the told Denise to meet her partner then Max came out, the only 2 couples i know right now is Denise & Max , Chuck & Julianne
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Re: Dancing With The Stars Cast Announced (Cycle 8 - March 2009)

Originally Posted by Groucho
This show must be doing dynamite in the ratings, they're getting real celebrities!
Let's not get crazy! Although I actually know who each one of these people are this time around.
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Re: Dancing With The Stars Cast Announced (Cycle 8 - March 2009)

Still, it's a step up from SNL. Their host last week was literally "Some guy who was in Wedding Crashers".
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Still, it's a step up from SNL. Their host last week was literally "Some guy who was in Wedding Crashers".
Hey, he was on Alias for quite awhile.


So does the girl who draws the shortest straw get paired up with Wozniak? Has anyone of his "shape" been on this show before? No one comes to mind. Hopefully he can last long enough to do a double Segway dance with his partner.
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Re: Dancing With The Stars Cast Announced (Cycle 8 - March 2009)

i'll admit, I hate this show, but this cast has me very interested.

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