Topic: "Dancing with Stars" Season 7

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An interesting article:

Backstage: Inside Warren and Kym's First Fight

If timing is everything, then Warren Sapp may be peaking on Dancing with the Stars at just the right moment. He came in a strong second on Monday night, and he did so despite the fact that he's been dancing with a huge disadvantage: He loses a full day of training every week.

Much has been made of Susan Lucci's harried schedule, flying cross-country every week to do double duty on All My Children. But almost no one mentions that Sapp has been doing the same thing — flying from Los Angeles to Philadelphia every Tuesday on the red eye to tape Showtime's Inside The NFL. "I'm out of L.A. for 23 hours," says Sapp.

And in Sapp's case, his pro partner, Kym Johnson, doesn't go with him — as Tony Dovolani did with Lucci — because there's no point. "Once he gets to the studio," says Johnson, "there's no time to dance, even if we wanted to."

But the pair has survived a few less-than-stellar performances, due in large part to Sapp's charisma and astonishingly light footwork. "Last week, a flop; this week, on top," said Len Goodman, watching him tango on Monday night.

Can they steal the crown from frontrunner Brooke Burke? Maybe, because they have something else going for them: They got their big fight out of the way in the very beginning. It happened on the third day they rehearsed together — more than a month before the show's premiere. Early in the session, Sapp walked out the door, demoralized, believing that Johnson was making fun of him.

"He walked out, and then I walked out," says Johnson. "It isn't rosy all the time and I was pushing him too much." Says Sapp, "It was too early in the morning and I didn't have a good night's rest. And she gave me that laugh that I used to give kids when they were trying to learn something, and I said, 'Well, that was pretty condescending, but I'll let that go.' I didn't know it at the time, but she did it with love. And then I walked out."

Says Johnson, "The funny thing was, he left in his Cuban heels with his shorts on." Sapp returned the next day, but it didn't go any better. "She went at me again, and I said, 'Not that hard!' I said, 'Not before 10!' And then I said to myself, 'I have to be able to accept whatever she's giving me.' That's what I told myself."

Other couples have hit the skids in the last two weeks, when the workload of learning two dances has amped up the pressure and made the physical demands almost impossible. But Sapp and Johnson are sailing along, happy. "The timing of our fight was perfect," says Sapp.

Link: http://www.tvguide.com/Dancing-Stars/Dancing-Stars-Warren-58385.aspx

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An interesting article:

DWTS Watch: Who Will Make the Final Four?

With only one more elimination to go before it gets down to the final four couples on Dancing With the Stars, Brooke Burke and Warren Sapp continued to lead the pack on Monday night's performance show, where the high-stepping celebs each had to briefly break away from their pro partners and dance a solo on live TV!

Brooke and her partner Derek Hough got the highest score of the night — a cumulative 55 — for their mambo and tango, while Warren and his pro, Kym Johnson, were a close second, earning a total of 54 for their tango and jive.

“The mambo was super fun and I loved the intensity of the tango,” Brooke told OK! backstage. “It was a lot of pressure this week — the hardest week I’ve had all season. I’m never comfortable thinking that we’re going to go all the way. We have to work really hard.”

Although they are the clear frontrunners, Derek also admitted he’s taking nothing for granted: “You’re thinking to yourself, have we peaked too soon? We have to make sure we keep upping our game each week. There’s only been one occasion where the best dancer has won and that was last year [with Kristi Yamaguchi]. Other than that, it’s always been the best personality that has won.”

Brooke and Derek are hearing the heavy footsteps of future football Hall-of-Famer Warren behind them.

“I’m one behind Brooke,” Warren exclaimed to OK! after the show. “I loved my solo. Kym let me have a lot more freedom than probably anybody else she’s ever danced with.”

As previously reported by OK!, Kym was forced to work past an injury to her right shoulder. “It’s fine now," she explained. "I tweaked it a little bit and it felt really funny last night and this morning it felt really bad.”

But Kym was able to guide Warren through two charming dances. Warren said he she lets him know he’s done a good job: “When I can see the look on her face, she’s got that ‘yeah.’ Her eyes light up.”

Lance Bass and Lacey Schwimmer nabbed third place with a combined score of 50 for their foxtrot and samba. Lance confided to OK! that performing two dances was “so stressful. To be able to change both those dances in your brain within an hour, it’s hard. But we got some really good scores and great comments.”

The former boy-bander said his solo moment during the samba made him feel “very vulnerable. But I felt comfortable doing it.”

The only thing bugging Lance a bit was judge Len Goodman’s negative attitude toward his dancing, which has been going on all season. “We’re trying to figure it out,” he sighed. “Carrie Ann [Inaba] and Bruno [Toniolo] have been awesome.”

Meanwhile, Maurice Greene and partner Cheryl Burke and Cody Linley and pro Edyta Sliwinska look to be in jeopardy for tomorrow’s elimination night, as the couples are tied for fourth with a cumulative score of 48.

Maurice, who performed the quickstep and paso doble, stayed positive, telling OK! backstage, “We did a pretty good job. When we finished the paso doble, I was like, we rocked that one. It was a lot of fun.” But he laughed about Tuesday’s show, “the grim reaper is going to be in this building tomorrow.”

“There was nothing more we could have done,” Cheryl shrugged. “He nailed every step. We got the scores we got and we’re happy with them.”

Cody told OK! he was also pleased with his two dances, the foxtrot and the mambo. Of his sexy solo moment, which surprised and delighted the audience, the 18-year-old Hannah Montana actor said, “I felt so excited and confident and comfortable out there. If you would have made me do that at the beginning of the competition, there’s no way! But Julianne and Edyta have shaped me and made me grow as a person.”

Cody said if fans vote him through tomorrow, Julianne Hough will be back as his partner because she’s recovered from her appendix surgery.

Link: http://www.ok-magazine.com/news/view/10203

[TARAsia Fan]

Say goodbye to Maurice and Cheryl. Cody stays and will be reunited with Julianne next week. Although Cody should go next week.

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Say goodbye to Maurice and Cheryl. Cody stays and will be reunited with Julianne next week. Although Cody should go next week.

Yippie great to see you TARAsia and we look forward to seeing you when HK starts.

Awww not Cody the kid is entertaining Lance on the other hand does nothing for me when he dances so I kinda would like to see him go next.

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

ABC Television Network

PRESS RELEASE

ABC IS MONDAY'S MOST-WATCHED NET FOR THE 7TH TIME IN 8 WEEKS

Quick Take for Monday, November 10, 2008

ABC is Monday's Most-Watched Net for the 7th Time in 8 Weeks,
While Logging its Highest Adults 18-49 Performance in 5 Weeks
"Dancing with the Stars" Is Monday's Most-Watched TV Program for the 8th Straight Week, Posting Week-to-Week Gains of 1.7 Million Viewers and 8% in Adults 18-49

"Samantha Who?" Beats CBS' "Worst Week" in Adults 18-49 for the First Time, Posting its Best Young Adult Performance Since its Season Premiere
 
"Boston Legal" More than Doubles NBC's "My Own Worst Enemy" in Total Viewers and Defeats the NBC Drama for the First Time and by 22% in Adults 18-49
 
Monday Night (8:00-11:00 p.m.)
Ranking as the night's most-watched network for the 7th time in 8 weeks this season, ABC's Monday lineup saw increases over the previous week of 1.7 million viewers (14.1 million vs. 12.4 million) and 13% in Adults 18-49 (3.4/8 vs. 3.0/7).  In fact, the Net logged its highest young adult performance on the night in 5 weeks - since 10/06/08.   

"Dancing with the Stars" (8:00-9:32 p.m.)
Qualifying as Monday's most-watched program in all 8 of its telecasts so far this season, ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" saw week-to-week increases of 1.6 million viewers (18.7 million vs. 17.1 million) and 8% in Adults 18-49 (4.2/10 vs. 3.9/9).  In addition, "DWTS" ranked as Monday's No. 1 program among Women 18-49 (5.8/13) and Women 25-54 (7.4/16).   

"Samantha Who?" (9:32-10:02 p.m.)
Television's second-most watched sitcom of the season (behind CBS' "Two and a Half Men"), ABC's "Samantha Who?" outdrew its comedy competition in the time slot, CBS' "Worst Week," by nearly 1.0 million viewers (10.4 million vs. 9.5 million), while beating the CBS sitcom for the first time in Adults 18-49 (2.9/7 vs. 2.8/7).  In fact, the ABC comedy delivered its best Adults 18-49 rating since its season premiere - 10/13/08.   

* "Samantha Who?" won its time period among Women 18-49 (4.3/10) and Women 25-54 (5.3/11) for the 4th time in 5 airings.   

"Boston Legal" (10:02-11:00 p.m.)
Building on the previous week's performance by 2.0 million viewers (8.7 million vs. 6.7 million) and by 22% in Adults 18-49 (2.2/6 vs. 1.8/4), ABC's "Boston Legal" equaled its best Adults 18-49 performance since its season premiere - since 9/22/08.  "Boston Legal" more than doubled its Total Viewer count compared to NBC's "My Own Worst Enemy" (8.7 million vs. 4.3 million; +4.4 million), while defeating the NBC freshman drama for the first time in Adults 18-49 (2.2/6 vs. 1.8/5; +22%). 

A note about increasing DVR penetration and year-to-year rating comparisons: Year-to-year rating comparisons based on the Live + Same Day data stream are distorted by the level of DVR penetration in the Nielsen sample, which has jumped up to 28% currently, from 21% at the same point in 2007. More viewers are watching shows on their own timetables, which may not be reflected in the overnight next day numbers. The only truly valid year-to-year comparison would be one based on the Live + 7 Day metric, once those stats are released by Nielsen.

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An interesting article:

Dancing With the Stars' Julianne Hough Goes Country

Julianne Hough hopes to follow Carrie Underwood from reality TV to the Country Music Awards.

Reality show superstars have gone country.

Dancing with the Stars' Julianne Hough is just the latest reality contestant to make the jump into country music -- a leap that's not as far as it seems.

"I grew up listening to Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Shania Twain and Faith Hill. My family toured in a band that sang country songs. They are timeless. What turned me on to country music is that it is so real," Hough says. "[Hill] has her career, but she also has a family and her kids, and that's what I want. You can have the family and the life."

And nothing can launch a career rocket like being on a TV show watched by millions of loyal fans. Just look at Carrie Underwood. After being crowned the winner of American Idol in 2005 -- and blessed by Simon Cowell, who announced she'd be the most successful AI winner ever -- Underwood took over Nashville. Just pull that truck up to the back door of the Country Music Awards Wednesday night because the prediction is that she'll be taking home all the top trophies.

Underwood hosts this year's Country Music Awards, airing at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, on ABC. While she's not nominated, Hough will be working the pre-show for ABC according to a network publicist. Next year she'll be making her own run at the title of country music queen.

Hough spent the summer on tour with Brad Paisley promoting her self-titled album that bowed in May at No. 1 on the Country Billboard charts. She also hooked up with her current boyfriend, fellow country singer Chuck Wicks, during the tour.

The dancing dream was supposed to join Paisley on Dancing with the Stars tonight to promote the Country Music Awards show, but her recent surgery as a result of her endometriosis canceled that performance. Instead, she'll perform her hit, "My Hallelujah Song," next Tuesday on DWTS. While Underwood might have made it on the country music scene anyway, winning American Idol ensured she would get a better shot at stardom. Hough thinks she gets the same boost from her DWTS connection.

"Obviously, I have a fan base with Dancing with the Stars," Hough says. "I would have continued trying to do my music even if I wasn't on the show, but the fans I have from the show have followed me over to my music career, and I've gotten a lot of air play, so that's awesome."

And she says she understands how those in the country music world might not welcome her with open arms.

"You know what? I would be skeptical of myself if I wasn't me. I'm serious. What's this dancer chick doing trying to come over to our format?" Hough asks. "But what's been cool is that the minute they talk to me and know this has been a passion of mine from three years old, and they hear the music, they've been so gracious."

Country music has been grabbing a lot of media attention lately, between Underwood's storming of Nashville, Hough's promising new album, and of course, young Taylor Swift's messy breakup with teen heartthrob Joe Jonas, whose summer fling with the singer turned into an autumn burn when she got dumped by phone.

But then, isn't that what country music is all about?

Hough says that she may be young, but she's had enough personal heartache to relate perfectly with the world of country music. When she was 10, after the breakup of her parents' marriage, she and brother Derek moved to London for five years and attended a performing arts school while living with Corky Ballas, his wife and their son Mark. Hough says it was a difficult time for her, but she made the most of it and became a hot commodity on the dance scene.

"I never stopped singing, but I had more experiences and opportunities when it comes to the dance," Hough says.

But in her heart, she says she's just a country girl.

"Country is where my heart is. It's always been there," Hough says. "I don't want to do anything that's not real to who I am. otherwise, it's phony. And I want to be real."

You'd expect no less from a reality star.

Link: http://www.film.com/tv/story/dancing-stars-julianne-hough-goes/24196594

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EXCLUSIVE: Maurice Greene & Cheryl Burke Of DWTS

Maurice is in good spirits after the show

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Jimmy Kimmel with Maurice and Cheryl

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My point of view on the question of "who should go next?" is any team except Brooke/Derek and Warren/Kym. I don't care whether Cody/Julianne beats Lance/Lacey. Both of those teams are inferior to the first two, so one will end up in fourth place and the other in third.

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My point of view on the question of "who should go next?" is any team except Brooke/Derek and Warren/Kym. I don't care whether Cody/Julianne beats Lance/Lacey. Both of those teams are inferior to the first two, so one will end up in fourth place and the other in third.

Agreed, order of elimination has no weight, given Cloris’ presence on DWTS Season 7 

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An interview with Maurice and Cheryl:

“Nothing is ever given to you in life”

How are you feeling about being eliminated?
Maurice: I’m okay, you know it’s all okay.
Cheryl: Oh, it’s okay.

Do you feel the experience changed you in any way?
Maurice: I don’t know, did I change?
Cheryl: I didn’t know you before (laughs).
Maurice: I have always been a confident person and never looked at something going into as going to fail, I go in to conquer it. That is my mentality. I learned one thing though and that is nothing is ever given to you in life - you have to work for each and everything you get. That is what I came out to do, I worked to get as far as we did and had fun doing it.
Cheryl: Well not knowing him before I can say his dancing has improved. He’s always been fun and positive and a great influence in my life in that way. With all the crap that has been put out about me this season, the last thing I wanted to do was go into the studio and work. Maurice made look forward to doing it every day and put the best smile on my face and made me forget about all the other crap going around.

How has the experience of the show been for you?
Maurice: It’s a roller-coaster ride filled with ups and downs, but at the end of every coaster, you feel good. Feel good. This was a challenge and a blast. I was able to conquer the things I need to and I feel I succeed and didn’t fail.
Cheryl: You didn’t fail. You worked so hard. I am so proud of him as he worked so hard. The hours he put in… he said he went through ups and downs but no matter what he can hold his head high. He made it through every week.

The party isn’t over though because you both have the tour coming up together now?
Cheryl: Yes, I am doing the tour now as of today.
Maurice: Well, I told them I wouldn’t dance with any one else but her, so I am very happy. This is my partner.

What are you most looking forward to about it?
Maurice: The experience that is what it is all about. I have toured for running, but nothing like this.
Cheryl: It’s going to be really cold.
Maurice: But I am from Kentucky so it’s okay.

Link: http://www.intouchweekly.com/2008/11/dancing_with_the_starsnothing.php

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An interesting article:

Tuesday’s Dancing: What You Didn’t See

The Ballroom Sprint Is Over: Maurice Greene’s run on the parquet ended Tuesday, but the Olympic sprinter handled his DWTS ouster with the same grace and million-dollar-watt smile that carried him through to the brink of the semifinals. “You have to remember this is a competition, and you just have to take it as it comes, and tonight just wasn’t my night,” a still-smiling Greene told PEOPLE. The Olympic gold medalist’s departure left nary a dry eye in the house. “This is the first time that I actually saw people crying backstage,” Lance Bass said. “Everyone was tearing up, Warren, Maurice, Cheryl. At this point, we’re a family and we’ve all become really close, and when you see a member of your family leaving, it’s just sad.” Saddest of all was Greene’s daughter 9-year-old daughter Ryan. “That’s my daughter,” a misty-eyed Greene said, “I really thought that she looked more upset than I did, so I had to comfort her a little bit, let her know that Dad was going to be alright.”

The Cry-Fest Continues: Greene’s exit wasn’t the only teary moment of the night. In their taped segment with Dr. Drew Pinsky, partners Julianne Hough and Cody Linley both broke down in a rare show of emotion. “I had so much bottled up,” Linley later admitted. “The stress, the pressure and all of these feelings about Julianne that I hadn’t expressed. My worries for her about her surgery….” The crying jag had a profound effect on the partners in that it brought them closer together. “I think that it was a bonding experience, and that we’re connected on a deeper level than we were before,” said the Hannah Montana star. But then reality settled in: the repercussions of sobbing on national TV. “I’ve got four brothers and no sisters,” Linley said. “So after it happened and I looked up to the four cameras and I was crying, I was like, ‘Crap! This is all going to be on TV!’” Linley attempted a preemptive strike by texting his brother and admitting, “Yeah, I cried today at work, and they caught it on camera.’” Linley continued, “At first, he was like, ‘It’s okay, don’t worry about it.’, but five minutes later, he sent me a text that said, ‘Was it a little cry, or was it a cry that had a squeal to it?’”

Julianne Jumps Back In: Two weeks after surgery to remove her appendix, Julianne Hough was back on the dancefloor last night performing an unbelievable Macy’s Stars of Dance segment that featured flips and dancing while carrying brother Derek on her shoulders. “It made my jaw drop,” co-host Samantha Harris said. “The fact that Julianne just had this surgery two weeks ago and she was throwing her body around like that, flipping around, it baffles me. But then I remember that she’s 20-years-old.” Added Bass, “To get your appendix out, and then have a guy jump off a piano and onto your shoulders? What the hell, my stitches would have burst wide open!”

Ballroom Bias: In Len Goodman taped judges’ segment, he openly admitted to starting the season being “anti” Lance and Lacey. “Maybe I did something to him in a past life,” Bass said. “Or maybe he was a Backstreet Boys fan, probably the president of their fan club, I don’t know. I’m just glad that we have two of the judges on our side.” His partner Lacey Schwimmer, however, is set on winning over the British curmudgeon. “I think we have to pucker up and put an apple on the judges’ desk next week.” Schwimmer said after Tuesday’s show. “Better yet, maybe some of my mom’s home-baked cookies. They are the best things, ever!”

Dr. Drew or Dr. Clueless?: Dr. Drew Pinsky’s couples’ therapy sessions provided resolution to some duos, but left one pair downright confused. “I actually think that he thought that Lance and I had a romantic connection,” Schwimmer said with a bemused smile. “He was like, ‘You guys are so intertwined as a couple, maybe you guys should reevaluate your relationship.’” Bass, who came out to PEOPLE in July 2006, could barely stifle a laugh, adding of Pinsky, “I don’t think that he got the memo that I was gay. Maybe he didn’t look at our file as closely as he should have.”

Link: http://tvwatch.people.com/2008/11/12/tuesdays-dancing-what-you-didnt-see-13/

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An interesting article:

Misty May-Treanor: The Dancing Stage Is Cursed

After numerous injuries to both the contestants and the pros, is it any wonder some think the Dancing with the Stars stage cursed?
 
“I’ve been joking that it’s like Phantom of the Opera,” former DWTS contestant Misty May-Treanor told PEOPLE at Monday’s Glamour Women of the Year Awards, where she was honored with volleyball partner Kerri Walsh. “Something’s going on with the stage. I’m just waiting for one of the stage lights to fall. But you know, it’s a sport and it’s difficult and it can really take a toll on your body. When you’re tired things happen.”

May-Treanor dropped out of the competition after rupturing her Achilles tendon, and is one of many casualties of the ballroom this season. Though it’s been over five weeks since bowing out of the show, the Olympic volleyball star is disappointed her time was cut short. “I want to go back! If I get eliminated I want to go out the right way, like I suck or they’re like, ‘boo!’ I don’t want to be like OK, I have to stop,” said May-Treanor.

Now that the competition is down to the final four, who does she think is going to win? “I mean, Brooke looks like she’s the front-runner,” she said. “But Cody, Julianne could come back out of nowhere. Lance doubts himself a lot but I like watching him and Lacey. They bring kind of an edginess to the ballroom. I have to cheer on the fellow athletes but I can’t pick just one person.”
 
The volleyball champ hobbled on crutches at the event and said she also gets around with the help of a wheelchair and scooter. She says she’s currently in physical therapy twice a week and hopes to be walking on her own again “in three or four weeks.”

Link: http://tvwatch.people.com/2008/11/12/misty-may-treanor-the-dancing-stage-is-cursed/

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I feel bad Misty went out that way too. She was so obsessed with winning the show that she might have won this whole thing had her Achilles not given way. And I'm glad that she had won the gold medal in Communist China before this whole thing happened. Can you imagine if she was on the season before the Olympics? Man. I shudder to think.

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I feel bad Misty went out that way too. She was so obsessed with winning the show that she might have won this whole thing had her Achilles not given way. And I'm glad that she had won the gold medal in Communist China before this whole thing happened. Can you imagine if she was on the season before the Olympics? Man. I shudder to think.

It was nice to finally read something about her I did try her site and where she blogs but she had stopped giving updates.

Poor girl she was great!!

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An update on Julianne at the CMA's:

Country Goes Hollywood! CMAs' Best Dressed

JULIANNE HOUGH



Not even two weeks after having surgery on her appendix, Dancing With the Stars pro — and up-and-coming country star — Julianne braved the red carpet in Nashville.

Link: http://www.okmagazine.com/style/buyorburngallery/10261/7/

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Julianne Hough performing My Hallelujah Song on Jimmy Kimmel Live Nov 12 2008

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An interesting article:

Julianne Hough's CMA Smooch!

Country singer/"Dancing with the Stars" pro Julianne Hough and her steady, country star Chuck Wicks, were not shy in showing some affection on the 42nd Annual Country Music Awards red carpet -- and Chuck told "The Insider" just how he and Julianne became more than friends!

When asked if he and Julianne are kind of going out, he responded, "Kind of? No, we're there. We met out in the Brad Paisley tour, of course, and that's just been an incredible year, and to have her part of that, and to hang out there all day, I mean, things just happen. I've been very blessed to have met her, and obviously we've been together for sometime now."

Weighing in on Julianne's chances at winning this year's "Dancing with the Stars" with Cody Linley now that she's back from surgery, he said, "I don't know, I think they're good -- I think Derek, her brother, is giving her a good run. ... But Julianne, she's got a good shot."

As for his wardrobe choice for the evening, which he assembled together himself without the help of a stylist, he admitted to being nervous, but added, "I didn't leave the house until I got my woman's opinion -- that's what matters the most."

Link: http://www.theinsider.com/news/1345871_Julianne_Hough_s_CMA_Smooch

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Samantha Harris Talks about Dancing With The Stars Finale

Hollyscoop.com caught up with Samantha Harris at the Store Opening of Alberta Ferretti in Beverly Hills

to talk about the upcoming finale of Dancing With the Stars.

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Bonnie Hunt with Carrie Ann, Maurice & Cheryl - Part 1 of 3


Part 2-3


Part 3-3

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My final 4 prediction posted Nov 6:
4th Lance/Lacey
3rd Warren/Kym
2nd Maurice/Cheryl
Winners: Brooke/Derek 

I predict the F3 to be:
3rd Cody/Julianne
2nd Warren/Kym
Winners: Brooke/Derek !!

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  Warren Sapp Dancing on Showtime's INSIDE THE NFL

Warren Sapp is joined by his Dancing with the Stars partner Kym Johnson

on this set of Showtime's Inside the NFL

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ET with DWTS Warren & Kym

Warren Sapp behind the scenes with the NFL

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ET talks with Cody & Julianne


Julianne Hough made a surprise return to "Dancing with the Stars" on last week's results show. Now she is back in the rehearsal studio getting ready for tonight's competition -- and ET is with the two-time champ and her partner Cody Linley.

"I was nervous because I've never had surgery. I've never really had anything internally wrong with me," she tells ET.

Julianne's health crisis was the toughest thing the country singer says she has ever faced, and she explains her decision to have the surgery when she did.

"I asked the doctor if I could do the surgery after the competition was completely over so that I could be there for Cody. They said, 'Julianne, I think you should do it now. You've been feeling these pains for quite some years.' But I never went into the doctor," she admits.

Julianne had her appendix removed, as well as some cysts, because she was thinking of her future family and the fact that she has always wanted to have children. So does that mean things are heating up with her boyfriend, country singer Chuck Wicks?

"He was, obviously, there with me when I had my surgery. He was there every single day like little Nurse Betty," she says.

Tonight, Cody and Julianne will need to put their best foot forward when they dance two Latin numbers -- the salsa and the paso doble -- in order to make it to the finals.

But first, Cody tells us about a surprise visit to the ballroom by his "Hannah Montana" co-star.

"Miley Cyrus will be coming to support us at 'Dancing with the Stars' because she's a big supporter," he reveals.

The "Dancing with the Stars" semi-finals begin tonight at 8 p.m. on ABC.

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ABC Television Network

PRESS RELEASE

MILEY CYRUS PERFORMS ON FINALE OF DANCING (11/25)

SUPERSTAR MILEY CYRUS PERFORMS ON THE SEASON FINALE OF "DANCING WITH THE STARS"
 
Miley Cyrus gets set to rock the ballroom as another exciting season of "Dancing with the Stars" comes to a close, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25 (9:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

Performing her second single, "Fly on the Wall," from her #1 album, "Breakout," Cyrus rocks the "Dancing with the Stars" stage with her own dancers. Currently she is in production on the third season of her hit TV series "Hannah Montana," and stars in Walt Disney Pictures' animated feature "Bolt" with John Travolta. "Hannah Montana: The Movie," filmed in Cyrus' hometown of Nashville, is scheduled for release in April 2009. Also, in the spring of 2009 she will release a book sharing her inspiring story, from her Southern roots in Tennessee to the excitement of her record-setting triumphs in TV, music and film.