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Dancing With The Stars Season 8
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--- Quote from: RealityFreakWill on February 21, 2009, 10:58:29 PM ---From people.com
Lacey Schwimmer Dishes on Dancing with Jackass Star Steve-O
In 2008, dancer Lacey Schwimmer went from So You Think You Can Dance veteran to Dancing With the Stars newbie with a few fleet turns of the foot. And in a stellar showing, she took Lance Bass all the way to the finals before going on a nationwide tour with the show. Back for season 8, Lacey is partnered with comedian Steve-O and spoke with PEOPLE about why she was wrong about the Jackass star, whether they have any stunts planned and why she thinks they’ll do well in the competition.
So let us have it — how’s Steve-O?
Steve-O is a workhorse. He is here everyday, five hours. He says, “Is five hours enough, Lacey? Do you think I need more than that?” So he’s just such a hard worker and we’re in very intense rehearsals everyday.
Were you worried that because of his history he wouldn’t be the most disciplined partner?
Absolutely, and that’s what I thought going into it, too. I was like, “Oh, man. He’s not going to want to practice and this, that and the other.” But I walked in and the first thing he said to me was, “I’m taking this very seriously. So you’re the boss. You tell me what to do. I’ll do whatever you want.” Ever since, he’s been such a great person to work with.
Were you surprised?
It’s funny because he’s been eleven months sober from drugs and alcohol and so I think his mind is now thinking, “I really have to now achieve this goal. I have to do this.” His head is really clear. I look up to him in that sense because as hard as he’s working on so many things, I feel like I should be working harder. I wasn’t expecting how nice of a guy he turned out to be and how much of a gentleman and how adorable he is. He’s so sweet and so cute and everyone who meets him just falls in love with him.
Does he have any dance experience?
He comes from a background of circus training. He graduated clown school, I believe, and he has these really interesting tricks that he can do that I’ve never seen anyone on the show do before. So we’re definitely going to try and incorporate what he already can do and I’m trying to develop things that he could potentially do.
How about incorporating elements of Jackass into your routines?
Of course! He’s already told me things that he’s wanting to do on the set. I’m like, “You have to remember that this is live television and it’s ABC Family. I don’t know if me kicking you in a certain area would look good on TV.” He’s having fun and has great ideas and is a really creative guy. We’re both so silly and we love to laugh and have a good time. I get him. I get his humor and I understand what he’s thinking. We work really well together.
What do you think are your chances?
I think he’s this little dark horse of the competition. People don’t really know what to expect from him … I keep getting these messages on Myspace or on Facebook and they’re like, ‘Oh, man, you and Steve-O. I’m so sorry.’ I look at them and think they have no idea about this guy.
http://tvwatch.people.com/2009/02/20/lacey-schwimmer-dishes-on-dancing-with-jackass-star-steve-o/
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i am not a fan of steve o , my son who is 18 now loved those jackass vid's. and has problly all of them in his room. he bought them with his hard earned money. then he bought a vid cam and him and his friends started making thease vids them selfs. a lot of us parents did not no they were doing it and by the time we fuigure it out severl of them had broken legs arms. once we caught them jummping out a 2 story window. i am sooo thankful none of them were killed. they were doing some dangerous things, trying to b the next jackass producer..i love love lacy but they will not get my vote this year i don't care how good they r.
i am not loling after that they went on to try to b ultamet fighters. boys will b boys i get that but they don't need ppl showing them how to try to get killed, cause some one thinks it is funny. ok getting down of soap box now..
RealityFreakWill:
Julianne Hough explains her "surprise" 'Dancing with the Stars' return
Julianne Hough has offered an explanation as to why she flip-flopped when it came to competing on Dancing with the Stars upcoming eighth season -- claiming she almost wasn't even swayed by the opportunity to be partnered with boyfriend Chuck Wicks.
"It was a last minute deal. I was set on taking this season off and then last minute the show asked me to do it because they had asked Chuck to do it and they thought it would be cool if we danced together," Hough wrote on Saturday on her MySpace blog.
"At first I still said no because I wanted to focus on my music BUT then I thought about it for a day and figured this out. I can still write, go on tour and work on Julianne Hough the country singer because Chuck will be my partner and that will be a huge luxury."
"Julianne Hough the country singer" was originally the reason behind Hough's November announcement that she would not compete in the show's eighth season. Hough had called the decision "final" at the time and stated it was because she wanted to focus on her singing career and be "taken seriously" as a musician.
However she quickly changed her tune following last fall's Dancing with the Stars seventh-season finale broadcast.
"I may have put my foot in my mouth when I said I wasn't going to come back next season. I just meant that maybe I'll come back next season, maybe I won't," she said at the time. "Maybe I'll take a season off here -- like maybe this [spring] one, maybe the one in the fall. But [I'm] definitely going to take one off to focus on the music."
Earlier this month, Wicks -- a country musician who has been dating Hough since last summer -- was revealed as a Dancing with the Stars eighth-season celebrity participant and Hough was announced as his partner.
In addition, Hough cited her need to take the show's Fall 2009 edition off as another reason as to why she's participating in its spring season, which will debut March 9.
"If I would have taken this season off I would have had to go back on the fall season when I will be trying to promote a new single off of my new record so it would have been harder to do that if I was on the show," Hough wrote on her blog, apparently oblivious of the irony that Wicks' own Dancing with the Stars participation implies that his management has determined the show is a better promotional vehicle than the more typical promotional activities she is planning to leave the show to do.
Hough added that the reason for explaining her thinking was to keep fans in the loop as to why she's changed her mind.
"I wanted to clear that up with everyone, I know there had been some confusion, and the LAST thing I want to do is confuse my fans," she wrote. "You guys have been supportive of me from the beginning..... I can't thank you enough!!!"
http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/julianne-hough-explains-her-surprise-dancing-with-stars-return-8498.php
RealityFreakWill:
Derek posted a blog on his myspace:
Rehearsing with LIL KIM
Hello everyone... I haven't been on here for a while so I thought I would write a little something to let you know whats been going on....
I'm in New York City at the moment training up my new partner for this season of DWTS, none other than the wonderful LIL KIM... I'm happy to say that she has surpassed my expectations so far and think she will surprise a lot of people.
I have been a tourist in the city while I have been here, taking pictures and seeing all the wonderful shows. But I am ready to go back to LA.
I love working with LIL KIM she is so unbelievably nice and intuitive, she has been a great student.
I miss playing with the band and cant wait to play every week at the Grove next to CBS studios in LA, so we can keep up our chops during DWTS and meet everyone who comes....
I'm not very good at this blogging thing, but hope you enjoyed a quick personal update.
Have a wonderful day or night .
Derek
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=30371912&blogID=472983157
RealityFreakWill:
Injured Jewel Worried About Dancing Future
Could Jewel’s Dancing future be over before the competition even begins?
With the premiere of Dancing with the Stars less than two weeks away, the singer has already been sidelined with this season’s first injury.
“I guess I really over did it on the rehearsal front!” the singer wrote on her blog (in an entry titled The Bee’s Knee) posted on Wednesday. “My knees have been hurting so badly that I finally broke down and talked to [husband Ty Murray] knee doctor yesterday.”
And the prognosis wasn’t good: “He said I have tendonitis in my knees and that I have to start a course of medicine to try and bring the swelling down,” she writes.
The worst part of getting bum knees: staying off her feet for a few days and not hitting the rehearsal studio with her partner, newcomer Dmitry Chaplin, to practice their first dance, the cha cha.
“I’m just worried I won’t even be able to dance!” the singer continues. “Hopefully these steroids will really do the trick and I can keep bad flare ups at a [sic] bay in the future.”
While Murray, who is also competing in this season’s DWTS, had warned her to not overdo it (”now he got a big ol’ ‘I told you so’), the singer writes: “But my Russian partner and I have the same work ethic and our motto has been ATTACK!! Well, it bit me in the behind, so I will have to bide my time and practice my moves in my head.”
And later Wednesday, she released a statement expressing more optimism.
“Yes it is true, I’ve had a minor setback in my training for Dancing with the Stars,” she said. “But I am dedicated to getting better and showing the judges and America that I can cha-cha with the best of them. Don’t count me out as I am in this for the long run.”
http://tvwatch.people.com/2009/02/25/jewel-worried-she-wont-be-dancing/
RealityFreakWill:
New Couple Alert: Dancing’s Mark Ballas & Idol’s Joanna Pacitti!
It’s a match made in a reality TV heaven: Dancing with the Stars‘ Mark Ballas and former American Idol contestant Joanna Pacitti are a couple!
“She is the most supportive person in my life and she’s been great,” Ballas, 22, told PEOPLE Tuesday at the Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience world premiere in Hollywood. “We get to spend a lot of time together [and] we do pretty much everything together.”
Although the two have “been friends for a long time,” the Dancing pro says they only recently started dating eight months ago — when Ballas was training with season 6 champ Kristi Yamaguchi in North Carolina, where Pacitti was living at the time — and clicked because of their similarities.
“We both love music, we both love art, we both love dance,” explains Ballas, whose album BHB with best friend and fellow Dancing pro Derek Hough is coming out Mar. 10. “That’s what we’re all about so we are always there for each other.”
“I think we have the perfect situation,” Pacitti, 24, told PEOPLE. “We both get each other and understand schedules and even on a musical level, I’ve never met someone that’s so passionate about music…that’s what I live for so it’s amazing to be with someone who gets it.”
Pacitti, who auditioned for this season’s American Idol and made the Top 36, was dropped from the show because producers had “determined [she] is ineligible to continue in the competition,” FOX said in a statement. The Idol hopeful had previous record deals and reportedly knew executives at 19 Entertainment, one of the companies involved with the show.
Still, Pacitti has no hard feelings about leaving Idol. “I actually had an amazing time on the show and I met some amazing friends…Everything happens for a reason and it’s opened up a lot of opportunities.”
Adds Ballas, “I think she is amazingly talented and has the most beautiful voice. I tell her, ‘Keep your head up, keep going strong, never give up’ and I’m just here to hold her hand.”
http://tvwatch.people.com/2009/02/25/new-couple-alert-dancings-mark-ballas-idols-joanna-pacitti/
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