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Dancing With The Stars Season 8
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They have 6 weeks to learn two dances for the first week, then one week for each additional dance. The injuries occurred last year during the competition, not during the preliminary rehearsals. It is no surprise that the same could happen during the preliminary rehearsals before March 9.
RealityQueen:
I'm pretty bummed that Nancy and Jewel are out... at least Shawn Johnson is still in! :) I hope they both recover and hope that their replacements will have enough time to learn the dances!
RealityFreakWill:
Source: Dancing Season to Begin with ‘Shocking Reveal’
What will become of Dancing With the Stars this season? Days before the Monday premiere, celebrity contestants Jewel and Nancy O’Dell had to withdraw due to debilitating injuries.
“We’re quite used to dealing with emergencies at our show,” Dancing’s executive producer Conrad Green tells PEOPLE.
While Green says “casting changes” will be announced live on the premiere, a source close to the production tells PEOPLE that the two new celebrity dancers will perform on Monday night with only several days’ worth of rehearsals under their belts.
“It will be a shocking reveal to viewers because these people have had little to no rehearsal time,” the source says.
This will mean that 13 contestants, as originally planned, will hit the ballroom floor for the two-hour premiere night show on ABC.
When contacted, an ABC spokesperson declined to comment.
http://tvwatch.people.com/2009/03/06/source-dancing-season-to-begin-with-shocking-reveal/
RealityFreakWill:
Gilles Marini Won't Be Dancing's Next Casualty
With singer Jewel and Access Hollywood host Nancy O’Dell having to bow out of the competition due to injuries, actor Gilles Marini tells PEOPLE he does not want to become Dancing’s next casualty.
“I am going to do everything in my power to keep dancing,” Marini says. “I will dance on Monday, no question.”
Marini was diagnosed with tendonitis in his left shoulder and groin area on Feb. 27. and has been taking ibuprofen for the pain and inflammation.
“It’s like I have a knife [in the groin area] and when I move or lunge, it’s like it is turning a quarter turn,” Marini confessed.
The 33-year-old actor will perform the cha-cha with partner Cheryl Burke on Dancing’s season 8 premiere Monday, March 9.
“I will dance and if I see it’s a problem, I have a choice of getting injected with a cortisone shot and the risk of rupturing a tendon is minimal, but it’s there,” Marini says. “We’re going to try to do the first dance and take it from there.”
http://tvwatch.people.com/2009/03/06/gilles-marini-wont-be-dancings-next-casualty/
marigold:
Video:
Regis & Kelly with DWTS Judge Bruno Tonioli
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBasvH2Go1k
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