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Dancing With The Stars Season 8
marigold:
A Blog From Cheryl Burke:
To my dear family, fans and friends,
Last Monday evening was one of the most powerful moments for me as I watched Gilles acknowledge the extended standing ovation of the audience, basking in the glory of a perfect performance, with deep emotions in his eyes. It was a snapshot to remember.
Our Argentine Tango story was of a passionate couple, who quarrels, parts and makes up, creating a romantic, trance-like movement of two bodies in love becoming one heart, one mind, one soul. Gilles went into character and executed the drama in the dance floor flawlessly. He is such a talented and committed actor.
On Monday, April 6th, Gilles and I will dance the Paso Doble. The movements of the Paso Doble are designed around those made by the matador as he gracefully works his way around the bull and eventually slays it. The emotion of the dance is powerful, intoxicating and intense. It requires fierce drama and captive energy, as well as composure and stealth. Get ready to tune in and vote because the first few seconds of the dance is really something worth watching for.
Your show of love and affection is overwhelming. Gilles joins me in thanking you from the bottom of our hearts.
With love always,
Cheryl
P.S.
To vote for Gilles and me, call 800-868-3405 or log on to www.abc.com. Phone lines, text votes (AT&T customers only) and online polls will open at the top of each performance show. Phone and text lines will stay open for 30 minutes after the end of the show. Online voting will remain open until noon (Eastern Time)/9:00am (Pacific Time) on the day of the results show.
http://www.strictlycheryl.com/
marigold:
Carmen Electrica Appearance On Dancing With The Stars April 14, 2009
Carmen & Cherry Boom Boom to perform Live on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, Tuesday April 14th!
Be sure to catch Carmen and Cherry Boom Boom as they tear up the dance floor LIVE on ABC's Dancing with the Stars on Tuesday, April 14th 2009.
http://www.carmenelectra.com/
marigold:
more on Carmen Electra:
Carmen Electra to appear on April 14 Dancing With the Stars
She already proved her dance floor daring as a guest star in the Pussycat Dolls burlesque troupe, and now Carmen Electra will strut her stuff on Dancing With the Stars. The brunette beauty is scheduled to perform with her group, Cherry Boom Boom, live on the April 14 episode of the hit ABC dance competition. “I’m very excited! I love to dance, and it’s so much fun,” Carmen told In Touch at the Vitaminwater10 launch in New York on April 2. Carmen has been slower to set another date — for her wedding to her fiancé, guitarist Rob Patterson. “It takes so much of your time," Carmen confided. "But we’re in a good place right now!”
http://www.intouchweekly.com/2009/04/carmen_electra_to_appear_on_ap.php
RealityFreakWill:
Gilles Marini Says Wife Loves His Sexy Dancing
Dancing with the Stars heartthrob and front-runner Gilles Marini says his steamy moves on the show aren’t a problem for his wife, Carole—in fact, “she loves to see that sexiness.”
The French actor/model, who made a splash last year as Samantha’s outdoor-showering neighbor in the Sex and the City movie, says he wouldn’t be able to perform his high-energy dance routines without his wife’s support.
“Imagine if you do that job and you have a wife in the house or a husband in the house who is very kind of jealous and possessive, things would collapse,” he said in an interview with the website jenandbarbmomlife.com. “If I don’t have my wife at my side I have nothing. And so she is there pushing me and always kissing me and saying, ‘I am so proud of you.’”
Marini, 33, has been married to Carole for 11 years—they have a son, George, 10, and a daughter, Julianna, almost three. When Marini got the call to do DWTS early one morning, he was in bed watching Julianna bounce around in a pink tutu. “I’m on the phone with my manager, who’s asking, ‘Do you want to do this?’” he recalls. “And [Julianna] was dancing around, twirling around, and I said, ‘This is a sign, I have to do this.’”
But week in and week out, how is it that his wife can be so accepting of his smoldering routines with partner Cheryl Burke? “She’s French,” explains Marini. “The more sexy it is [on the show] the better it is for her. Tonight she told me, ‘I saw that shaking booty stuff, you’re going to have to show it to me [at home].”
http://tvwatch.people.com/2009/04/06/gilles-marini-says-wife-loves-his-sexy-dancing/
marigold:
ABC Television Network
PRESS RELEASE
ON TOMORROW'S DANCING RESULTS SHOW (4/7)
FIFTH COUPLE ELIMINATED ON "DANCING WITH THE STARS THE RESULTS SHOW," TUESDAY, APRIL 7 ON ABC
Grammy® Award Winner Etta James Performs
Disney Channel Star Demi Lovato Performs
Macy's Stars of Dance Brings Las Vegas' Le Reve to the Ballroom
Bottom Two Couples Compete in a Live "Dance-Off"
"Episode 805A" - After a night of Viennese Waltz and Paso Doble, the fifth couple to be eliminated from the competition is revealed on "Dancing with the Stars the Results Show," TUESDAY, APRIL 7 (9:00-10:02 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
Grammy Award winner Etta James performs her Grammy Hall of Fame rendition of the popular song, "At Last," accompanied by professional dancers Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Karina Smirnoff. James is the winner of four Grammy® Awards and seventeen Blues Music Awards. She was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, the Blues Hall of Fame in 2001, and the Grammy® Hall of Fame in both 1999 and 2008.
Hollywood Records artist and Disney Channel star Demi Lovato takes to the "Dancing with the Stars" stage with her hit, "La La Land," from her first studio album, "Don't Forget," recently released on Hollywood Records (a deluxe version was re-released on March 31, 2009 with bonus features). Joining Lovato on the "Dancing" stage will be professional dancers Benji Schwimmer and Torri Smith. Currently starring in the Disney Channel hit, "Sonny With a Chance," Lovato shot to stardom when she appeared alongside the Jonas Brothers in the Disney Channel Original Movie, "Camp Rock." Her concert tickets go on sale April 25, 2009.
In the second Macy's Stars of Dance performance of the season, the mesmerizing Las Vegas show Le Reve transforms the "Dancing with the Stars" stage with a captivating performance. Le Reve features spectacular feats of strength and state-of-the-art special effects. The production was created by Franco Dragone, the man behind the O, La Nouba, Mystere, Alegria and Quidam shows.
This week the bottom two couples facing elimination, determined by the lowest combined viewer votes and judges' scores from Monday's performance, will "Dance Off" to determine who is dismissed. The couples will have a chance to perform Monday's dance for new scores from the judges. The judges' scores from the "Dance Off" performance will replace their Monday night scores. A combination of the new judges' scores from the "Dance Off" dance, along with viewers votes from Monday's show, will be calculated following the "Dance Off" to determine the eliminated couple.
By evening's end one couple will be eliminated. Who among the following nine teams will leave the ballroom floor?
David Alan Grier (comedian and actor) and partner Kym Johnson
Shawn Johnson (Olympic gymnastics medalist) and partner Mark Ballas
Lil' Kim (Grammy Award winning rapper) and partner, reigning champion Derek Hough
Gilles Marini (model and actor) and partner Cheryl Burke
Ty Murray ("King of Cowboys") and partner, newcomer Chelsie Hightower
Steve-O (star of "Jackass" and "Wildboyz") and partner Lacey Schwimmer
Melissa Rycroft (from "The Bachelor") and partner Tony Dovolani
Lawrence Taylor (National Football League Hall of Famer, a.k.a. "LT") and partner Edyta Sliwinska
Chuck Wicks (country music star) and partner Julianne Hough
Viewers may cast their votes for their favorite teams via phone on Monday night during and up to 30 minutes after the "Dancing with the Stars" performance shows. AT&T subscribers may also text message their votes by texting the word "VOTE" and entering the number that corresponds to the team they want to support (standard text message rates apply). Viewers may also vote online at www.abc.com starting from the opening of each episode on the East Coast and until 12:00 Noon, ET the following day.
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