Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Dancing With Stars 2008 Line Up

Dancing with Stars has started back in the USA and we will have to wait to watch it on UK Gold. Oh how I wish UK Gold was free on Freeview then I could watch it from the comfort of my bedroom too!

Want to see a photo line up?

Here goes:


Monica Seles

PROFESSION:Grand Slam tennis champion
PARTNER:Jonathan Roberts

BACKGROUND:Tennis champ, Monica Seles, is the holder of nine grand slam singles titles and was the top-ranked player in the world. She turned pro in 1988 at the age of fourteen and won her first grand slam championship, the French Open, just two years later



Mario

PROFESSION:R&B star
PARTNER:Karina Smirnoff
BACKGROUND:Twenty-one year-old, multi-platinum selling R&B/Pop singer and actor Mario is known for such hit singles as "Just a Friend (2002)" and "Let Me Love You."






Marlee Martin

PROFESSION:Academy Award winning actress
PARTNER:Fabian Sanchez

BACKGROUND:Marlee Matlin received worldwide critical acclaim for her film debut in Children of a Lesser God, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Actress. At 21




Steve Guttenberg

PROFESSION:Movie star
PARTNER:Anna Trebunskaya

BACKGROUND:Actor Steve Guttenberg has starred in blockbusters such as Police Academy, Three Men And A Baby, Short Circuit and Cocoon and many others


Pricilla Presley

PROFESSION:Actress, producer and entrepreneur
PARTNER:Louis van Amstel

BACKGROUND:Actress, producer and entrepreneur Priscilla Presley starred in the Naked Gun films and the internationally popular television series Dallas



Adam Corolla

PROFESSION:Comedian and radio host

PARTNER:Julianne Hough
BACKGROUND:Television and Radio personality Adam Carolla is the host of the Los Angeles based and nationally syndicated morning radio program, The Adam Carolla Show. The actor/comedian has his first starring film role soon to be released in The Hammer (in theaters March 21st),


Jason Taylor

PROFESSION:NFL Man of the Year
PARTNER:Edyta Sliwinska

BACKGROUND:This year's NFL Man of the Year Award Winner and last year's NFL Defensive Player of the Year, Taylor has played defensive end for the Miami Dolphins for over a decade


Christian De La Fuente

PROFESSION:International film star
PARTNER:Cheryl Burke
BACKGROUND:Having started his acting career in his native Chile, the international film and television star's Spanish language projects include: UnivisiĆ³n's mini series, Como ama una mujer and Sony television's Reyes y Rey which aired on Telemundo




Shannon Elizabeth

PROFESSION:Film and television star
PARTNER:Derek Hough

BACKGROUND:Actress/model Shannon Elizabeth starred in the box office hits, American Pie and Scary Movie. Some of her other credits include Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Love Actually, Cuts and That 70s Show.



Penn Jillette

PROFESSION:Magician

PARTNER:Kym Johnson
BACKGROUND:Penn Jillette is one-half of the famous illusionist team Penn & Teller. Penn & Teller have been performing together for thirty years and are currently headlining in their own theater at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas
Marisa Jaret Winokour

PROFESSION:Tony Award winning Broadway star
PARTNER:Tony Dovolani

BACKGROUND:Marissa Jaret Winokur is best known for creating the role of "Tracy Turnblad" in the hit Broadway musical Hairspray, a performance for which she won a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress


Kristi Yamaguchi

PROFESSION:Olympic champion figure skater

PARTNER:Mark Ballas
BACKGROUND:An Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion, Kristi Yamaguchi is one of the most popular and successful figure skaters of our time
JUDGES as usual are Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Len Goodman
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://abc.go.com/primetime/dancingwiththestars/index?pn=index Has more information about the contestants.

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