Dancing with the Stars two-winner and reigning champ admitted before we saw him on TV, he was obsessed with watching his partner, Melissa Joan Hart on TV.
He told People, “I said to my mom, my dad, ‘Don’t talk to me, I’m watching Clarissa,†says Ballas, now 23. He would then do his homework, followed by watching his other favorite show — also starring Hart — Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.
“I was little, I was 12, 13,†Ballas says, “and I was like, ‘She’s really cute.’â€
I wonder now that he is dancing with her 5 hours a day in Connecticut if he still feels the same way? We will see if the chemistry is there between the two of them on Monday when DWTS comes back for its 9th season on ABC.
Too bad she is married or maybe he could follow his bandmate Derek Hough’s example and become the Cub to his Cougar partner…
Dancing with the Stars pros Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Karina Smirnoff have called off their engagement and are no longer dating according to Marc Malkin. Her people confirmed the news to him. I wonder if there split will be evident when the show comes back in two weeks, like you can feel the tension between them?
BTW is anyone surprised that they broke up? I mean it is never a good sign when they keep postponing the wedding. Plus talking to the press about it all the time is normally a huge nail in the wedding coffin.
I wonder which celebs they will be dating next because you know they won’t be single for long. Maksim is paired with a married Debbi Mazur while Karina has Aaron Carter.
Who the hell took these pictures of the Dancing with the Stars couples because almost all of them look like crap. I have enough problems not knowing who most of these so-called-stars are and then to have pictures of them that I don’t recognize them is not helping. Kathy Ireland is the worst one because you can’t even tell it is her. I think Melissa Joan Hart is the only one who looks better, but makeup can do wonders for anyone.
Now when it comes to the pairings they actually look worse seeing some of them together. Plus reading the Tweets of some of them I feel even more sorry for the partner they got stuck with.
ABC finally announced who is dancing with who on Dancing with the Stars when the show premieres on September 21st!
Mya and Dmitri Chaplin
Melissa Joan Hart and Mark Ballas
Michael Irvin and Anna Demidova
Ashley Hamilton and Edyta Sliwinska
Aaron Carter and Karina Smirnoff
Kathy Ireland and Tony Dovolani
Debbie Mazar and Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Natalie Coughlin and Alec Mazo
Louie Vito and Chesie Hightower
Chuck Liddell and Anna Trebunskaya
Donny Osmond and Kym Johnson
Tom DeLay and Cheryl Burke
Macy Gray and Jonathan Roberts
Joanna Krupa and Derek Hough
Mark Dacascos and Lacey Schwimmer
Kelly Osbourne and Louis Van Amstel
I think this is the first season where there are more pros that are more famous than the stars they are partnered with. When it comes to the pairings, I am happy the former winners like Cheryl Burke, Mark Ballas and Derek Hough did not get the shoe-ins to win. You know Cheryl must be so pissed she got stuck with Tom Delay. He he! As much as I like Lacey Schwimmer, I would rather have my favorite Mark Dacascos with Chelsie Hightower. Poor Jonathan Roberts to be stuck with Macy Gray and Kelly Osbourne with Louis Van Amstel, they should totally switch partners. When it comes to the rest, I don’t care kind of like this season. Am I the only one not feeling it?
1. – Sports Illustrated model – Kathy Ireland
2. – Grammy winning singer – Macy Gray
3. – TV star – Melissa Joan Hart
4. – R&B artist – Mya
5. – Ashley Hamilton (son of George Hamilton)
6. – NFL player – Michael Irvin
7. – from Iron Chef America – Mark Decascos
8. – Donny Osmond
9. – Kelly Osbourne
10. – Debi Mazar (from tv show Entourage)
11. – Ultimate Fighting Champion – Church Liddell
12. – Olympian – Natalie Coughlin
13. – Joanna Krupa (model)
14. – Snowboarder – Louis Vito
15. – Pop Star – Aaron Carter
16. – Tom Delay (former house majority lead)
Dancing with the Stars 9 expanded the amount of stars that will put on their dancing shoes this season and looks like they had a really hard time finding real celebrities to do the show. Sadly I have to support my college (University of Miami) and vote for Michael Irvin otherwise I would skip the lamest season of DWTS ever. Seriously every season there are a few of people I don’t know on the show, but this was the first one where I had to Google half of them and I still don’t know who they are. So let’s go over who I do know… Macy Gray, when was the last time she was relevant? Prob around the same time Melissa Joan Hart had a TV show in production. I used to like MJH, but now she is one of those annoying has-beens that will do anything for press. Like hope someone doesn’t die so she can still be on the cover of a weekly magazine. Mya, she was the singer who sang that song from Moulin Rouge that no one knew who she was then and still don’t know who she is know. Ashley Hamilton is the first son to follow his father’s dancesteps on the show, but besides being married to a celeb and the son of one…who is he? Donny Osmond was fun, but now he has become Vegas annoying and he tries way too hard. Kelly Osbourne, she will cry and complain but hopefully she will be somewhat funny if she gets the right partner. I am sure Mark Ballas and Derek Hough want her just for her family connections. Picture the Ballas Hough Band on OzzFest…way hot! Debi Mazur, has she done anything since that Friends episode because I haven’t seen in her anything since. Aaron Carter, he is up there with Macy and MJH as when was the last time he was relevant. And those others are who? Oh wait I did save one for last and that is the one I am rooting for…Mark Decascos. You guys probably know him from Iron Chef, but I know him from really crappy Sci Fi Saturday night movies, so he has my vote just for that! He will be the Cristian De La Fuente/Gilles Marini of the season. You know the good looking guy no one has ever heard of before, but will come in second, Please don’t pair him with Cheryl Burke, he deserves better than her hair!!!
Positive note, there will be double eliminations this season because there are so many contestants. Let’s hope they eliminate all 16 after week one and we get some real stars on the show.
So what do you think of the names? And will you be watching on September 21st when it debuts on ABC with a 3 night premiere? UPDATE: I forgot about Kathy Ireland, kind of like everyone else did and will. She was seriously a Sports Illustrated Model? Wow that had to be a really long time ago like when Donny Osmond first had a show with sister. How long until Donny faints on the show? Afterall it worked for Marie…
