Dancing With The Stars Season 8 Casts
The season eight casts of Dancing with the Stars was bit by bit revealed during commercial breaks in between ABC’s Sunday night prime time lineup. The contestants names were dropped when Extreme Makeover: Home Edition started, and continued throughout the telecasts of Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters.
For the first time on the show, a celebrity couple — singer Jewel and her husband, rodeo star Ty Murray — will compete against each other. Another twist is a real life couple will compete on DWTS together and that would be Dancing champ-turned-country-singer Julianne Hough and her boyfriend, country singer Chuck Wicks.
Real-life professional couple Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Karina Smirnoff, who got engaged last December, will compete against each other with their respective celebrity partners.
Rounding out the celebrity lineup will be the youngest contestant ever on the show, Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson, 17. Also ready to rumba are pop star Belinda Carlisle, actress Denise Richards, former NFL star Lawrence Taylor, rapper Lil’ Kim, Jackass star Steve-O, Apple computer co-founder Steve Wozniak, actors David Alan Grier and Gilles Marini, and Access Hollywood co-host Nancy O’Dell.
An ABC spokesperson says the remaining professional dancer/celebrity pairings will be announced on Thursday, February 12. Dancing With The Stars Season 8 premieres March 9 on ABC. For more info regarding the new season of Dancing With The Stars get on Sir Links ALot Dancing With The Stars Links.
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