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So I totally had a little ‘will this or won’t this work‘ miniature meltdown yesterday with the cast announcement for Dancing with the Stars.
I need to backtrack a little. They revealed the professionals (and subsequent pairings) today and most of my favorites are in there.
• Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough: Derek is like the Patrick Swayze of DWTS so pairing him up with Jennifer is most excellent indeed.
• Bristol Palin & Mark Ballas: First reaction – Yay. Mark is back! (Remember how he suffered an injury last season?) Next reaction – oh, he has to dance with her. I blocked her out of my mind already.
• Brandy & Maksim Chmerkovskiy: Oh my. that might actually be something. I love Maks’ humor.
• Margaret Cho & Louis Van Amstel: The gay guy and the girl who likes the gays. Excellent. Plus they’re both hilariously funny so that will be good for a laugh.
• Audrina Patridge & Tony Dovolani: Hm. Ok. well good luck with this one Tony. She’ll probably be able to move better than Kate, but I fear the worst.
• Florence Henderson & Corky Ballas: The oldies but goodies. Also – father and son competing again. Brilliant!
• Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino & Karina Smirnoff: Karina will have her hands full. Wait. That might be the other way around as well. Good television indeed!
• Kurt Warner & Anna Trebunskaya: Hello Anna! Good luck with this athlete.
• Rick Fox & Cheryl Burke: If I have to believe what everyone is saying… they might stand a winning chance. Plus Eliza could learn some stuff too. Hey! Let her dance with Cheryl! Now that’s something I’d love to see.
• David Hasselhoff & Kym Johnson: If there’s anyone who can make The Hoff move it is The John! Yes, bad joke. I know. Fuck off.
• Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer: I wish they’d give her someone to dance with that would last longer. Then again maybe they’ll surprise me.
• Michael Bolton & Chelsie Hightower: Chelsie! This might be good. She’s a feisty one and she could loosen him up properly!
Yeah. I might actually enjoy this season. At least my favorites are in there. Anna, Chelsie, Lacey. Cheryl, Karina, Derek. Look I love them all, but I do have my favorites. I’m just sad that Edyta won’t be there this round, but I respect her decision to move on from the show.
