DWTS News: Julianne Hough, Gilles Marini and Jewel

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, ABC, Dancing With The Stars, Gossip

Since we’re now just over a week away from the start of Dancing with the Stars 8, here’s a little backstage scoop to get you warmed up:

Julianne Hough: Three months ago the two-time champion announced she would be taking a hiatus to pursue her music career. So what made her change her mind? A boy.

Hough said ABC used her real-life boyfriend (singer Chuck Wicks) to rope her back in. “It was a last minute deal,” she wrote in her blog. “I was set on taking this season off and then last minute the show asked me to do it because they had asked Chuck to do it and they thought it would be cool if we danced together.”

“At first I still said no because I wanted to focus on my music,” Julianne explained, “BUT then I thought about it for a day and figured this out. I can still write, go on tour and work on Julianne Hough the country singer because Chuck will be my partner and that will be a huge luxury.”

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Dancing with the Stars 8 Pairings Announced

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, ABC, Dancing With The Stars, Gossip

Although we’ve already learned the names of Dancing with the Stars’ next competitors, we know now which 13 pairs will be vying for that mirror ball trophy.

Included in the mix are two professionals familiar to So You Think You Can Dance viewers: Chelsie Hightower (Season 4) and Dmitry Chaplin (Season 2). Chelsie and Dmitry will join Lacey Schwimmer, another SYTYCD vet, on the eighth installment of the ballroom show.

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The Official Dancing with the Stars 8 Cast

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, ABC, Dancing With The Stars

The official lineup for Dancing With the Stars was announced tonight during ABC’s Sunday lineup.

And while tabloids have leaked erroneous names over the past few years, it appears they’ve rounded up better sources this time around. It also turns out that Donny Osmond wasn’t lying when he said he was lying about competing. (Get that?)

For the show’s eighth installment, we’ll once again start off with an uneven 13 contestants. (This meant a Week 1 double-elimination last fall.) We’ll also see the series’ youngest performer to date. (Even younger than Season 7’s Cody Linley.) You can check out the full list of names after the jump.

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The Latest Dancing with the Stars Rumors

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, ABC, Dancing With The Stars, Rumors

Since our last report two weeks ago, the latest Dancing with the Stars rumors have been dished out a rapid pace. And we still have another two weeks to go until the final cast is announced!

According to TMZ, Toni Braxton will be one of the competitors hitting the floor this fall. If the buzz is true, this decision would be very interesting considering the singer’s recent issues. Braxton was forced to cancel her Las Vegas show back in May citing health reasons. (While the specific problem was not revealed, Toni has been treated for hypertension and pericarditis in the past.)

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Celebrities Riding Bulls—And That’s No Bull

Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Prime Time, Reality, Cable, Cable/Satellite

Here we are, entering the doldrums of summer television programming… but never fear, CMT (Country Music Television) has a new brand of celebrity reality that’s sure to please. Prepare yourself for B, C, and D-listers as they (drum roll…) ride bulls. Given that there’s not much to watch now that the season has wrapped, and how I love to see lame celebrities on reality shows, I may just have to check this one out. Here’s what’s in store: the Celebrity Bull Riding Challenge features nine celebs as they are tutored in the ways of bull riding by Ty Murray. This guy’s the real deal too—okay, so I had to look him up, but he’s won an impressive seven All-Around World Championship titles for bull riding. Oh, and his girlfriend is singer Jewel. The show will begin on August 10th on CMT and include Vanilla Ice, Stephen Baldwin, Leif Garrett, American Gladiators’ Dan “Nitro” Clark, Jonny “Fairplay” Dalton (Survivor), and other less exciting celebs (if that’s possible). Word to your mother.

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