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| DANCING
WITH THE STARS 2007 SERIES |
| USA
| ABC | Mondays 8.00pm to 9.30pm
In
a Dancing with the Stars first, three athletes will dance to the finish
in the fourth season of the hugely popular series, which returned
MONDAY, MARCH 19 on ABC. Among the athletes are a current Olympic Gold
Medalist, a member of the 1992 Men's U.S. Olympic Basketball Dream Team
and an undefeated female boxer | the first female athlete to compete on
the series. Celebrities joining them include a singer/actor who stars
alongside his daughter in one of the Disney Channel's most popular
programs, a former member of one of the biggest selling music groups of
all-time and a charity activist for Adopt-a-Minefield.
As
announced on Good Morning America, the eleven stars making their
ballroom dancing debut and their professional dance partners are:
LAILA
ALI (undefeated world boxing champion) joins MAKSIM CHMERKOVSKIY, who
returns for his third season.
BILLY RAY CYRUS (actor and singer) will partner with Season Three's
finalist, KARINA SMIRNOFF, who returns for her second season.
CLYDE DREXLER (NBA Hall of Famer) will partner with ELENA GRINENKO, who
returns for her second season.
JOEY FATONE (*NSYNC star) joins partner KYM JOHNSON, who returns for her
second season.
SHANDI FINNESSEY (Miss USA 2004) joins newcomer BRIAN FORTUNA who will
be her professional dance partner.
LEEZA GIBBONS (talk show host) teams up with TONY DOVOLANI, who returns
for his third season.
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HEATHER
MILLS (charity activist and campaigner and ex main squeeze of Paul
McCartney) will be partnered with JONATHAN ROBERTS, who returns for his
third season.
APOLO ANTON OHNO (Olympic speed skating gold medalist) teams up with
JULIANNE HOUGH, in her first appearance.
JOHN RATZENBERGER (actor and author) teams with EDYTA SLIWINSKA, the
only professional dancer to participate in all four seasons.
PAULINA PORIZKOVA (supermodel) will be partnered with ALEC MAZO, who
returns for his second appearance.
IAN ZIERING (TV & Broadway star) teams with two-time defending
champion CHERYL BURKE, who returns for her third season.Dancing with the
Stars fourth season premiered Monday, March 19 with a two-hour telecast
(8:00-10:00 p.m., ET). To offer viewers two weeks to see the performers
in action before the first elimination, the first results show will air
on Week Two. The second performance show, airing Monday, March 26, will
also be two hours in length (8:00-10:00 p.m.), and the first results
show will air Tuesday, March 27 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET).
Hosted
by Tom Bergeron (America's Funniest Home Videos) and Samantha Harris (E!
Entertainment), the celebrities will perform choreographed dance
routines which will be judged by renowned Ballroom judge Len Goodman and
dancer/choreographers Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba.
Dancing
with the Stars is the U.S. version of the international smash hit
series, "Strictly Come Dancing." This version is produced in
America by BBC Worldwide Productions. Conrad Green and Richard Hopkins
are executive producers and Izzie Pick is co-executive producer. Rob
Wade and Matilda Zoltowski are supervising producers. Alex Rudzinski
directs.
CAST
PROFILES
Bryan
Greenberg
| Laura
Prepon
| Tom
Berenger
| Warren
Christie
| Brad
William Henke
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