DWTS Season 12 Cast Rumors/Speculation – Lee Meriwether To Do DWTS?
Ok, so this is a long shot. But, it’s been noted by several of the Pure DWTS writing team that Lee Meriwether has recently added some people to her twitter account that has a connection with “Dancing With The Stars” including some fans to the show and ourselves. Now maybe this is nothing and Lee is just trying to garnish some publicity for her role in “Women of Spoon River“. Then again, we know the former Miss America, actress, and Broadway star would very much like to do the show and was rumored to be a contestant last year. From 10Xdur, here’s a quote from Lee last April.
Now at the age of 74, this femme fatale wants to claw her way onto the cast of Dancing with the Stars. Unlike some of the other older contestants like Buzz Aldrin and Cloris Leachman, Lee might possibly have a chance of winning.
“As a performer, I think I can dance,” she told us. “I know better in my heart that it will take a lot of work, but I think I can sell it. As a performer you pretend to be a dancer, and I know I can be a dancer.”
“I love the show. I watch it. I tape it. I watch the dances over and over and over again,” she went on to say. “I just love the show.”
Edit to add a tweet from this last November:
@ItsMeMrTrevor #DWTS is my dream! I would LOVE to do the show! Trying to get on…cross your fingers!
— Lee Meriwether (@LeeMeriwether) November 9, 2010
Again, this is a long shot. But, everything sure seems coincidental, doesn’t it? If this turns out to be true, who do you see Lee dancing with? I would say Corky but then that would be too much of a repeat for what we saw last year with him and Florence. Maybe Louis? Or maybe Tony who she might have seen and talked with at the Miss America show last month? Whatever the case, Lee wears fancy dress gowns well, doesn’t she? 😉
Heidi’s Note: Lee’s been wanting to be on the show for a while and we’ve written about her before. 🙂
She a rumor last season and it turned out to be her wishfull thinking on her part as Heidi and Vogue said but it might be kinda cool. 😀 You know who i would not be AT ALL suprised to see on DWTS season 12? Is one of the Kardashian/Jenner crew, I know they already had Kim but maybe Khole or Kourtney? Maybe even Bruce Jenner or Kris. Anyone but Scott. ” Pukes ” xD
Funny, last season she was following me on Twitter. Don’t know if she still is but I was like wow is that really Lee Meriwether following me!-LOL
It would not surprise me if she did come on the show.
She follows me aswell! And a few DWTS fan groups too.
Sounds like Lee’s definitely got her finger on the pulse of the DWTS viewers! Would be cool to see her on the show…who knows, it might give them an excuse to bring back Jonathan, as he’s had some older partners. Plus she’s 5’8.5″, which is WAYYYY too tall for Corky or Louis!
Ooh wee, Zach – please, no more Kardashians. I hope TPTB learned their lesson with Kim, who ended up being an early exit despite her “huge fanbase”. Bruce Jenner? Maybe, because he’s actually famous for being an Olympian; but Kris, Kourtney, Khloe, or any of those other K-names? I doubt it.
On an unrelated note, it always gives me a good chuckle when I see someone even slightly famous is following me on Twitter…I always wonder what it was I tweeted that made them say “Yeah, I wanna follow this random chick!” Case in point? I am also followed by Ellen Degeneres, Kimberly Locke (from season 2 of Idol), and Kendra Jade Rossi (of adult film fame and Celebrity Rehab). Pretty random, eh?
This is a great idea. She probably could win too given the right partner. i’m guessing if she is om so is corky though.
Random names Courtney! I’m being followed by Carolyn Hennesey (some soap star?), Willow Smith (the infamous Whip Your Hair singer – why does she have a twitter?), Kellie Pickler (another American Idol alum, like Kimberley) and Season 11’s first eliminated contestant, the one and only David Hasselhoff. If Lee does the show I can happily say I’m being followed by 2 DWTS contestants 🙂
I love The Kardashians, and I would like any of them on the show, for definite.
No offense to you vin, but I’m starting to get a bit annoyed at the fact that everyone seems to automatically assume “Oh, so-and-so’s old…she’ll get Corky as her partner!” Corky’s only been on the show twice, and both times he’s gotten older partners that also happen to be short – not sure it’s enough to justify a pattern. Lee is 5’8.5″ tall. Corky is 5’6″. I doubt TPTB would force those two together simply because Lee is “old”. In the same token, Susan Lucci was 61 when she did the show, and she’s 5’2″ – she got 6’+, 30-something Tony as her partner. Louis got 63-year-old, 5’3.5″ Priscilla Presley. Jonathan has had his fair share of partners that were more “middle-aged”. I guess the point I’m trying to make is that there’s a lot more than just age that factors into what stars get paired with what pros – and in Lee’s case, I think she’d be more likely to get Jonathan or Tony than Corky or Louis.
Oh Bennett, I just ADORE Carolyn Hennessey – she plays lawyer Diane Miller on General Hospital. Such a character! Would love to see her on DWTS, but unfortunately I think there’s bigger soap stars they’d pick over her, plus she’s busy promoting her new book right now. But one can certainly dream! 🙂
@Courtney – fair point, never thought of it that way, but my first reaction was ‘oh no, they’ll pair her with Corky’ I thought Mrs Brady got the short end of the stick this year – she actually had some talent and didn’t need all the schtick that Corky seems to put around his partners – I think it hurt her in the end, she could have gone a little further.
And a random thing on her, wasn’t she the original Catwoman as well?
@Sue – Yeah, unfortunately I think Corky kinda sells his partners short – he seems to “dumb down” the routines and throw in a bunch of stupid antics rather than cultivating any actual talent they might have. Luckily for Lee, I think she’s just too tall for Corky – it’s one thing to put a shorter girl with a taller guy (a la Rick & Cheryl), but I don’t think the reverse would work. My next guess would be Louis, but she’s too tall for him too – hence my arrival at Tony or Jonathan, more likely Tony since they seem to only bring Jonathan back every 3 seasons or so. And you are correct – Lee was the original Catwoman on the Batman tv series. In fact, I’ve been doing my “homework” on her, so to speak, ever since we noticed who she was following, and I remember reading something about her being of “formidable height” next to some of her male costars.
I would love to see Lee Meriwether on the show. I think she would look great with Nick Kosovich.
Courtney if any of the Kardashian crew were to make it on i too would like to see Bruce Jenner. Maybe Khloe would be ok though…Idk i would better like to see Bruce. Getting exciting now!!
I’m all for a bit of Kourtney Kardashian 😉
I agree that Lee Meriwether would be a good contestant. I sure hope she gets Jonathan or Tony; anyone who would respect her talent and give her some challenging moves. Corky just doesn’t seem to understand that no one enjoys the goofy stuff. Of course, it isn’t just Corky that does that. But he is shooting 100% in that respect. I guess we will know before long.
Oh, also…Courtney, I agree about Carolyn Hennessey. She plays the best character on General Hospital!
@Deirdre – Good to see some fellow GH lovers in the house! 🙂 I love Diane’s character and the way she interacts with Spinelli. Too bad the current storyline doesn’t utilize her more…I’m getting sick & tired of all this Balkan nonsense. MORE DIANE!!!
@Zach – Of all the Kardashian clan, Bruce is really the only one I would want to see on the show anytime soon…although I think Kris would have to drag him into doing it kicking & screaming. Doesn’t really seem like his thing…then again, I’ve spotted both of them in the audience numerous times, and not just during season 7. This is just my thinking, but I think TPTB would be a bit leery of putting another one of the Kardashian girls on the show right now – I think they were banking on Kim being a huge boon for ratings (she seemed like the most talked-about contestant on season 7), and rather than a boon she was more of a bust. Maybe things would be different now, but who knows. If anyone’s been paying attention to Twitter lately, you may have heard that Kim actually got invited onstage at a Prince concert this weekend…and then unceremoniously booted off of it for not dancing. Yep, kids, it has been confirmed once more – Kim still cannot dance for beans 🙂 Hehe.
I’d love to see Kourtney Kardashian on the show (I always thought she was the nicest looking out of the bunch….Kim is a close second). Rob would be fun to see on the show too…..and him and kourtney could get way father than kim did for sure. To be honest, I liked Kim’s mambo though lol. Has there been any updates on the Kendra rumor? I really hope Kendra does the show. Lastly, I could totally see Lee paired with Nick K. He was great with Tatumn O’Neal (who deserved to get farther than she did on the show….she had potential). I hope it’s Jonathan though.
The video of kim getting kicked offstage is on youtube btw. She really made him made when she tweeted on stage instead of dancing lol. Maybe the show could get Prince on the show one day….He could win it all.
LOL, Courtney! Your right on all your points but i do wander if she could of maybe gone longer if she could…ya know..DANCE! 🙂 I mean to me she danced ok but the judges obviously didnt like her that much. Haha, Idk to me Bruce seems like a really nice guy but you can tell he seems to like being in the spotlight. I could see Bruce doing it or really any of those Kardashians IF ASKED and whose to say any of them are going to get asked. I just wouldnt be shocked if we saw a Kardashian/Jenner on this season or if we didnt really either. Either way it wont be long before we find out!!….After ofcourse we watch The Bachelor ” groans “. Lol
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