THE CAST of Dancing with the Stars Season 11 – Live Blog!!
Ten more minutes and away we go – as live as we can be when traffic is high. I’m going to suffer through Bachelor Pad…can we just talk about Bachelor Pad for a moment?? Lord, what a nasty show. The Bachelor was bad enough, in all it’s train wreck-y glory, but this show takes the cake. It started out nicely enough, but when the girls started serious macking on the guys for 250k – I thought that was illegal in this country? 🙂
Anyway, below you see a very sad, very blank table. I will fill it in as we go, in the order they are announced – unless of course they do a whole mess at one time and I can’t write fast enough. I’m hoping Courtney will be helping me out via Twitter. 😉 ETA means “edited to add” – I will put that in front of any new commentary I might have and it will come before the table.
ETA 1: Sitcoms Online says the press conference will be in two segments in the 9 (8 central) pm hour of Bachelor pad. First segment will be 1:55 minutes and the second one will be almost 4 minutes. We’ll see.
ETA 2: Yeah, let’s play a game guaranteed to make everyone HATE each other. Great idea. :::rolls eyes::: Give me ONE name please.
ETA 3: Heads up, yo! Lacey just tweeted a picture and she looks made up for TV and appears to be wearing a DWTS robe. And I’m starting to hate you all for making me watch this gawdawful show. 😉
ETA 4: So someone tells me that Lacey is at her title shoot, hence the makeup. Boo. I got my hopes up there for a mo.
ETA 5: Michael Bolton apparently just tweeted to tune into the Bachelor Pad.
ETA 6: Just saw a tweet from Apollo retweeting Ashlan Gorse who’s there. Hmmm….
ETA 7: Edyta tweets that she never said she had a “major disagreement” with DWTS. In other news, chick willing to dump guy over burping.
ETA 8: 100% correct rumors. Will they miss with the men? Any surprises. Give it another 15 minutes. 🙂
ETA 9: Everyone, you’re giving me lots of great comments and info – sorry if I can’t respond to everything until after the madness is over. 😉
ETA 10: I’m spent. 🙂 Now, start your engines. John and Courtney are going to be ranking these contestants and I’ll be making a stab at the partnerships. Tomorrow. 😉
ETA 11: Forgot to add – Kyle Massey is from “That’s so Raven”. Total Disney.
Who’s Dancing?
No. | Celebrity | Age | Height |
1. | Brandy | 31 | 5ft 7in |
2.Jennifer Grey | 50 | 5’3″ | |
3. | Margaret Cho | 41 | 5ft 5in |
4. | Audrina Patridge | 25 | 5ft 7.5in |
5. | Florence Henderson | 76 | 5ft 3in |
6. | Bristol Palin | 19 | 5ft. 3in. |
7. | Michael Bolton | 56 | 5ft 10in |
8. | Mike Sorrentino | 27 | ?? |
9. | David Hasselhoff | 58 | 6ft 4in |
10. | Kurt Warner | 39 | 6ft 2in |
11. | Kyle Massey | 19 | 5ft 6in |
12. | Rick Fox | 41 | 6ft 7in |
If this cast turns out to be anything like what has been rumored…well, the Cheesecake Awards will be AMAZING. Provided someone gives me beer. 😉
I help! As long as my slow ass iPhone 3G can keep up. Anyone wanna contribute to the “upgrade Court to an iPhone 4” fund? 😉 You know you wanna…
…in the meantime, I have cookies & Snapple to get me through the cesspool of television that is Bachelor Pad. And I’ve got Klonopin in case things get outta hand. Here we go!!!!
Thanks again for doing this for us fans, Princess Heidi!
You guys are awesome. Thanks for doing this.xxx
One more time before the official cast is announced! Thx so much for doing this, Hiedi!!! 🙂 Here we go!
Being the saddo I am, I am up in the UK at 1am with the TV on waiting for the announcements! Can anybody tell me when the reveal starts so I can not go too nuts?
Princess Heidi — Instead of suffering through the Bachelor Pad, why not do what I’m doing? I set-up the “picture-in-picture” thing on the cable, so I can get the video without having to suffer through it!!! 🙂
Yet another “Thank you!” for doing this.
Thank you Heidi!!
Thanks, Heidi! Love this site!
Well, Sally, I also have a mean streak that makes me snark on the easily snarkable. 🙂
Thanks everyone. So far so good. 🙂
TWOP Forums is now reporting Nastia Liukin, Bernadine Dohrn, Chris Kattan, and Ron Gettelfinger, from the Daily Kos, but you never know.
Heidi – just checking in – can’t wait (I do have a life, really … I do). I tuned in to ABC because I just couldn’t help myself and glimpsed the part where they have to tell each other who has the worst boob job – I couldn’t hit the off button fast enough! You deserve the mirror ball trophy for sitting thru this cr*p – snark away, girlfriend – you’ve got free reign as far as I’m concerned …. 😉
Really?? You sure that isn’t what passes for snark nowadays, desperatedancer?
Heidi – LOL! 😀 I agree with Linde. Snark away! And thank you for doing this!
Heidi, I think I have a confirmed contestant for you. Check your Twitter page!
Man.. it’s frakking time. >.< 😀
ANY NEWS YET???
The Los Angeles Times says: Jennifer Grey, Brandy, Florence Henderson, Margaret Cho, Audrina, Bristol Palin, The Hoff, Michael Bolton, Rick Fox, The Situation, Kurt Warner, and That’s So Raven’s Kyle Massey, who should take spot 12.
i have a felling that tony got Brandy
Gee, is it the bragging all over twitter that gave it away, Jeniffer? 🙂
I am hoping that Tony gets Audrina and Maks gets Brandy. Margaret is probably going to Louis and Bristol is probably going to Mark. I am praying that Derek gets Jennifer since I think they will make a great team.
So, could that mean Max and Audrina???
just kidding, i fell bad for her, Tony is nice but if i was a celeb in the show i would not want to get him as partner.
Audrina will cry with Maks, can’t wait.
I want them to bring Corky back for Florence.
Don’t put her with Alec!
I’m really hoping Tony got someone really good this season to make up for the mess of Kate that he got last season!
Going off of the season to season talk of how the cast becomes a giant family (last season especially), I’m definitely interested in seeing how this crazy mix of people get along.
Damn, every woman was spoiled in advance. What happened to their security? LOL
I don’t think that Maks will git the Hills chick–looks too much like his last partner.
I think that Tony got her.
I would have never guessed Bristol…What the double hockey sticks. I thought the show is called Dancing with the Stars, Bristol Palin is not a Star!!!!
So, all but one of the men were spoiled too. I was hoping for some surprises. Guess I shouldn’t be so OCD about looking for spoilers in advance. LOL
Not encouraged by what J> Grey had to say. LOL
With Audrina Patridge, “The Situation”, and Bristol Palin, perhaps they should change the name to “Dancing with the Currently Trendy”…… 🙁 I’ve got to admit, I was hoping against hope about all of the “reality” people. Sigh…
I missed the press conference! Where can we get video?
why do i have a felling that most of this people will really suck at dancing
I’m willing to suspend judgment until we see their dancing abilities. Not a fan of the Palins by any means, but who knows…Bristol might surprise us. I just hope they all put more effort into it than Kate did last season. Bleh.
this cast is old
Golly Gee – 11 out of 12 people were leaked. I was kind of hoping for a surprise (Harry Connick Jr) or two (Johnny Weir). Still – a nicely diverse cast, looking forward to the season (as usual, who am I kidding 😉
Thanks! I rather like most of these people so I’ll hate to see them crash and burn. If things go well overall then the producers did a nice job. If a couple of these people draw the wrong kind of attention and scare sponsors it could be quite the mess. The trajectory on a show of this sort is that it can only get more outlandish in order to stay viable. Get the popcorn!
Ugh. The cast is the worst possible scenario. No Roberto, no Johnny, eh, I know I won’t be invested at all this season.
Thanks for all your work Heidi!
I had to google Kyle Massey.
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Kyle_Massey
He just turned 19, and the intarwebs say he’s only about 5’6″… though he’s not a tiny guy judging by pictures.
Ummmmmm kinda a let down…….
With an exception to Jennifer, I feel like this is the most dud list they’ve ever had. But, because I love dancing in general and the pros (with an exception to Lacy), I’ll be tuning in. I am curious on the Hoff, Florence, and Michael Bolton though too.
Yeah boo to no Johnny Weir or Roberto, Andie. I hear ya.
Brandy kinda looks like Kelly Rowland.
This link puts Kyle’s height at 5’6″.
http://www.ask.com/bar?q=kyle+massey+height&page=1&qsrc=121&dm=all&ab=0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Fname%2Fnm1081836%2Fbio&sg=ukBzBVZFEH5lowX%2B%2FavLg3%2F8cPw%2B8KBjOwapA8vAyBk%3D&tsp=1283220668612
And he’s YOUNG! He’s another Disney star, he was Raven Symone’s younger brother on the show, That’s So Raven. So we have 2 teenagers this year!
I’m having trouble picturing most of these people being able to dance…and where did they find this Kyle Massey person?
Heidi
Derek just tweeted about who we want for his partner….???? Cool
This cast is a huuuuuuge let down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Season 9 was awesome so was season 10! This cast i for the most part. hate. oh well re-runs of season 9 for me! With real stars like Kathy Ireland, Donny Osmond, Tom Delay, Mark Dacascos, and Melissa Joan Hart!! Ah the good ole days……
I don’t know who’s messing up the DWTS Season 11 page on Wikipedia, but it’s getting more and more ridiculous. Alec paired w/Bristol? Seriously? And I guess not everyone knows Edyta has decided to leave (she was Tweeting about it earlier), so Karina’s name should be in place of hers. Knowing Wikipedia, I doubt half of these pairings are true, but check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_%28U.S._season_11%29
Derek’s hilarious – so out of touch. I think he’s got Jennifer. I’ll be surprised if that’s not the case. Silly boy.
Derek usually gets the pretty girls.
So i’m gunna go out on a limb here and say Derek is paired with Audrina.
Yeah, pretty sure that Tony has Audrina – and Maks has Brandy. The Maks and Tony fans will have NOTHING to complain about this season if they don’t do well. Wait….who am I kidding. 😉
Derek’s probably playing with us, seeing who we want…& then do that little laugh he does when we are totally wrong….but I bet we’re not!!!!
How I think they’ll be matched:
1. Brandy 31 5ft 7in———– Maks
2. Jennifer Grey 50 5’3″ ———-Derek
3. Margaret Cho 41 5ft 5in ——-Louis
4. Audrina Patridge 25 5ft 7.5in —-Tony
5. Florence Henderson 76 5ft 3in —–Corky
6. Bristol Palin 19 5ft. 3in.———–Mark
7. Michael Bolton 56 5ft 10in—— Anna T
8. Mike Sorrention 27 ?? ———Lacy
9. David Hasselhoff 58 6ft 4in ——–Anna D
10. Kurt Warner 39 6ft 2in ———Kym
11. Kyle Massey ?? ?? ——–Chelsie
12. Rick Fox ——-Cheryl
How I think they’d best match up
1. Brandy 31 5ft 7in —–Danian
2. Jennifer Grey 50 5’3″—–Tony
3. Margaret Cho 41 5ft 5in —–Maks
4. Audrina Patridge 25 5ft 7.5in —-Derek
5. Florence Henderson 76 5ft 3in—–Jonathan
6. Bristol Palin 19 5ft. 3in. —-Mark
7. Michael Bolton 56 5ft 10in —-Kym
8. Mike Sorrention 27 ?? —Karina
9. David Hasselhoff 58 6ft 4in —Anna T
10. Kurt Warner 39 6ft 2in —- Chelsie
11. Kyle Massey ?? ?? —-Lacy
12. Rick Fox —-Cheryl
Wikipedia has the partners already listed. Dont know how correct they are.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_%28U.S._season_11%29
Typo: Mike Sorrentino, not Sorrention.
Although I guess if you mix his last name with Situation that’s what you’d get. Heh.
I’m terribly disappointed with the casting this season, the only person I’m even remotely interested in seeing dance is Brandy. And maybe Jennifer if she does happen to get paired with Derek. I certainly hope that Chelsie didn’t get paired with Michael Bolton, that’d just weird me out, he’s far too old for her. So, tomorrow will tell…GMA is on the dvr and I’ll say a prayer tonight for Chelsie and Mark 🙂
Thanks again, Heidi, for suffering through and giving us all the minute-by-minute skinny!!!
I was kinda in a hurry ck410. 🙂
@Voguerista, Well, there’s NO Olympian, and NO Hot Latin…. I’m bored before the show starts 🙁 Seriously no hot guys at all.
The MALE PROS are the HOT GUYS!
So, Louis just tweeted he’s paired with Michelle Obama. My instant thought is the reverse of Michelle – Bristol Palin. 🙂
@Heidi Yes, I figured as much. Just wasn’t sure if you caught it afterwards. 🙂
I’ve been getting a kick out of all these peeps on Twitter saying they’re not going to watch this season. Who are they kidding? This one will probably have the highest ratings due to the potential train-wreck aspect alone.
LOL Cori! Andie, Cori is right. We’ll have to settle for the Pro’s for “hotness” this time lolllll
I wouldn’t mind if Chelsie gets Michael Bolton, I know some people don’t want that pairing but I think he’d be great for her. Older, wiser, and the pairing would likely keep them in the spotlight based on his popularity. As far as I can see, he ain’t no Jake! And that is A-ok with me!
I guess I’m the only one who thinks Kurt Warner is pretty hot? ???
http://www.clevelandleader.com/files/kurt-warner-2.jpg
Yeah, of course Cori and Vogue, the male pros are the hot guys by default, but is it wrong to want new eye candy? I still miss Gilles Marini. LOL
Kurt Warner COULD have been hot, but he’s a bible thumper, he’ll want to convert people, not take his shirt off.
I’m going with
Maks – Bristol
Karina – the Situation
Tony – Audriana
Mark – Brandy
Lacey – Michael Bolton
Derek – Jennifer Grey
Louis – Margaret Cho
Corky – Florence
Chelsea – Kurt Warner
Anna – Kyle
Kym – David Hasselhoff
Cheryl – Rick
Oh no, seriously? Ick
It’s going to be for sure either Chelsie or Lacey who gets that Kyle kid. Any female over 23 is going to look like this kid’s mother.
@Voguerista, oh yeah Kurt Warner is one of those evangelicals with 7 kids. He won’t be bringing sexy back any time soon.
I’ve got to say I still like Bristol with Louis – he’s a good teacher, did very well with his previous young celeb who seems to have taken some important life lessons from this experience; and the politics of it all would be just do darn …. apt. This just feels like a good match up (even if just in my head). I like The Situation with Chelsie. Probably won’t happen (I ink they’ll put Bristol w/Mark and The Situation with Karina), but I like my version better (… so there 😉
As predictable as it may seem, I do like Kym w/David. Cheryl w/Rick Fox? Anna T. w/Kurt? That leaves Lacy w/Michael – not so sure about that one. Lacey w/The Situation I can see, which would put Michael w/Karina – a better choice then him w/Lacey.
I do have to giggle at how many people are never going to watch the show ever again because of the line up. And we haven’t even seen one single dance – not even a teaser! (I wonder, is it the same folks every season – which really cannot be, literally – or does ABC scare off a whole new bunch each season?)
ROTFLLLL ANDIE!!!
::::snoorrrtttt:::: Between Andie and Courtney on Twitter I think I aspirated wine several times this evening. You guys are all awesome. Thanks for playing with me tonight. 🙂
Thanks Heidi and everyone for all of the updates!
As for pairings, I think there is a going to be a new female pro. No proof, but there’s been at least one every season. With Edyta leaving and several others talking about how tiring the show is, it makes sense for the producers to bring in new blood.
If Cheryl and Rick Fox are paired together I think that could hurt him. I thought the height difference between her and Chad made it look like his posture was bad because he was trying to be closer to her height. I wish they would have brought Anna D back to see if she got any better. With 3 tall me, they could have even matched her based on personality and not just height.
Linde, dwts is something I love to watch, but I’m not excited about this season in the least.
Jennifer Grey is great, but she’s may have limitations, The rest of the cast is just ho hum, there’s really no one that I’m excited about.
Video of the announcements is already up on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3MpA-hp0zk&feature=sub
Margaret Cho is huge in the GLBT community… that’s how I was first introduced to her…
Jennifer Grey I’m looking forward to just because I really liked her as an actress.
Florence Henderson FINALLY filled the gaping hole that is the 70s age group, there hasn’t been anyone that has competed on the show in their 70s yet.
David Hasselhoff? Michael Bolton? What are the trying to do? Create another John O’Hurley?
Anyway… should be interesting…
You seen any video of the press conference part, ck410?? I can’t find jack.
Heidi!! If Louis gets the Palin spawn we might just have some fireworks …. Get political with your bad self Louis! Go tell Bristol who you’re going to marry 🙂
@Heidi – All I’m seeing is the part where they announced the chicks, then the dudes, then when they asked a few of them some questions afterward. I remember Tom saying that there would be more video available later on abc.com but I checked there and didn’t see anything yet, so I guess it’ll pop up there and on youtube tomorrow (hopefully).
Don’t know how true this is… but according to this Q&A site Mike Sorrentino is 6ft 3in…
ANDIE! LOLLLL
I had to snort at the announcement for Bristol.
Alaska’s First Daughter! WTF, her mother quit the job, governing all 650,000 peeps.
Well you guys have the female celeb / male pro match-ups right, but I haven’t seen anyone get all the male celeb match-ups yet.
Wow–what a letdown. I wonder if ABC will do anything to plug these leaks next season–they really need to do either an All Star or 2nd Chances cast.
It would have been more interesting if they’d casted KITT instead of “Michael Knight”;)
Princess Heidi, I think I speak for all of us when I say I wish I could send you flowers and chocolates as a big thank you for all your hard work. The fact that you put up with that Bachelor Pad just to hear the names we’ve heard before, minus one, who really isn’t that exciting, says a lot of your dedication.
I have loved Brandy since the ’90s and I wish her nothing but the best. But she needs a partner that will bring out her fun and energetic side. I’m not saying she’s lazy, but she’s very quiet. Remember what happened when Mya was paired with Dmitry. Yes, they gave good dances, but their personalities were both quiet. It wasn’t too entertaining. If Brandy is paired up with Maks, I’m going to suck it up and hope that he teaches her well and doesn’t have to dance around her or take his shirt off for attention a la Erin Andrews.
I am also interested in seeing how well Audrina does. I liked her on “The Hills” but she was the dingy one in my book (I hope I spelled that correctly), so I don’t know how she’ll cope with dancing. If she is paired with Maks, I can already see him blowing up at her.
As usual, the women have interested me more, but I have a hunch right out the gate that David Hasselhoff might cha cha away with the trophy.
Andie, you have no idea how badly I wanted to make a crack about “Like Mother, Like Daughter – Bristol quits halfway through”. 🙂 But then I refrained. I’ve kinda decided to give Bristol a chance, mainly because it’s not fair to place the burden of a parent’s sins on the kid. I just hope she has Louis – maybe both of them can learn something.
Well, Buttercup, you statement about the pairings begs the question – how do YOU know what’s right and what isn’t?? As far as I know – and I didn’t get to see it – but only Bristol and Mark have been revealed as a pair.
Heidi – like I said last season, I work on the show. I only found out the celebs and pairings very recently myself, they keep it secret from us too. I love coming to your site to find out the rumors especially since you’re usually right about them!
You’ll forgive me Buttercup if I don’t automatically believe you really work on the show? Because I know a lot of people who work in that industry and they tend to be much more circumspect about their business – for the sake of their job if for no other reason. Not to mention that I’m an extremely cynical bitch. 🙂 I’ll need more than your word on it.
I have no reason to make that up, and I don’t know what kind of proof you want. But I won’t give any spoilers for the reason you mentioned. I do love your site and follow your commentary religiously all season, and this is the first place i find out who’s going to be on our show. 🙂