DWTS Season 12 – Lorenzo Lamas On Dancing With The Stars Shortlist (VIDEO)
I’ll let the video from Rumorfix do the talkin’! 🙂
The father of six tells RumorFix he’s close to landing a spot on Dancing with the Stars. “I’m on a short list over there, but I haven’t signed any papers whatsoever. I really would love to do the show, but it’s really up to the audience out there,” Lamas revealed.
The Leave it to Lamas reality star tells RumorFix he’s hoping his fans will head over to the “DWTS” website to help get him cast. “If I get enough votes then they can’t argue with that.”
If Lamas makes the cut, he’s already decided who he wants to square off against. “Sugar Ray Leonard. He’s a friend of mine; I’d love to see him do that show. [The Dukes of Hazzard’s] John Schneider too.”
We’re not sure either of those guys will be busting a move on the show’s 12th season, but one name being floated is Todd Palin. Asked about rumors he might have to compete against Sarah Palin’s hubby, Lamas laughed.” Well, it worked for Bristol, why not Todd? I don’t know. The show needs to find some controversy to keep the viewership up and I get that.”
And to you ABC executives out there, just in case you didn’t hear him the first time, Lamas says, “I would just love to be on the show, if it should work out!”
I’m unable to embed the link, but here is another video of Lorenzo and Donna D’Errico campaigning to do the show at TMZ. Go >>>> HERE!!!!
Interesting. Very very interesting! I’m going to ABC.com right now and VOTE some more. 😉
Random Question. How many of the Season 10 Contestants were leaked? I remember Season 11 everyone except Kyle were leaked to my knowledge. I am curious if we’ll have a better kept secret this time around. I like being surprised. I didn’t realize that a lot of Season 10 contestants were leaked, which is why I was pleasantly surprised with the cast. At that time, I didn’t follow the rumors as heavily as I do now. To my knowledge, Kate and Pamela were leaked. Anyone know who else?
Thanks Vogue! You always keep us in the know!!! I’d like Lorenzo to do it, I think he and Kym would make a very attractive couple, right? He seems like a nice enough guy and he comes across as someone who really wants to do the show which is always a good thing…
Good question Nathan! I’d like to know that too.
You’re welcome Joan!!xx I so agree on the Kym and Lorenzo pairing. I think they would be HOT together!!
The producers should take his advice and try to get sugar rey leonard. That would be sick.
Nathan, I think I remember most of the season 10 cast being leaked . It wasn’t many people as last time, but I do remember being surprised about how many of the rumors ended up being correct.
He mentioned the Todd Palin rumor……is that seriously still a posibility? I have nothing against the Palins and Bristol had some good dances towards the end of the season (her tango and her paso were two of my favs from the season…my fav still is jenifer’s chah cha though) but I think the show has had enough of the Palins for a while. I love the idea of him with Kym but after thinking about it, he could bep aired with Karina too. Either way, I think he would get far since he looksl ike he would be a good dancer and has a ton of personality.
Ugh…I think Lorenzo may have just lost my vote. Call me crazy, but it seriously annoys me when celebs boast to the press that they’re on the “short list” or are “this close” to being asked to do the show. I often find that the ones that are so vocal about being on the show are the ones that don’t end up on it – so really, it just makes them look a bit silly later on, IMO. And the “It worked for Bristol, why not Todd?” comment? EEK. Please, Lorenzo – do not goad either TPTB or the general public into rallying behind another controversial political figure. If I were him I’d politely dodge sticky questions like that. He seems like a nice guy, and one that genuinely wants to do the show – but I hope to god he’s not another Donny, who yammered on about being on the show to any outlet that would listen.
@Nathan – as for the season 10 leaks, I think we had heard quite a few of them prior to the actual announcement. I know we had heard the names Evan Lysacek, Chad Ochocinco, Pam Anderson, Nicole Scherzinger, Shannen Doherty, & Kate Gosselin kicked around while searching for casting rumors. Season 11 was almost too easy – we had heard every single name in the cast except Kyle Massey (who probably didn’t get as much rumor coverage because he wasn’t as big a name as some of the other contestants) prior to the announcement.
I hope the rumors so far for season 12 turn out to be correct. These are intereting celebs being rumored. I just hope they get another likeable athlete and not a dud (ex the boxer who was partnered wtith karina).
Can this article be true?
http://telewatcher.com/telewatching/salaries-of-stars-and-professionals-on-dancing-with-the-stars/
@Jan – I wouldn’t take the exact figures as fact, but the basic premise behind it is true: the celebs always make a LOT more $$$ doing the show than the pros do, and the pros’ regular paychecks basically end once they’re voted off. About a year & a half ago, prior to season 9, my boyfriend actually flew out to LA to do an interview for a second “new pro” competition they were going to have during that season (the idea ended up getting scrapped for reasons unknown – my guess is that the ratings drop in season 9 made them decide to quit changing so many things). The number they gave him was roughly $6k per week for a pro on the show – and that includes the ~6 weeks of training with their celeb partners leading up to the show itself. So even if a pro and their partner are voted out the first week, the pro is still guaranteed $36k, assuming they practiced with their partner for 6 weeks. I believe he also said that the pros also get a little bit extra (maybe $500 or so) for doing things like pro dances and demos on the show, and of course they get more money if they make it to the finale. It’s not a bad gig, but compared to the celebs, it’s ridiculously low, IMO. I would say the pros probably make more in the off-season, between teaching & performing – because of the exposure they get on the show, they can demand bigger fees. I know for a fact that Corky charges about $250 per 45 minute lesson – assuming he teaches 8 lessons a day (pretty common, maybe even more), for 3 days (the length of time he usually spends at my studio when he’s in town), he’s already made $6k – and that’s not even a full work week. And the money increases if they are studio owners like Cheryl & Maks – then they also get a portion of the hourly fees from their instructors, and can still charge whatever they want to teach lessons themselves. Add in the money they make from exhibition performances (the most expensive I’ve heard of was $10k for a 45 minute show), judging at competitions (not great, but still decent), and competing in pro-am events with their students (ka-ching), I’d say some of these pros are probably making DOUBLE in the off-season than they are when they’re on the show. The real payoff of the show is exposure, rather than actual $$$.
Sounds like a job for Vogue, Nathan. 🙂 I was doing the same thing in season 10 that I do now and that is ferret out rumors. I seem to recall I did pretty well that season. Doing a search of the site using “season 10 rumors” or something like that, could probably answer the question. If I wasn’t still getting over the flu, I would do it myself so I could brag. 🙂
I think most of Season 11 was leaked because TMZ got an inside track. Prior to that, it was much more hard work to find rumors and post them here, I know that much.
As for Todd – there is a Bristol twitter account that claims that Willow was asked to participate. I made the assumption that the account was fake (and there are a lot of fakes), even though it has more than 5k followers, and didn’t report it. I suppose I should investigate further. Didn’t Mark say that Bristol wasn’t on twitter? Well, I would look to see if the account was created AFTER DWTS.
Derek’s on record saying there is no bonus to the Pros for winning the show. But the over all salary sounds about right, from what I’ve always heard. But Courtney is right – these pros are often even paid to show up at parties. And they are given a ton of free stuff. I assume that Cheryl and Maks are the most well off thanks to their studios – but that also comes with a lot more work.
Thanks Courtney and Kelsey! I know if I want to be surprised, I shouldn’t follow rumors. But I can’t help it! LOL 😉 So, hopefully we’ll be in for a surprise on Season 12! Thanks again!
Lol, Heidi! Yeah, it’s nice to be surprised and to me, Nicole is the best surprise I ever received in DWTS history. It came out of left field for me and I was like, “Oh, I’m getting on board with her!” I literally started catching my breath when I found out she was on. And I wasn’t the biggest PCD fan, but there was something about her that told me “My curse is ending soon.” The curse being that I choose people who make it to the semi finals and get cut. LOL. Heidi, I hope you feel better okay?
Latest rumor I’ve heard via New York Post is that Al Sharpton will be on DWTS.
Oooo….Al Sharpton, eh?? That’s very interesting indeed! The lefty equivalent of….well, I don’t know who, since he’s not a criminal nor a wacko housewife who quits every job she’s ever had. 🙂
OH EFF NO.
Al Sharpton???! Seriously? They may as well kiss the show goodbye then, because he’s another polarizing, politically-charged figure – and he’s unfortunately one that I think will be quite vocal. Is it such a pain for the casting directors to find someone who is politically neutral, or at least in a line of work so far removed from politics that their political beliefs won’t come into play? I just don’t want another stressful, so-controversy-stricken-it’s-painful-to-watch season. This is playing with fire – I seriously hope it’s just a rumor. In lieu of anyone political, I would like to offer up some neutral, acceptable alternatives: any of the rescued Chilean miners, David Copperfield, or that skateboarding bulldog. 🙂
Well court, we won’t have the same problems we did with Bristol – no one will feel sorry for him and he won’t whine constantly about his mom’s haters. LOL. He’s not nearly the polarizing (nor popular) figure that Palin was. You can also be sure there will be no crazy shippers.
@Nathan, even Buzz Aldrin got rumored and everyone was like. Whaaa? 😀
Al Sharpton? The Baptist preacher?. Woooooow ( I know he does other stuff too ). Hahahaha!
I could see Al Sharpton doing the show. I just feel bad for whoever he is paired up with since he would be one of the first to go home probably. If he does the show, I hope any female pro besides Anna T gets paired up with him. I like it better when she is paired with an athlete (Jerry, Evan, Kurt) since they bring the best out of her (Steve Guttenberg was a blast with her as well so he might be the only exception lol)
Is there any more news on the Phil Hellmuth rumor? I hope it turns out to be true since he seems like he would be a fun competitor.
@Courtney: David Copperfield is a great idea!
I would love to see Sugar Ray Leonard on the show. He’s very handsome & charismatic plus he stills to be in great physical condition as well!! Let’s go Sugar Ray!!
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