Cheryl Burke

With Julianne Hough out of the picture, Cheryl Burke now has a better chance of making Dancing with the Stars history as the first pro to win three Mirrorball trophies. But don't think she was excited to see her fellow two-time winner eliminated. "We're all really close and we're sad to see her leave," Burke tells TVGuide.com. Spoken like a true champ. See what else Burke, who will dance the foxtrot and rumba Monday with Gilles Marini, has to say about her competition, her new projects and when Marini will strip down again.
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Beware So You Think You Can Dance wannabes — Nigel Lythgoe, who serves as judge and executive producer of the hit reality dance competition, has made himself clear: "I don't want a fat dancer."

When Nigel stopped in to TVGuide.com for a chat about the new season of Dance, we asked him about the recent controversial remarks made implying Dance alum Lacey Schwimmer and pro Cheryl Burke were a tad heavy for Dancing with the Stars.

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Cheryl Burke and Lacey Schwimmer may have been the objects of heated body talk this fall, but Maksim Chmerkovskiy, their fellow Dancing with the Stars pro, denies that he helped fan the flames.

Chmerkovskiy spoke recently about dancers' weight on the reality series, but claims his comments were not directed at Schwimmer or Burke, and were "taken completely out of context."

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Jennifer Love Hewitt has said it before, and she's saying it again: Drop the Cheryl Burke body talk.

The Ghost Whisperer star is reaffirming her defense of Dancing with the Stars pro Cheryl Burke, who's been getting flak this season for supposed flab (we haven't noticed).  During a Wednesday appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Love Hewitt didn't mince words on the topic.

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From one target of public weight body-bashing to another, Jennifer Love Hewitt has a message about the buzz on Cheryl Burke's weight.

“I think her dancing is what everyone needs to be concentrating on,” Hewitt said, according to E! Online. The Dancing with the Stars pro has recently gotten some public heat for supposed weight gain between seasons.