Gilles Marini

Dancing with the Stars' Double Elimination! Who Made the Semifinals?

• Nov 13, 2012 09:40 PM ET
• by Joyce Eng

Dancing with the Stars boots two more couples! Did Kirstie overcome her 20-point deficit? Find out who made the semifinals and what new dances we'll see next week.

Dancing's Cheryl Burke: We're Peaking at the Right Time

• Oct 28, 2012 10:00 PM ET
• by Joyce Eng

Emmitt Smith and Cheryl Burke didn't top the leader board on Dancing with the Stars last week, but she thinks their sassy samba, which scored a 29, was just what the doctored ordered. "I think we're peaking at the right time," Burke tells TVGuide.com. "Now we're in the middle of the season, so you really have to start stepping it up to get over that hump and try to make the finals." The two, who won Season 3 together, have the foxtrot this week and a group dance with the rest of the cast for Country Week. Find out what they have in store. Plus: How did Burke feel about being the most-wanted pro this season?
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Dancing's Peta Murgatroyd: I'm Not Focused on Getting a Perfect Score

• Oct 21, 2012 10:01 PM ET
• by Joyce Eng

Peta Murgatroyd and Gilles Marini could barely contain their excitement last week when they found out their Team Freestyle song on Dancing with the Stars is PSY's "Gangnam Style" — so much so that they had to double-check. "I couldn't believe it," Murgatroyd tells TVGuide.com. "It was too perfect, so I had to make sure. We were thrilled, as you saw." The defending champ is also thrilled with their team, which includes boyfriend Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Kirstie Alley, Kelly Monaco and Val Chmerkvoskiy, and Emmitt Smith and Cheryl Burke, Marini's former partner. So what can we expect from their team dance and their individual rumba? Keep reading!
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Dancing With the Stars: The All-Stars Are Back — And More Nervous Than Ever

• Sep 25, 2012 08:42 AM ET
• by Deborah Starr Seibel

They're not newcomers — the 13 Dancing With The Stars: All-Stars contestants have been to this rodeo before. You wouldn't expect them to be all that nervous, but on Monday's season premiere, they were.

So nervous that Joey Fatone says he panicked a little when he found out that he and partner Kym Johnson would be dancing first. "It was so nerve-wracking," says Fatone. "When you're first out of the gate, there's a level of expectation. And you hope that you meet that expectation, but literally, today, I was thinking, 'What did I get myself into again?'"

Dancing with the Stars All-Stars: Who's the Best of the Best on Night 1?

• Sep 24, 2012 10:45 PM ET
• by Joyce Eng

They're back! Dancing with the Stars' long-awaited All-Stars is finally here. So how did these lucky 13 returnees do?