The teleprompter fiasco wasn't the only technical glitch Tuesday night on Dancing with the Stars. During the last commercial break, before Tom Bergeron announced the second couple to land in the bottom two, the dreaded red spotlight came on. Its target: Shannon Elizabeth and Derek Hough. The hellish spotlight didn't last long. But as the commercials rolled, Elizabeth couldn't stop crying, convinced that the red light was the kiss of death and that the judges' tough remarks about her samba the night before would be sending her home. "I don't want this to be over," she had said just before the show. "I'm dreading the day when I don't get to go to the rehearsal studios every morning to work with Derek. I love everything about this show: the rehearsals, the costumes, the makeup, the performances.... Before this, I was pretty much sitting around the house and thinking that was OK." The red light turned out to have no significance whatsoever, as it was Priscilla Presley who got the bad...
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TVGuide.com's new Dancing with the Stars Power Rankings — based on the weekly polling of you, the readers — are out, and Kristi and Mark are still waltzing away with this thing. Seriously, is there no catching them? Is the ice-skating fan base that massive a force to be reckoned with? Or is no one else on the parquet anywhere near up to par?For what it's worth, Shannon and Derek are putting their best feet forward these days, and are somewhat inching up on Team YamaBallas. Meanwhile, Marissa and Tony linger in (a tie for) last, veritably tapping their toes until the scythe comes.The Top 8 Power Rankings56.2% Kristi Yamaguchi and Mark Ballas 18.8% Shannon Elizabeth and Derek Hough10.6% Jason Taylor and Edyta Sliwinska 9.1% Cristián De La Fuente and Cheryl Burke 1.9% Marlee Matlin and Fabian Sanchez 1.4% Mario and Karina Smirnoff 1.0% Priscilla Presley and Louis Van Amstel 1.0% Marissa Jaret Winokur and Tony DovolaniRelated:• Photo Gallery: Top 8 Power R...
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As Dancing with the Stars' newbies get ready to dazzle on the dance floor — the hit reality competition returns Monday, March 17 — we've got a week-long guide to who's hoofing for Season 7. Check back each day for our profiles of more pairings. — Deborah Starr SeibelPriscilla PresleyAge 62Best Known For The King’s ex became a popular actress on Dallas and The Naked Gun. Lives In Los Angeles Partner Louis van Amstel Advantages Presley studied jazz for about three years in her twenties. At 18 she dabbled in ballroom, but when the instructor said he’d like to use her as a partner to teach some of the men posted at a military base in Memphis, “Elvis put a stop to it,” she says. “I don’t think he wanted me to dance with a partner.” Disadvantages At 62, she’s the oldest woman ever to compete. “The thing is, I don’t feel that age at all,” says Presley, who keeps in shape with yoga.Steve GuttenbergAge 49Best Known For Two...
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Here's a combination that would send the Nielsen meters into overdrive: Paula Abdul, a judge on television's No. 1 show (American Idol), becoming a contestant on the No. 2 show (Dancing with the Stars). According to Dancing pro Louis van Amstel, Idol's own tiny dancer says she loves the ABC competition and wants to be a part of it. "I thought she meant as a singer," says Van Amstel. "But she said, no, she wants to be a contestant. She wants to dance."TV Guide went to DWTS executive producer Conrad Green to see if the door was open. "It's really flattering and a great story, potentially," he said, warming to the idea. "But I would imagine that Fox might have something to say about it. I'd be surprised if Paula were in a position to come on our show." Van Amstel thought the same thing, but says, "Paula told me that contractually, she can do whatever she wants... that Fox has no hold on her." (We tried to reach Abdul for comment, without success). Is it simply a matter of Paula cooling...
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Think of the Soft Scrub Presents: Dancing with the Stars national tour as a chessboard with different pieces in play every night. That's the challenge for choreographer and pro dancer Louis van Amstel, who has to deal with an all-new show and a rotating lineup of celebrities and pros over the course of the two-month tour. But Van Amstel says he's not about to hold back.
TVGuide.com: Is the tour going to be different this season?Louis van Amstel: It's going to be completely different. We're not using one piece of music from the prior tours. And we're building something I've been wanting to build for years: dancing with poles. It's not based on striptease. It's more based on skillful dancing with fun and wit between the poles. That will be a big treat. I want to jump on those poles!
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