Marissa Jaret Winokur
Dancing and weight loss are two popular reality show themes these days, so why not combine them?
That's the idea behind Oxygen's Dance Your Ass Off [Mondays, 10 pm/ET], a competition show in which 12 plus-size players will compete on the dance floor for a $100,000 prize while also shedding pounds. Host (and former Dancing with the Stars contestant) Marissa Jaret Winokur and producer Sally-Ann Salsano spoke to TVGuide.com about why dancing peels off the pounds.
TVGuide.com: Is Dance Your Ass Off more about the dance or the weight loss?
Sally Ann Salsano: It's a complete combination, [which] makes it fun. People that love a straight stage-competition show are going to love it, but then the weight-loss element gives it...
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Marissa Jaret Winokur
What do you get when you combine elements of Dancing with Stars and The Biggest Loser? A whole lot of bodies shaking and rattling on Oxygen's upcoming series Dance Your Ass Off.
What do you get when you combine elements of Dancing with the Stars and The Biggest Loser? A whole lot of bodies shaking and rattling on Oxygen's upcoming series Dance Your Ass Off.
The new series, which was announced during Oxygen's upfront presentations on Wednesday in New York, follows overweight contestants who compete to lose weight by literally dancing their asses off.
Marissa Jaret Winokur, best known for her Tony Award-winning performance in Hairspray, hosts the show, which is...
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Marissa Jaret Winokur
Marissa Jaret Winokur may not have won a disco ball, but she might be winning over dance and fitness converts with her new TV series.
The Dancing with the Stars alumna will be helming Oxygen's new weight-loss reality show, Dance Your Ass Off. Winokur will introduce new dance routines to the contestants each week, as well as help usher them toward healthier lifestyles.
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Marissa Jaret Winokur by Jean Baptiste Lacroix/ WireImage.com
Marissa Jaret Winokur, the peppy Energizer bunny of last season's Dancing with the Stars, welcomed the birth of a son on Tuesday. According to ET, Zev Isaac Miller was delivered via surrogate, weighing in at 8 lbs., 7 oz.Winokur this past April inked a deal to front a new daytime talker for Sony Pictures Television, to premiere in fall 2009. Her Husband, comedy writer Judah Miller, recently netted an Emmy nod for his work on King of the Hill. — Matt MitovichRelated:• Winokur the Latest to Dance into Talk-show Gig • Backstage Report: Derek's Setback, Lots of Baby Talk • Dancing's Winokur to Have a Tiny Dancer of Her Own
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Well kids, this is it! It's been just over two months since this crazy season started and now it's all coming to an end. Who would be taking home the crown and who would go home in utter defeat? More importantly, who is being booted right away and settling for third place? I'm anticipating an interesting (yet long!) night ahead, so let's dive into it one last time!After a short interview with our finalists, Usher entered the ballroom and I shouted with glee. He's sexy and talented and he really hasn't had a song I haven't liked. Despite having a headset, I definitely think he wasn't singing his new hit song "Love in This Club" but that's really fine with me. It's a dancing show and if singing live would have made it hard for him to break it down at the end then he shouldn't have sang. I also think every performer on this show has lip-synched so this isn't abnormal. We've had some pretty great performances this year. Which was your favorite? Then the first big moment of the night arr...
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Dancing with the Stars Results Show by Kelsey McNeal/ABC
At first, the rumblings were off the record. But now, as Kristi Yamaguchi, Jason Taylor and Cristian de la Fuente head into next week's finals, it's being discussed quite openly: There is a "nice" problem at Dancing with the Stars.All three of the finalists are some of the nicest people you'll ever meet. Happily married with young children, professional, collegial, and extremely supportive of one another. In short, a nightmare for television producers in general and for Dancing in particular. They toss footballs and soccer balls around in the parking lot. Jason Taylor and Cristian de la Fuente went out to buy an umbrella table and four chairs — dubbed "K-Mart Village" — where everyone hangs out when they're not on set. Taylor was showered with kisses when he delivered boxes of L.A.'s famous "Sprinkles" cupcakes to the trailers of his competitors and the pros. "It's going to go right to my behind," joked pro Karina Smirnoff as she hugged him. "It's a real problem," says h...
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The following contains spoiler information about Dancing with the Stars' latest results show.Is this the week that all of the long-running underdogs get sent home? The same night that American Idol's Syesha — who has almost always placed last in those Power Rankings, yet each time eludes elimination — appeared to cement her own fate, Marissa Jaret Winokur and partner Tony Dovolani officially were ousted from Dancing with the Stars. To which remaining pair will their smattering of the TVGuide.com reader vote go? It could close the gap between Cristian and Jason, or give surging Cristian and Cheryl an extra push closer to the seemingly unstoppable Kristi and Mark.Cast your vote now for the couple you think will be crowned champion in just a couple of weeks!More Dancing with the Stars news and views:• Backstage Report: Dancing Battles a "Nice" Problem
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It's over! It's over! It's all over! My hunger strike has finally come to an end. Oh yeah, and Marissa is outta here! See ya! Peace out! Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya! You'd think she murdered my first born the way I'm going on about this, but I think it's been quite clear that I'm insanely overdramatic. I actually felt bad for her but then she said "shake what your mama gave ya" and she lost me. Do people still say that? I think not! Bravo, America. We are in for quite a finale next week. I am eagerly anticipating the freestyle dances our top three will come up with to entertain and dazzle us!Thiller! Thriller Night! And no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike! Now that was a musical performance I could sink my teeth into. You know I was groovin' baby. Hee Heeeee! It was only 10 seconds into the performance when I knew it was the best thing I'd ever seen on a results show. I would love to dance like that but sadly all I can muster on the danc...
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Tonight's dances were chosen at random — ooooohhh! Dun Dun Dunnnnn! I expect lots of complaining and guffawing will go down when the dances are drawn. I'm doing my best to make this seem like a dramatic twist to the show, but I don't really see it like that. Shouldn't it be that way anyway? It might make the show seem a little less planned. Since we're down to the final four, we're sure to see decent dances tonight so I'm going to try to cut the critique and just pick out the highlights. We all know Marissa doesn't deserve to win or even get past this round, so who needs to hear me say it again? Due to Mario's premature ousting last week, I'm on a hunger strike until order is restored and Marissa is sent packing. So check your fridge for some D-List leftovers because this critic ain't cookin' tonight! Let's just watch the show, shall we? Jason — After a lecture from Edyta, he got a pep talk from Dan Marino. Fanstastic! Inspiration from someone who had a great career yet ne...
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It was a fantastic start to the 100th show — a dance featuring the past and present pros! Maksim was back, Maksim was back! There is a God! There was so much that happened tonight I can't even think straight or form a complete thought. So I won't. I'm sure there are some of you out there who would swear I never do, so let's get on that train and keep it going. Choo-chooooo! Here are my loves and hates from tonight's show:Loves• Samantha Harris' dress — I'm going to give her some kudos since no one likes her. Despite her utter uselessness on the show, she's actually an incredible beauty. She's got a great bod and she looks fantastic in all the cool dresses she gets to wear. I'm sure if she were on a show where she served a purpose, she'd be a bigger star.• Mario Lopez and the cast of A Chorus Line — I'm a sucker for a musical so this was a treat for me. I didn't realize A.C. Slater was on Broadway but I bet he's great in the show. I'll admit I always thoug...
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