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Dancing With The Stars (American Season 15)
Season fifteen of '' Dancing with the Stars'', called ''Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars'', premiered on September 24, 2012, on the ABC network. Season 15 was the first to feature an "all-star" cast of returning celebrities. Six of the returning finalists had already won the title in prior seasons: Kelly Monaco, Drew Lachey, Emmitt Smith, Apolo Anton Ohno, Hélio Castroneves, and Shawn Johnson. Additionally, it was the only season to date to offer fractional (0.5) scores. Five contestants reunited with their original partners, while the other eight danced with new partners. Season 8 finalist Melissa Rycroft defeated season 8 champion Shawn Johnson and season 1 champion Kelly Monaco to win the trophy. This also marked the first win for professional Tony Dovolani. Cast Couples The twelve returning celebrities were revealed on July 27, 2012. A thirteenth contestant was chosen by the public, from either Sabrina Bryan, Kyle Massey, or Carson Kressley. Sabrina Bryan was announced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Bergeron
Thomas Raymond Bergeron (born May 6, 1955) is an American television personality, game show host, comedian and actor, best known for hosting ''Hollywood Squares'' from 1998 to 2004, ''America's Funniest Home Videos'' from 2001 to 2015, and ''Dancing with the Stars'' from 2005 to 2019. Early life and career Bergeron was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, the son of Ray and Kay Bergeron. Bergeron is of French Canadian and Irish descent. While being interviewed on the Howard Stern Show, Bergeron revealed when he was 17 years old he interviewed Larry Fine and Moe Howard of the Three Stooges after contacting the nursing home Larry was living in. His first job in broadcasting was as a disc jockey at local radio station WHAV, in his home town of Haverhill, Massachusetts. He became a popular radio DJ in the Seacoast area of New Hampshire in the early 1980s on Portsmouth's WHEB, where he played comedy records along with music and offbeat interviews. His popularity led to additional TV a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabrina Bryan
Reba Sabrina Hinojos (born September 16, 1984), known professionally as Sabrina Bryan, is an American dancer, choreographer, actress and singer. She was best known as a member of the girl group The Cheetah Girls, and starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie of the same name and its sequels, ''The Cheetah Girls 2'' and '' The Cheetah Girls: One World''. Before she appeared on television, Bryan was a dancer, and trained at Hart Academy of Dance, located in La Habra, California. ''The Cheetah Girls'' In 2003, Bryan starred as Dorinda "Do" Thomas in the Disney Channel Original Movie '' The Cheetah Girls'', a musical comedy based on the bestselling series of young adult books of the same name by Deborah Gregory. The film depicts four best friends (Raven-Symoné, Adrienne Bailon, Kiely Williams, and Bryan) who form a pop group in their first year of high school for a talent show and reach unexpected success. Prior to ''The Cheetah Girls'', two of Bryan's castmates Bailon and Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancing With The Stars (American Season 2)
Season two of '' Dancing with the Stars'' premiered on January 6, 2006, on the ABC network. This season expanded each episode from an hour to 90 minutes, and added an hour-long results show the following night. On February 24, 98 Degrees singer Drew Lachey and Cheryl Burke were crowned the champions, while San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jerry Rice and Anna Trebunskaya finished in second place, and WWE wrestler Stacy Keibler and Tony Dovolani finished third. Cast Couples This season expanded from six to ten couples. Rapper Romeo was scheduled to appear in this season, but suffered an injury before the first show and was replaced by his father, Master P. All of the professionals dancers from season one, with the exception of Alec Mazo and Charlotte Jørgensen, returned for season two. ;Future appearances Drew Lachey returned for the All-Stars season, where he was paired with Anna Trebunskaya. Hosts and judges Tom Bergeron returned as host, while Samantha Harris replaced L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NSYNC
NSYNC (, ; also stylized as *NSYNC or 'N Sync) was an American boy band formed by Chris Kirkpatrick in Orlando, Florida, in 1995 and launched in Germany by BMG Ariola Munich. Their self-titled debut album was successfully released to European countries in 1997, and later debuted in the U.S. market with the single "I Want You Back". After heavily publicized legal battles with their former manager Lou Pearlman and former record label Bertelsmann Music Group, the group's second album, '' No Strings Attached'' (2000), sold over one million copies in one day and 2.4 million copies in one week, which was a record for over fifteen years. NSYNC's first two studio albums were both certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). ''Celebrity'' (2001) debuted with 1.8 million copies in its first week in the US. Singles such as "Bye Bye Bye", "This I Promise You", "Girlfriend", " Pop" and "It's Gonna Be Me" reached the top 10 in several international charts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancing With The Stars (American Season 4)
Season four of '' Dancing with the Stars'' premiered on March 19, 2007, on the ABC network. To avoid direct competition with Fox's ''American Idol'', ''Dancing with the Stars'' changed time slots from the previous season. This season, the performance show aired on Mondays and the results show aired on Tuesdays. No elimination took place the first week in order to allow viewers two weeks to see all of the couples perform both Latin and ballroom dances. This season was broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom on Sunday afternoons. On May 22, Olympic short-track speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno and Julianne Hough were crowned the champions, while NSYNC singer Joey Fatone and Kym Johnson finished in second place, and boxer Laila Ali and Maksim Chmerkovskiy finished third. Cast Couples The cast consisted of eleven couples. Actor Vincent Pastore was originally announced and partnered with Edyta Śliwińska, but pulled out after one week of rehearsals. He was replaced by John Ratzenbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancing With The Stars (American Season 10)
Season ten of '' Dancing with the Stars'' premiered on March 22, 2010, on the ABC network. The Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger and Derek Hough won the competition, while Olympic figure skater Evan Lysacek and Anna Trebunskaya finished second, and ESPN host Erin Andrews and Maksim Chmerkovskiy finished third. Cast Couples This season had eleven contestants. Damian Whitewood, from the Broadway dance revue ''Burn the Floor'', joined the cast of professionals this season. Ashly DelGrosso Costa, whose last season as a pro was season three, also returned, and Edyta Śliwińska continued as the longest-tenured professional on the show, having appeared on all of the first ten seasons. ;Future appearances Pamela Anderson returned for the All-Stars season, where she was paired with Tristan MacManus. Host and judges Samantha Harris did not return as co-host for this season due to her commitments on '' The Insider'' and '' Entertainment Tonight''. On March 8, 2010, Tom Bergeron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonny Fredie-Pedersen
Sonny Fredie-Pedersen is a Danish artist. He was born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark. Fredie-Pedersen has featured in several of his own national TV shows evolving around his life as an entertainer, such as, ''Ingen Slinger I Valsen'', ''Familien Pedersen'', and ''Sonny, Dans og Stjernedrømme''. In 2020 Pedersen was a lead character as judge & captain, when he joined the hit TV show The Greatest Dancer in the Danish production run. in 2022 it was announced he will join as a new judge on the Danish version of Dancing With The Stars "Vild Med Dans" In 1998, Pedersen was the lead in the award-winning documentary, ''Ingen Slinger I Valsen''. The documentary was awarded the Danish TV Oscar in 1999 and nominated for the International television award "Prix Italia". In the theater, Pedersen has brought to life notable characters such as 'Danny Zuko' in ''Grease - The Musical'', 'Baby John' in ''West Side Story'', 'Troy Bolton' in ''High School Musical - On Stage'', and 'Bjørn' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasha Farber
Sacha, Sasha, Sascha, or ''variant'' may refer to: People * Sasha (name), includes list of people with the name and the variants Sascha or Sacha Musicians * Sasha (DJ) (born 1969), born Alexander Coe * Sasha (German singer) (born 1972), born Sascha Schmitz * Sasha (Jamaican musician) (born 1974), gospel singer and former deejay, born Christine Chin Animals * Sasha (dog) (2004–2008), a Labrador dog that served in the British Army * ''Galianora sacha'' (''G. sacha''), Ecuadorian jumping spider * "Sasha", name given to a frozen specimen of the extinct woolly rhinoceros Arts, entertainment, and media *''Sasha'', a 2003 album by Sasha Gradiva * ''Pour Sacha'', ''For Sacha'', 1991 film * "Sascha … ein aufrechter Deutscher", a 1992 song by Die Toten Hosen from the album ''Kauf MICH!'' * Sascha-Film, defunct Austrian film company Other uses * Sasha-class minesweeper The Sasha class is the NATO reporting name for a class of minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy between 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Byalikov
Henry Byalikov is an Australian reality show personality and dancer. He best known for his appearances on ''Dancing with the Stars''. Career Byalikov began his dancing career at the age of 9. When he was only 11, he became the Australian Juvenile Graded Latin Champion. He also acquired other accolades such as Undefeated State Adult Latin and Ballroom Champion, and South Pacific Champion. At the age of 18 he made his first TV appearance on the Australian show '' Strictly Dancing''. When he turned 22 he competed on ''So You Think You Can Dance Australia'' and placed in the top 4 males of the country. He then appeared on the eighth season of the Australian version of ''Dancing with the Stars'' as a professional dancer paired with TV presenter Toni Pearen. Following his success in Australia, he was invited to represent his nation in the couple's category of NBC's ''Superstars of Dance''. He and his partner received Bronze for Australia. In 2010 he took part on ''So You Think You ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharna Burgess
Sharna May Burgess (born 21 June 1985) is an Australian ballroom dancer who is best known for being a professional partner and troupe member on the ABC series ''Dancing with the Stars''. She is the winner of season 27 of American television show ''Dancing with the Stars'' with her celebrity partner Bobby Bones, where she has also been a runner-up in several other seasons. She has also been a judge on the Australian version of the show since 2019, along with Craig Revel Horwood and Tristan MacManus. Early life Burgess was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia to Ray and Lucy Burgess. Despite being a tomboy, Burgess found a love for dance. Growing up, she was involved in several sports and different styles of dance. At the age of five, she began training in ballet, jazz and gymnastics. When she turned eight, her study of ballroom began, and she went on to win many local and national titles. At age 15, she was chosen to represent Australia at the World Championships in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Slater
Emma Slater (born December 25, 1988) is an English-American professional dancer and choreographer. She is best known for her appearances on '' Dancing with the Stars''. Personal life Emma Slater was raised in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England, where she joined local stage schools by taking part in numerous productions at an early age. She has a twin sister, Kelly, a costume designer and stylist on ''Dancing with the Stars''. At the age of 10, Slater started her training in ballroom and Latin American dance. In the early years of competing, she won a number competitions in England. At 15, she appeared in a George Michael music video "Round Here" produced by Bikini Films on location in London. Later that year, Slater took part in the fitness video "Latinasize" again filmed at the Pinewood Studios in London England. She dated fellow ''Dancing with the Stars'' member Sasha Farber from 2011 to 2014. In December 2015, Farber made a post on his Instagram account confirming that he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oksana Dmytrenko
Oksana (Dmytrenko) Platero ( ua, Оксана Дмитренко) is a Ukrainian ballroom and Latin dancer. She spent five seasons as a member of the troupe on Dancing with the Stars in the United States. She joined the United Kingdom's Strictly Come Dancing as a professional dancer in series 14. Early life Oksana Dmytrenko was born on 29 October 1988 in Ukraine. Dmytrenko's father left the family when she was five years old, leaving her mother, Inna, to raise Oksana as a single parent. The family lived in the city of Kharkiv where Inna sold clothing. At age six, Inna enrolled Dmytrenko in dance lessons. Dmytrenko has one younger brother, who was born in Ukraine after Oksana moved to the United States. In 2017, she joined ''Mira Quien Baila'' as a professional dancer in season 5. Career Oksana began competing as a Latin and ballroom dancer with partner Artem Plakhotnyi and later Igor Kantsedal. In 2004 she began partnering with Aleksandr Altukhov. The pair first competed for U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
