Cheryl Cole has reportedly been asked to partner her boyfriend Derek Hough in next year’s season of Dancing With The Stars.
The X Factor judge is said to have been approached by US TV network ABC about joining the American version of Strictly Come Dancing and her management are keen for her to accept and raise her profile in the States.
A source told The Mirror:
Donny Osmond has beaten Kelly Osbourne and won America’s Dancing With The Stars. The singer’s winning dance was the Argentine Tango with partner Kym Johnson.
On hearing the result, Osmond pulled his sister and singing partner Marie – who danced in an earlier series of the dance show – from the audience to enjoy his victory with him.
Head judge Len Goodman said that Osmond had “finished strong”. Carrie Ann Inaba called the singer’s tango “artistry in motion”.
The People newspaper reports that Susan Boyle’s representative has confirmed that the controversial singer is set to perform on a future episode of Dancing with the Stars.
Apparently, Subo will fly to Los Angeles in the early part of next week in order to prepare for her performance.
Susan’s brother John is quoted in the paper as saying, “She’s excited and happy.
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Dancing With Stars insiders have confirmed, that the show will be staging a tribute to the late Patrick Swayze on the 23rd of September.
The performances will be inspired by Patrick’s moves on his hit movie, Dirty Dancing. He was one of the few people to integrate dance with being an A-list actor,” said producer Conrad Green. “He inspired many people and many of our pros to dance. We want to honor the great moments he’s brought to film by getting our dancers to do their interpretation to some music from his films.”
Kelly Osbourne has criticised stars who lend their name to fashion lines they didn’t design.
The singer/TV star admitted that she has had lots of offers to start a range but has so far turned it down.
“The wardrobe department on Dancing with the Stars are teaching me how to sew, but I don’t think I’m ready to bring out a range of clothes yet at my age,” she told The Mirror.
Kelly Osbourne has admitted that she had an ulterior motive for agreeing to appear on Dancing With Stars.
Kelly revealed to EW.com that she turned down DWTS bosses for eight years running but said that she decided to sign up this year “mainly because it really scares me.”
“It’s one of those shows that a lot of people who are trying to revamp their career go into and do,” she said of her earlier reticence to sign on. “And moody me would be like, oh, that’s sad, I’m not doing that. But secretly, I’m like, look how fit they get and look at those amazing dresses they get made for them and they look like they’re having so much fun.
Melissa Joan Hart aka Sabrina The Teenage Witch has admitted that she “always wanted to be a dancer”.
Hart has singed up for this years Dancing With The Stars extravaganza and is busting for the show to start.
Speaking to Access Hollywood, she said: “If you had asked me my entire life, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ I was, ‘I want to be dancer’.
Former teenage heartthrob, Donny Osmond, has insisted that he has to beat his sister’s record when he appears on Dancing With Stars.
Donny’s sister Marie finished in third place in the fifth season of the show, her most memorable moment being her faint at the end of a samba performance.
Donny told Entertainment Tonight: “People will come up to me and say, ‘Don’t faint!’ Do you know how many times I’ve heard that in the last two years? I’m thinking about doing a whole dance number doing nothing but fainting!
Kelly Osbourne has signed up for this years Dancing With Stars and today admitted that she is “terrified” about taking part.
Speaking on Ryan Seacrest’s KIIS-FM radio show, she said: “I’m so excited, but I cannot tell you how terrified I am.
Dancing With Stars have announced their lineup for 2009 and with 16 contestants it will be the biggest show yet.
The stars are as follows:
• Tom DeLay: Former American politician, also known as “The Hammer”
