Dancing With The Stars Starts Tonight!

I have been waiting all summer for tonight and it is finally here - the season premier of Dancing With The Stars. I started singing the song to Reagan this morning on the way to daycare, but for some reason she was not as excited as I was - I am sure once she hears the song played by the Dancing With The Stars Band, it will come rushing back to her, and if that doesn't work, having to watch it three straight nights for 2 hours a night will surely work. I am sure Andrew is dreading the next three days (except for those 3 minutes that Edyta dances).

I have to admit, I am only lukewarm to the cast this year which is maybe why I am only writing about this less than eight hours from the debut. I am not really excited about any of the celebrities they have dancing coming into the show. I am thrilled about the return of Maks (as I am sure you are Kathleen!) and then I always love to watch Julianne. I hope they have her sing on an episode or two this year as well.

Here’s the rundown of celebrity contestants once again and their professional partners
• Toni Braxton, singer, 40, and season one DWTS champ Alec Mazo
• Lance Bass, singer, 29, and Lacey Schwimmer
• Ted McGinley, actor, 50, and Inna Brayer
• Cloris Leachman, actress, 82, and Corky Ballas
• Warren Sapp, former NFL star, 35, and Kym Johnson
• Rocco DiSpirito, chef, 41, and Karina Smirnoff
• Kim Kardashian, TV personality, 27, and reigning DWTS champ Mark Ballas
• Maurice Greene, Olympic gold medalist track and field star, 34, and two-time DWTS champ Cheryl Burke
• Misty May-Treanor, Olympic gold medalist beach volleyball player, 31, and Maksim Chmerkovskiy"
• Susan Lucci, Emmy-award winning soap opera actress, 61, and Tony Dovolani
• Jeffrey Ross, 42, comedian, and Edyta Sliwinska
• Cody Linley, 18, actor, and two-time DWTS champ Julianne Hough
• Brooke Burke, 36, TV personality, and Derek Hough

I am really only excited about Kim Kardashian (she is really beautiful), Misty May-Treanor (probably because she is with Max) and Susan Lucci (anyone who is 61 and looks that awesome deserve some support!). I am not really interested in any of the men this year, although I guess Lance Bass would be considered the favorite because of his N'Sync background. I am a little intrigued by his partner since she is new to the ballroom this year and comes from "So You Think You Can Dance." I guess they are adding a hip-hop night to the ballroom just for them. Hmmmmm. I am predicting right now that Warren Sapp is going to be terrible - which will be a huge departure from the rest of the football players who have been on the show.

I will wait until after I see them all dance to post my predicted order of finish, but I am guessing that Jeffrey Ross might be the first to go because I have no idea who he is. If he is the first to go, it is going to be hard to convince Andrew that I need the hi-def television to watch the show since Edyta will be gone too!

Gotta "go, go, go,"
Reagan's mom