Dancing With The Stars Season 8

So the list from People Magazine was definitely a dream list as I could not be more disappointed in the cast named thus far for Season 8 of Dancing With The Stars (although there are still 5 more to go so maybe it will get better). It is definitely a who's who of troublemakers and B-List celebrities so far except for Shawn Johnson who is the only one I am excited about (although it would have been 10 times better if it would have be Nasty!).

Here is the run down of the Season 8 cast. I have not found where it names who they will be dancing with, but I am sure this will be the buzz of the internet tomorrow - well, besides A-Rod (who couldn't see that coming from a mile away) and of course Chris Brown and Rihanna (no surprise there either).

Season 8 Celebrities (or so they think they are)
1. Lil Kim - singer... she was just released from jail after spending a year in the slammer on perjury charges for covering up a murder. Nice. I think she has also been in rehab recently as well. It will be interesting to see her little claw tattoos right above her clevage in those costumes. If it doesn't work out for her on this show, I am sure Dr. Drew will take her at Celebrity Rehab.

2. Steve O - Reality star from MTV's Jackass who was committed for observation because of his suicidal tendencies in the past year, not to mention his multiple arrests for cocaine possession. Nice. For anyone who knows me and has heard me complain endlessly about the fact that I think MTV is ruining America, you can probably figure out how I feel about this "celebrity". Hopefully he will be the next Jeffrey Ross and off the show early!

3. Nancy O'Dell - talk show host - She is pretty, but falls in the Leeza Gibbons category. She will be off by week 4 or 5 at the latest. At least she has not been in jail or to rehab.

4. Lawrence Taylor - ex-football player - Another fine, upstanding citizen for the show. He has done endless cocaine, declared for bankruptcy, is illiterate and is just not a good person. What is going on with this show. These are the best people they could get? I am not excited for him at all. Really, Mickey Rourke's role in "The Wrestler" could have been written about him, but I digress. Where is Charles Barkley that you teased me with - not that he is any better of a citizen, but at least he is funny.

5. Shawn Johnson - Olympic gymnast - Finally...She is super cute and will be on the show for a long time whether she can dance or not. She has an electric personality and will be a fan favorite immediately. I am excited about her and hopefully Nastia will at least attend a few of the shows. Note: After seeing all of the celebrities, unless she is the worst dancer ever, there is no chance that she will not win.

6. Chuck Wicks - Country Singer and boyfriend of Julianne Hough - you cannot get Julianne so you might as well get the closest thing to her. At least that will ensure that she will come back to the show a few times and dance. He is cute and it does take care of a musical guest for the results show early in the season. I am guessing that Julianne has already given him a few dance lessons so he should be OK.

7. Gilles Marini - actor - I had to look up who he was. I did not see Sex and the City the Movie but I guess he lived next door to Kim Cattrell's character. He is good looking and French. He might be the Christian of this season. I wonder if he is dancing with Cheryl Burke.

8. Denise Richards - actress - She is the Brooke Burke of this year's cast. She is beautiful and will look great in the costumes, but her rep is less than stellar in the past couple of years - stealing Heather Locklear's husband, being married to Charlie Sheen, her reality show. Too bad they couldn't get Heather to do the show as well. There would have been some definite catfights that broke out there. Maybe Charlie will crash the results show one week to really add some excitement. At least I know Charlie will be at the parties that are sure to happen with all of these people together and in the same room. Dr. Drew will be able to do another season of Celebrity Rehab with this cast.

I am still waiting for the final five to be revealed...they just named the next three...still not excited.

Steve Wozniak - co founder of Apple Computers - Not really sure what to say about this one. I know that they will talk about the iphone endlessly and Andrew will really be all over me about buying one for him. I am thinking it was probably a good thing he came up with the iphone idea because I do not see him being on the show long unless one of their programmers can come up with a way that every time someone makes a call with their iphone, it registers a vote on his behalf. I am sure they are working on that as I type.

Belinda Carlisle - singer - I like the Go Go's but that is about all the excitement I can muster for her being on the show. She also has been to rehab. Andrew was excited about the fact that she also appeared in Playboy, along with Denise Richards, so....Another musical guest down the road, along with Lil' Kim and Chuck Wicks.

David Alan Grier - I do not think he is funny so that is a bad start. He used to be the third member of Dr. Drew's Loveline so there is the in for setting up the next season of Celebrity Rehab.


Wow...just rereading this, I have to wonder if I am going to even watch the show. Besides Shawn Johnson, there is not one person I care to see on it. That is so depressing as I was really looking forward to this season and thought they could get some really great stars. Sadly, this show is one of the things I really look forward to, but ....

I am also wondering if they are bringing Samatha "One of Us" Harris back. I was surprised that she was not on the promos they have been running all night. I cannot stand her to hear her talk, although I love to see what she is wearing. She does have the best dresses, but they went way too wacky on her hair last season. She is really beautiful. I would love her job just for the dresses.

OK...the final two. These have to be big or this will be a lost season for me.

The husband and wife team of Ty Murray and Jewel. Really? Jewel is really cute and should be OK. Ty Murray has no personality at all. He was super boring when I watched his celebrity bullriding show. I am guessing he will not last long. I guess having a husband/wife compete against each other was the selling point there.

That was not the homerun I was looking for so I am officially disappointed beyond belief about the Season Eight cast. I might be making the switch now to American Idol or just hoping the Sober House has about 20 more episodes in the can.

What a bummer.

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