Dancing With The Stars - Season 9

OK...I admit it. I cannot believe I am even saying this, but I am just not that excited about Dancing with the Stars Season 9. I am not even planning on watching the first two nights if you can believe that. (No...I still do not have TIVO either).

Honestly though, I felt the same way when they announced the Season 8 cast and it turned out to be one of the best seasons yet! Unfortunately, I am not seeing Donny Osmond getting me all that excited this year, but stranger things have happened I guess.

Quickly, here is a run down of the Season 9 cast with little side notes along the way.

1. Aaron Carter with Karina Smirnoff - He is this season's boy band ringer. Just like Drew Lachey and Lance Bass, he will be really good and should make it far. You cannot be in a boy band and not be able to dance a even a little can you?

2. Natalie Coughlin with Alec Mazo - I saw her swim in person at the NCAA Championships back in 1998 I think it was. She broke every NCAA record out there and of course went on to Olympic fame. No one will know who she is so she might suffer the Monica Seles fate and be one of the first to go. She is pretty though, but not a big enough name and will not experience the athlete gaga votes that all athletes seems to get (except Monica...maybe tennis is not a big enough sport or she was just awful...for my sake, I hope it is the second).

3. Mark Dacascos and Lacey Schwimmer - I have no idea who he is so he will only last about 3 or 4 weeks. One advantage for him is Lacey. I think a lot of people really like her outside the box style to the show.

4. Tom DeLay and Cheryl Burke - I can only guess that Cheryl is too busy to do a whole season this year. Good for Tom DeLay though. I think that is great! I cannot wait to see how he does. He will be the Jerry Springer of this year.

5. Macy Gray and Jonathan Roberts - I am not sure what to think of her - she might be Lil Kim after all. Jonathan Roberts always is paired with the worst dancers (Belinda Carlyle, Marie Osmond)so I am not holding out high hopes.

6. Ashley Hamilton and Edyta Śliwińska - He is hot...She is hot. They will definitely be the best looking couple out there. If he can dance even a little, he should do OK...and the less clothes he wears the better. Andrew says the same for Edyta too.

7. Melissa Joan Hart and Mark Ballas - They will win. How can you vote against Sabrina the Teenage Witch? Plus she is hot now that she has lost all her baby weight.

8. Kathy Ireland and Tony Dovolani - Why does Tony always get the 50 something dancers? I am sure they will do well. Kathy is so pretty.

9. Michael Irvin and Anna Demidova - I bet Michael Irvin will wear the best outfits of anyone (female dancers included)this season. I hope he is good. He will add a lot of charisma to the show. Why did he get paired with the rookie to the show. I am sure he will invite her back to the White House.

10. Joanna Krupa and Derek Hough - Supermodels never do well, although people for some reason like Derek. He totally annoys me. I hope they are the first to go!

11. Chuck Liddell and Anna Trebunskaya - I cannot imagine that he would be any good at all.

12. Debi Mazar and Maksim Chmerkovskiy - Who else was thrilled to see that Maks and Karina broke up? Woo Hoo! I am sure the Entourage crowd will vote for her though.

13. Mýa and Dmitry Chaplin - who cares.

14. Kelly Osbourne and Louis van Amstel - I think she will go far. Why I am not sure? I hope they get Ozzie for a musical guest though.

15. Donny Osmond and Kym Johnson - He will go very far unless his Vegas contract allows him to only do a certain number of shows. Unfortuantely, that means annoying Marie will be everywhere as she continues to milk Dancing with the Stars for all it is worth.

16. Louie Vito and Chelsie Hightower - I am hoping he is like Ty Murray was last year with Chelsie. You have no idea who he is, but he captures your heart, shocks you some weeks both good and bad with his dancing ability and sticks around for a while. Chelsie is so cute.

So there you have it...I think Melissa Joan Hart will win for sure. Donny Osmond and Aaron Carter will go far. After that, it is a crap shoot. Someone will surprise us for sure ... I guess I will have to watch to find out who that person is. Sucked in once again.

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