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[BlogEntry] Dancing With The Stars : Season 4

January 22nd, 2007 | Television

Update Mar 20, 2007: The Season Premiere is upon us!
Update Feb 21, 2007 : The official cast list is out!

Let's see how we did:

  • Laila Ali? Athlete. Check.
  • Billy Ray Cyrus? Country singer. Check.
  • Heather Mills? I guess she qualifies as model. Did you know she's only got one leg? And, yes, people are already asking her if her fake one might go flying during the dancing. Oy, I'm ashamed of people.
  • Clyde Drexler? Athlete. Basketball. I see him as more Evander Holyfield than Emmit Smith.
  • Joey Fatone? Boyband. Check.
  • Shandi Finnessey? Beauty queen (Shannon Moakler?)
  • Leeza Gibbons? Talk show host (Lisa Rinna)
  • Paulina Porizkova? Model again, but also in the has-been category ala Rachel Hunter and Tia Carrere unless anybody can tell me what she's doing lately.
  • Ian Ziering? What shall we call him, heart throb? Mario Lopez's spot? He's a little past his prime for that though, no?
  • Vincent Pastore? From the Sopranos. He could either be the goofball act that goes home the first night, or he could be the charismatic older gentleman that the audience keeps around for awhile.
  • Apolo Anton Ohno? Another athlete. He's a speedskater, in case you've never heard of him.

As always, the definition of "stars" nose dives each season. I like to look at lists like this and figure out who my wife will recognize. She'll recognize the 90210 guy, and Leeza Gibbons. Maybe Billy Ray Cyrus, if he's who I'm thinking of (Achy Breaky Heart?) and they play that song a lot. That's about it. Three out of ten.

TMZ.com is reporting that they know the cast of Dancing with the Stars Season 4.  It's not official yet, but last time I posted a rumored cast it was pretty much dead on.  What I think is funny is that pattern that the producers continue to work off of.

Country singer?  Sara Evans becomes Billy Ray Cyrus.  Check.

Former teenage television heartthrob?  Mario Lopez becomes 90210's Ian Ziering.  Check.

Athlete?  Emmit Smith is replaced by Laia Ali (Muhammad Ali's daughter).  Check.

Boyband?  Joey McIntyre becomes…Joey Fatone.  (Ok, Joey Lawrence wasn't in a boyband, but Drew Lachey and Joey McIntyre both were).

 

Now all they need is a comedy act to be thrown out in the first episode, an underdog to cheer (ala Jerry Springer), some sort of pop/rock singer (Master P / Willa Ford) and a couple of random actresses (Vivica Fox, Monique Coleman, Tia Carrere, Tatum O'Neal….)

Update! Apparently Heather Mills will be on the show as well. Heather Mills is the ex-wife of Paul McCartney, who also happens to have one leg.
Should be interesting to see how she comes across, since the divorce has made her look pretty bad.