Oh, goodness. Another Dancing With the Stars season is upon us. It feels like it’s just been a few months since the big Kate Gosselin blowout – but it was just earlier this year, right? Eh. So, anyway, DWTS is not announcing their formal line-up of “stars” until Monday, but names continue to leak out in the tabloids. This week we’ve already heard the names David Hasselhoff, Jennifer Grey, Audrina Patridge, The Situation and even Kirstie Alley! Sources now say that Kirstie isn’t on the final list, though. We’re not that lucky. But E! News just confirmed one name that I wasn’t expecting: Bristol Palin. She’s a “star” now too.
It’s the Dancing With the Stars casting that no one saw coming!
We can report to you exclusively that Sarah Palin’s 19-year-old daughter Bristol Palin has been cast on the 11th season of DWTS, set to premiere Sept. 20, according to sources.
As for the reports that David Hasselhoff, Audrina Patridge, The Situation and Brandy will also be part of the cast, here’s the deal: All true, according to sources.
However, from what I’m hearing about those other rumors, Kirstie Alley won’t be there–and neither will anyone of Bachelor or Bachelorette fame (sorry, Ali and Roberto!), unless there are a few last-minute switcheroos.
A rep for ABC says: “We don’t comment on casting rumors. The real Dancing With the Stars cast will be revealed Monday, Aug. 30, live on ABC during Bachelor Pad.”
This will be Bristol Palin’s second gig with ABC, having guest starred last month on ABC Family’s The Secret Life of the American Teenager. It seems this teen mom may be taking a page from Melissa Rycroft’s book, using DWTS to rebound after her recent breakup (with Levi Johnston). Who needs that gallon of ice cream when you’ve got glittery, bedazzled gowns and the seduction of a mirror-ball trophy?
[From E! News]
Good Lord, Bristol and her mom will do anything to keep out of Alaska, right? I can’t think the Mama Grizzly is too happy about her daughter “going rogue Hollywood” but maybe it will work out. After all, DWTS is on family-friendly ABC, and Sarah Palin could even make a big appearance to watch her daughter dance with one of the swarthy gay dudes. Family! And in the end, it will probably a lot of fun for Bristol. You know Jennifer Grey is totally going to take the trophy home though. Nobody puts Baby in the corner! *sob*
Header: Bristol on May 5, 2010. Credit: WENN.
More like Dancing With The has Beens or The Who The Hell Cares cuz these people are certainly NOT stars.
Dumb show.
lol, I love that you put up a “german” pic of Hasselhoff!
Germans DO love him, after all!
(props to Norm MacDonald.)
I am glad I don’t watch this show. Wasn’t she mad at Levi for doing things like this? Now she is gonna do them? Wow.
can any of these ppl even dance to be on the show i don’t think so
I hope the cable stations have some good shows on at the same time cos i will not watch.
As bad as that is, is it any worse than The Situation and Old Ceiling Eyes being on there? Wow, they are really going past D list here.
i am proud to say i have never seen this show.
Oh PLEASE oh PLEASE, cast Levi in this mess too! PLEASE GOD PLEASE!
annaloo:
That would be funnier then hell if they cast Levi.
If Levi is Ricky Hollywood, according to Sarah, what do we call Bristol?
She is just a young girl doing it all on her own, she’ll probably dance with the baby in her arms.
Yes I know, that is mean.
I really would like to know what ABC’s definition of star is. Obviously just about anyone can qualify. They haven’t called me yet! ha!
@di Butler: right??? i mean, i am no palin[any fam member] fan, but bristol’s name was not the only one that made me want to hurl
I actually think this season will be interesting. Good mix of people.
Ok, two things. One, it royally sucks that Jennifer Grey getting her nose done killed her acting career. I thought she was awesome and would have loved to see more of her. Total shame. Even though I swore I would never watch this crap show, I’d tune in just to see her moves!
Two, what the heck is up with Kirstie Alley? Does she still have her reality show? I think I saw a half an episode and then it was just, gone. Has she lost any weight?
@Praise St. Angie
Slander! Germans do not “love” Hasselhoff. They might have an unhealthy obsession with him, but it’s more of a “look there’s a drunken trainwreck” kinda thing.
@ original kate: You have every right to be proud about that lol. I’ve watched a couple minutes of a couple episodes and it sucks a$$.
@ pookie: You are right about Jennifer Grey! And good question re Kirstie Alley. I too saw maybe half an episode of that show and it was pretty awful. Guess the network thought so too?
One good thing about Bristol being on this show – maybe she’ll lose that triple chin she is way too young to have. I know that’s mean, but hey, it’s true.
Oh God no
Hope Jennifer Grey wins, but I never have and never will have any interest in watching this parade of less than D-listers.
“If Levi is Ricky Hollywood, according to Sarah, what do we call Bristol?” I know! And I also seem to recall her complaining about other politicians being celebrities. She, who now has a reality show and can’t let an issue go by without publicly commenting on it. I guess once the fame and money come pouring in, all the snide comments no longer apply?
Of all people this probably would be GOOD for Kirstie Alley, she’d probably lose more weight doing this than whatever gimmicky show and diet she’s trying to do now.
LOL @ Jean…sorry, no offense meant.
It was Norm MacDonald who always said that when he was doing Weekend Update.
He’d find some way to work “Germans love David Hasselhoff” into just about every Update.
One time, he even got Hasselhoff to appear on Update, and do a story that ended with “Germans love me.” which is one reason that I’ve always had a soft spot for him – the guy definitely doesn’t take himself too seriously.
Why is that Audrina braud always lookin up like she’s trying to see her own eyebrows?
lol seriously does she have a problem or somethin?
“Dancing with the Stars” – my ass.
What’s up with hairbump? I bet you Bristol never comes back to Wasilia.
I love Jennifer Grey and it would be great to see her doing something again but isn’t Grey a trained dancer? Wouldn’t it be unfair to put her up against people who’ve never danced before?
@Captaine – that’s why they call her Ceiling Eyes:-) I, too, am proud to say I have never watched this show and I do not know who many of the “stars” who have reported to be on this show are. Nor do I care to know. As for Bristol Palin, her mother can see Russia from the porch!
C’mon now. Calling this girl a “Star” is stretching it a little bit too far. She has no talent, no accomplishments (unless you call getting knocked up by another no talent moron an accomplishment) and pretty much no brains. What can she possibly bring to the show. Not thrilled with Kirstie Alley either, but at least she has some talent and has accomplished a few things. Bristol has the personality of a doorknob and the brains to match. Waste of a slot that could go to someone a lot more entertaining
I love Dancing with the Stars but I don’t know for how much longer if it continues to be Dancing with the D-list.
Seriously BRISTOL PALIN???!!!!
This will be boring. Bristol has zero personality. Kate Gosselin at least was fun to hate and acted like a b*tch. Bristol just has her monotone going for her.
But maybe she will get rid of that baby weight in her face like some others have said!
The situation is totally going to want to hit that.
I don’t watch any tv at all, but I love this show.
I’m not sure anyone this season can compare with Kate Gosselin. She was great every week, in a bitchy, robotic, cross-eyed tranny way.
Since when is Bristol a ‘star’?
She’s a has-been politicians daughter that got knocked up and had a baby and is now making a fortune from it. Other than that, she has no personality or any other likable qualities.
She didnt even have the sense to donate her ‘time’ to some of the causes she gets paid to speak for. I would have more respect for her if she were doing these charity talks for the cause and not the cash.
This shows a joke, I wont be watching but I wouldnt mind seeing Jennifer Grey but Ill wait until Palin gets booted off to watch.
Is it me or does Bristol, (who I do think is
very pretty), look empty of brains? The perpetual look in her eyes just screams simpleton to me. IDK
Kill me for this, I don’t like her at all, but Patridge is so beautiful it almost hurts my eyes.
Briston claims Levi is the media whore….whose actually the whore here? She’s tried acting and now this….she’s the one that wants the spotlight, and she was jealous he was getting it first.
@30 Look who her mother is…simpleton doesn’t begin to describe her or that entire family. They have the collective IQ of a mirror ball trophy.
The first thought I had was that its interesting that she calls Levi a famewhore and that she broke up with him because he won’t stay out of the spotlight. Yet here she is, getting herself in the spotlight again. Sigh. Yeah, that level of hypocrisy sounds about right for the Palin family. I had hoped they would all go away after McCain lost. I’m afraid we’ll never get rid of them now.
@aenflex – really? i must be missing something because ceiling eyes is so not hot IMO. UPDATE: Octomom (‘member her?) wants to be on Dancing With The Almost Was Perhaps Maybe Stars too!
I’m so happy to hear Jennifer Grey will be participating in DWTS! This will be a great boost for her career. It will be interesting to see Bristol, I hope she does well. I wonder why they didn’t hire Sarah Palin instead? The people that have never watched DWTS is really missing out, the show is very entertaining and very professional.
What a hypocrite. She rips Levi Johnson a new one for putting himself out there and seeking fame and she is on DWTS? Fame-ho snowbillies…..! They need to go back to Alaska and stay there.
Bristol is so not photogenic…
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
@Captaine:
Her “ceiling eyes” is a medical condition. I thought she had surgery for it but if so it didn’t stick. I don’t remember the medical name.
ugh
who watches this show
these are not stars.
famewhores and hasbeens.
Fake names usually come up just before DWTS make the official announcement. Bristol may not be on the show but I wouldn’t be shocked if she was. She would be such a hypocrite if she did considering she claims she brokeup with Levi for “going Hollywood”.
Why is this unwed teen mother being celebrated? If she were a “Becky” from a trailer park or a “Shequita” from a ghetto enclave or even a “Maria” from a barrio, people would not only look at her with disdain but she definitely would not be celebrated. WTF. The hypocrisy kills me. And I and not saying that we should look down on unwed teen mothers . . . that’s not my point. My point is that she is racking in dough. For what? Not using birth control?
Audina and Bristol look like sisters. I hope Jennifer Grey will do that “Time of My Life” famous lift.
ic. The only thing I like about this girl is that she highlights what an unredeemable train wreck Sarah Palin & co. is.
Anyway, this season sounds fun. As much as I love Jennifer Grey, though, she’s yet another contestant with professional training, just like Nicole. I can’t help but feel it gets ridiculous after a point when they add these types in the mix.
More like “Dancing With the Train Wrecks”.
Just a comment about Kirstie Alley. I’ve waited on her. It was a couple years ago, but I remember her well. She came with family and someone I think was an assistant. She was really nice, really down to earth and tipped well. She ordered a salad, which she actually shared with one of the girls at her table.
However, all of the other waiters kept pulling me aside to ask me things in the back of the house like “did she order ice cream and waffles?” or make comments like “I bet she ordered the entire brunch list”. It really upset me to hear them say things like that, because I suspect that most of her life revolves around people talking about her weight.
I know she couldn’t hear the things that were being said about her in the kitchen, but I think it was so wrong and unfair that all my coworkers automatically jumped to the conclusion that she was eating herself into oblivion. Some people put on weight when they get older. Some people have really a slow metabolism. Some people have a harder time taking off weight than others.
I think that Kirstie just doesn’t have genetics on her side, and I really feel for her that the main focus of her public image has become about her weight. It has to be hard to deal with knowing that perfect strangers are judging your every bite at a restaurant. I thought she was lovely, personally. I’ve dealt with a lot of celebrities waiting tables in NYC and while working promotions. She is one of the nicer ones I’ve met.
What the eff? Why is Bristol on DWTS? When did she become a star? Did she do a movie or a telly show or is she in a band or what? Oh, no she just had sex when she was 14 and got pregnant before she was 17. Way to go to role-model for today’s youth. See, you can have sex and a baby and not graduate high school and you can be on DWTS just like Bristol Palin!
She’s a hypocrite. She broke it off with Levi because she said he was going Hollywood and stuff. Hello? What does she think she’s doing? It’s all about the money and limelight. What a trip.
You just know Mama Palin will run for President in 2012. There’s no way Sarah won’t milk this for all it’s worth. Blah.
Why is it still called Dancing With The Stars? I guess Dancing With The FameWhores isn’t family friendly enough for ABC.
However, LOVE that Baby might be on it. She has an unfair advantage because of her background/training but I would love to see her getting roles again and if this is how she gets back in the game, so be it. Also, I’m sure it would make Patrick smile down from that big dance floor in the sky to see her quick stepping and twirling.
If Kirstie dances I bet Tony gets stuck with her.