Dancing With The Stars 5

[Melanie]

So the official cast announcement isn't until Wednesday morning, Aug. 29, on Good Morning America, but there are a few leaks already.

Melanie Brown - former Spice Girl and new mother to Eddie Murphy's child.

Mark Cuban - wow!!! Outspoken owner of the Dallas Mavericks. This ought to be interesting to see him in this environment.

Wayne Newton - every season has an older guy. I guess Wayne is it this year.

Jennie Garth - following in her 90210 castmate, Ian Ziering's, footsteps. It's better than Tori Spelling.

Can't wait to see the full cast! I'm still holding out for some eye candy.

Series premieres Monday, September 24 on ABC.

[ChipnDaleGal]

I wish Apolo could dance again this season. Don't know if I want to watch without him.

[Melanie]

I wish Apolo could dance again this season. Don't know if I want to watch without him.

Yeah well, you would think they could bend the rules or something.

[TheDuckRocks]

Mark Cuban, he should be interesting.

Yes, I'll miss Apollo.

Mel, did they say when the new season will start?

OK, I'm now editing this. Old age is getting worse everyday. I see the date on the bottom of your original post.

[murphy1]

I wish Apolo could dance again this season. Don't know if I want to watch without him.

Me, too!! I can't imagine Julianne with another partner either. I really like Wayne Newton when I have seen interviews of him. I wonder who the boy band rep. will be??

[MMouse6937]

I miss Joey, I have to watch the Singing Bee just to get my fix

I'm excited for this season, love the show!

Apollo did so good, it's going to be hard for someone to top him!

[GreenBeetle]

Over the weekend I heard the rumor that Jane Seymour was one of the stars this year. Guess we'll find out on Wednesday.

[Jenemmy]

I was just at another web site (I know -- GASP -- LOL) and it had the whole cast leaked. Now, take it with a grain of salt, but it listed the ones you have here plus Jane Seymour, Aaron Carter, Lou Ferrigno, a boxer I can't remember the name of right now (Merryweather??? something like that), Tori Spelling (and Jenny Garth), one of the Cheetah Girls (Sabrina) -- phooey, there were a couple more but they have left my mind at the moment. I'll have to go back and check again.

[Melanie]

Tori Spelling AND Jennie Garth? NOOOO! Surely not.

And Aaron Carter.

[Jenemmy]

Tori Spelling AND Jennie Garth? NOOOO! Surely not.

And Aaron Carter.

yep -- I thought that was weird, too. This site did a slide show of pictures and Jennie was right after Tori. Like I said, who knows if this is reputable or not.....

[ChipnDaleGal]

If Aaron Carter is on then I am out for sure.

[TheDuckRocks]

Aaron Carter?
I'll be back on my vote people out soapbox again if he's going to be a contestant. He won't stop me from watching the show but I'm warning you all up front.....I'll be doing a lot of gripping about him. Oh double...

[Momof2boys]

I saw that same slideshow with the *leaked* members and none of them made me take notice. Very disappointing.

[GreenBeetle]

I was just at another web site (I know -- GASP -- LOL) and it had the whole cast leaked. Now, take it with a grain of salt, but it listed the ones you have here plus Jane Seymour, Aaron Carter, Lou Ferrigno, a boxer I can't remember the name of right now (Merryweather??? something like that), Tori Spelling (and Jenny Garth), one of the Cheetah Girls (Sabrina) -- phooey, there were a couple more but they have left my mind at the moment. I'll have to go back and check again.

Eeewww . . . not thrilled with that list at all!

[Jenemmy]

Eeewww . . . not thrilled with that list at all!

Well, today that same website said that ABC had a decoy list in case something was leaked early, so it is now saying that it may or may not be an accurate list (LOL -- I guess there aren't any other options, are there?)

[PirateLover]

The leaks I saw had 15 possible people listed:

Marie Osmond
Aaron Carter
Wayne Newton
Mark Cuban
Jayne Seymour
Scary Spice
Tori Spelling
Jennie Garth
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (boxer)
Lou Ferrigno (The Incredible Hulk)
Nia Peeples (Currently on Y&R)
Richard Quest (CNN Reporter)
Giselle Bundchen
Helio Castroneves (race car driver)
Sabrina Bryan (Cheetah Girl)

[Melanie]

Blech! If this is indeed the cast, it's the worst one yet.

[sportsguy2315]

Melanie Brown (Scary Spice)
Sabrina Bryan (Cheetah Girls)
Helio Castroneves (Indy Car racer)
Mark Cuban (NBA owner/billionaire)
Jennie Garth (90210)
Josie Maran (Model/actress)
Cameron Mathison (Actor)
Floyd Mayweather (Boxer)
Wayne Newton (Singer)
Marie Osmond (Marie of Donnie and Marie)
Albert Reed (Model)
Jane Seymour (Actress)

I think ABC is trying to bring a wider appeal to this competition. As a sports fan, I'm interested in seeing Helio, Mark, and Floyd dance, and it'll be fun to see Wayne trying it out as well.

[Melanie]

And their professional partners:

Melanie Brown (Scary Spice) - Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Sabrina Bryan (Cheetah Girls) - Mark Ballas
Helio Castroneves (Indy Car racer) - Julianne Hough
Mark Cuban (NBA owner/billionaire) - Kym Johnson
Jennie Garth (90210) - Derek Hough
Josie Maran (Model/actress) - Alec Mazo
Cameron Mathison (Actor) - Edyta Sliwinska
Floyd Mayweather (Boxer) - Karina Smirnoff
Wayne Newton (Singer) - Cheryl Burke
Marie Osmond (Marie of Donnie and Marie) - Jonathan Roberts
Albert Reed (Model) - Anna Trebunskaya
Jane Seymour (Actress) - Tony Dovolani

[Melanie]

I'm quite relieved there is no Aaron Carter on the final list.

It is an interesting list. No young hotties to speak of, and I'm thinking they did that on purpose.

I don't watch 'All My Children', but I've seen Cameron Mathison at a celeb golf tournament before, and there were plenty of ladies there to see him.

The pairings are always interesting to me as well. Cheryl finally got the "older guy". And we get to meet Julianne's brother. How cool!