Wide World of Women

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Shark Tank entrepreneur Barbara Corcoran with Keo Motsepe
Youtube personality Lindsey Stirling with Mark Ballas
80s singer/actress Debbie Gibson with Alan Bersten
WWE wrestler Nikki Bella with Artem Chigvintsev
Pretty Little Liars star Sasha Pieterse with Gleb Savchenko
Paralympic swimmer Victoria Arlen with Val Chmerkovsky
TV personality Vanessa Lachey with Maksim Chmerkovsky
Former NBA player Derek Fisher with Sharna Burgess
Property Brothers star Drew Scott with Emma Slater
Actor Frankie Muniz with Witney Carson
Singer/actor Jordan Fisher with Lindsay Arnold
Former NFL player Terrell Owens with Cheryl Burke
Singer Nick Lachey with Peta Murgatroyd

My odds on favorite would be Nikki Bella. Mock professional wrestling if you will, but what they do is as close to dancing as ice skating was for Kristi Yamaguchi. The Bella twins also have a tremendous work ethic, from their work with John Cena and Daniel Bryan.

I agree with you that ice skating and professional wresling are similarly close to dancing ie not much. A friend of mine who did a lot of figure skating and dancing in her younger years was puzzled when people thought Kristi was a ringer because "figure skating is like dancing on ice". Kristi won DWTS partly because of decades of a tremendous work ethic, partly because she knew how to be an entertainer, partly because she's very fit, but not a lot of the technical skills of ice skating help with dancing. For those same reasons Nikki stands a good chance if she can learn the complex dance steps.

Edit: Wait a minute..... What am I thinking? DWTS is a popularity contest not a dancing contest.

Debbie Gibson has some of the most excellent legs you will ever see . Definitely try to cap her, please when she is on.

As for the athletes, I wonder if this appearance by Terrell Owens could boost his chances for induction next February into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Nick and Vanessa...related in some way?

Scary part TO is doing another reality show soon. Also I would have like to see Lori Greiner compete against Barbara because they compete against each other on the Shark Tank.

Yes, I would say they are


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You may also be familiar with her by her maiden name :
She was Vanessa Minnillo, model and correspondent for Entertainment Tonight and briefly hosted MTV Total Request Live.






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Univision brought back its show after several years.
http://www.latintimes.com/mira-quien-ba ... ore-423138

And this will be the only season of DWTS this year; a junior version is planned for 2018 and any additional info on that is TBA (maybe alums John O'Hurley and Melissa Rycroft or Stacy Keibler -- the latter returning to the spotlight after some three years -- could host).

By the way...I think country singer Chuck Wicks competed one season with then-girlfriend Julianne Hough as his partner.

Debbie is a ringer right under everybody's nose.

30 Years ( Yes 30 Years she has been around) of Choreography/with dancing tours/ videos/ Broadways/ etc.

She may not be a good dancer but she has the background & is far ahead of at least half the cast coming out of the gate.

Also has a small but loyal click of fans that will vote so she should last at least into the second half of the show.

Nikki Bella has my vote!

If the phone lines were not so jammed all the time, Debbie Gibson would definitely get my vote.

Sure hope somebody can cap her time on the show, that would be great. Thanks in advance.

Interestingly Univision's show debuted last night. Not many contestants and mostly men but Ana Patricia Gamez is in the show and also few actresses and Dayanara Torres, a former Miss Universe.