Dancing up a (bleep) storm
Another season of Dancing With the Stars took over the dance floor this week, leaving behind a trail of glitter — and marital anger, possibly.
Husband and wife celeb dancers Vanessa and Nick Lachey — who are paired with also-married pro dancers Maks Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd respectively — are competing against each other in a supposedly friendly manner, but the gossip websites say they are engaging in jealous disputes backstage.
The fact is, Vanessa scored a 21 out of 30 this week while Nick scored an 18. Though according to U.S. gambling website Bovada, Nick is favoured to win the season with 4:1 odds — while Vanessa trails in seventh spot (out of 13 celeb dancers) with 9:1 odds.
We shall wait and see how this one plays out.
Besides, it’s Barbara Corcoran who stirred up the most controversy on Monday’s Season 5 premiere. The Shark Tank star appeared to grab her pro partner Keo Motsepe’s crotch while listening to the judges’ critiques of their salsa performance.
Corcoran, who has been married to former FBI agent Bill Higgins for 28 years, told Us Weekly it was not intentional.
“There was no crotch grab,” she said. “I just happened to land my hand on that very important part.”
She went on to describe rehearsals with Motsepe in an, er, interesting manner: “I feel like I lose my virginity every day in practice. Again and again and again and again.” Yeah, I’ve nothing.
SHANIA READY TO LAUNCH
CTV raised the buzz level on its upcoming music competition series The Launch with another big name this week: Shania Twain.
Canada’s beloved country woman will be a mentor on the inaugural season of the show, now in production.
Wondering what the show is about? It doesn’t really matter. Twain joins previously announced mentors Fergie, Ryan Tedder (of OneRepublic) and music industry bigwig Scott Borchetta (whose roster includes Taylor Swift and Reba McEntire).
THE VOICE TRIUMPHS ... AGAIN
The reality TV competition category might be the laughingstock of the Emmys, but clearly The Voice is doing something distinguished enough to garner three consecutive wins.
It beat out RuPaul’s Drag Race, The Amazing Race, Top Chef, American Ninja Warrior and Project Runway.
Good timing since The Voice — which sees music stars mentoring and judging young musicians — debuts its 13th season on Monday (CTV/NBC), with Jennifer Hudson stepping into a coaching position.
On a similar note, didn’t Survivor used to win a ton of Emmys? Ah well, the fact that it’s about to start its 35th season (Sept. 27 on Global/CBS) is prize enough.