Drama on DWTS heats up

Another season of

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 will have you know 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 (whose brother Drew won

in 2006) 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 — onstage and off.

Besides, it’s Barbara Corcoran who stirred up the most controversy on Monday’s season 5 premiere. The 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 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 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 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).

Plus, CTV is hoping the show will go international. Need you really ask more? is