Fil-am Disney star in Dancing With The Stars
FUNFARE UPDATE
Fil-am Disney star Roshon Fegan is competing in the 14th season of the wildly popular Dancing With The Stars (DWTS), ABC’S hit dance competition, beginning March 19. His professional partner will be Chelsie Hightower.
“He’s a friend and fellow Disney artist of Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, who, incidentally, was reportedly offered in the past to compete in the show,” said
Funfare’s Big Apple correspondent Edmund Silvestre who filed this report. “Anna Maria reportedly had to beg off because the show requires strenuous, rigorous dance schedule.”
Both Roshon and Anna Maria were previously featured in Funfare for starring in Camp Rock 1 and 2, with the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato.
At 20, the L.a.-born Roshon, whose mom Cion is Filipina and dad Roy is African-american, is the youngest contestant in the latest season of
DWTS.
“Being an extremely talented dancer, he will probably have the upper hand on his competitors to win the mirror ball trophy,” said Edmund. “Fan favorites, though, often tend to be on the overweight or aged side, according to one newspaper. Two-time
DWTS champ and mainstay Fil-am dancer Cheryl Burke will be paired with
telenovela star William Levy.” The celebrity contestants (and their dancing partners) for this season are actor Jack Wagner (with Anna Trebunskaya), actress Melissa Gilbert (Maksim Chmerkovskiy), football superstar Donald Driver, TV host Maria Menounos (Derek Hough), actor Jaleel White (Kym Johnson), Cuban-american actor and model William Levy (Cheryl Burke), actress/tv host Sherri Shepherd (Val Chmerkovskiy), singer Katherine Jenkins (Mark Ballas), pop singersongwriter Gavin Degraw (Karina
Smirnoff), tennis legend Martina Navratilova (Tony Dovolani), actor/ dancer Roshon Fegan (Chelsie Hightower), and singer Gladys Knight (Tristan Macmanus).
More on Roshon from Huffington Post:
Most widely recognized for his roles on Disney Channel, musical artist Roshon Fegan, songwriter, producer and actor — quadruple threat! — currently stars on the Disney Channel original series Shake It Up! as Ty Blue.
Prior to this role, he appeared as Sander Loyer in the Disney Channel original movies Camp Rock and Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, along with other Disney stars Demi Lovato and the Jonas Broth-