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  'Dancing with the Stars' letting viewers select new professional dancer

  April 21, 2009
  ABC has announced home viewer votes will determine the identity of a new professional participant for Dancing with the Stars' ninth season and revealed the identities of the six dancers who will be competing for the spot.
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  Steve Wozniak won't be walking Karina Smirnoff down aisle after all

  April 20, 2009
  Karina Smirnoff will apparently be waltzing down the wedding aisle sans Steve Wozniak.
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  Maksim Chmerkovskiy not planning to leave ABC's 'Dancing' again

  April 17, 2009
  Maksim Chmerkovskiy feels that the unstable economy is reason enough to remain on Dancing with the Stars after he previously took last spring's edition off to focus on other endeavors.
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  Steve Wozniak: 'Dancing with the Stars' was physically painful, but fun

  April 1, 2009
  Steve Wozniak's body paid the price for his Dancing with the Stars participation, however the billionaire Apple co-founder feels it was worth it.
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  Steve Wozniak asked to walk 'Dancing' pro Karina Smirnoff down aisle

  March 30, 2009
  Steve Wozniak apparently has an invitation to waltz down the aisle with Karina Smirnoff at her upcoming wedding to Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
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  'Dancing with the Stars' ouster surprises, confuses Denise Richards

  March 25, 2009
  Similar to some Dancing with the Stars fans, Denise Richards doesn't fully understand how she and partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy won last night's live "Dance Off" but still became the second couple ousted from the ABC reality series.
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  'Dancing with the Stars' cuts Denise Richards, Maksim Chmerkovskiy

  March 25, 2009
  Actress and Denise Richards: It's Complicated star Denise Richards and her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy were revealed to be the second couple eliminated from Dancing with the Stars' eighth season during last night's live results show broadcast on ABC.
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  'Dancing with the Stars' cuts Belinda Carlisle and Jonathan Roberts

  March 18, 2009
  Singer Belinda Carlisle and her partner Jonathan Roberts became the first couple eliminated from Dancing with the Stars' eighth season during last night's live results show broadcast on ABC.
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  Maksim Chmerkovskiy: Melissa Rycroft's 'Dancing' participation 'unfair'

  March 17, 2009
  Maksim Chmerkovskiy used to think that a woman wouldn't be able to win Dancing with the Stars again. Now he thinks one has too much of an advantage in the eighth season of the ABC reality dance competition.
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  ABC reveals 'Dancing with the Stars' professional partner pairings

  February 12, 2009
  ABC has revealed the professional partner pairings for Dancing with the Stars' eighth season, which will premiere with a two-hour performance episode on Monday, March 9 at 8PM ET/PT.
   
  Dancing with the Stars' eighth-season professional partner cast features eleven professionals who have previously competed on the show: two-time mirror ball champions Julianne Hough and Cheryl Burke; reigning seventh-season champion Derek Hough; sixth-season champ Mark Ballas; Jonathan Roberts; Kym Johnson; Lacey Schwimmer; Tony Dovolani; Maksim Chmerkovskiy; Edyta Sliwinska; and Karina Smirnoff. With the exception of Roberts, all of the returning professionals competed in last fall's seventh Dancing with the Stars edition.

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