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Dancing with the Stars: 2009 contestants

Lincoln Lewis, Kylie Gillies, Adam Brand, Rob Mills, Jess McNamee and even Matt White line up for Seven's dance card.

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dancing-daniel-soniaSeven has revealed its next dance cast for Dancing with the Stars, which includes four network personalities and blind paralympian Gerrard Gosens. Personalities from radio, performing arts, sports and a swimsuit model will fill out the rest of the dance card.

Amongst the Seven names are Lincoln Lewis, Jess McNamee, Kylie Gillies and Today Tonight‘s Matt White – a somewhat curious choice given the normally serious nature of news and current affairs. Still, those days are arguably long gone, and Seven news presenters have previously appeared on the show.

The series will be again hosted by Daniel McPherson and Sonia Kruger and is expected to air Sunday July 5th.

Layne Beachley – dancing with Dannial Gosper
This fiercely talented surfer and astute business woman rewrote history when she achieved the greatest number of consecutive World Championship titles; male or female. With a total of seven world championships under her belt, Beachley’s determination and dedication will be hard to beat.

Emily Scott – dancing with Michael Miziner
This international swimsuit model and former gymnast was crowned “Australia’s Sexist Woman” by FHM Magazine, appeared in Robbie Williams Rock DJ music clip and has snagged a guest role on the cult TV series Entourage. With a bourgeoning DJ career on the rise, she’s definitely got rhythm but does she have the steps to match?

Kylie Gilles – dancing with Carmelo Pizzino
With her co-host Larry Emdur, Kylie Gillies serves up a mix of entertainment, news and humour five days a week on Channel Seven’s The Morning Show. She’s sung live on national television performing a duet with Irish crooner Ronan Keating, now she’s about to make her dancing debut.

Jess McNamee – dancing with Stefano Oliveri
This popular actress is known to millions of Australians as the unflappable Sammy from Channel Seven’s top-rating drama, Packed to the Rafters. Growing up with musical theatre, Jess is a natural performer, having scored a role in Home and Away not long after leaving school. But is she a natural dancer?

Fiona O’Loughlin – dancing with Craig Monley
Hailing from Alice Springs, Fiona “Full House” O’Loughlin is one of Australia’s most successful comediennes and a very busy mother of five! She has performed at the invitation only Montreal Comedy Festival and on the top-rating US program Last Comic Standing, but can she win over the judges on DANCING WITH THE STARS?

Peter ‘Spida’ Everitt – dancing with Linda de Nicola
Peter ‘Spida’ Everitt made his debut for St Kilda in a sea of dreadlocks and tattoos in 1993. As one of the game’s best ruckmen, he was in high demand playing for Hawthorn and the Sydney Swans during his envied AFL career. His huge following on the field led to the phenomenon that is the ‘spida dance’.

Rob Mills – dancing with Sriani Argaet
Currently playing the role of Fiyero in Wicked – the hottest musical theatre ticket in town – actor, singer, entertainer and former Australian Idol top 5 Rob Mills is looking to emulate his success on the dance floor . . .

Matt White – dancing with Ash-Leigh Hunter
Matt’s no stranger to stiff competition having covered some of the world’s elite sporting events during his career as a sports journalist and commentator for Channel Seven. He’s also leading the battle in the news and public affairs arena as East Coast host of Channel Seven’s top-rating Today Tonight.

Gerrard Gosens – dancing with Jessica Raffa
He’s climbed Mt Everest, swum with sharks and flown a motor glider around Queensland. In a Dancing with the Stars world first, Blind adventurer and three-time paralympian, Gerrard Gosens is about to face his greatest challenge ever when he takes to the dance floor with partner Jessica Raffa.

Lincoln Lewis – dancing with Luda Kroitor
He won a Logie for Most Popular New Talent in 2008 for his endearing portrayal of farm boy Geoff Campbell on Channel Seven’s Home and Away. Now Lincoln is looking to add another trophy to add to the mantle piece when he teams with Luda.

Adam Brand – dancing with Jade Hatcher
His latest album Hell Of A Ride débuted at No.1 on the ARIA Top 20 Australian Artist Country Chart and with eight Golden Guitars, three platinum and two gold albums, Brand is preparing for another challenge as a contestant in DANCING WITH THE STARS.

61 Responses

  1. what was the song that started playing right at the start of the hype up for that gerrard guy, its a soft acoustic song with ohhh at the start

  2. Iam a family friend of Stefano and I wish Todd would kept to dancing facts I feel that Jess and Stefano were great, I agree with the others about ch 7 personalities but hey that how it goes looking forward to the series love Sonias comis acts

  3. Hi How Are You, Whats Wrong with you have No Right Judge him
    This Must Stop Right Here Right Now
    these People must go not Home and away people please he work so hard
    work his Ass off. he must Win This I not Let you Do This Over my dead body
    write back soon She Beauitful be side you Talk too much? go on with Show From Aimee Mason

  4. Brandy you are the best. Put on your blue suede shoes and show the world what you’re made off. I truly believe in your ability, know how hard you are prepared to take this, your passion, dedication towards your supporters/followers will get you there. My phone bill will go through the roof as a result. although I will be eating in every Sunday evening. Glad to see yet another country artist on the show. Go mate…………………………………………………………

  7. Go Adam Brand!!! He is one of the most entertaining performers I have ever seen, real funny guy! Can’t wait to see his moves on the dance floor… Go Adam!!!!

  9. I will be watching , and yes i have my fingers crossed for kylie , i really enjoy the show , so keep it up channel seven. Those of you that complain , watch something else , or have the batteries run out in your remote control ……………

  11. I really like this show, it’s fun and non-offensive and I think Sonia is great for this show however, what is with the choice of talent this year? Isn’t it called dancing with the ‘Stars’? Apart from the couple who fall into that category such as the hosts, I think a bit of ‘scrapping the bottom of the barrel’ has happened this season, it’s a bit of a shame. I can’t see it working as well this season, it’s not a line up you’ll be talking about around the watercooler at work. Anayway….

  21. welll im going for Lincoln Lewis coz hes just soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo… hott, i dnt watch the show bit ill be watching it just so i can c him in some tight pants and hopefully with no shirt on, im only 13 but i dnt care he is hott!!

    love u lincoln

    jess xxx

  22. I’m going for kylie.

    my early tip is that matt will win. he just seems like the type of character that will score the grant denyer/ luke jacobz voters.

  25. Has Seven run out of celebrities already? This season of DWTS has the most number of contestants (11) but four of them appear on Seven programs.
    BTW, Matt White’s dancing partner Ash-leigh Hunter was in the top 20 of this year’s So You Think You Can Dance Australia (she was eliminated in the second round).

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