JamesG
11-03-2010, 02:03 PM
"Skating With the Stars" Reveals Cast
Deborah Starr Seibel
Nov 2, 2010
Forget polished oak floors and mirror ball trophies. Think cold, hard ice and blades of glory.
ABC is hoping that their latest reality show — "Skating With the Stars" (not to be confused with Fox's failed 2006 show "Skating With Celebrities"), premiering November 22 — will do for the toe loop what sister show "Dancing With the Stars" did for the tango.
The contestants are six stars who barely remember lacing up skates as kids:
Mötley Crüe front man Vince Neil
Actress Sean Young (Blade Runner)
Reality star Bethenny Frankel ("The Real Housewives of NYC")
Actress Rebecca Budig ("All My Children")
Gold medal freestyle skier Jonny Moseley
Actor Brandon Mychal Smith ("Sonny With a Chance")
The criteria for making the cut: The stars had to be compelling, recognizable and "able to skate forward and backward," says senior producer Deena Katz, who also casts "DWTS".
"I couldn't have someone in their sixties or seventies, because it's very dangerous."
"Skating" will follow the "Dancing" format, with three judges (expect to see Olympian Johnny Weir on the panel).
But the pros won't be household names like former "Dancing" standouts Kristi Yamaguchi and Evan Lysacek. "What's difficult about having a big-name pro is that it takes the focus away from the celebrity," says Katz.
The celebs-turned-skaters have five weeks to practice before hitting the ice and trying to prove if they know their axels from their salchows.
How are they doing? Katz winces. "They've got wounds all over already."
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Skating-Stars-Cast-1025009.aspx
Deborah Starr Seibel
Nov 2, 2010
Forget polished oak floors and mirror ball trophies. Think cold, hard ice and blades of glory.
ABC is hoping that their latest reality show — "Skating With the Stars" (not to be confused with Fox's failed 2006 show "Skating With Celebrities"), premiering November 22 — will do for the toe loop what sister show "Dancing With the Stars" did for the tango.
The contestants are six stars who barely remember lacing up skates as kids:
Mötley Crüe front man Vince Neil
Actress Sean Young (Blade Runner)
Reality star Bethenny Frankel ("The Real Housewives of NYC")
Actress Rebecca Budig ("All My Children")
Gold medal freestyle skier Jonny Moseley
Actor Brandon Mychal Smith ("Sonny With a Chance")
The criteria for making the cut: The stars had to be compelling, recognizable and "able to skate forward and backward," says senior producer Deena Katz, who also casts "DWTS".
"I couldn't have someone in their sixties or seventies, because it's very dangerous."
"Skating" will follow the "Dancing" format, with three judges (expect to see Olympian Johnny Weir on the panel).
But the pros won't be household names like former "Dancing" standouts Kristi Yamaguchi and Evan Lysacek. "What's difficult about having a big-name pro is that it takes the focus away from the celebrity," says Katz.
The celebs-turned-skaters have five weeks to practice before hitting the ice and trying to prove if they know their axels from their salchows.
How are they doing? Katz winces. "They've got wounds all over already."
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Skating-Stars-Cast-1025009.aspx