Emmitt Smith, fresh from winning Dancing with the Stars, tells Rachael about the thrills of victory, the agony of "da-feet," and what precautions had to be taken with his "undies."
Rachael coaxes the dancing champ to "come out of retirement" and cut the rug one more time with his partner Cheryl Burke.
(September 27) Emmitt giving Rachael a cha cha lesson.
(November 7), Rachael brings these hungry, hard-working dancers some relief -- in the form of Pink's famous hot dogs. And she checks in with Emmitt Smith, who gave her some dance tips back in September and is now in the final top three!
Allthough most of the material in this interview concerns the original British show Strictly Come Dancing, the beginning of this video clip will give you a little insight into the English/Italian judge Bruno Tonioli.
Incidently, I was reading Bruno's biography on BBC's website, and found out that he was one of the dancers on Elton John's I'm Still Standing music video. With a quick YouTube search, I located this video and indeed saw Bruno in it. Here is the frame where he clearly appears: It is at 2:00 minutes into the video:
Here is an old clip from the beginning of Joey Lawrence's career from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Funny when asked if he had ever heard of Gene Kelly or Fred Astair and he said "no". Little did he know he would be dancing to "Singing in the Rain" just like Gene Kelly did.
This morning Emmitt Smith, Cheryl Burk, Mario Lopez and Karina Smirnoff appeared on Regis & Kelly Show. Hmm, the question of whether Mario would dance again with Karina got unanswered...
I guess Emmitt and Cheryl could not have stayed up partying all night to celebrate their championship, since the next morning they had to appear on Good Morning America along with Mario and Karina. Unfortunately last night I forgot to set my DVR to record the entire show, so I only was able to record the last bit after I woke up and realized that they are on the show. Not sure if they appeared earlier than this segment or not.
Anyway, here is a chance to see Emmitt and Mario in a social dance setting. I have to say it may take several weeks to learn one particular routine for a competition or performance, but it takes much longer to be able to do ad-lib partner dancing.
Emmitt Smith and Mario Lopez with their professional partners appeared on Oprah Winfrey show in the afternoon before the Season 3 Finale Results Show of Dancing With The Stars.
Tracey Jo Figueroa published another interview with a Dancing With The Stars professional dancer. This time it's Nick Kosovich. Check out the article here.
If you're curious about how Dancing With The Stars has changed Cheryl's life, what it was like working with Drew Lachey and whether or not there will be season three of DWTS (and if so, who Cheryl would like to dance with), check out the interview published on the website of the New York chapter of USA Dance. The interview was conducted by the former member of the NYU ballroom team Tracy Jo Figueroa who I happen to personally know. Nice job TJO!
Tracey Jo Figueroa published another interview with a Dancing With The Stars professional dancer. This time it's Nick Kosovich. Check out the article here. 
