Las Vegas Weekly

October 22, 2009 · 10:26 AM

Donny Osmond gets second dance for next week’s DWTS

By Robin Leach

Edyta Sliwinska, Ashley Hamilton, Anna Trebunskaya, Chuck Liddell, Kym Johnson, Donny Osmond, Chelsie Hightower and Louie Vito on Dancing With the Stars.

Photo: Adam Larkey/ABC TV

The contestants on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars from now on have to learn two new dances each week. The added challenge is designed to start whittling down the nine remaining contestants to get to the finalists faster.

Donny Osmond, our Flamingo headliner and leading contender, will dance the jitterbug on Monday in addition to competing in the Mambo marathon with the other eight celebrity couples. Despite the doubled-up dance duties, he says the jitterbug is one number he’s looking forward to performing.

At the moment with a top-of-the-leaderboard score of 29, just one point away from a perfect 30, Donny and his partner Kym Johnson are at the front of the pack. Singer Mya and her partner Dmitry Chaplin closely follow them in the race for the disco ball trophy.

Two celebrity couples will be eliminated on Tuesday’s results show featuring country music sensation Taylor Swift, and that will bring the field down to just seven celebrity couples.

Click HERE for our coverage today on judge Carrie Ann Inaba’s volunteer day yesterday with our Three Square Food Bank.

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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