Las Vegas Weekly

September 3, 2010 · 11:27 AM

Photos: DWTS’ Season 11 hopefuls continue to rehearse

By Don Chareunsy

Kyle Massey and Lacey Schwimmer rehearse for Season 11 of ABC's Dancing With the Stars.

Photo: Greg Zabilski/ABC TV

By Don Chareunsy, Vegas DeLuxe editor

The hard work -- long, rigorous daily rehearsals -- continues now that the Season 11 cast of ABC’s juggernaut Dancing With the Stars has been paired with professional dancers and the predictions of who will lead the pack have been posted and discussed online.

More rehearsal photographs by Greg Zabilski of ABC have been released, with the following pairs shaking their groove things: retired L.A. Lakers star Rick Fox and two-time professional champion Cheryl Burke; The Disney Channel star Kyle Massey and Lacy Schwimmer (their photographs are hi-larious -- it’s nice to see a celebrity not take himself too seriously on the dance floor); and politician Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas. (The new photographs are at the tail end of the gallery.)

Previous photographs posted yesterday are of Las Vegas regular and The Hills starlet Audrina Patridge and Tony Dovolani; actress Jennifer Grey and two-time champion Derek Hough; comedienne and actress Margaret Cho, who is at The Pearl in the Palms on Sept. 17, with Louis Van Amstel; Grammy-winning singer Michael Bolton with Las Vegas native Chelsie Hightower; actress Florence Henderson with Corky Ballas; and Grammy-winning singer Brandy with Le Reve choreographer Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

The remaining three couples without rehearsal photographs yet are actor, singer and former Las Vegas headliner David Hasselhoff and Kym Johnson; Las Vegas regular and Jersey Shore hottie Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino and Karina Smirnoff; and retired Super Bowl-winning quarterback Kurt Warner and Anna Trebunskaya, last season’s runner-up with Olympic figure skating gold medalist Evan Lysacek (they were robbed!).

Wynn Director of Race & Sports Book Operations and odds-maker Johnny Avello’s first pre-season odds released this week has Fox and Burke at the top, followed by Dirty Dancing’s Grey and Season 10 champion Hough.

Season 11 gets underway Sept. 20.

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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