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Born in Newark, New Jersey on March 30th, 1964, Ian Ziering grew up in New Jersey’s West Orange with two brothers. Although both brothers are more than 10 years older than Ziering, the family has shared a close relationship since the death of Ziering’s mother around 9 years ago.
Ziering’s first role came at the age [...]

Tonight, Blake and Jordin each performed three songs in the Kodak Theater.  The song choices were their favorite, one they hadn’t performed before, and the song that won the songwriters contest “This Is My Now.”  Through a toss of a coin, Blake chose to go first.  He did his great version of “You Give Love [...]

Born July 31st, 1988 in Salt Lake City, Utah, Julianne Hough grew up with 10 siblings in a Mormon household. When she was only ten years old, Hough moved away from her family to London, England, to study dance. She trained and studied wholeheartedly with several dance coaches and attended the Italia Conti Academy of [...]

Laila Ali was born in Miami Beach on December 30th, 1977, to humanitarian and former heavyweight boxing world-champion Muhammad Ali and his third wife, Veronica Porsche Ali.
After earning a degree in Business Management from Santa Monica College, Ali was accepted into the University of Southern California’s business school. With a knack for business, Ali opened [...]

And the winner is – the viewing audience.  Tonight, the show was everything you could want in a final.  There were three contestants evenly matched who put everything they had into their performances this evening and it was all you could ask for as a viewer.

Tonight’s finals did not disappoint me as a viewer, although I think the show did have some disappointments for the judges.  Len Goodman really needs to take a pill.  I’m not sure he knows what he wants when it comes to the performances, and what he wants changes from week to week.  And I think [...]

Born on May 12th, 1984, Cheryl Burke grew up in San Francisco, California. With a background of Filipino, Irish and Russian descent, Burke was blessed with a family that loved dance, and was enrolled at the age of four in ballet lessons. She continued with ballet until the age of eleven, performing at various recitals [...]

Larry King had the finalists from Dancing With The Stars on his show tonight, along with their professional partners.  Judge Len Goodman was also on the show, but in a different studio than the contestants.  Larry King said it was to keep them apart because they still had a competition, but I think it was [...]

Born on January 17th, 1980, Maksim Chmerkovskiy spend his early childhood years in his native town of Odessa, Ukraine. When he was four years old, his parents enrolled him in dance classes, and he quickly became one of the leading figures in junior ballroom dancing.
As a teenager, Chmerkovskiy was not thrilled about dancing, and preferred [...]

Apolo was born on May 22nd, 1982, in Seattle, Washington to mother Jerrie Lee and Japanese father Yuki Ohno, Ohno’s mother and father divorced when he was a toddler, leaving Ohno’s father to raise him as a single parent. Owner of a Seattle hair salon, Ohno’s father was concerned with how his son would spend [...]