{"id":96815,"date":"2014-03-18T15:30:50","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T20:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=96815"},"modified":"2014-06-02T16:41:46","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T21:41:46","slug":"dancing-with-the-stars-season-18-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/dancing-with-the-stars-season-18-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Dancing With the Stars: Season 18 Off to an Exciting Start!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How far we have come, my fellow\u00a0<strong><a title=\"DWTS diet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/Dancing_with_the_Stars\/\"><em>Dancing With the Stars<\/em><\/a><\/strong> fans. Right? Last night was the premiere of Season 18 of the popular dance show, and I can hardly believe it! Here&#8217;s a short summary of all that happened, in case you missed it:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;Dancing with the Stars&#039;: Season 18 Premiere\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8VTp_0ViOk0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Last night, we met the couples. If you haven&#8217;t seen the show previously, the professional dancers (who are actually celebrities themselves, at this point) are paired with an actor, actress, athlete, Olympian,\u00a0or<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>scientist, in this season&#8217;s case, then dance for votes each week.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The show is wildly entertaining because sometimes these celebrities have\u00a0<em>no<\/em> dance skills whatsoever, yet they truly work their way up to being professionals. You get to see the performances as well as the behind-the-scenes outtakes, and many a celebrity has gotten in mean shape from all that dancing.<\/p>\n<p>This season, our celebrity dancers include\u00a0Danica McKellar, Candace Cameron Bure, <strong><a title=\"Drew Carey's diet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/drew-careys-diet-cured-his-diabetes\/\">Drew Carey<\/a><\/strong>, Diana Nyad, Cody Simpson, NeNe Leakes, Meryl Davis, Charlie White, Amy Purdy, Sean Avery, James Maslow, and Billy Dee Williams.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/dancing-with-the-stars-season-18-cast-ABC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96824\" alt=\"dancing-with-the-stars-season-18-cast-ABC\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/dancing-with-the-stars-season-18-cast-ABC.jpg\" width=\"592\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/dancing-with-the-stars-season-18-cast-ABC.jpg 592w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/dancing-with-the-stars-season-18-cast-ABC-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, the winner of Season 1 of\u00a0<em>DWTS<\/em>\u00a0was Kelly Monaco, star of\u00a0<em>General Hospital<\/em>. She only had five other celebrity competitors. These days, there are twelve couples to dance up against\u2014er, against. The show has gained in popularity which naturally leads to higher celebrity status.<\/p>\n<p>Last night was fantastic. This season, the show has switched up a few things, including their host. Host\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Brooke Burke slimdown secrets\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/tune-in-brooke-burkes-post-pregnancy-body-secrets-on-the-doctors\/\">Brooke Burke-Charvet<\/a><\/strong> is gone and Erin Andrews has taken her place\u00a0alongside Tom Bergeron. Besides the hosts, the orchestra also has a new conductor, in an attempt to jazz up the music a bit.<\/p>\n<p>Though all of the dancers impressed, two couples led the way in points: Cameron-Bure with her partner Mark Ballas earned 25 points from the judges; White, with his partner Sharna Burgess, were awarded 27 points. Of course, the votes are what matter the most, so be sure to vote for your favorite couple!<\/p>\n<p>Here at Diets in Review, we will be following Cameron-Bure throughout her journey as she <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/mobile\/article\/0,,20797348,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">blogs her way to the top spot<\/a><\/strong>! (Hopefully!)<\/p>\n<p><em>Video and photo via ABC.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Dancing With the Stars gain perspective \" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/dancing-with-the-stars-contestants-lose-weight-gain-new-life-perspective\/#Hxjsuj15CVqT96YV.99\">Dancing with the Stars Contestants Lose Weight, Gain New Life Perspective<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Kirstie Alley DWTS\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/kirstie-alley-down-38-inches-since-her-dancing-debut\/#0WcfuXb6mddITfTL.99\">Kirstie Alley Down 38 Inches Since her Dancing Debut<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Drew Carey drops 80 pounds\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/drew-carey-drops-80-pounds\/#EHvfxzcYVPeTwJZt.99\">The Meal Plan That Helped Drew Carey Drop 80 Pounds<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How far we have come, my fellow\u00a0Dancing With the Stars fans. Right? Last night was the premiere of Season 18 of the popular dance show, and I can hardly believe it! Here&#8217;s a short summary of all that happened, in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/dancing-with-the-stars-season-18-begins\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[26,9574,3222],"class_list":["post-96815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity","tag-dancing-with-the-stars"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96815"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96823,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96815\/revisions\/96823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}