Dancing with the Stars
Tuesday’s DWTS: What You Didn’t See
October 24, 2007
Just Call Her Jenny: Jennifer Lopez was Tuesday night’s guest performer, but the singer actually made her Dancing debut Sunday night before a last-minute live audience was assembled. A show rep says the actress-singer had to attend to a family emergency—the passing of her grandmother. Despite the sad circumstances, Julianne Hough tells PEOPLE that Lopez “was awesome. She is such a great performer and she was such a sweetheart.” Hough and several other pro dancers performed while Lopez belted out her hit, “Let’s Get Loud.” “I got to talk to her and Marc [Anthony] and they were so nice,” Hough gushed. “They just made the whole show amazing.”
Close Call: Jane Seymour narrowly escaped elimination. Despite solid scores from the judges for her rumba (26 out of 30), Seymour and partner Tony Dovolani found themselves in the bottom two. “We need fans. We need voting fans,” a panicked Seymour said. “I did not like that red light at all. I don’t need another week of drama.”
Back in Action: Marie Osmond’s fainting spell on Monday night’s show was a first-ever on DWTS. But she assured PEOPLE that she is feeling great: “I was so embarrassed. My gosh,” said Osmond. “Don’t you love live TV?!”
Osmond says she checked her email Tuesday morning and had “thousands of emails from people. I was so touched by all of the people sending notes. I told Jonathan [Roberts, her pro partner] it makes me really want to get out there and kick some booty.” Osmond added that she’s gotten a kick catching up on the rumors, too. “I am NOT pregnant,” she said. “Eight is enough.”
Is There a Doctor in the House?: Spice Girl Mel B. and partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy were a walking petri dish of germs. “She had a throat infection, eye infection. I had an ear infection, a cold,” Chmerkovskiy said. “Every night we go home and we take an antiseptic shower.” But the two are on the mend, Mel B. assured PEOPLE. “My antibiotics have kicked in and I am getting better.” —Monica Rizzo
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