Dancing with the Stars: New Ventures for Pro Dancers

Friday, November 30, 2007

This past season of Dancing with the Stars was another popular entry into the series continued strong showing. With the most recent season of Dancing with the Stars now wrapped, what's in store for some of the professional dancers from the series?

For one, it's a branching out into another career path beyond dancing. For another, it might be a move entirely away from the Dancing with the Stars franchise.

Julianne Hough is not entirely new to the singing world – she released her first single last May on iTunes. The song was called “Will You Dance with Me” and peaked at 100 on the Billboard's Pop 100 singles chart.

After her recent win, though, she's ready to take another step in that career.

"I just signed with Universal Records, so I'm going to be singing! I have my first album out in April, and my first single's out in January. I'm excited!"

She'll be recording the album in Nashville throughout December and will be traveling quite a bit to keep up with her commitments. "I'm going to be back and forth between Nashville and L.A. all the time…Maybe New York too!"

Meanwhile, a less-cheerful runner-up Maksim Chmerkovskiy is not quite as filled with chipper enthusiasm, and he is looking to possibly move on from the show that has not yet brought him a win.

"If this is the limit of where I can get in the show, well then let it be," he told Extra. "I'm satisfied and moving on…I've already been asked to choreograph other huge projects in Germany and in China and Macau.”

He also told OK! Magazine, "I don't want to look back 10 years from now and see my life as a failure.”

One can understand his disappointment, but maybe he will soften his stance with the passing of time and possibly return to the Dancing with the Stars stage again.


- Leslie Seaton, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: RealityTVWorld.com