October 22, 2010

THE COMPETITION HEATS UP AS

SEVEN REMAINING COUPLES ROCK THE BALLROOM FLOOR WITH TWO DANCES FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON,

ON “DANCING WITH THE STARS” MONDAY, OCTOBER 25 ON ABC

Rock Week Features Performances from Heart, Kylie Minogue and a Special Macy’s Stars of Dance Number from School of Rock on “Dancing with the Stars The Results Show”

Tuesday, October 26

“Episode 1006/1006A” – The show’s seven remaining couples will rock the ballroom as they dance the Paso Doble and Tango to classic and contemporary rock songs and tear up the dance floor in the show’s first ever rock and roll dance marathon, on “Dancing with the Stars,” on MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

On Tuesday, the sixth couple to be eliminated this season will be sent home on “Dancing with the Stars the Results Show,” TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26 (9:00-10:01 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

Also on Tuesday’s Results Show, legendary rock and roll band Heart will play its iconic hit “Barracuda,” accompanied by Dancing with Stars pros Louis Van Amstel, Karina Smirnoff, Derek Hough, Chelsie Hightower, Damian Holbrook and Peta Murgatryod. Heart recently released its 13th studio album, “Red Velvet Car,” produced by Grammy winning producer Ben Mink (kd lang, Feist, Bare Naked Ladies), which debuted at #10 in Billboard Magazine¹s Top 200 Album Chart. Their current AC single, “Hey You” was in the Top 30 for three months, while their classic rock single, “WTF” hovered near Top 10 (on those respective charts). Heart has sold over 30 million albums and had 22 Top 40 hits. Over the past decade, Heart songs have achieved ubiquity in pop culture in films (“Shrek 3,” “The Dilemma”), television (“American Idol,” “Glee,” “Dancing with the Stars”), commercials (Honda, Swiffer), and videogames (Rock Band, Guitar Hero), as well as performed by other top artists (Eminem, Fergie, Gretchen Wilson, among many others). To support the release of “Red Velvet Car,” Heart toured through the summer of 2010 including four Lilith Fair shows and nearly 40 headline shows, which continued through September 25 and will pick up again in November and December. Heart’s first album (“Dreamboat Annie”) was released in 1976. The band broke barriers with a repertoire that includes rock classics like “Barracuda,” “Crazy on You,” “Magic Man,” “Straight On,” alongside acoustic standards like “These Dreams,” “Dog & Butterfly” and “Dreamboat Annie.” They were 2008 recipients of VH1 Rock Honors, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Northwest Grammy Foundation and received ASCAP’s award for Excellence in Songwriting in 2009.

Also on Tuesday, pop superstar Kylie Minogue performs her hit single “Get Outta My Way,” which is the second single lifted from her eleventh studio album, Aphrodite. The single, which features mixes from Bimbo Jones, Kris Menace, Paul Harris, Beataucue, Daddys Groove, Sidney Samson, & Mat Zo, is out now. Over the course of her extraordinary 20-plus-year-career, Kylie Minogue has been a global force in pop music and is one of the world’s most successful female artists with more than 60 million albums sold worldwide, 50 hit singles including the U.S. Billboard dance-chart toppers “Can’t Get You Our of My Head,” “Love At First Sight,” “Slow” and

the Grammy-Award winning “Come Into My World.” She has received countless awards

and accolades including an OBE from the Queen, eight sold-out world tours including the KylieX2008 tour which traveled to 21 countries worldwide. Minogue has released ten studio albums, three live CDs, eight live concert DVD’s, plus her Greatest Hits, Ultimate Kylie double album and Boombox The Remix Album 2000-2008. Kylie has her own successful bed linen

line “Kylie at Home” and has released six fragrances, the latest “Couture” for women and “Inverse” for men. Her 7th fragrance “Pink Sparkle” was released earlier this year.

This week’s “School of Rock” themed Macy’s Stars of Dance performance will feature all-star kid musicians from national School of Rock and one of the best show choirs in the country, The Powerhouse Choir from John Burroughs High School in Burbank, California. The number will be choreographed by Travis Wall. The School of Rock is a nationally-acclaimed music education program whose mission is to inspire kids to rock on stage and in life.  With 62 locations in 23 states and more new ones on the way, students of all levels learn to play rock music in a unique and interactive way at the hands of professional musicians, developing both their music skills and confidence. The School of Rock All-stars are comprised of the best students from across the country and play over 60 dates a year at theaters, festivals and the nation’s top music venues

By evening’s end, one couple will be eliminated, as determined by a combination of the judges’ scores and viewers’ votes on dances performed on Monday’s performance show. Who among the following seven teams will be next to leave the ballroom floor?

·      BRANDY, actress and singer, and partnerMAKSIM CHMERKOVSKIY.

·      RICK FOX, former NBA champion and partnerCHERYL BURKE.

·      JENNIFER GREY, beloved film and television actress, DEREK HOUGH.

·      KYLE MASSEY, television teen star, and partner LACEY SCHWIMMER.

·      BRISTOL PALIN, teen advocate and Alaska’s first daughter, and partner MARK BALLAS.

·      AUDRINA PATRIDGE, MTV reality star, and partner TONY DOVOLANI.

·      KURT WARNER, former pro-NFL quarterback, and partner ANNA TREBUNSKAYA.

Hosted by Tom Bergeron (“America’s Funniest Home Videos”) and Brooke Burke (“Dancing with the Stars” Season 7 champion), the celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which will be judged by renowned Ballroom judge Len Goodman and dancer/choreographers Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba.

Viewers may cast their votes for their favorite teams via phone on Monday night during and up to 30 minutes after the “Dancing with the Stars” performance shows. Wireless customers with AT&T may also text message their votes by texting the word “VOTE” to the number that corresponds to the team they want to support (message and data rates may apply). Viewers may also vote online at www.abc.com starting from the opening of each episode on the East Coast. Fans may cast the maximum limit of votes for each voting method.