Dancing with the Stars

The creators of Dancing With the Stars are hoping the millions of viewers of the hit ABC reality show aren’t strictly couch potatoes as they prepare to take the show on the road in a huge 38 city tour. Hoping to mimic the success of So You Think You Can Dance, which brought its contestants out to packed venues earlier this year, Dancing With the Stars show-bookers have assembled a line-up featuring contestants from all the star studded seasons. Included will be: Drew Lachey and Cheryl Burke, Willa Ford, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Harry Hamlin, Ashly DelGrosso, Lisa Rinna, Louis Van Amstel and many more. Kym Johnson, who never really got the chance to soar with Jerry Springer tethered to her waist, will be trading up to the infinitely more nimble Joey McIntyre of New Kids on the Block. The Dancing With the Stars outing hopes it can tap into the success of former reality reality-show-come-road-shows So You Think..., which ended this weekend, and, of course, American Idol. The potential audience for the tour is culled from the approximately 19.5 Dancing With the Stars viewers who tune in to the competition every week.