Dancing with the Stars has only five more celebrity dancers who are still in the game: Melanie Brown, Helio Castroneves, Jennie Garth, Cameron Mathison and Marie Osmond. That means that very soon, within the next three weeks, a winner will be announced and the competition will come to a close.

The show is not over yet, however. Fans of the competitive dancing reality show will soon be able to watch their favorite stars dance live with their favorite professional partners. The Dancing with the Stars tour kicks off on December 18, and tickets to the shows go on sale tomorrow beginning at 10am.

This will be the show's third annual tour. The tour will make its way from the West Coast, beginning at the Key Arena in Seattle on December 18, to the East Coast, ending at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia on February 10. The tour will hit 37 cities in total, including Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Toronto, Nashville and Atlanta, among many others.

The Dancing with the Stars celebrities from past and present seasons who are scheduled to perform in the tour include Sabrina Bryan, Wayne Newton, Joey Lawrence, Marie Osmond, Monique Coleman and former champion Drew Lachey.

These celebrities will of course be joined by their professional partners. Alec Mazo, Derek Hough, Brian Fortuna, Kym Johnson and Karina Smirnoff will perform at all shows, and Cheryl Burke, Mark Ballas, Jonathan Roberts and Edya Sliwinska will perform on select dates.

Before each show, local Dancing with the Stars fans can compete in The Soft Scrub Dance Challenge, a dance competition to be judged by Alec Mazo. The two couples who make it past judging all the way to the finals will perform in the live show, dancing the tango or the cha cha in front of the audience. The winning couple will be decided based on the Audience Applause meter and will receive a trophy.

More details can be found on the tour's official website, dancingwiththestars.aeglive.com. But in the meantime, you can continue to catch more Dancing with the Stars action on Monday and Tuesday nights on ABC.


-Debbie Chang, BuddyTV Staff Writer
Source: dancingwiththestars.aeglive.com
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