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Lifetime announced that it will premiere Your Mama Don’t Dance, a new Dancing with the Stars-like reality competition series that partners professional dancers with one of their novice parents, on Friday, February 29 at 9PM ET/PT and revealed the identities of the 10 duos that will compete on the show.
“Your Mama Don’t Dance distinguishes itself from other dance competition shows because its point of view is truly unique,” said Lifetime president Susanne Daniels. “The relationships between the dancers and their parents will evolve during the eight weeks and it will be both heartwarming and heartbreaking — with a lot of twists and unexpected turns along the way.”
“This show is truly a testament to how far parents will go for their children,” said executive producer Bob Bain. “These parents are picking up their lives for ten weeks, leaving their friends and families at home to come to dance on national television with their kids. Most don’t have any formal dance training whatsoever, so it is going to be really interesting to see how well they perform.”
Your Mama Don’t Dance will be hosted by Dancing with the Stars fourth-season celebrity participant Ian Ziering. It’s definitely become a tradition for celebrity dancers from Dancing With the Stars to go on to host another dance or music show. Let’s see, there’s Joey Fatone who hosts Singing Bee, Drew Lachey who hosts Dance War and Mario Lopez who hosts America’s Best Dance Crew. Heck we’ve even seen Laila Ali become host of American Gladiators.
The 10 teams competing on Your Mama Don’t Dance are:
(follow the jump to find out about the dancers.)
- Jeremy Barthel, a 22-year-old from Los Angeles, CA, and his mom Doris Barthel, a 50-year-old from San Diego, CA
- Noelle Croner, a 19-year-old from New York City, and her dad Doug Croner, a 52-year-old from Gilbertsville, PA
- Jesse Lewis, a 21-year-old from Los Angeles, CA, and his mom Rebecca Lewis, a 51-year-old from Birmingham, AL
- Celia Merendi, a 23-year-old from New York City, and her dad Silvano Merendi, a 48-year-old from Miami, FL
- Nicole Niestemski, a 24-year-old from Los Angeles, CA, and her dad Michael Niestemski, a 48-year-old from Cerritos, CA
- Heather Phillips, a 22-year-old from New York City, and her dad Stephen Phillips, a 54-year-old from Philadelphia, PA
- Dante Pueleio, a 31-year-old from New York City, and his mom Dolores Pueleio, a 51-year-old from East Brunswick, NJ
- Brooke Shephard, a 19-year-old from New York City, and her dad Eric Shephard, a 43-year-old from Columbus, OH
- Jonathan Silva, a 19-year-old from Los Angeles, CA and Rodilyn Woodbridge, a 39-year-old from Long Beach, CA
- Erick “E-Rock” Uphoff, a 20-year-old from Los Angeles, CA and Carol Uphoff, a 43-year-old from Chapel Hill, NC
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I am very excited and will be watching every show! I have imagined that there would be a show such as this. My son is 13 years old. He will be 14 in May. He has been taking ballroom dance lessons for a year now. He is a “project” for Fred Astaire Dance Studio on Hilton Head Island, SC. His sister who will be 18 years old on March 20, 2008. She is also a “project” because she volunteers to help with PEP. Landon is my baby. I am going to be 54 years old on March 25,2008. If I am ever going to be able to audition, it must to be now. I would love to show my son/(s)/daughter Your mama does dance!!!
Where’s the information on how/where to audition, the age limits for auditions, qaulifications, etc.