Dancing With the Stars 7: Get to Know Lance Bass

Another of this season’s celebrity dancers on Dancing With the Stars is Lance Bass. He was one of the members of the hit boy band ‘N Sync, but there’s so much more to Lance than that.

Did you know that Lance Bass is an officially trained cosmonaut? He trained for space and was originally going to be the subject of a documentary about a celebrity (Bass) who went through training and certification to go into space. Unfortunately, the deal fell through and even though he successfully completed the training, he has never been able to go into space (yet.)

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• Will dance with new pro dancer Lacey Schwimmer
• He is openly gay and dated Reichen Lehmkuhl, who was on the Amazing Race
• He wrote an autobiography called Out Of Sync
• He formed his own film production company called A Happy Place, that later changed its name to Bacon & Eggs – It made family-oriented films
• He formed a music management company named Free Lance Entertainment
• He has stated that he has Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD)
• He is a self-described “huge Dr. Seuss fan”
• He is the godfather of former bandmate Joey Fatone’s daughter, Briahna.
• He has appeared in these films:
  • Girl Camp (2007)
  • I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)
  • Love Wrecked (2005)
  • Seek & Hide (2004)
  • “Higglytown Heroes”
  • “Kim Possible” (1 episode, 2004)
  • “The New Tom Green Show” (1 episode, 2003)
  • Kingdom Hearts (2002)
  • On the Line (2001)
  • “7th Heaven”(1 episode, 2000)
  • Longshot (2000)
  • “Touched by an Angel” (1 episode, 1999)
  • Women’s World Soccer Cup Opening Ceremony ‘99 (1999)- Singer

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