| Former 98 Degrees boy band member Drew Lachey, | | | | team." Audiences at home will be given the chance to |
| who recently emerged victorious in the second | | | | choose which performers will stay and who will leave |
| season of Dancing with the Stars, will be again | | | | in the live, hour-long reality series. |
| appearing on stage, as he is now the host of a new | | | | Dancing with the Stars airs its new season on |
| Dancing with the Stars spin off. Entitled Dance War: | | | | Monday, September 24, with celebrities such as |
| Bruno vs. Carrie Ann, the six-week-long series will be | | | | billionaire Dallas Mavericks basketball team owner |
| airing this winter on ABC. Open auditions for the new | | | | Mark Cuban, Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Josie |
| reality series started this month. | | | | Maran and iconic Las Vegas entertainer Wayne |
| On the new show, Dancing with the Stars judges | | | | Newton appearing on the show. |
| Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba will be pit against | | | | For the first time in the show's history, this season's |
| each other to show off their choreographic prowess. | | | | Dancing with the Stars will features 12 celebrities |
| Right now, the two are on the hunt for talented | | | | competing for the title. Six men and six women |
| amateur dancers and singers in the open auditions | | | | comprise the largest cast on the show to date. The |
| held in New York, Los Angeles and Nashville. | | | | first week will feature a showdown between the |
| After the contestants are chosen, they split into | | | | men and women, as the women's performances will |
| teams with Bruno or Carrie Ann to compete in song | | | | be aired on September 24, while the men will |
| in dance to eventually form "the ultimate dance | | | | perform the following night, Tuesday, September 25. |