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Stevie Wonder on 'Dancing With the Stars'? He Says It's Happening, After Weight Loss
- Posted on Dec 1st 2011 11:46AM by Theo Spielberg
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Apparently, the singer's lifelong impairment is not at all an obstacle in his quest to boogie down on live television. In fact, the only obstacle he faces is his waistline. When Ellen asked him, "Is there any truth to the rumor? Are you thinking about doing 'Dancing With the Stars'?" he responded, "I'm losing weight. When I get to where I feel like I'm gonna look good enough for what I wanna do, I'll do that."
As Degeneres said, you don't really need to lose weight to get on the show, but Wonder -- who considered joining the show in 2008 -- retorted, "I'll look good in the beginning and I'll look even better in the end."
If this all happens, the 'Superstition' singer will be the first blind celebrity to appear on 'Dancing,' though he wouldn't be the first contestant with a disability: Deaf actress Marlee Matlin competed in 2008, and amputee Heather Mills, Paul McCartney's ex-wife, performed in 2007. Both finished in seventh place.
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Wonder is a music genius, no doubt about it, but it would be real cheesy of him to be on DWTS.
December 03 2011 at 10:36 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyOops this site said technical difficulties and to retry sending. We can thank Mercury Retrograde for the duplicate replies...
December 01 2011 at 9:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAlright. I had the privledge of seeing Mr. Wonder on stage and during one of his numbers he was passionately playing a tune on his ivory keys bouncing up and down on his bench when WHAM he falls off. Security guards ran to his aid while he waited in a fetal position to reunite his buttocks with the keyboard seat. He smiled and leaned into the mic to let his gasping fans know "i'm alright." then continued with his number. Point I am making is that before he fell he was sitting down. On a bench.
I wish him the very best with his attempts on DWTS and may even break boycotting watching these shows just once. LOL. Good for you Stevie!!! Lets just hope the tunes do not throw you off beat.
Alright. I had the privledge of seeing Mr. Wonder on stage and during one of his numbers he was passionately playing a tune on his ivory keys bouncing up and down on his bench when WHAM he falls off. Security guards ran to his aid while he waited in a fetal position to reunite his buttocks with the keyboard seat. He smiled and leaned into the mic to let his gasping fans know "i'm alright." then continued with his number. Point I am making is that before he fell he was sitting down. On a bench.
I wish him the very best with his attempts on DWTS and may even break boycotting watching these shows just once. LOL. Good for you Stevie!!! Lets just hope the tunes do not throw you off beat.
Alright. I had the privledge of seeing Mr. Wonder on stage and during one of his numbers he was passionately playing a tune on his ivory keys bouncing up and down on his bench when WHAM he falls off. Security guards ran to his aid while he waited in a fetal position to reunite his buttocks with the keyboard seat. He smiled and leaned into the mic to let his gasping fans know "i'm alright." then continued with his number. Point I am making is that before he fell he was sitting down. On a bench.
I wish him the very best with his attempts on DWTS and may even break boycotting watching these shows just once. LOL. Good for you Stevie!!! Lets just hope the tunes do not throw you off beat.
Alright. I had the privledge of seeing Mr. Wonder on stage and during one of his numbers he was passionately playing a tune on his ivory keys bouncing up and down on his bench when WHAM he falls off. Security guards ran to his aid while he waited in a fetal position to reunite his buttocks with the keyboard seat. He smiled and leaned into the mic to let his gasping fans know "i'm alright." then continued with his number. Point I am making is that before he fell he was sitting down. On a bench.
I wish him the very best with his attempts on DWTS and may even break boycotting watching these shows just once. LOL. Good for you Stevie!!! Lets just hope the tunes do not throw you off beat.
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