ABC is going dance-crazy this season, with another competition, "Dance
War," set to fill in between the two cycles of "Dancing with the Stars"
at midseason.
That series features two of the "Dancing with the Stars" judges guiding
teams of hoofers, and now the network has tapped a former "Dancing"
champ, Drew Lachey, as its host.
"Dance War," based on the British show "Dance X," will have "DwtS"
judges Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli assemble teams. Two teams of
dancers, one led by Bruno Tonioli and the other by Carrie Ann Inaba,
face off each week in various musical challenges of dancers who compete
in choreographed singing-and-dancing face-offs.
Lachey knows a thing or two about singing and dancing, having been part
of boy band 98 Degrees in the late 1990s. He won the second season
of "Dancing with the Stars" with Cheryl Burke and also has a little bit
of hosting experience, emceeing the Miss USA pageant last year.
