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Aging has never been a problem for Jane Seymour. Even at 56, she makes boyish fantasies come true (see Wedding Crashers).

But can she dance?

Oh, who are we trying to kid. The woman can move like an old, er, young pro. “My body is capable of doing things I didn’t think it was capable of doing,” the actor said.

Good thing, since Seymour has signed up for the fifth season of the sweaty ballroom standoff known as Dancing With the Stars.

Luckily, decades before Seymour gained fame as an actor, she was a budding dancer in England.

“When I was 16, all I wanted to do in life was be a dancer,” said Seymour, who studied ballet while in theatre school. “I then injured my knees and spent more time in the hospital than I did on stage.”

Despite her acting success, Seymour has wanted to get back on the dance floor.

Dancing With the Stars’ producers offered to grant her wish for the past couple of seasons, but Seymour turned them down. She was struggling to recover from back surgery in 2003 and was hesitant to leave her mother — who had suffered a stroke — back in England.

But since DWTS is her mother’s favourite show, she couldn’t say no when the opportunity came again.

“She attempted to talk very animatedly and she got very very excited when she found out I was going to do this in her honour,” Seymour says. “Hopefully I do my mother and anyone with injuries — and advanced age — a favour.”

Seymour’s dance partner, Tony Dovolani has taken care of that “advanced age” thing. He’s a tough coach, but she says his lessons have done wonders for her back and her stiff “British hips.”

“He’s been trying to train my hips — which are very British — to do all kinds of wiggly things. We’ve been practising now for just over three weeks and without trying I’ve lost 14 pounds and I’m in the best shape I’ve been since I was 16.”

Dancing With the Stars premieres tonight with the six women competitors — Seymour plus Melanie Brown, Sabrina Bryan, Jennie Garth, Josie Maran and Marie Osmond. Tomorrow, the stage goes to the men — Helio Castroneves, Mark Cuban, Cameron Mathison, Floyd Mayweather, Albert Reed and Wayne Newton.

Season five of ‘Dancing with the Stars’ begins tonight and we will be watching a whole new list of celebrities putting their dance moves to the test. The first up tonight will be the women celebrities. Tomorrow the guys will have their turn.Who are the celebrities competing this time around?

Melanie Brown is a former member of the Spice Girls and was “Scary Spice.” The Spice Girls are planning a reunion tour starting in December of 2007. Brown has been involved with a controversy that involved the birth of Eddie Murphy’s child. She also has another child from another relationship. She is married to Stephen Belafonte, a movie producer. She will be dancing with Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

Sabrina Bryan is an actress and recording artist who gained popularity with her role in the Disney Channel’s ‘Cheetah Girls’ movies. Bryan has put together a fitness dance DVD called BYOU that is for young girls. She has singing and choreography skills, plus she has plenty of energy with her young age. Bryan is a National Spokesperson for Healthy Kids Challenge, which promotes good eating habits in the United States youth. Bryan will also be starring in “The Cheetah Girls 3” playing the role of Dorinda. Bryan is only 23 years old.

Jennie Garth is a popular TV actress that was most known for her role in ‘Beverly Hills 90210’ and also on the show ‘What I Like About You.’ She also has acted is several made for TV movies. She has three daughters and is married to Peter Facinelli, who is an actor.

Josie Maran is a model and an actress. She is starting up her own makeup line called, Josie Maran Cosmetics. She modeled for several magazine covers, and most noted as a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model. Maran will be dancing with Alec Mazo.

Marie Osmond is most known as a singer, but has also acted and co-hosted TV shows. Osmond also has a successful collectible doll line. Osmond not only has been a bestselling author, but she also is co-founder and a co-host for the Children’s Miracle Network. Osmond will be dancing with Jonathan Roberts.

Jane Seymour is also a do it all, with many credits to her name. Seymour is an actress, artist, author, activist, and designer of home décor and accessories. We will all be watching to find out if she can dance too! Seymour is well known for her role as in the TV show ‘Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.’ She is involved in activist for abused and poor children around the world. Seymour will be dancing with Tony Dovolani.

Helio Castroneves is a two time winner of the Indianopolis 500. This race car driver is from Brazil and is a partner and owner of NasrCastroneves racing team. He has also raced for Team Penske. He will be partnered with Julianne Hough.

Mark Cuban owns the Dallas Mavericks. He first gained his fortune from founding Broadcast.com which was purchase by Yahoo! Cuban has created a successful enterprise with the Mavericks as well. But can he make his dance steps win the dance competition?

Cameron Mathison is an actor on the daytime soap ‘All My Children.’ He has also acted on ‘CSI’ and ‘The Drew Carey Show.’ People magazine named him as one of the 100 Top Bachelors.

Floyd Mayweather is the WBC Super Welterweight Boxing Champion. He is paired with Karina Smirnoff. He gained the nickname “pretty boy” because he didn’t get cuts and scrapes on his face when he would box. In 1996, he won a bronze medal at the Olympic Games for Featherweight division boxing.

Wayne Newton is famous for his singing and performing at Las Vegas casinos. This has gained him the name, “Mr. Las Vegas.” He has released 165 albums to date. He will be dancing with Cheryl Burke.

Albert Reed is a model which recently been in the ad campaigns for Abercrombie & Fitch, Diesel Clothing, Arrow Clothing, Rayban and Reebok. He is still quite young at only, 22 years old. He also was a competition surfer in his teens. Reed also said he is an actor, musician, and an artist.

You can go to abc.com and you can play along to win yourself by guessing which one will get voted off the show. ABC is also doing this with the TV reality show ‘The Bachelor.’

I suspect that Sabrina Bryan and Albert Reed will do well on the show. I suspect that Wayne Newton will stick around for a while, but it will be difficult to keep up to the end. I will enjoy seeing Marie Osmond, and hope she gets to stay for a while. I don’t know if Melanie Brown will make it, she just had a baby and I am not sure if she is the same as when she was in the ‘Spice Girls.’ I try to keep track of the competition as it evolves. Each season is so much fun, because they have new diverse group of celebrities.