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As far as Marie Osmond is concerned, Dancing with the Stars ought to consider a name change.

“It’s called Dancing with the Starved,” Marie jokes to OK! backstage after the season premiere of the hit ABC show Monday night. “I’ve lost three inches around my waist so far.”

The 47-year-old signed onto the dance competition not to work on her quickstep, but to lose weight. Her plan is working thus far with her six-hour a day practices and a NutriSystem diet. “It’s so easy and it tastes good, salads and vegetables. [I can] heat it up at the dance studio.”

She thinks fans of the series will relate to her weight struggle: “You know every chick’s on a diet!”

But Marie doesn’t know exactly how many pounds she’s lost because she refuses to get on the scale and says preparing for the first show was stressful enough.

Paired with Jonathan Roberts, the duo foxtrotted to a score of 21 on ladies’ night last night, good enough for a third place tie. After her dance, the singer/actress joked that 25 million viewers will be voting and “22 of them will be Osmonds.”

And you can bet her eight children will be casting their votes too, but one thing they may not help with is her love life. With her divorce from husband Brian Blosil not yet final, Marie isn’t dating. “Oh, heavens, no,” she laughed to OK! “Who would want to date a woman with eight kids?”

Former seventies star MARIE OSMOND was stunned when she was invited to appear on U.S. TV talent show DANCING WITH THE STARS, because she can’t dance. Osmond, 47, will be partnered with a professional dancer to learn a range of genres, including the tango, the rumba, the foxtrot and cha-cha on the new series of the ABC show, which starts next month (24Sep07). She says, “When they called, I was like, ‘No! Shut up! Me? And then after the initial high, I was like, ‘No! Shut up! Me!’ “On Donny and Marie (70s TV show) we did dancing, but that was the point of having 14 people behind you. It distracted (the audience) from your inability (to dance).”

Singer MARIE OSMOND has found love again six months after splitting from husband BRIAN BLOSIL. The Paper Roses star’s new man is a schoolteacher from Arizona, called Robert Crump, according to U.S. reports. And while Osmond’s publicist denies the two are a couple, close friends claim the singer and Crump are old friends who have become lovers. A source says, “They started off as friends when they met about seven years ago because Marie was married. “As her marriage to Brian Blosil began to fall apart, she leaned more and more on Bob for support.” Crump was reportedly by Osmond’s side when she attended a recent Osmonds family reunion show in Las Vegas.

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.