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First 'Dancing With the Stars' contestant revealed

Jacoby Jones yet another NFL pro to hit the dance floor

By MSN TV Feb 25, 2013 8:43AM
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NFL pro Jacoby Jones has been revealed as the first contestant on the upcoming season of "Dancing With the Stars." During Sunday's Academy Awards telecast and two days ahead of the official cast announcement on Tuesday, an advertisement for the upcoming season of the hit ballroom competition named Jones as the first star to take the TV dance floor.

 

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Jones, a wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens, is fresh off his Super Bowl win earlier this month, and he follows in the footsteps of fellow NFL pros Donald Driver, Hines Ward and Emmitt Smith, who all won the coveted mirrorball trophy in each of their respective seasons. The 16th season of "DWTS" begins March 18.

 

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3Comments
Feb 26, 2013 8:53AM
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Very disappointed with their selection this year. Never even heard of half of these people. Pickins must of been very slim.
Feb 26, 2013 8:43AM
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Just read the list for the new season.   Who are these people?   I think they have to change the name of the show - it definitely isn't Dancing With the Stars.   Looks like just another season I won't have to waste my time watching.   It's bad enough we don't know these people, but the studio audience is so annoying.
Feb 25, 2013 3:25PM
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Dancing With The Stars, The Amazing Race, All Star Celebrity Apprentice, The Real Housewives of (fill in the blank), America's Got Talent, etc.: is this revolving door of garbage that is reality tv EVER going to stop? With this tripe filling at least half of the broadcast space it's no wonder that original comedy and drama programming that doesn't pull off spectacular ratings within one or two shows of their debuts automatically get pulled. What in the world is it going to take to destroy this plague of reality television? If there is a way to wipe out this sewage I wish someone would implement it quickly before another new season of Big Brother, Swamp People or Pawn Wars (whatever that idiotic show's title actually is) begin. Reality television is a far, far worse phenomenon to have struck the entertainment industry than canned laughter or the infomercial and, just like a cancerous tumor, it needs to be permanently removed.
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