Cassandra Thorburn has outed herself as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars. The headline in The Daily Telegraph, and the photo with the story in Confidential:
Confidential also has an interview with Samuel Johnson confirming his appearance, and it also claims to confirm Curtly Ambrose.
Confirmed. Samuel Johnson being interviewed by Fitzy and Wippa right now about DWTS.
Only recognise the guy.
Er, there are 2 guys.
If we go along with this logic, former DWTS judge Mark Wilson appeared on Studio 10 the other day…
Cass looks stunning. Great buzz building for the Ten brand show. Why were Seven never capable of generating this sort of speculation or buzz in the lead up to DWTS when it aired there for them? I guess they never needed to in earlier seasons but the differences in approach are interesting.
Who says? I think you have selective memory.
There certainly was. It was all you would read about for months on end.
I’m still not sold on Cass as a celebrity but that’s just me.
Samuel and Curtly look fantastic though. Should be a good season.
She was on Studio 10 this morning… She said sounds very odd the celebrities then you get to me. 
She is a lovely lady and very down to earth good luck to her on the show.
Don’t worry she doesn’t think of herself as a celebrity either. 
Just a “star”. 
The tabloids are going to go feral. Samuel Johnson mentioned this morning in his Fitzy and Wippa interview that Cass slapped him on the bum during their photo shoot a couple of days ago. I’m sure there will be a cover story of a hook-up in New Idea very soon.
Was the cast ever leaked? Drip fed reveals from the network to maximise coverage or all in one hit on Today Tonight?
Yes, there were leaks every year and plenty of speculation from all sections of the media. The reveals were done in different ways in different years. Sometimes in the newspapers or magazines. Sometimes on Sunrise or Today Tonight.
You have to remember that times change and with the explosion of social media, things are done differently now. Everything gets leaked early. From TV show presenters, to reality show contestants and storylines for scripted TV shows.
Can’t believe 10 have resurrected this show, especially for a younger network like 10. The ratings (for Seven standards) in the last year a few years ago with Edwina and Shane Bourne were pretty bad. This is risky but like all attempts to re-launch I hope it finds an audience.
I must say, I was never a watcher back in the original years with Daryl and Sonia, though did for some reason start watching the season with Mel B and got into it, that season(s) had some flare but it was also the judges like Helen and Todd who helped make it.
Do we know any major structural changes announced to the format?
It’s an established brand, that had a loyal following last measured at around 800k. I understand that was in a time period where the numbers were less acceptable than they are now for a network like Seven. Given Ten’s troubling lack of content that resonates, I can understand why Ten resurrected it.
I could’ve sworn the ratings were more like barely 600k on a Sunday?
I was also surprised they picked up dancing with the stars. I hope it works for them but this show has never interested me and I doubt I will tune in just because it’s on another network.
