Dancing with the Stars NZ 2022

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Meet Dancing with the Stars' celebrity contestants for 2022 (The Spinoff)

A broadcaster, a boxer, a reality TV star and a comedian. Who will grapevine straight into our hearts?

Prediction: It’s just a quickstep and a hip-hop from Young New Zealander of the Year to Young New Zealand Dancer of the Year, right? Prediction: I can’t forget Sonia’s terrifying performance as an enraged French hairdresser in Netflix’s The Royal Treatment, and now I’m too scared to rank her any lower. Prediction: Kerre knows how to dance around dodgy talkback opinions, and she’ll attract a shedload of votes from the loyal Newstalk ZB and Women’s Weekly crowd. Today, Three announced the names of the nine courageous celebrities who will compete in the DWTS NZ ballroom of dreams. Sadly, Rhys has worked for DWTS’s bitter enemy Seven Sharp, and in this cutthroat world of sequins and spray tans, this can only lead to disaster. In honour of DWTS NZ’s return, we dedicated several minutes to evaluating the dance potential of these famous people.

Revealed: The nine celebs competing on this year's Dancing with ... (New Zealand Herald)

The dancing stars; (l-r) Eli Mathewson, David Letele, Eric Murray, Brodie Kane, Sonia Gray, Alex Vaz, Kerre Woodham, Rhys Mathewson and Jazz Thornton. Ricardo ...

She says the pair have already developed a chemistry and reckons they will be the troublemakers of the show. As for coping with the judges' criticism, Thornton says her work has exposed her to so much already, she thinks she can handle it. The second funny man, Mathewson, is paired with dancer Phoebe Robb and a week into rehearsals he admits to being unfit but likes how competitive his partner is. Funny man Matthewson says it's about time boys dance with boys on the show, and he can't believe it's never been done before. Friends and past contestants Beatrice Faumuina and Rachel Hunter have told her it will be an amazing, uplifting experience. When Act swapped out their drag act and danced as Shane Jenek with Keefe doing the foxtrot, it lit up imaginations across the Tasman and saw the pairing take home second place.

Dancing With The Stars NZ: Full 2022 contestant line-up revealed (Newshub)

Competing on this year's dancefloor and raising money for their respective charities are Alex Vaz, Brodie Kane, David Letele, Eli Matthewson, Eric Murray, Jazz ...

Comedian Eli Matthewson to star on new season of Dancing with ... (Stuff.co.nz)

"PC has finally gone mad enough to not just let a gay man dance, but to let him gay dance with another man even," Matthewson said.

”My favourite boy is going to be on Dancing with The Stars, and I couldn't be prouder,” he wrote. Think of us as your eyes and ears. I’ll be praying every day to not fall flat on my face on live TV.” ”I know that I’ll be able to come home and process it with her as my unofficial dance mum,” Matthewson said. “Top up your voting phone and tune in as the iconic question ‘who will do the girl steps’ is finally answered.” This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button.Laura Daniel scores first 10 of the competition.

Meet the Dancing With the Stars' celebrity contestants for 2022 (The Miracle Tech)

After a three-year absence, Dancing With the Stars NZ is back. In a bold move of her own, Tara Ward Powers up brave celebrities to sashay on our screens.

Meet the dancing kings and queens competing for the 2022 Dancing ... (Now To Love)

We introduce the Kiwi celebrities set to samba, salsa shimmy and sway on the upcoming season of Dancing with the Stars.