On Dancing with the Stars, part of the thrill and the charm is seeing people, be it actors or athletes, doing something completely different, immersed in a completely different field: dancing. It is also fun to watch how they fare, of course, how some would turn out to be great undiscovered dancers and how viewers would prefer the others to do their own thing. During the past six seasons of Dancing with the Stars, selection of the participants is crucial. It is significant to note that while the four past winners of the dancing competition are athletes, it is not necessarily a given that all of them do well. Look at Monica Seles.

It is in this light that stars to appear on Dancing with the Stars season 7 are chosen. While Kristi Yamaguchi and Mark Ballas' dominating performance and subsequent win on season 6 seem very recent, we need not wait long for the hit ABC show to return to our TV screens, just three months, in fact.

Initial reports had names like child star slash druggie mom Jodie Sweetin, American Idol judge and crazy woman herself Paula Abdul, and Tara Reid. Sweetin, who appears on Full House, recent appeared in People Magazine as a doting mom. "You look at your baby and think, 'Wow, I did that.' It's really amazing," she said. As for Abdul, while she expressed her desire to appear on the show as she danced a hell lot during her heydays, the producers of the even bigger competition American Idol had reported barred her from appearing on another show on a rival network. As for Reid, who hasn't had any big breaks lately, a few weeks on Dancing with the Stars can possibly reinvigorate her career. But then, this would just fuel criticism that the show is being used by has-been's to jumpstart their careers anew.