Whether it's because Dancing with the Stars makes two stepping look so easy or because of the spotlight it puts on celebrity participants, a few ABC stars apparently can't wait for their chance to strap on their dancing shoes.
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"I'd do it in a heartbeat," The Bachelor host Chris Harrison told The New York Post in a Sunday report. "I'm a big fan and it seems like so much fun."
Dancing with the Stars' Monday night performance episodes serve as a lead-in to The Bachelor on ABC, scheduling that Harrison said could thwart his Dancing dreams before they even begin.
"They said it would be awkward if I was on a show that led into my own show," he told The Post.
Like Harrison, Disney's High School Musical star Corbin Bleu was recently a member of Dancing with the Stars studio audience, as he supported Disney's The Cheetah Girls actress Sabrina Bryan.
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"I'd love to do this," Bleu told The Post. "I'd go out there and mambo."
But therein lies the problem, as Bleu might be too well-versed in dancing to participate in the competition.
"I don't know if they'd actually allow me to because I've trained in ballroom for two years and I know they don't want that," he told The Post. "The whole point is to show people learning to ballroom dance."
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition carpenter Paige Hemmis is also apparently itching to cut a rug.
"It's not if I do Dancing with the Stars. It's when," Hemmis told The Post. "The only reason I couldn't do [the currently airing fifth season] was that we're in the middle of our shooting schedule. But maybe by next spring, I'll be in the clear."
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