Dancing with the Stars is one of the most well known celebrity TV shows in the world. It started off as a TV Show on Britain’s BBC Worldwide, and it was then called “Strictly Come Dancing”. Its success prompted other countries to adopt the format, which has now expanded to no less than 32 countries! The first one was Australia, and it was quickly followed by countries all over the world. To date, the show has expanded to: Ukraine, Sweden, South Africa, Albania, Austria, Belgium, Argentina, Bosnia ahd Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Brazil, The Netherlands, Croatia, Chile, the Czech Republic, China, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Italy, India, Israel, New Zealand, Latvia, Japan, Greece, Russia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, Spain, and Turkey.

Over at BetUS.com they have posted the following odds on American Idol and Dancing with the Stars:

Dancing with the Stars Season 12

Odds to Win

Chelsea Kane     4/1
Chris Jericho     9/1
Hines Ward     4/1
Kendra Wilkinson     5/1
Kirstie Alley     7/1
Mike Catherwood     18/1
Petra Nemcova     12/1
Ralph Macchio     9/2
Romeo     10/1
Sugar Ray Leonard     11/2
Wendy Williams     10/1

American Idol

Gender of Winner
Male     2/3
Female     11/10
Odds to Win
Casey Abrams     5/1
Haley Reinhart     40/1
Jacob Lusk     10/1
James Durbin     4/1
Karen Rodriguez     40/1
Lauren Alaina     4/1
Naima Adedapo     40/1
Paul McDonald     8/1
Pia Toscano     4/1
Scotty McCreery     3/1
Stefano Langone     12/1
Thia Megia     10/1

The show’s premise is the same all over the world: it’s a celebrity dancing contest, where the contestants are actually not always and not only dancers. There are ordinary people (and also professional dancers, in some cases) that are paired up with celebrities from the country that hosts the show, and together they compete for the grand prize. The audience at home is able to vote on their favorite couple, and they are given a limited time to do so. Depending on the country the show is aired in, there might be slight alterations to the “main” schedule. For instance, in Romania a celebrity is paired up with a person that’s fighting for a social case (a sick relative, etc.).

There has also been a World Championship for the Dancing with the Stars show, where contestants from all 32 countries participated in a worldwide shot, which took place in Mexico. There were two world championships held so far, both of them in Mexico. The first one took place in 2007, and it gathered teams from Costa Rica, Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Panama, Slovakia, Paraguay and Romania. The top three at the end of the show were Mexico, Romania and Argentina. In 2010, the teams included Colombia, Argentina, Romania, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Spain, South Africa, Mexico and Peru, and the ones that ranked on the podium at the end of the show were the United States (First place), Spain (second place) and Argentina, with third place.

In the United States, the celebrity show is called Dancing with the Stars, and it premiered on ABC in the summer of 2005. More recently, it finished its 11th season, and the 12th season is announced to begin shortly. The permanent celebrity judges on the show are Bruno Tonioli, an Italian coreographer, Len Goodman, a professional ballroom dancer, and Carrie Ann Inaba, a dancer, choreographer, and actress. The first eleven winning celebrity couples were: Kelly Monaco and Alec Mazo (Season 1), Drew Lachey and CHeryl Burke (Season 2), Emmitt Smith and Cheryl Burke (Season 3), Apolo Anton Ohno and Julianne Hough (Season 4), Helio Castroneves and Julianne Hough (Season 5), Kristi Yamaguchi and Mark Ballas (Season 6), Brooke Burke and Derek Hough (Season 7), Shawn Johnson and Mark Ballas (Season 8), Donny Osmond and Kym Johnson (Season 9), Nicole Scherzinger and Derek Hough (Season 10) and finally, Jennifer Grey and Derek Hough (Season 11).

Right now, all eyes are on the twelfth season, which is just about to start, with the beginning date set on March 21st. Most Dancing with the Stars fans are eagerly awaiting the new season, and bets are currently under way for the next winner. If you want to get in on the action, you should know that the popular online sportsbetting site BetUS is there to bring you the odds for the upcoming season of Dancing With the Stars. According to BetUS’s odds, the most chances of winning go to Chelsea Kane, which is rated at 4/1, while the lowest chances to win go to Mike Catherwood, with a staggering 18/1. If you want to get in on the action and bet on the next season of Dancing with the Stars, get to it quick, as these odds are surely going to change once the show kicks off.

What’s more, BetUS has odds set up for the next season of American Idol, with Scotty McCreery going in with the most chances, and 3/1 odds, while Haley Reinhart, Karen Rodriguez and Naima Adedapo share the least odds, with 40/1 each.

As you can see, nowadays you can bet on just about everything, including the latest social events and Celebrity TV Shows. If you want to secure a slice of the action, get betting soon! Good luck to you and the contestants from Dancing with the Stars and American Idol. Click here to get started today.

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