B&B: Ron Moss Is Dancing With the Stars

[Sylph]

I just bumped onto this news! The show, known as Ballando con le stelle, is shown on RAI, the state-owned public service.

Daniel McVicar was previously a partecipant in Notti sul ghiaccio (literally, Nights on Ice; a version of Skating With Celebrities), in 2007, on the same network.

In the article I linked to Ron says:

Good luck!

[DRW50]

Daniel McVicar? I didn't know that. I wonder how he did.

Wasn't Sean Kanan on one of these a few years ago?

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Not sure, but I know Katherine Kelly Lang did this Italian version a few years ago.

[Sylph]

Daniel was 7th (there were 12 contestants). He met Virginia De Agostini there, who is his partner now, I believe.

Yes, Kanan was there in 2006 (third season; his partner/teacher was Tinna Hoffman)! I forgot about that, thanks for reminding me! I think at the time it was reported he live in Italiy — I don't know whether it meant it's his main home or just a temporary one.

[Sylph]

I'm not sure she participated fully, I think she was only a "guest star":

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[DRW50]

That's nice that McVicar found love through DWTS. That happens a lot.

I guess I forget sometimes how popular B&B still is overseas.

[MarkH]

I believe Kanan got/maybe still has an Italian girlfriend. That showed up in one of those Branco interviews or a magazine interview around that time...

[Sylph]

Watch Nelson steal this from here, too for his next "column".

[Sylph]

It's huge in Italy. Huge.

Which is why RAI is bringing all these B&B stars as participants: B&B airs on Mediaset, a competing network (at 1:30 PM).

The first dance:

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[Paul Raven]

Has this show been pre-taped?

How can/did Ronn manage to do 2 shows in different countries?

Did he have time off from B&B? Or was DWTS Italy taped in a block of say,a few weeks?

[Cat]

First of all... WTF was that opening ET sequence with Ronn and his partner pedalling to the moon?!

Typical first dance of a male contestant. A bit of walking here and there, a few awkward dance steps. RM is tall and lanky so his body type is not really suited to dance. However, he seems gracious towards his partner and a pretty good sport. I wish we could see this Ronn in Ridge on B&B -- a character that has absolutely no sense of humor.

BTW, it is spooky how Ronn Moss never ages. Somewhere in his attic, there is a portrait of him rapidly looking like a 100-year old satyr.

[Sylph]

I would like to know how his schedule looks too. Because for all I know — this show always airs live on Saturday nights, begins somewhere around 9:15 PM.

Yeah, I wish he was different on B&B too. I wonder if this will have any effect on his (in)famous stiffness.

It is!

[YRBB]

Just when I thought he couldn't get any gayer!

[Chris B]

I don't think it's hard. I know Len and Bruno do the US DwtS on Monday and Tuesday and the British version on Saturdays and maybe Sunday too. They just fly back and forth. B&B shoots, what? Monday-Thursday? That gives him enough time to travel back and forth and his partner could practice with him in LA. Also, since it's only half hour he could pre-tape his episodes like Ashley Jones did when filming True Blood. You guys are also forgetting he hasn't been in z frontburner story for a long while so it's not like he's working all four days. They could easily get his stuff out of the way in one, two days tops, per week.

[Cat]

True, and thank heavens for small mercies. I have not been missing RantingRidge or SexyTimeRidge in the least. And one hopes IncestoRidge has been put in storage permanently.