JERRY SPRINGER - SPRINGER JOINS DANCING SHOW

Talk show host JERRY SPRINGER is the latest celebrity to sign up for the new season of US hit reality show DANCING WITH THE STARS. US network ABC announced the new performers, which also include former LA LAW star HARRY HAMLIN, KILL BILL actress VIVICA A FOX, BLOSSOM star JOE LAWRENCE, SAVED BY THE BELL'S MARIO LOPEZ, BLINK 182 drummer TRAVIS BARKER's estranged wife SHANNA MOAKLER and American football star EMMITT SMITH. Rounding out the show's competitors are country music singer SARA EVANS and pop star WILLA FORD. Dancing with the Stars is the US version of the British hit series STRICTLY COME DANCING and will premiere on 12 September (06).