[Tree-Of-Life]

Is she actually famous in America then? I had absolutely no idea. #gobsmacked

[Rednell]

apparently so

Beware spoilers, those who haven't seen it yet

Spoiler

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2120929/Katherine-Jenkins-shows-sexy-DWTS-lands-leaderboard-again.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

[nheaney]

Did She Not Do A Dance Show With Darcy Bussell Called Viva La Diva

[Slojo]

Originally Posted by Tree-Of-Life

Is she actually famous in America then? I had absolutely no idea. #gobsmacked

Don't know if she is famous now in the US but as she is on this show I expect she soon will be as she looks to be a very good dancer

I'm not a great fan of hers but credit where its due

[Tree-Of-Life]

Originally Posted by Slojo

Don't know if she is famous now in the US but as she is on this show I expect she soon will be as she looks to be a very good dancer

I'm not a great fan of hers but credit where its due

She's from Whay' Alls

[BeethovensPiano]

I wonder how many times she had been invited to do Strictly.Come Dancing in the UK??

[dee123]

Originally Posted by Tree-Of-Life

Is she actually famous in America then? I had absolutely no idea. #gobsmacked

Yep & Russell Crowe's wife is doing the Aussie version .
People are lowering their standards all over the world.

[rosco2010]

Yup, and she's by far the best on the show, closely followed by Urkel aka Sonic the Hedgehog aka Jaleel White.

[Vodka_Drinka]

There's something about her I don't like. I find her quite cold and calculating.

[j4Rose]

Originally Posted by Vodka_Drinka

There's something about her I don't like. I find her quite cold and calculating.

She's talented, good looking and seems nice...of course people don't like her. People here also don't like it when someone is ambitious for some reason.

[AJ21]

this will be very good for her career, I reckon she will go down well with American viewers

[HenryBane]

Must be odd to be on the other side, being critiqued rather than being a judge critiquing other celebrities' abilities.

I wonder if she's pals with a BBC producer of DWTS and that's how she's ended up on it?

[dondfan998]

She sang on the show last year in 'Classical Week' but otherwise she's not really known there. But she's an incredible dancer.

[welshbabe]

Katherine is doing well she can dance

[nosilauk]

It's a way to get a lot of exposure to a US audience - smart move

[MrSuper]

She's also secretely shagging her dancing partner Been mentioned in a quite a few US gossip blogs.

[petertard]

She's top of the leaderboard both weeks so far with 26/30.

[FingersAndToes]

Originally Posted by MrSuper

She's also secretely shagging her dancing partner Been mentioned in a quite a few US gossip blogs.

The rumors started 12 hours after they met the first time, though.. That would be awfully fast for anyone to get their shag on.

[JasonWatkins]

Originally Posted by j4Rose

She's talented, good looking and seems nice...of course people don't like her. People here also don't like it when someone is ambitious for some reason.

Indeed, you've summed up the general feelings of the showbiz forum very well. Apply the same reasoning to Myleene Klass as well

[luvandlife]

She really ain't that famous here. I'm confused why she's on the show but she's a really good dancer though!

[d'@ve]

Originally Posted by luvandlife

She really ain't that famous here. I'm confused why she's on the show but she's a really good dancer though!

Contacts through her latest record company I'd imagine.

They must be desperate to get her publicity as so far she's failed to have any hit records over there at all in the pop chart, in 8 years of trying! If you can't sing your way to success, doing something on TV (anything!) should do the trick. Seems to be how the music industry works these days.

Unless your name is Adele.

[FingersAndToes]

Originally Posted by d'@ve

Contacts through her latest record company I'd imagine.

They must be desperate to get her publicity as so far she's failed to have any hit records over there at all in the pop chart, in 8 years of trying! If you can't sing your way to success, doing something on TV (anything!) should do the trick. Seems to be how the music industry works these days.

Unless your name is Adele.

Yeah, it's a hard industry, and you have to have drive to get successful these days. I see nothing wrong with her taking part in DWS, she is actually good dancer, to get her name more known. Rather have her than Katy Perry's on the charts.

[Betty Britain]

Of course Katherine hasn't had success in the POP charts... She is an OPERA singer not a pop star

[welshbabe]

Apprantly her dance partner has a girlfriend

[d'@ve]

Originally Posted by Betty Britain

Of course Katherine hasn't had success in the POP charts... She is an OPERA singer not a pop star

She's not an Opera singer (like Pavarotti) she's a classical crossover singer, like Charlotte Church, Andrea Bocelli, Sarah Brightman, Josh Groban, Paul Potts, Jackie Evancho, Hayley Westenra (all of whom have had bigger hits concurrently in in the US classical *and* pop chart than Katherine. I don't think she's ever been in the Billboard top 100 and possibly not in the Billboard 200 - the others I mentioned all have been well inside the top 100 over there.

I'm not knocking her, she's done incredibly well in the UK classical and pop charts, I'm just saying it as it is. DWTS should give her a boost for her next album though (or if they re-release her last one).