Showing posts with label MARIO BARRETT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MARIO BARRETT. Show all posts

Wednesday, 7 May 2008

MARIO IS ELIMINATED FROM 'DANCING WITH THE STARS'....

R&B singer Mario was sent home last night in a surprising elimination from Dancing With the Stars. Mario and partner Karina Smirnoff scored 53 out of 60 points for their Viennese waltz and Jive Monday night. Check it out:


WEEK 8 PART TWO.

It was a good performance but not good enough to keep him in. I thought he was going to win but still, at 8 weeks he had a good run. The 21-year-old was the youngest contestant ever on the show. Below are all of his weekly performances since being on the show if you didn't catch them.

WEEK 1 // WEEK 2 // WEEK 3 // WEEK 4 // WEEK 5 // WEEK 6 // WEEK 7 // WEEK 7 PART TWO


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Friday, 2 May 2008

CELEB SPOTTINGS: R&B SINGERS OUT & ABOUT....

My favourite singer Tamia (and stylist June Ambrose) attended an early Mothers Day charity fundraiser event in Los Angeles this week to salute mothers staying at Ronald McDonald House:



The "spa and wellbeing" event was hosted by singer Tamia, supermodel Cindy Crawford, Marc Anthony's ex-wife/model Dayanara Torres and stylist June Ambrose. Mothers with sick children were treated to manicures and neck and shoulder massages, make-up tips, and consultations provided by JAFRA Cosmetics International Inc., as well as gift bags filled with beauty items. During the celebration Ambrose offered moms exclusive styling tips typically reserved for her VIP clients, while Tamia entertained discussions with the group about the joys and challenges of motherhood. Gotta love Tamia. Still the inspiration I've always said she was.

Kelly was also spotted out and about in London this week:



She's been promoting her latest single 'Daylight' like crazy. The sad thing about it is that in the UK, it'll be a top 10 hit without a doubt.

Mel B and hubby were spotted out in LA:



Never thought I'd see myself say it, but it looks like those two will last the distance. I still don't trust his fraudulent ass.

Mario registered to vote with Declare Yourself this week in Beverly Hills:



Good to see the youngest of R&B singers contributing towards change. Have YOU voted yet?

Here's a couple of pics of Madonna and Justin Timberlake performing '4 Minutes' at the Roseland Ballroom this week:



PERFORMANCES FROM THE INTIMATE CONCERT CAN YOU BE WATCHED HERE, if you didn't catch it. ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES have now been added to that post. In other news, Madonna's predicted sales for new album Hard Candy have taken a DEEEEP drop. According to reports, her CD is now projected to only sell between 200,000 and 225,000 copies in its opening week. Ouch! Also, for the first time in BET history, Madonna visited 106 & Park in New York City. Maybe her appearance will encourage the urban crowd to pick up the album.

Alicia Keys also paid a visit to TRL earlier this week:



I'm loving the Farrah Fawcett hairstyle. On most occasions this chick is hit or miss. This time it's HIT!

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Monday, 28 April 2008

CELEB SPOTTINGS: R&B SINGERS OUT & ABOUT ....

Mya put her broadway skills into practice over the weekend when her cast of Chicago performed 'All That Jazz' at the 'North Shore Animal League's 2008 Tour For Life Grand Finale' Adoption event. The dancing cast strutted their stuff at the FAO Schwarz toy store in New York City:

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Mya was looking like the ever so perfect sexy Velma Kelly that night. I have no doubt she'll do the role justice. The ambitious 28-year-old has been locked in rehearsals for her all important debut which will go down on May 12th through July 13th.

Samantha Mumba was spotted over the weekend on West Hollywood's Melrose Avenue with a friend:

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Samantha is my chick but without all the the weave and make-up and whatever else that defines today's beauty, she was looking a lil rough around the edges and less glam than usual. Still got mad love for her though. And I would love to hear new music from her .... if we ever get it.

Last week (April 19th), Kelly Rowland performed a concert at the Tennis Stadium in Dubai as part of a Radio 1 event:

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I have to say Ms Kelly did look hot and was working it out. She's been performing her butt off lately.

Joss Stone performed at the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA yesterday:

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Herve Leger dresses aren't for everybody. In fact, there should be an immediate blacklisting on that dress, sort of like the writers strike thing (I'm glad it's over and that Supernatural, Smallville and Lost are back on our screens, followed by Prison Break and Kyle XY which are coming back shortly. There are also promo's going out for 24 as well, can't wait!). Anyway, that damn dress. I am tired of it already. At first it was cute when Rihanna rocked it two years ago but then, everybody and they mama is hopping on. It gets tired. Seriously. I saw Kim Kardy's mom rock one the other day and all I could do was *smh*

Yesterday, Mario attended the Hollywood Life magazine's 10th Annual Young Hollywood Awards at Avalon in Hollywood, California:


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He's been wowing audiences on Dancing With The Stars and is a strong contender to win the competition. I wonder what he has up his sleeve tonight then.

So yesterday, Kelis was seen out at GAP Present GQ Lounge at the Viceroy Hotel in Palms Springs, CA during the Coachella Music and Arts Festival weekend:



When the chick isn't causing controversy supporting hubby Nasir's 'Nigger' charade, she likes to play yoyo with the hair dye. Peep the new style. One side is black and the other side is like, a burgundy type colour. Only Kelis ya'll.....

Faith Evans was spotted departing LAX with her kids Christopher, 11 (named after his father Christopher "Notorious BIG" Wallace) and 1-year-old son Ryder Evan (Ryder? Eh?) this past weekend:



Wow, that's definitely Biggie's son alright, lol. On a positive note, at least he's cute, being that he's Biggie's son and all.... And she could have at least combed that lil boys hair. Geeez. The singer is reportedly releasing a book based on her memoirs. That should be pretty interesting. I'm sure she has a lot of juicy things to write about such as whether she truly slept with her late husband's arch rival, the late Tupac Shakur. Well, she denies it (but doesn't mean it aint true).

So En Vogue really are serious about their comeback. I give it another week before Dawn bails out again and they split. The group (Cindy, Maxine, Dawn and Terri), reunited on Saturday night to perform at the 4th Annual Plymouth Jazz Festival Tobago:




Yikes! They're not aging very well at all. Then again not everyone can be in their 40's like Stacy Dash and Halle Berry and put chicks half their age to shame. But they looked ..... like smoked H.A.M roasted on a spit. Please don't tell me Dawn took off her hair piece afterwards. What the hell?

SIDENOTE: WHITNEY HOUSTON PERFORMED AT THAT SAME EVENT AND TOTALLY BOMBED. READ MORE.

Yesterday, Kat DeLuna performed at MTV Tr3s concert during the 19th Annual Fiesta Broadway in Los Angeles:

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Quite liking the new hair colour on her. But she still looked a hot mess as usual. It's become common practice now I guess. So now the only thing I can say these days is, 'I like her hair,' 'I like her shoes' and 'her music is cool'.

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Thursday, 24 April 2008

MARIO ON DANCING WITH THE STARS....

This week on Dancing With The Stars, Mario put in an effortless performance of the Rumba with his partner Karina, and the performance was red hot:


Too red hot for words in fact. And they got their highest score to date - an impressive 28 out of 30. Karina has a habit of getting down with ALL of her dance partners that go by the name 'Mario' it seems. Earlier this month, the two were spotted at Villa nightclub and their performance had a lil more sexual chemistry than usual. So what's the deal? Are Mario and Karina shagging each others brains out?

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Friday, 18 April 2008

CELEB SPOTTINGS: R&B SINGERS OUT & ABOUT....

Yesterday, Mariah Carey arrived for a memorabilia donation and an autograph session at the Hard Rock Cafe in California:



The singer signed copies of her new CD
E=MC² at Universal Studio's. This chick has been on her grind lately. But she looked silly. Her stylist should be put to bath in hot oil.

Yesterday, Cassie arrived at the Evenings in Vogue Party at 1 Oak, NYC on April 17, 2008. In fact, she actually hosted the event and looked hawt!:



Cassie should be thanking her lucky stars that she's beautiful because if she didn't look the way she did, she'd have been a goner a looooong time ago. And well, Diddy wouldn't be pawning her off on us to the extent that he has. That said, she looked absolutely fab from head to toe. That jacket is fiiieeercee!

More flicks:




Ryan Leslie and Diddy were also at the scene.

This week, Dsquared honored Ryan Leslie's debut album. He's talented so it's only right that he gets honoured:




I look forwards to his new CD which drops June 3rd.

Here are a couple of pictures from last weekend when he performed his latest single Diamond Girl at Avenue Report Magazine one year anniversary bash in Washington, DC:




The event was hosted by BET's Alesha Renee' and Grammy Award Winning Songwriter/Producer Bryan-Michael Cox.

Yesterday, Latina singer/actresses Christina Milian and Adrienne Bailon attended the Us Weekly Hot Hollywood Hottest Style Makers Party held at Besco Restaurant on April 17, 2008 in Hollywood, California:




They both looked hot. I heard that Adrienne married her fella Robert Kardashian. Don't know how true that is. I don't know who told him highlighting his hairline was cute. Sooo out of touch. I see he's wanting to share some spotlight from his whoring/attention seeking sister.

Aubrey from Danity Kane was there too:



I'm convinced she does her make-up herself, probably the night before when she was on her knees and forgot to wash the icing from her eyes.

Latina singer Kat DeLuna attended and performed at the 50th GRAMMY Celebration Tour which was presented by T-Mobile Sidekick at The Fillmore Miami Beach at The Jackie Gleason Theater on April 16, 2008 in Miami Beach, Florida:




She posed it up with Latino rapper Pitbull. I always wondered what he looked like. I saw his name on the latest Lumidee album (another Latina singer, if you can call her that) but was never familiar with him as a rapper. Anyway, I think they'd make a cute couple in fact. I am liking her brand new hair colour. It looks waaay better than that dirty strawberry blonde she usually likes to wear. The event is part of an exclusive five-city concert tour (Chicago, New York, Miami, Dallas and Los Angeles) comprised of established and up-and-coming musicians within the genres of pop, rock, hip-hop, R&B, Latin and country.

Must be Latina week. On April 14th, Jennifer Lopez was spotted with her hubby Marc Anthony after a dinner at Waverly in New York:



I see she's steadily getting her old figure back. She looks amazing, but on most occasions that's to be expected.

Yesterday, Keyshia Cole performed live at the BET Upfronts April 17, 2008, Hamerstein Ballroom in New York:



I have to add that Keyshia has come aloooong way and was looking great. For those interested her DVD for her reality show, Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is Season 2 will drop in stores on April 29th. For more details, click here. It has also been announced that the second season of Keyshia Cole stands as BET's highest-rated original series in network history, with the series posting 44% gains in ratings since its first season. Good for her.

R&B crooner Brian McKnight was there as well:



The Grammy nominee and Broadway star will be taking his silky smooth tenor croonings to casino's Spotlight Showroom on May 17th where he'll play a concert in support of his latest album 'Ten'. I haven't even listened to this CD yet. The last album of his I listened to was Back At One which was hot. So, is this latest CD any good?

On April 15th, Usher was spotted with wife Tameka having a romantic lunch at Crustacean in Beverly Hills:



Last night, the singer was spotted out with close-knit pal Jay-Z at Hollywood's Katsuya restaurant - without their wives. They've been hanging out quite a lot lately. Usher attended Jay-Z's Atlanta concert last week, and the rapper has also laid some verses for Usher's forthcoming album Here I Stand.



Jay-Z kept his lips firmly sealed when paps questioned him about his marriage to Beyonce. You can check out the video of the pair at Katsuya by clicking here. So are they going to carry on like this when they pop out their first baby? Absolutely madness.

Nicole Scherzinger was spotted returning from a night out in LA at Villa nightclub this week:



She looked pretty dazzling in a pink-trim bra under a very see-through top. At Villa, she was spotted canoodling with John Mayer. They were seen talking and flirting all night, leaving within minutes of each other. So could this be the start of a beautiful relationship? John swings both ways so um, this could hit a bum note with both singers. So aaahhh, maybe not but we'll have to see how this pans out. In other news, Nicole has a brazilian inspired commercial for 'Caress' and for the commercial she did a remix of 'Rio' by Duran Duran. You can listen to it by clicking here.

Mary J. Blige hit up The Ritual nightclub this week:



If someone dared me, I would seriously risk getting my ass beat to a pulp pulling off that wig from Mary's head and stopping on it with my Christian Louboutin stiletto's telling her what a damned ghetto ass fool she looks. Then again, I'd kick off the stiletto's and make a run for it. Not like I haven't done something scandalous to that nature before. When I was a teen, we'd knock random doors at night, throw eggs through people's letter boxes and run away. However, we fucked with the wrong man one night who proceeded in chasing us around the block IN TWO ROUNDS. He was charged up on Red bull and Spinach and whatever else. We sooooo weren't prepared for that. We were shitting ourselves. But when I think about it now, I have to smile. In Mary's case, it would be a case of Pull-Wig-Run instead of Knock-Door-Run.

Fergie was spotted shopping at Calvin Klein Collection on April 16, 2008 in New York City:



I like her glasses. In other Fergie news, the singer will re-release her multi-platinum selling album, 'The Dutchess' on May 27th. It will include 5 new tracks. The re-release shares the same release date as the motion picture soundtrack 'Sex & the City' and on that she has a featured song called 'Labels and Love'.

On April 15th, Mario hung out with Evan Ross at the Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings basketball game at the Staples Center in Los Angeles:



I wonder what the joke was all about.

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Tuesday, 8 April 2008

CELEB SPOTTINGS: R&B SINGERS OUT & ABOUT....

Today is a huge day for latest Brit sensation Leona Lewis. Her album Spirit gets released today in the United States. Yesterday, the modest singer was spotted in New York City visiting MTV's TRL to promote the new album:



She was glowing and appeared to be excited about the release. It's already been reported that her manager Simon Cowell bought her a $5 million dollar mansion in LA, after she successfully got to no 1 with Bleeding Love. I can't even imagine what he'll buy her if Spirit manages to get to no 1 next week. I don't recall ANY man spending that type of money on a woman unless its his wife or attempted conquest. If he had the chance to get in those panties he certainly would.

On that same day, she made an appearance on The Sauce, Fuse TV, where she was interviewed by last years American Idol alum, Jared Cotter:




She looked nice in her cute lil outfit. It will be the icing on the cake if she succeeds in getting the no 1 album next week. Spirit wasn't overwhelming but it was okay for what it was worth. I am still rooting for Leona. I hope she has great sales.

Another singer who appeared on TRL yesterday was Usher, who premiered his brand new video Love In This Club. He was also on the show to talk about his forthcoming album Here I Stand, set for a May 27th release. Allegedly, Beyonce and her husband Jay-Z will appear on the set. Check out the star struck fan who couldn't refrain from breaking down in front of him:




She wasn't afraid that his wife would go Jekyll and Hyde on her ass? The overly insecure Tameka was right by her man's side when he jetted into New York to do a spot of promotion. She should have stayed her ass home with her feet looking the state that they did. In fact I've seen more crust on a loaf of burnt up bread. She's married to a multi-millionaire and still couldn't afford to buy herself some lotion.

Rihanna was photographed backstage at a Kanye West and Pharrell concert in Japan on April 4th:



The Umbrella singer also participated in the celebration festivities that was Pharrell's 35th birthday. She also did a concert out there in Japan as well. For someone who "can't perform for shit", the demands to have her gigging has been quite excessive lately. Let's not forget that half a million she was paid by Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska to perform at a private New Year's celebration in Moscow back in January. Anyway, I look forwards to her Take A Bow video. And any new music she hits us up with in the future.

Solange and her cousin Angela Beyince were seen departing the Bloomberg Tower Building in New York City over the weekend (this is where Beyonce's apartment is situated):



Solange looked absolutely fabulous. For once. Usually, you'd see her wearing disastrous clothing that clash so badly, you get migraine. Green polka dots with purple stripes and whatever else that the fashion police should be called for. However, everything matched. Totally loving her stylish Christian Dior belt. Then again, this IS a rarity. Next week, she could be back to wearing, well, green polka dots and purple stripes. The talented songwriter has also co-written Michelle's upcoming lead single Break The Dawn, and will be releasing her own album Soul Angel & The Hadley Street Dreams this coming August.

Spice Girl Mel B previewed her new clothing line, Catty Couture this week:




What the hell is that? She can't be serious.

We haven't seen Letoya Luckett in a hot minute but she was spotted in Austin at the Texas Relays over the weekend:



Well, at least she switched up her hair. At first glance, I thought that was Amerie. Sometimes those two really look alike.

Brandy was spotted at her brother Ray J's album release party in Vegas over the weekend:



Um, yeah....

Chris Brown was spotted getting ready to depart from LAX universal Airport yesterday. He looked pretty chilled out:



Just when I thought his backpack days were well and truly over. It won't be long before he's seen partying it up with Rihanna, and denying their relationship over and over.... I think I'm over them already.

Blu Cantrell was spotted outside Mr Chows in LA last night:



It's been a long time but she needs to put out another album asap. It won't be long before she's put in the Christina Milian category, if she hasn't already. It's ashame because she's really talented and has one of the greatest voices today. Come back Blu!

Is romance brewing for Mario and his Dancing With The Stars partner Karina Smirnoff? Apparently, the two were spotted kicking it at Villa nightclub together last night:



Interesting..... watch this space.

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Friday, 4 April 2008

MARIO HITS A LOW ON THIS WEEK'S DANCING WITH THE STARS....

So we're now in week 3 of Dancing With The Stars and Mario is still going strong. In the first two weeks, Mario received lots of high marks and great appraisal from all three judges. However, this week wasn't such a great week for the R&B singer:


With the need to play certain gigs around the country to promote his latest album GO, I guess he got sidetracked and started to lose focus causing loss of stamina and lots of flaws in his footwork during that all-important night. Let's hope Mario has a better week. Mario's new single is Music For Love and it went for adds this week.

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Tuesday, 25 March 2008

MARIO'S DANCING WITH THE STARS PERFORMANCE: WEEK 2....

We're now in week 2 of Dancing With The Stars and once again, Mario put on his dancing shoes to give as good as he's got. Check out his performance from last night:


Another great performance. He's such a fluent mover. You know what they say about men who can dance. Woooo! Anyway, the good news is, he got the highest score last week and recieved yet ANOTHER high mark (26 out of 30). He is really setting the standard this term. Peep last years runner-up Mel B and her husband Stephen Belafonte who were also there. Thanks for the vid Rap Up Player.

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Monday, 24 March 2008

CELEB SPOTTINGS: R&B SINGERS OUT & ABOUT....

On March 23rd, Beyonce and her cousin/assistant Angela Beyince was spotted arriving at a private airport in Los Angeles, California:



When she's not too busy ignoring her young fans who wait for HOURS just to meet her, she stays playing cat and mouse with the paparazzi instead. I am quite baffled as to where this new-found hiding of her face comes from all of a sudden. I thought that was Jessica Alba's style.

Rihanna and Chris Brown have further fuelled rumours they are dating after they were photographed leaving a London hotel. On Saturday morning, the two were spotted leaving a London hotel before making their way to nightspot Maya.




According to onlookers, they left the club together at 3am (GMT). I think this pairing goes beyond fuelled rumours. They're dating but won't admit to it. BOTH of them have declared their single-status recently but it looks pretty bad that they're lying through their teeth to the media when they are seen leaving hotels in the early hours TOGETHER. If they told the truth, maybe they'd stop being grilled cos really, they are making themselves look like attention whores.

Over the weekend, the finale season for Making The Band 4 went down in New York City. The event was hosted by MTV VJ Sway. All the stars of the show were of course at the taping such as Danity Kane, Day26 and Donnie who all performed. Of course Diddy was there since he's the founder of everything and he brought along his cute lil twin daughters D'Lila Star and Jessie James. Check out these pics of the action that took place:




Aw! His twins are absolutely adorable. They're looking a lot like Diddy especially in the mouth area. I also see a likeness to their brother Justin. I guess Diddy had to try and take the limelight away from his ex Jenny Lo Lo and HER twins.

Danity Kane, Day 26 and Donnie:






So those two are really together. Interesting. I still have not got round to listening to that Day 26 album. I've been too busy. I have an extremely important exam on Friday so I've been preparing for that and other stuff which would explain why updates have been rather slow. I am hoping to get the review up this week. Stay tuned on that.

On March 22nd, Veteran Mary J. Blige kicked off her explosive joint 'Heart of the City' tour with Veteran rapper Jay-Z. The tour took place in Miami's American Airlines Arena:




Pal Kanye West attended the tour among many others. I know few of you Toya's World readers have attended or will be attending this. If you want to write a full on review that you'd like to publish on here, feel free to let me know. After all, there's no doubt that the gig tickets were one of the must-have tickets in town, providing Ebay/Craig's List floggers to make a nice little tidy profit. Two massive music giants at the top of their game doing a tour together is pretty compelling. Then again, Jay-Z went on a joint tour with another R&B veteran a couple of years ago and we all know how that ended, lol. As long as nothing allows Mary's wig to furiously run itself into the ground, good things are set to come from this I think. Let's just pray things don't end badly. Needing to add, it's been 5 months since Mary released her lead single Just Fine off her platinum-selling album Growing Pains (to date it has sold 1.4 million) and yet they are struggling to put out a 2nd single. Work That was believed to be the 2nd single but got ditched at the last minute. Mary's people also put up a poll on her official site asking fans to vote for her second single. Come To Me received the most votes but the song never released. Instead it was used for promotional purposes. There was also a press release announcing that Hurt Again was the new single and again, that changed. Stay Down is the now the official second single but I wouldn't even be surprised if that got changed. We just love it when an artist plays bamboozle with their fans.

On Friday (March 21th), Mariah Carey and best friend Da Brat was spotted at Villa Nightclub in Los Angeles, California:



Mariah was looking really hot. Her latest single Touch My Body, has just become available for download today. Although I am still not all that excited about the song, it would be pretty cool if she got her 18th no 1. Maybe that would be the boost needed for her to be on her A-game again. Her mediocrity as of late hasn't really been impacting. Still, I can't wait for her new album E=MC² which will be released in little over 3 weeks. The clock is ticking.

A host of R&B stars performed at HOT 97 Full Frontal Hip Hop Fashion Show in New York City over the weekend. Starting with Cheri Dennis:



Po Cherry. She certainly not getting any love from Diddy or his Bad Boy cheques. I've seen homeless folk look better. Shame shame shame, because she's probably the most talented artist on that label.

Mario also performed:



Look forwards to see his next performance on Dancing With The Stars. He was working it and I'm sure he was working that stage as well.

Keyshia Cole performed there too:




She's been looking much better as of late. As long as she sticks to the black hair, she can't do no wrong in my book.

Omarion and Bow Wow performed at the Six Flags Magic Mountain Presents Power 106 Concert on March 20th, in Valencia:




Can their sexual chemistry get any more blatant?

Spice Girl Melanie Brown was also spotted chatting away on her cell and buying Cappuccino in Los Angeles, California:



Looking good as usual.

Queen of the candids herself Christina Milian was spotted shopping and driving around Los Angeles, California:



Forever looking beautiful and cute but we're still waiting on that new album....

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Tuesday, 18 March 2008

MARIO PERFORMS ON DANCING WITH THE STARS....

Season 6 of Dancing With The Stars kicked off in the States last night. As reported, R&B singer Mario hung up his microphones for dancing shoes to participate in the popular dancing competition:


I have to say WOW! Mario did the damn thang. There's just an undeniable sexiness about him that you can't get past. The way he moves was just effortless. Spice Girl Mel B did the damn thang last year (she came 2nd). It's no surprise that he can actually dance but this is a different form