Johnny Weir on Week One of 'Skating With the Stars'

The long awaited (by us fans of Johnny Weir course!) premiere of 'Skating With the Stars' was this past Monday November 22nd.  The official website for the show has information on all six of the professional skaters, plus the six celebrities, the hosts and the three judges; as well as recaps of each episode, music the teams skated to, scores the teams received, and videos of the skaters practicing on each of their team pages.

Below you will find links to photos, videos, skater bios, star bios, twitter accounts, information on voting and a Blog from my friend Misfit Mimes about Week One of 'Skating With the Stars'.


'Skating With the Stars' Episode Guide
About the Vote (How the voting works, phone numbers for each team, the rules, how skaters are eliminated, etc.)
Voting FAQs

Professional Skaters:
Denis Petukhov
Ethan Burgess
Keauna Mclaughlin
Brooke Castile
Fred Palascak
Jennifer Wester

Celebrities/Stars:
Sean Young
Bethenny Frankel
Brandon Mychal Smith
Jonny Moseley
Rebecca Budig
Vince Neil

Teams:
Sean Young & Denis Petukhov
Bethenny Frankel and Ethan Burgess
Brandon Mychal Smith & Keauna McLaughlin
Jonny Moseley & Brooke Castile
Rebecca Budig & Fred Palascak
Vince Neil & Jennifer Wester

Hosts:
Vernon Kay
Tanith Belbin

Judges:
Dick Button
Johnny Weir
Laurie Ann Gibson

Johnny Weir performed his 'Poker Face' program with a new costume and slightly different choreography during the show.  Due partly to the small size of the show's ice rink he skated a shorter version of the program and modified the choreography in accordance.

Getty Images and ABC.com have photos from 'Skating With the Stars'.

Videos from Week One of 'Skating With the Stars':
Watch 'Skating With the Stars' OnLine
Johnny Weir talks 'Skating With the Stars' at the AMAs

Video of Johnny Weir on Access Hollywood talking about 'Skating With the Stars'

Johnny Weir's 'Poker Face' performance
Week One, Part One (Full Episode From ABC.com)
Week One, Part Two (Full Episode From ABC.com, Part Two)

Please also visit my friend Misfit Mimes Blog SWTS: Spectacular! Weirvelous! Totally Sparkly! So Want To See (More)!  for some great insight into the first episode of the show!

'Skating With the Stars' on Twitter:

Stars

@brandonsmithceo – Brandon Mychal Smith
@jonnymoseley – Jonny Moseley
@RebeccaBudig – Rebecca Budig
@Bethenny - Bethenny Frankel
@TheVinceNeil - Vince Neil

Pros
@FredPalascak – Fred Palascak
@GregoryPetukhov – Denis Petukhov
@Jennifer Wester – Jennifer Wester
@Ethan_Burgess - Ethan Burgess
@BrookeCastile - Brooke Castile
@Kiksmclaughlin - Keauna Mclaughlin

Judges
@BoomKack - Laurie Ann Gibson
@JohnnyGWeir - Johnny Weir
@DickButton - Dick Button

Hosts
@TanithJLB - Tanith Belbin
@OfficialVernonK - Vernon Kay

Johnny Weir: Ice Theatre of New York Celebrates a Milestone

From the July 2010 issue of International Figure Skating Magazine

Johnny Weir at Sun Valley July 24, 2010: Part 2

All Photographs Courtesy of Nicole Davis at FaceBook (except Sun Valley Weekly ad)!

Johnny Weir and Tara Modlin at the Sun Valley Lodge.

Johnny Weir and Tara Modlin at the Sun Valley Lodge.

Meeting fans and signing autographs after the show.

Johnny at the pre-show rehearsal.

Johnny at the pre-show rehearsal.

Johnny Weir and Tara Modlin at the Sun Valley Lodge.

Meeting fans after the show!

Sun Valley Weekly ad announcing Johnny's participation in the show.

Johnny Weir at Sun Valley July 24, 2010

I was not lucky enough to attend the event at Sun Valley, Idaho on July 24, 2010.  However, I am acquainted with several people who were there.  Johnny Weir performed 'Heartbroken', and 'Poker Face' as his two numbers.  'Poker Face' was performed with new makeup and a new costume first introduced to his fans through three recent shows performed in Japan.  The fans have all said Johnny skated very well; that 'Heartbroken' was beautiful, and the new 'Poker Face' costume looks good during the performances.  They also say Johnny was very accomodating to his fans, and stayed to give every last one who wanted an autograph a chance to get one.  One fan said he spent well over an hour taking photographs and signing autographs with fans.  Despite some over zealous fans who apparently unnerved Johnny a little by yelling and demanding pictures, Johnny Weir was gracious as always.  Every fan review of the show and of meeting Johnny afterward has been positive and this is really good to hear!

Johnny had a hard time even getting to Sun Valley in the first place.  His plane was delayed before he even took off.  His agent Tara Modlin was waiting for him in Salt Lake City, and tried to convince the airline to delay their connecting flight to Idaho.  The plane waited as long as it could, but eventually had to take off causing Johnny to miss his connecting flight.  Johnny and Tara were forced to spend the night in Salt Lake City, though they said the hotel they stayed at was very accomodating; and travel to Sun Valley Saturday morning.  Tara posted a funny Twitpic of the two of them on their connecting flight.

They eventually made it to Sun Valley early Saturday, and were able to get some shopping in at Davis in Ketchum, Idaho.

Short Rehearsal Video (38 Seconds)



Sun Valley Group Rehearsal One



Sun Valley Group Rehearsal Two



Poker Face performed in Sun Valley



All above rehearsal videos courtesy of Nicole Davis.


Heartbroken video courtesy of Mackenzie Keller.