Faatemah Ampey
Celebrity Hairstylist
Professional Dance Partner: Jay Bluhm
Dance: Lindy Hop
Charity: Kids Against Hunger
Award winning stylist with runway, celebrity, editorial and on-air credits. Her career took off when she captured the attention of Horst Rechelbacher, founder of Aveda, and traveled the country with him as a platform artist. More recently, she appeared on season three of Bravo's "Shear Genius. Whether behind the scenes at a runway show or the behind the bright lights of an editorial shoot, Faatemah's innovative style always commands attention.
Brad Madson
Minnesota Vikings Executive Director of Community Relations
Professional Dance Partner: Kelly Lyke
Dance: Cha Cha
Charity: MN Viking Children's Fund
MN Vikings Executive Director of Community Relations. Been with the MN Vikings since 1992. Developed the MN Vikings community relations into one of the NFL‟s strongest. In 2009 Brad received the “Distinguished Service Award” from the MN Football Coaches Association. And in 2010 he received the “Outstanding Service Award” from the Department of MN Vet-erans of Foreign Wars.
Missy Germain
Entertainment Reporter
Professional Dance Partner: Alex Chamberlain
Dance: Samba
Charity: Leukemia & Lym-phoma Society
Entertainment Reporter
Owner of Bitten & Bound “The Not So Pretty Side of Hollywood” gossip blog. Her most satisfying work is being a mentor and helping those that need a little push in life. Former Co-Owner of Brutal - MMA Promotional Company. Supporter of www.DrinkingandDriving.org.
Tim Mahoney
Musician & Song Writer
Professional Dance Partner: Rachel Martin
Dance: Rumba
Charity: The Salvation Army Northern Division
Singer and songwriter.
Been in the music business for over 15 years. Tim has sold 100,000 units of his various releases between his solo career and his part as a member of the Blue Meenies. Featured in Rolling Stone Magazine in 2007.Tim was chosen by Adam Lavine from Maroon 5 as one of his 8 team members on NBC‟s new hit reality show The Voice. His single from this show reached #32 on the ITunes singles chart.
Christine Clayburg
TV Celebrity
Professional Dance Partner: Trent Quinn
Dance: Hustle
Charity: MN Assistance Council for Veterans
Actress, Author, TV Personality & Executive Director of Clayburg Creative. Former Meteorologist for WCCO. Played news reporter on seasons 3–8 on Desperate Housewives. Featured in 90210 and the Hallmark Movie “Blackout. MN Air National Guard Aviator.
Tony Sanneh
Professional Soccer Player
Professional Dance Partner: Nandina Snow
Dance: Night Club 2-Step
Charities: The Sannah Foundation and Team 4 Sly
17 Yr Professional Soccer career including 2 MLS Cup titles, 2 US Open Cup Titles & UEFA Champions League experience. He is currently executive director of The Sanneh Foundation. The Sanneh Foundation is focused on programming that uses soccer to improve the lives of children throughout the world. He also participates in the US State Department‟s Sports Envoy Program.
Our 2012 "Dancing with The Twin Cities Celebrities" Emcee
Rick Kupchella
Bring Me the News
Rick has worked as an investigative reporter and tv news anchor in Mpls/St. Paul for more than 20 years. Winner of more than a dozen Emmys, he has also been recognized repeatedly by the New York International Film Festival, Best of Gannett, and many other prestige's awards. Rick has also served as president of the MN chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He is currently Founding Partner & President of Bring Me the News and continues to produce news stories of own and works to advance journalism by helping the public find the best news stories in the state every day.
Our 2012 " Dancing with The Twin Cities Celebrities " Judges
Laura Schara
Macy’s Fashion Correspondent
Dancing with the Twin Cities’ Celebrities
Winner from 2011!!
TV Host and television personality in sports, out-doors & fashion!! Her TV career began in 2000 when creating and hosting the segment “Wild in the City” on NBC‟s Minnesota Bound. She is also a fash-ion correspondent for Macy‟s.
Chris Reuvers
Co-Host of Colleen & Reuvers Show
Returning Dancing with the Twin Cities’ Celebrities
Contestant from 2010!
Chris Reuvers is currently the producer and co-host of the “Colleen and Reu-vers” show weekdays on MyTalk 107.1, He also serves as producer on “Garage Logic with Joe Soucheray” weekdays on 1500ESPN.
Jason Matheson
Fox 9 Entertainment Reporter
Returning Dancing with the Twin Cities Celebrity
Judge from 2010!
Jason is an entertainment reporter and film critic for Fox 9 News in Mpls. He be-gan at KMSP in the spring of 2000 as executive producer of “The Buzz”, a long-running and highly popular daily en-tertainment segment that covered local and national entertainment. Within months of his arrival at KMSP, he was moved in front of the camera as film critic for “Good Day MN”.
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