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They don't head back to the ballroom for another few weeks, but Derek Hough, Karina Smirnoff and Cheryl Burke already look to be in top form.
The Dancing with the Stars pros were able to relax – and flash their fit physiques – with a little fun in the sun over the weekend in Las Vegas.
The Asahi Super Dry Beer summer takeover kicked off Friday at Marquee Nightclub, where the trio, sat at a VIP table and drank beer. The fun continued on Saturday at Marquee Dayclub, where the pros chilled in a poolside cabana while listening to the sounds of the EC Twins, who provided the soundtrack to the party.
"They all were having a great time, relaxing before the season starts up," a source tells PEOPLE. "There were times when you would see Karina and Derek jump behind the deejay booth, taking photos along with dancing and laughing."
Dancing's all-star season begins Sept. 24 on ABC.
– Mike Fleeman
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Hey now, they're all all-stars!
It's nearly time for your favorite Dancing with the Stars contestants to compete for the coveted mirror ball trophy.
And on Monday's Good Morning America, host Robin Roberts revealed the viewers' choice to be the 13th contestant: a very excited Sabrina Bryan – who beat out Carson Kressley and Kyle Massey for the coveted spot.
Her partner will be Louis Van Amstel.
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Hope Solo is making serious accusations in her new memoir about her season 13 Dancing with the Stars partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
"He manhandled me in rehearsals from the start, pushing me, whacking my stomach, bending my arms roughly," the Olympian, 31, writes in Solo: A Memoir of Hope.
"I thought that was just how it went – how dancers worked with each other," she continues. "But it kept getting worse. ... One day, Maks was trying to put me in a certain position and hit my stomach so hard with his open palm that I had a red handprint there for the rest of the day."
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The all-star season of Dancing with the Stars doesn't start until Sept. 24, but contestant Drew Lachey is wasting no time in sizing up the competition.
"Everyone on the show is very competitive," he tells PEOPLE. "Everyone's laughing and like, 'Oh, haha, this is going to be fun,' but I guarantee once the show starts up, you're going to see everybody's true colors come out."
One of the people the 98 Degrees band mate, 36, sees as a direct rival – on the dance floor, that is – is former 'NSYNC singer Joey Fatone, 35.
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Some celebrities will be reunited with their pro partners while others will get a chance to boogie with someone new on the all-star season of Dancing with the Stars.
The pairings for the upcoming season, which premieres Sept. 24, were revealed Monday on Good Morning America. The classic partnerships to get an encore include Kristie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy; Joey Fatone and Kym Johnson; Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas; Emmitt Smith and Cheryl Burke; and Melissa Rycroft and Tony Dovolani.
Among the new teams: Apolo Anton Ohno will dance with Karina Smirnoff, while Shawn Johnson is partnered with Derek Hough.
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From competing for Olympic gold to competing for the mirror-ball trophy!
As the London Games come to a close, the next question on everyone's mind is which Olympian will trade training for the tango and compete on Dancing with the Stars. Michael Phelps seems to be toying with the idea.
"I haven't really been known for my dancing," Phelps told PEOPLE at Omega House in London on Tuesday. "I know everybody who's done it, they've enjoyed it and had a blast. I won't say I'm ruling anything out."
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While some celebrities are known for shedding pounds while participating on Dancing with the Stars, Bristol Palin did not consider herself one of them.
The Alaska native, 21, said during her time on ABC's hit series that she didn't notice any changes in her body except for toned legs. But this time around, on season 15's all-star edition, which premieres Sept. 24, Palin is hoping for a different outcome.
"My goal [is] not to gain any weight," the young mom recently told PEOPLE during the Television Critics Association summer tour in Beverly Hills. "I think it's hurtful for any girl when someone's criticizing their weight on a national level. It's an awkward position."
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When Pamela Anderson competed on Dancing with the Stars in 2010, the bomshell was eliminated in the seventh week of the competition. But now that she's been invited back to compete on season 15's all-star edition, she says she'll approach things a little differently.
For starters, Anderson, 45, tells PEOPLE, she's only got room for one person on her dance card – her pro partner.
"I've sworn off men until November," Anderson says of her self-imposed, season-long celibacy.
And while many celebrities actively engage with their fans on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, Anderson admits, "Last time I didn't ask a lot of people to vote for me."
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Since the all-star cast of the fall season of Dancing with the Stars was revealed, it's become clear that all bets are off regarding the show's next winner. After all, the cast includes returning champions like former NFL player Emmitt Smith and Olympians Apolo Anton Ohno and Shawn Johnson, as well as beloved fan-favorites like Melissa Rycroft, Kirstie Alley and Gilles Marini.
But Dancing pro (and season 13 winner) Karina Smirnoff isn't afraid to share her thoughts on who might emerge victorious in the show's new season, which premieres Sept. 24 on ABC.
"The women are very strong, but the male celebrity guests are a little bit stronger overall," Smirnoff told PEOPLE at an event sponsored by the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau. "I mean, we have an Olympian male guest – Apolo Anton Ohno. I'm sure he'll go very far."
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Been there, done that.
That's how Joey Lawrence seems to feel about Dancing with the Stars – as the actor, 36, says he declined an invitation to return for this fall's all-star season.
"I did it. It was good for me," Lawrence told PEOPLE at Wednesday's Los Angeles premiere of Total Recall. "We got to the end there, and it was down to me, Emmitt [Smith] and Mario [Lopez], and it was good."
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