Entertainment Tonight has confirmed that songbird Whitney Houston will be the featured performer on the Dancing with the Stars finale on November 24. The final four couples on the hit dance-off will compete tonight on ABC.
Hosted by Tom Bergeron (America's Funniest Home Videos) and Samantha Harris (E! Entertainment), the celebrities performed choreographed dance routines which will be judged by renowned Ballroom judge Len Goodman and dancer/choreographers Bruno Tonioli andCarrie Ann Inaba.
Dancing with the Stars is the U.S. version of the international smash hit series, Strictly Come Dancing. This version is produced by BBC Worldwide Americas. Conrad Green serves as executive producer and Rob Wade and Matilda Zoltowski are co-executive producers. Alex Rudzinski directs. Dancing with the Stars is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HDTV format, with 5.1 channel surround sound and Spanish audio via SAP. For more information, visit www.abc.com.
Houston is one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 170 million records, worldwide.[6][7] She is ranked as the fourth best-selling female artist in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America, with 54.5 million certified albums.[8] She has been listed by Rolling Stone magazine as one of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. Houston appeared in her first starring role in the feature film The Bodyguard in 1992. The film's original soundtrack won the 1994 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and became the world's best-selling soundtrack. Its lead single, "I Will Always Love You", became one of the best-selling singles in music history. Houston continued to star in feature films and contributed to soundtracks including Waiting to Exhale and The Preacher's Wife.
