Welcome back to round 2 of Princess Sparkles' Dancing With the Stars premiere-week TV Watch marathon! Princess Sparkles will have to ask you to stand on a platform in the middle of the room, and take two hours to read this entire recap. You will do so under the assumption that there will be very little payoff at the end, other than a silly screen grab and a vague remembrance of the Jeffrey Ross formerly known as a ballroom dancer. Still want to go through with this? Stand up straighter! And would it kill you to keep smiling as you become completely overtaken by a nameless sense of dread? I don't think so. Are you a woman? Don't forget your bedazzled four-inch heels! Fabulous. Places, please. And...cue spotlight! You all look great, as usual. Let's start the show....

How important is the right partner in ballroom dancing?

It's a crucial element, according to Fabian Sanchez, who was Marlee Matlin's partner last season on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars."

Sanchez, who has a Fred Astaire dance studio in a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, compares dancing to marriage.

"If there's no chemistry, it shows all over," he says. "I'd rather see a couple that has great chemistry and you believe their story than to see two amazingly talented technical dancers who have no chemistry."

When actress Cloris Leachman hoisted a leg up on the judges' desk after a brisk number on "Dancing with the Stars" Monday night, she shocked people with her sexy ploy. But she also wowed people with her agility.

At 82, Leachman survived the first round of the dance competition show, all the while donning high heels, a tight gown and spinning with the best of them.

It was entertainment, sure, but doctors say it is an example of what many people could be capable of doing in their 60s, 70s, and 80s.

With less than a week until ABC's "Dancing With The Stars" season premiere, Olympic athlete Misty May-Treanor and TV star Kim Kardashian are blogging away about their excitement!

Misty blogs on USA Today about the experience so far, calling it "challenging and humbling." Misty's dancing coach is Maksim Chmerkovskiy, who she calls "a great person."