March 12th, 2010 by soullldiva

Supposedly ABC picked the wrong Olympic figure skater for Dancing With the Stars. I was cruising the interwebs and found a fun article about the top 10 athletes who should be on DWTS. I didn’t know probably half of them, but the video they put up for sixth-place Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir was completely amazing. I mean, so much so, I’m looking at it and wondering why Johnny didn’t simply become a dancer. He would have been a fantastic one.

I guess you can’t do triple toe loops and double axels on a dance floor (but you sure can do other things). Maybe it’s just the costumes he gets to wear…

Watch this video of Johnny skating to Lady GaGa’s “Poker Face” at a skating benefit last year. You’ll see what I mean.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a figure skater shake his hips so much or so well, and that includes former Mirror Ball winner Apolo Anton! Let’s hope that Evan Lysacek has as much potential. It will make for a fantastic season 10 of Dancing With the Stars!

You can read the Top 10 Athletes article here if you’re curious.