Gay Couple of 16 Years Charms 'Britain's Got Talent': VIDEO

Soren and Bradley, who met at a gay choral festival in Tampa, Florida in 1996, have danced together for ten years and describe themselves as "the most sparking thing in ballroom since pink champagne," made a splash last week on Britain's Got Talent.

Watch them woo Simon and the judges, AFTER THE JUMP...

Out Swedish Footballer Anton Hysén Sets His Hips in Motion for Dance Competition: VIDEO

Out Swedish footballer Anton Hysén is a competitor on Just Dance, the Swedish version of Dancing with the Stars.

Watch him shimmy those hips, AFTER THE JUMP...

(via ed kennedy)

And as a bonus, here's Hysen doing a bit of practicing at home.

Seventeen Year Old Irish Dancer's 'Only In America' Story

And now, a nice St. Paddy's Day story.

If you haven't already, meet Drew Lovejoy. He's 17. He lives in rural Ohio. He's half black, half Jewish. And he's the best traditional Irish dancer of his age in the world. In February, for the third consecutive year, he placed first in hs age group at the All Irish Dancing Championship, in Dublin. A profile of Lovejoy in today's New York Times (whence I borrowed the above pic) calls his an "only in America story" -- a notion which makes me feel rather patriotic.

But Lovejoy's American story is tinged with typically American tragedy. From the Times:

In the dance world, his unusual background was a plus ... But it has served him less well here in his hometown, where a rural stretch of road bisects sweeping pastures dotted with aging barns. He moved here when he was 9, after his mother married Donald Goldberg, a Greenville resident she met at a nearby synagogue. (She had parted with Drew’s biological father, Terrance Lovejoy, when Drew was still a baby, though she remains on good terms with him, and says he sometimes rides to Drew’s competitions with her husband.)

It was not easy. Drew was a dancer, unusual for boys here, and black in a mostly white town. Bullying eventually prompted his mother to pull him out of school and start him in an online education program. He is still there today.

While most townspeople accept him, with some going out of their way to make him feel comfortable, Drew said he still does not feel entirely at ease. He does not walk the dog after dark.

“I feel like I have to watch my back,” he said, his hands resting flat on the green kitchen tablecloth.

I can't find any recordings of Lovejoy's recent performances, but here you can view a vid shot shortly after his first Dublin championship. (I'd post it to the blog, but the "embed" function's been disabled.)

'Spandy Andy' Does His Thing for Australia's Today Show: VIDEO

Remember Spandy Andy, the Melbourne speedo dude whose LMFAO video went viral in Florida. He has some dancing and advice for the hosts of Australia's Today show.

"Keep it tight and bright."

Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...

If you missed his first Speedo video watch it HERE.

(via reddit)

Martina Navratilova to Compete on 'Dancing with the Stars' - Watch Full Announcement: VIDEO

Not sure when announcement of the Dancing with the Stars cast became such an 'event', but there was a big to-do on Good Morning America this morning.

Other competitors include Jack Wagner, Melissa Gilbert, Donald Driver, William Levy, Sherri Shepherd, Katherine Jenkins, Gavin DeGraw, Roshon Fegan, Maria Menounos, Jaleel White, and Gladys Knight.

Watch it, AFTER THE JUMP...

Take Me Away, a Dubstep Dream: VIDEO

Marquese Scott in a mindblowing dance routine. Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...