Nancy O'Dell

Forget Survivor! Dancing with the Stars is the most dangerous show on television! The show doesn't even start until next week, and already two of the "stars" are injured.

She’s been a contender from the beginning but Melissa Rycroft is the most recent competitor on Dancing with the Stars to be felled by the Dancing Curse.

This season it’s taken out Jewel, Nancy O’Dell and had its way with Steve-O.

Now, after topping the leader board last week with her Argentine tango, Melissa had to sit out of Monday’s performance show because of an injury.

Nancy O’Dell is recovering after shredding her meniscus in two places preparing to appear on Dancing with the Stars.

Doctors said the inside of her knee looked like a snow globe and was worse than they’d expected, but she’s doing quite well and is expected to make a full recovery.

—Sasha Perl-Raver

After getting dropped like a bad habit by Jason Mesnick on the season finale of The Bachelor, Melissa Rycroft now has a new distinction besides having been on the losing end of the most inconsiderate dumping in history.

She’s joining the cast of Dancing With the Stars.

Dancing with the Stars claims another victim.

Nancy O’Dell has been forced to drop out of the competition less than a week before the show’s premiere after tearing the meniscus in two places in her knee.

Instead of taking to the ballroom floor, O’Dell will have to undergo knee surgery in the next few weeks to repair the tears.

“Beyond disappointment doesn’t even being to describe how I feel about not being able to continue on Dancing with the Stars,” Nancy says. “It has been one of my favorite shows since season one!”

The Dancing with the Stars couples have been unveiled and they are:

Super lucky Lil’ Kim and our man Derek Hough (swoon).

A cozy-looking real-life couple Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough.

Cougar-licious Belinda Carlisle and Jonathan Roberts.

David Alan Grier spotting awful Don Juan de Marco facial hair and Kym Johnson.

Bizarrely well-suited Steve-O and Lacey Schwimmer.

Denise Richards (yuck) and Maksim Chmerkovskiy (why are we the only one who finds him totally groody?).

Sure-thing Shawn Johnson and Mark Ballas.

Apparently ABC got sick of people spoiling their big cast reveal for Dancing with the Stars (sorry about that, ABC) and decided to start announcing their line up before it’s fully finalized.

The season eight cast was unveiled during commercial breaks in ABC’s Sunday night primetime lineup, starting with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and continuing through Desperate Housewives and Brothers and Sisters.