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Drumroll, please!<\/p>\n

I am so excited to announce that I am being paired up with a professional dancer named Mark Ballas again!\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t be more thrilled with this news!<\/p>\n

As you may remember from my last season, Mark and I were a pair before.\u00a0 By the time I met him, he had already won Dancing with the Stars<\/em> twice\u2014with Olympic figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi in Season 6 and Olympic gold medal gymnast Shawn Johnson in Season 8. No pressure!!<\/p>\n

Back then, I feared he\u2019d be upset at being paired with such a newbie.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope you have a lot of patience,\u201d I said, \u201cbecause I don\u2019t know how to dance.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when he showed me a tattoo on his forearm. It said, simply, \u201cpatience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Immediately, I knew the producers had matched me with the right person in terms of personality. Mark was awesome! He wasn\u2019t frustrated because I had no experience. Instead, he just took it from the top. I honestly think he could sit there all day and explain things to people, over and over again. He didn\u2019t lose his temper, he didn\u2019t make me feel stupid, and he really made it fun. If I ever got too upset at not \u201cgetting\u201d a move, we\u2019d take a break.<\/p>\n

It was a pretty successful pairing, because we made it all the way to the end.\u00a0 Mark, I am honored to be paired with you again!\u00a0 I love you like a brother, and I can\u2019t wait to see if we can\u2019t bring home that mirror ball trophy this time around!<\/p>\n

Do you want to be a part of my\u00a0DWTS\u00a0journey? Then, e-mail me so I can add you to my mailing list.\u00a0 (My address is BristolsBlog @\u00a0gmail.com<\/a>, without the space! Make sure to use the subject line:\u00a0DWTS.) I\u2019d love to give you the latest up-to-the-minute reports about the show!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Also, follow me on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0 Twitter<\/a>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"