The General Hospital star not only won the first season of Dancing With the Stars with Alec Mazo, she returned for Season 15: All Stars. She did pretty well the second time around, coming in third place with partner Val Chmerkovskiy.
Soap stars who were contestants on Dancing With the Stars
John O’Hurley
Even though John O’Hurley is best known for his role on Seinfeld, he has appeared on numerous soaps throughout his career. He starred in All My Children, Santa Barbara, The Young and the Restless, General Hospital, As the World Turns and The Edge of Night.
He came in second place with Charlotte Jorgenson in Season 1.
Tia Carrere
Tia Carrere played a nurse over a two-year span on General Hospital, but we will forever remember her for Wayne’s World. The actress participated in Season 2 of DWTS. She danced with Maks Chmerkovskiy in his first season, when they came in sixth place.
Lisa Rinna
Vivica A. Fox
Cameron Mathison
Cristian De La Fuente
Cristián de la Fuente was a soap star in Chile and known for his work in telenovelas in Mexico when he was tapped for Dancing With the Stars. He was partnered with fan-favorite Cheryl Burke in Season 6, when they came in third place.
Susan Lucci
Gilles Marini
Gilles Marini will forever be the hot, naked guy in the Sex and the City: The Movie, but he got his start in soaps with short stints on The Bold and the Beautiful and Passions. He came in second place in Season 8 with Cheryl Burke and in sixth place in Season 15: All-Stars with Peta Murgatroyd.
Ashley Hamilton
Aiden Turner
David Hasselhoff
Even The Hoff did a stint in soaps. He starred as Snapper Foster in 1980 on The Young and the Restless for one episode. He returned in 2010 for five episodes, but he didn’t do well on DWTS. Hasselhoff was the first voted off in Season 11 with partner Kym Johnson.
JR Martinez
Jack Wagner
Ingo Rademacher
Corbin Bleu
Jonathan Bennett
Everyone loves Bennett in Mean Girls, but he also spent a year on All My Children as Adam J.R. Chandler, Jr. His spin on the ballroom floor brought him in ninth place with the new pro of Season 19, Allison Holker.
Antonio Sabato Jr.
Antonio Sabato Jr. spent three years on General Hospital and one year on The Bold and the Beautiful. He participated in Season 19 of DWTS in Cheryl Burke’s last season on the show. The couple came in eighth place.
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