Photo Shoot with Rachael

Esther did a new photo shoot with co-dancer Rachael Finch last week at the Botanical Gardens in Melbourne as publicity for Dancing with the Stars. The shoot was featured in last Sunday's paper and shot by photographer Alex Coppel. It's really great photo shoot. Hope some more photos come out of it soon! Also, I've added a promotional still for tomorrow night's episode of Home and Away. So remember to tune in tomorrow night at 7pm!


Plus, those who watch Dancing with the Stars on Sunday nights, please note that it will be pushed back an hour! So instead of it going to air live at 6.30pm it will air at 7.30pm instead due to a coverage on the Australian election. Please VOTE for Esther, especially if your in Australia. She needs half of the audience vote to keep her on Dancing with the Stars. So please call 1902 55 77 10 or text "ESTHER" to 19 17 77! Let's get Esther and Brendon through to the next stage!!!

July 21, 2010 • Posted by: Melanie

Photo Updates

I've added new photos to the gallery from the studio of Dancing with the Stars along with some from the photo shoot they do every week. I've also added a newspaper clipping where Esther speaks about her weight and comments about the public's comments. Special thanks to Elissa for sending in the scan also a few weeks back Esther was featured in TV Week and we have a scan of that article with special thanks to Lou. Thanks girls, your awesome!

July 19, 2010 • Posted by: Melanie

DWTS Update Week 4

Five attempts later and we finally have the top scoring dance that Esther and Brendon performed last night on Dancing with the Stars. The couple that were tagged "the couple to beat" scored a total of 26 points which jumped them straight to first place on the leader board knocking out Tamara Jaber who had helf 1st place for the first 3 weeks. Congratulations, Esther and Brendon. It was a beautiful dance and very well choreographed. They are also safe to enter the next round. Also, please VOTE for Esther, especially if your in Australia. She needs half of the audience vote to keep her on Dancing with the Stars. So please call 1902 55 77 10 or text "ESTHER" to 19 17 77! Let's get Esther and Brendon through to the next stage!!!

July 18, 2010 • Posted by: Melanie

Learn to dance with Esther and Brendon

Have you ever wanted to learn the Quickstep? Well your in luck because Esther and her dance partner give us a little demonstration of the dance. I have to say Brendon is a really talented dancer and teacher. Makes me want to dance now. Clips from their actual performance last night will be added shortly. It keeps failing on the YouTube uploads so hopefully third time lucky, it succeeds!

July 18, 2010 • Posted by: Melanie

Esther's Skinny Genes

There has been so much media this past week about Esther and her weight. I really don't want to keep posting about it but I do want to post an article where her mum Rhonda talks about Esther and her weight, I think it's really great to see so much support behind Esther. I hope you all like the article too. Also, don't forget to watch Esther and Brendon hit the dance floor tonight on Dancing with the Stars. I will be posting live updates on the chat box and then later we will have clips, screen captures and other goodies coming your way as soon as possible!

Esther Anderson has been under fire this week for being too skinny after wearing a revealing emerald green ball gown in week two of Dancing with the Stars. But her mum Rhonda Anderson defended the Home and Away star, telling Addy the Geelong actress has always been petite.

"She's little because of her father and her grandmother, who was never more than 7.5 stone (47kg) in her life," Rhonda said. "They're tiny and that's who she takes after it's genetic with Esther." Rhonda said it was only natural her daughter would shed some weight during Dancing with the Stars. "She's working full-time on Home and Away and has 20 hours a week of dance rehearsals," she said.

"It's good for people to know she's not crash dieting, it's just normal if she loses a little weight with her schedule." Rhonda said her daughter's appetite was healthy. "She's a great eater, she's a bit like her mother there," she laughed.

July 17, 2010 • Posted by: Melanie

Message from Esther and Brendon

Here's a special thank you message from Esther and Brendon in regards to the fan support they have been receiving. Special thanks to Brendon's brother Daniel who passed on the message. We really appreciate it and hope everyone will continue to support Esther and Brendon.

We would like to thank all our fans for voting and supporting us throughout the past three weeks. We had such a blast with our Paso on the weekend - and both of us are especially excited with becoming top of the leader board! Wow!

This week we have tried to raise-the-bar and have been really hard at work perfecting our next dance - We're aiming to hopefully dazzle everyone! Please keep your votes coming as we neeed every last one to keep us in this competition..... We both are having so much fun!!

Esther & Brendon

{Later:} I've added a bunch of photos from behind the scenes of Dancing with the Stars. A lot of them are from the studio of Esther and Brendon posing either before or after a show while a few of them are from random candids around the studio with other cast members including Rachel Finch. Also don't forget to get those votes in! Please call 1902 55 77 10 or text "ESTHER" to 19 17 77! Let's get Esther and Brendon through to the next stage!!!

July 14, 2010 • Posted by: Melanie

DWTS Update Week 3

I've uploaded Esther's performance from last night's episode of Dancing with the Stars. Esther and dance partner Brendon danced the Paso to Lady Gaga's Papparzzi and they scored a total of 24 which put them equal FIRST on the leader board. Congratulations, Esther and Brendon. They are also safe to enter the next round. Also, please VOTE for Esther, especially if your in Australia. She needs half of the audience vote to keep her on Dancing with the Stars. So please call 1902 55 77 10 or text "ESTHER" to 19 17 77! Let's get her through to the next stage!!!



Also, in the gallery are promotional stills and live in the studio photo shots from Dancing with the Stars. They are great shots but I have to say my favourite is Esther and Brandon backstage. You can really tell they are great friends and it really shows off on the dance floor to just as the judges told them. I can't wait to see what they have installed for us in the future!

July 12, 2010 • Posted by: Melanie

Esther & Brendon Fan Page

I'm not sure how many visitors know but there is a new fan page on Facebook for Esther and her dance partner, Brendon Midson. I'd really love to show them support and get our visitors to join the fan page, let's get those numbers rising! You can join by clicking HERE or the banner below. And don't forget to vote each week! Call 1902 557 710 or SMS 'Esther' to 191 777. Let's get those votes in Australia!


{Later:} Esther and Brandon did a photo shoot last Thursday in Sydney at Brandon's dance studio. It's to promote Dancing with the Stars and it was shot by Anthony Reginato. It's a gorgeous photo shoot. Hopefully we will have untagged versions soon but for now check them out!

July 11, 2010 • Posted by: Melanie

No Updates

So sorry there have been no updates for nearly a week but as it's currently summer here in the U.S. I've been busy and now I'm on holidays in Los Angeles for a few days so I really do apologise that I've been absent but I will have time tonight to post a few new things and also do updates for the new episode of Dancing with the Stars which is on again tonight. Everything will be back to normal by the end of the week when I return from holidays but until then it's all very limited. Thanks for the patience and being so great! In the meanwhile there have been a few articles about Esther's weight. Here's what she had to say on the issue... (We are behind Esther 100% and don't believe any of the negative commentary is right especially with her schedule and body frame)

HOME And Away actor Esther Anderson admits she's lost weight as a result of her six-hour daily training schedule with partner Brendon Midson on reality show Dancing With The Stars. The 31-year-old says she is eating as much as she can after online forums criticised her for looking "painfully thin" on the celebrity dancing show.

"I've just got to eat so much as I've never exercised this much in my life," she told The Sunday Telegraph. "I was tiny before I began dancing, so I have to try to eat as much as I can so I don't drop too much weight." Anderson's comments come after viewers took to the internet to voice concerns over her tiny frame last week.

The once full-figured Home And Away actress and Gold Logie nominee stunned fans and network individuals when she appeared on last Sunday's show with her rib cage and her ultra-lean arms showing. "There were calls to the network after her appearance on Sunday because she looked so thin on air in the outfit she wore, and it was noted here as well," the source said.

But a Seven spokeswoman said Anderson was a healthy eater with an "amazing metabolism" who had pushed herself very hard with six to eight hours a day of dance practice on top of her Home And Away role, which ran to 14 hours on some days. "She has a full-time workload with Home And Away in addition to gruelling rehearsals for Dancing With The Stars," the spokeswoman said.

"Everyone who takes on Dancing experiences some changes in their body shape and that's due to the incredibly athletic effort they have to put into preparation and performance. "We have the greatest admiration for her."

July 10, 2010 • Posted by: Melanie

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