What seems to be a curse of sorts on this season's Dancing With the Stars may be leaving some nerves on edge. Jennifer Lopez, who was scheduled to perform live on last night's show, taped her performance due to a family emergency -- sadly, her ailing grandmother died Sunday. Last week, guest star Gloria Estefan canceled her appearance to be with her mother, who was recovering from surgery. And earlier this season, Jane Seymour's mother died.Fortunately Marie Osmond, who fainted after her performance on Monday's show, was back in full humor and will continue to compete. But Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban will not. Mark and professional partner Kym Johnson seemed to expect they'd be the latest cut, and smiled through their final dance -- done to Tiffany's "I Think We're Alone Now." Next week's competition is taken up a notch as the couples perform a dance they haven't done yet and a group number.
The stars are really coming out in support of their peers on the ballroom floor. In this week's audience were Florence Henderson, Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott, a variety of Osmond Brothers, and last season's contestant Heather Mills.
