Jerry Springer Left Without a Dance Partner  9/19/06

Talk show host Jerry Springer has been left without a partner as he shows off his dancing skills on TV in America.

The Jerry Springer Show host's Dancing With the Stars sidekick, Kym Johnson, has a knee injury and has been forced to pull out of the competition.

Springer is currently tango-ing with a new partner, while a new dancing professional is found for him for this week's second round of the TV talent contest.

Meanwhile, another competitor, US TV star Mario Lopez, has been caught up in a dance scandal - a woman claiming to be his former dancing partner insists Lopez is much more than an amateur.

She alleges that Lopez, the Dancing With The Stars favorite, won a series of dancing prizes when he was younger.

Lopez's aides deny the claims, insisting that their client took part in hip-hop dance-offs but has had no formal ballroom training.