Season 13 of ABC's Dancing With the Stars will kickoff on Monday night and the usual collection of actors, athletes, reality show stars and relatives of famous people will try and win the coveted mirror ball trophy.
One contestant the public as a whole may not be all that familair with is actor J.R. Martinez. Word is his dancing skills are pretty good and he's a likeable guy, so he's a darkhorse pick for sure.
J.R. Martinez told People Magazine: “I’ve learned so much, Karina (Smirnoff) is an amazing talent. She has shown me that it’s all posture, and framing and being elegant. It’s all about fingers and toes. Being a guy, I tend to move all over the place.” Karina says Martinez is a hard worker on the dance floor.
Other info about Martinez... he's 28, an Iraq war vet who sustained burns to more than 40% of his body, including his face, after hitting a land mine while deployed with the Army in Iraq in 2003. He has undergone 33 cosmetic and skin graft surgeries.
He know appears regularly on ABC's All My Children.
