According to Willa Ford, who was eliminated from ABC’s ‘Dancing With The Stars’ less than 24 hours before Sara Evans surprised everyone by filing for divorce from husband Craig Schelske and announcing her decision to leave the hit program, ABC asked her to return to show and take Evans’ place, but she declined the offer. “America voted, America spoke, and I’m done,” Ford told CNN Headline News’ Robin & Company during a Monday appearance on the morning show. Read more.

With breaking news that country singer Sara Evans on Thursday announced she was filing for divorce and quitting the ‘Dancing With the Stars’ television competition, some fans on the show’s forum at ABC.com are lobbying for the return of just ousted contestants Willa Ford and Maksim Chmerkovski. It’s probably a good bet, considering the popularity of the show, and ABC not wanting to eliminate two episodes. During her appearance on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ on Wednesday, Willa talked about having to learn two dances for next week, prompting speculation her return had already been confirmed secretly.

When Willa Ford and her ‘Dancing with the Stars’ partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, visited the ‘Extra’ dance floor, they asked are they or aren’t they a couple. “No!” Willa said. “We’re dancing; we’re on a strict dancing schedule right now, we are not a couple,” Willa insisted, before both were eliminated from last night’s show.

Willa Ford was on the phone with Jackie & Bender of KISS 106.1 FM in Seattle on Tuesday (October 10) to promote ‘Dancing With The Stars’. She talked about escaping the bottom two, her intense partner, how it’s hard not to want to vote for Jerry Springer, Mario Lopez’s bad rep with the ladies, and more. kiss1061.com has since removed the audio.