A "Dancing" Rematch?

Kelly Monaco is confident in her moves.

The General Hospital star says she's aware of the controversy surrounding her underdog victory over fan favorite John O'Hurley on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, but she's not fazed by it.

"I do not hold anything personally. I'm not going to go home and cry because someone did not like my dancing," Monaco told the Television Critics Association on Tuesday.

"If you don't like it, you don't like it. I wouldn't be sitting here if the whole world hated what I did."

Meanwhile, O'Hurley fans who are convinced that the Seinfeld star was robbed in the Dancing finale may get another chance to watch the actor shake his hips.

After 22 million viewers tuned in to watch Monaco and O'Hurley go head to head on the dance floor, ABC is considering reuniting the finalists for a rematch when Dancing returns to the airwaves, most likely in January.

"We are serious about it," ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson told reporters Tuesday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills. "I think it's a great idea."

As for Monaco, she's apparently prepared to accept the challenge.

"Bring it on," she told one reporter who asked her about the potential rematch. "You want a dance-off, come on up here. I'll give you a dance-off."

The actress and network representatives fielded a range of questions from reporters about how the voting system for the show operated and whether Monaco received any favoritism because of the fact that General Hospital also airs on the Alphabet net.

Some Dancing viewers complained that the show's voting system was confusing because it relied on input from both the viewers and the judges. Fan voting counted towards the following week's elimination, while the judges' votes counted towards the live episode's performance.

McPherson said that the network is considering creating a results show for Dancing's second season, similar to the format used by American Idol. However, he denied that votes were stacked unfairly in Monaco's favor.

"With Dancing, there is a valid concern without a results show, but I think we are going to consider whether a results show makes sense," he said. "To me, there is not much to say, the voting was not fixed whatsoever. What else is there to discuss?"

Controversial or no, Monaco's Dancing victory may have even twirled her into a role on another ABC ratings monster--namely, Desperate Housewives.

During an interview on Access Hollywood, the series' creator, Marc Cherry, hinted strongly that he was trying to work the soap star into the show.

"I think she's great," Cherry said. "I haven't started to think of how to fit her into Wisteria Lane, but she's awfully talented."

Monaco did not deny the suggestion that she might make a Desperate move.

"We'll see," she told Access Hollywood. "I can't say anything. I'm sworn to secrecy." (Desperate Housewives returns to the ABC schedule on Sept. 25.)

The second season of Dancing with the Stars is just one of the celebrity-themed reality competitions currently in the works.

Much to ABC's discontent, Fox is churning out Skating with Celebrities, a series that aims to put stars through their paces on ice.

"I was certainly disappointed to see Ice Skating with the Stars," McPherson said Tuesday, after expressing his hope that Fox would scale back on programming similar to what ABC is already producing. "But what can you do? It's pretty sad."

Fox is also at work on Celebrity Idol, in which famous folk will compete for a $1 million prize to be donated to their charity of choice.

A similar project from NBC--I'm a Celebrity, But I Want To Be a Pop Star--was abruptly scrapped this week, after network execs reportedly couldn't come to terms with the cost of the series.