Local girl Carrie Ann Inaba will be a judge for another ABC dancing show. Los Angeles Times library photo | December 2006

That series features two of the "Dancing with the Stars" judges guiding teams of hoofers, and now the network has tapped a former "Dancing" champ, Drew Lachey, as its host.

"Dance War," based on the British show "Dance X," will have "DwtS" judges Carrie Ann Inaba, who was born in Honolulu, and Bruno Tonioli assemble teams of dancers who compete in choreographed singing-and-dancing face-offs. Inaba, a Punahou graduate, also was a dancer for Madonna and had a role in the 2002 movie "Austin Powers in Goldmember." She played Fook Yu, the feisty other half of Fook Mi, the sexy Fook Twins, in the comedy starring Mike Myers.

Lachey knows a thing or two about singing and dancing, having been part of boy band 98 Degrees in the late 1990s. He won the second season of "Dancing with the Stars" with Cheryl Burke and also has a little bit of hosting experience, emceeing the Miss USA pageant last year.

ABC hasn't set an airdate for "Dance War" yet, but network chief Stephen McPherson said at July's press tour that the show would probably fill the gap between editions of "Dancing with the Stars" in early 2008.