Dancing With The Stars on ABC March 9th

Thu Feb 26, 2009 2:07 pm

13 new celebrities to start the two hour season premiere

1. Ty Murray - rodeo athlete

2. David Alan Grier - works in television and film

3. Jewel - singer - songwriter

4. Shawn Johnson - only 17 years old - gold medalist in balance beam at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing

5. Lil' Kim - (Kimberly Denise Jones) grammy award winning multi-platinum rapper, singer, actress, and fashion icon

6. Gilles Marini - actor

7. Belinda Carlisle - lead singer of the Go-Go's

8. Steve-O - also known as Stephen Glover

9. Steve Wozniak - also known as The Woz, a Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist

10. Denise Richards - fashion model before making her way into television and movies

11. Lawrence Taylor - greatest defensive player in the history of the National Football League, Hall of Fame

12. Chuck Wicks - songwriter and vocalist

13. Nancy O'Dell - co-anchor of Access Hollywood

Professional Dancers:
Mark Ballas
Cheryl Burke (she lost some weight!!)
Dmitry Chaplin
Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Tony Dovolani
Chelsie Hightower
Derek Hough
Julianne Hough
Kym Johnson
Jonathan Roberts
Edyta Sliwinska
Lacey Schwimmer
Karina Smirnoff

Same Judges:
Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, and Bruno Tonioli

[almostfamous]

Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:34 pm

I am excited for the show to start. I think that Chuck Wicks has an advantage because he gets to dance with his girlfriend Julianne Hough so I wonder if they have been rehearsing with each other for longer when he first made the decision to go on the show.

Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:00 pm

Oh, I didn't know that was her boyfriend. Yeah, like...do they ever go out for a night of fun...and dancing!!??!! Guess we will see when the show starts how good he is.

[almostfamous]

Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:04 pm

Yeah they have been dating for almost a year I think. Seems unfair to the other contestants.