The season was full of surprises and some very shocking eliminations. Jennifer Grey took home the mirror ball trophy last night and became the 11th winner of Dancing With the Stars. Tuesday’s finale was a very interesting one when the final three were down to Bristol Palin, Kyle Massey, and Jennifer Grey. Some people thought that with Palin’s fan base she could win it even though she was not the best dancer of the three. Grey 50, broke down in tears as her partner Derek Hough jumped up and down after the win was announced. She had suffered a slipped disc and danced through the pain on Tuesday night. Kyle Massey 19, came in second place and Bristol Palin 20, finished in third place. The win was a third for dance pro Derek Hough who also won with partners Nicole Scherzinger and Brooke Burke.

The hit ABC show Dancing With the Stars has just announced it’s star studded cast for season 11. The show will premiere on September 20 and the cast was announced during ABC’s other hit show Bachelor Pad. The first six announced were the ladies to be joining the show followed by the six men cast. They are as follows:

Audrina Patridge from the reality show The Hills.

Bristol Palin who is the daughter of Sarah Palin the former Vice Presidential nominee and Governor of Alaska.

Jennifer Grey famous for starring in the movie Dirty Dancing.

Brandy the R&B singer.

Florence Henderson, American actress and singer best known for her role as Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch.

Margaret Cho, Korean American comedian best known for her stand up acts.

David Hasselhoff an actor best known for his role on Baywatch.

Rick Fox a Canadian television actor and retired professional basketball player.

Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino, known for his role on MTV’s Jersey Shore.

Michael Bolton is an American singer-songwriter and a former hard rock singer.

Kurt Warner is a retired National Football League quarterback who played for the St. Louis Rams, New York Giants, and the Arizona Cardinals.

Kyle Massey is an American actor and rapper from Atlanta, Georgia who is best known for starring in Disney Channel sitcom That’s So Raven.

Ryan Seacrest 35 from American Idol, and Julianne Hough 21 from Dancing With the Stars are trying to keep quiet their rumored relationship but sources close to them are saying otherwise and that “things have gotten more serious over the last month.” The two have been spotted together numerous times over the past month. They were spotted together with their arms around each other on the beach in Malibu and also dining at L.A.’s Red O restaurant and shopping together at Alice + Olivia. Seacrest also flew into Nashville to see Hough perform at the CMA Music Festival on June 11, reported AceShowBiz. Looks like things are heating up for the unlikely pair.

Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson testified against her alleged stalker Robert O’Ryan today and her voice cracked when they showed her the knife that was found in the car of O’Ryan at the time of the incident. Inside the car he also had a shotgun and a bullet proof vest. O’Ryan is accused of breaking onto the studio lot where she was competing in Dancing With the Stars. During her testimony Shawn admitted that she was so scared of him that she had considered quitting the show, but she didn’t and she went on to win the dancing competition. O’Ryan took the witness stand and pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, he was on the stand for about 23 minutes and showed no reaction. If O’Ryan is convicted a judge will determine if he is legally insane, he could face up to four years in prison and two years in jail if if he is convicted of two misdemeanor concealed weapons violations.

Melissa Rycroft who you may remember as The Bachelor winner turned dumpee by Jason Mesnick will be returning to co-host the new ABC show Bachelor Pad with Chris Harrison. The show will premiere on August 9, and it will be set up in a Big Brother type fashion where the 20 former contestants will live together and compete in challenges for a chance to win $250,000, and, most likely, hook up. Rycroft will be there to help with the competitions and rose ceremonies. Since being dumped on the show Rycroft has gone on to do Dancing With the Stars and Good Morning America, Chris Harrison added that she was chosen because the two have remained good friends and that she is an obvious fan favorite. Melissa is now married to Tye Strickland.

Football player Chad Ochocinco left Dancing With the Stars last night after only being one week short of the season 10 finale. When asked how he felt about his departure from the show Chad said “To go up against the kind competition we had and come this far, I’ve already won.” Chad who was teamed up with two time champion Cheryl Burke also said “We kind of knew we were going home tonight,” Burke conceded to PEOPLE. “Our scores were so much lower [than the others] so we felt it was going to happen.”
“That’s why I am at peace right now,” Ochocinco said. “We had a great night last night and that’s the way to end it. That’s the way to go out. It would have been nice if we could have danced like that every week.” Chad plans to stay in touch with the entire cast and next up he will be on VH1′s reality dating show called The Tournament in which he will try to find a girlfriend amongst 85 women.

Recent rumors that Bachelor Jake Pavelka and the woman he chose Vienna Girardi are breaking up is simply not true according to sources close to the couple. The rumor was that the two had split after being in the spotlight when Jake was on Dancing With the Stars. Jake’s brother Jason and his friend Rachel Todd have come to the couple’s defense by saying “There’s nothing to the rumor that they’re breaking up,” Jason told RadarOnline.com. “I think Vienna is great. My wife and I went and stayed with them for four days and went to Dancing With The Stars. “After spending some time with her, we really like Vienna. She’s a good girl.” The couple are still living together.

Last night Pamela Anderson received the lowest number of votes which sent her home. Her costars on the show were very sad to see her go and she got many warm embraces from them as they praised her for being a wonderful contestant and friend. One thing Pamela did have to say about leaving the show is that “I can’t eat whatever I want anymore!”, referring to her training for the show. She also had to say “I’m going to stay in touch with everybody!” she said, adding that she’ll also miss “the challenge of learning a new dance every week! I liked that challenge, I love working really hard at something, so I’ll miss that. I will miss rehearsals; I’ll miss it all!”

Season 7 champion of “Dancing With the Stars” has been named as the new co host after Samantha Harris decided to leave the show in January to pursue other gigs. The announcement came this morning on “Good Morning America”. Fans of the show may remember season 7 when her and her partner Derek Hough took home the Mirrorball trophy. Brooke Burke is a mother of four and you may have also seen her on E!’s “Wild On!” series, “Rock Star: INXS” and, most recently, TV Land’s “She’s Got the Look.” It was rumored that she was up against former DWTS contestant Melissa Rycroft and Vanessa Minnillo. Are you happy they chose her?

Maksim and Karina from “Dancing With The Stars” have not only called off their engagement, they have also completely ended their relationship. Maksim Chmerkovskiy 29 and Karina Smirnoff 31 got engaged on New Years’ Day in Las Vegas. Sources said to PEOPLE that the couple did not see eye to eye on when to have children stating that Maksim was ready while Karina was not and as the two were together they realized these differences. The two still both care about each other and will continue to work closely together in this upcoming season of “Dancing With The Stars” which premieres on September 21.