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DwtS 9 Cast Announcement

ABC announced the identities of the Dancing with the Stars 9 celebrity contestants this morning. They are:

Aaron Carter
Ashley Hamilton
Chuck Liddell
Debi Mazar
Joanna Krupa
Kathy Ireland
Kelly Osbourne
Louie Vito
Macy Gray
Mark Dacascos
Melissa Joan Hart
Michael Irvin
Mya
Donny Osmond
Natalie Coughlin
Tom DeLay

Looks like ABC is trying to one up NBC by casting Tom DeLay. NBC was only able to get the wife of a disgraced politician for I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. ABC got an actual disgraced politician!

I'll update the list when the celebrity-pro dancer pairings are posted. On Good Morning America, Tom Bergeron said that the new season will feature new dance styles and will debut with a three-night premiere.

I've at least heard of all but one of these celebs, so that's a better ratio than seasons past. Are you excited to watch the new season based on this cast? Is there an early favorite?

Posted by Kathy (myoxisbroken@gmail.com) on 08/17/2009.

Comments

MakeClorisAsCoHost wrote (8/17/2009 10:35:00 AM EDT) …
i'm very surprised lou ferrigno wasn't cast. i thought he was in the bag for DWTS 9. i am also surprised about chuck liddell...that's going to be epic =)
Kathy wrote (8/17/2009 11:05:00 AM EDT) …
No Lou Ferrigno, no Vera Wang, no Jeremy Roenick. I guess they'll just have to float around the rumor mill for a few more years until they get the official call, just like Aaron Carter and Donny Osmond did.
jess wrote (8/17/2009 11:16:00 AM EDT) …
i only know 7 our of the 16. it'll be interesting...
Amy wrote (8/17/2009 12:00:00 PM EDT) …
Unless Mya is paired with Maks, we can look forward to him bitching all season long about how she has an unfair advantage because she is a dancer (and wasn't paired with him). Melissa Joan Hart reportedly left LA last week to return to Chicago (I think) to tend to her ailing mom. I wonder if she will still be part of the cast. I bet money Kathy Ireland will be paired with Tony Dovolani. It just seems likely. The other likelihood will be that either she or the other model will be out the first week. Models never last. Actually, maybe Tony will be paired with Debi Mazar. I love her on Entourage!
Melissa wrote (8/17/2009 3:16:00 PM EDT) …
just fyi, you forgot to put donny osmonds name on your list.
Kathy wrote (8/17/2009 3:21:00 PM EDT) …
Thanks, Melissa. I made the correction.
JennyK wrote (8/17/2009 7:06:00 PM EDT) …
I don't know how I feel about those "sudden death" weeks that Tom spoke about on GMA this morning (I enjoyed seeing him in casual wear, looked even cuter!). Why cast 16 celebs and then almost immediately turn around and do double eliminations, three weeks in a row? If they only want to go for twelve weeks, why don't they just hire forteen celebs and do it this way. That kind of undue pressure could just add to the injuries rather than cut back on them.
j wrote (8/17/2009 7:08:00 PM EDT) …
any word on the pros yet?
MN wrote (8/17/2009 11:25:00 PM EDT) …
Who's the oldest guy on the list? That's Kim's partner.
MarinaBR wrote (8/18/2009 2:00:00 AM EDT) …
I like this cast!! Will definitely watch this season!!


Hi Kathy! Hi Greg! I miss you guys!! *waving*
Jo C wrote (8/18/2009 2:47:00 PM EDT) …
Some of the names are intriguing and give me hope that the end of the season may be a good one. But wading through more poor dancers isn't a pleasant prospect. The Delay choice is ludicrous -- not even funny.

I would hardly expect Maks to be "bitching" about anything. He is well known to be candid and bluntly honest. But he's anything but a whiner. His run with Karina on Broadway may just have given both of them some new style changes that could be interesting.

The list means nothing to me until the pairings are known.
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