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Best cast ever?
Obviously, that’s up for interpretation but there certainly won’t be a shortage of provocative newsmakers when Dancing With the Stars returns Sept. 19. We still don’t know the pairings (they won’t be announced until Wednesday on Good Morning America) but what pro will or won’t compete for the mirror ball trophy seems pretty anti-climactic in light of the cast announcement, made Monday night during an episode of Bachelor Pad. For the entire cast, go to the jump.
Chaz Bono. Sonny and Cher’s famous child was the subject of the recent documentary Becoming Chaz, which aired on OWN and is now up for three Emmys.
Nancy Grace. The outspoken legal commentator and host of her eponymous show on HLN is expected to maintain her hectic schedule while donning the Danskins.
Ricki Lake. The actress/author is looking to return to the daytime talk show circuit by launching one in the fall of 2012.
Rob Kardashian. The younger brother of Kourtney, Kim and Khloe has worked as a talent manager but has been known to show up from time to time on the family reality shows.
David Arquette. The actor and ex-husband of Courteney Cox recently celebrated his sobriety on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Ron Artest. The 6-foot-7 forward from the Los Angeles Lakers is petitioning the courts to change his name to Metta World Peace.
Kristin Cavallari. The former star of MTV’s The Hills and Laguna Beach has kept busy by doing charity work for the kids.
J.R. Martinez. The All My Children actor also works as a motivational speaker.
Hope Solo. The gorgeous goal keeper gained millions of followers this summer while playing for the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team.
Elisabetta Canalis. It can’t be fun to be known as the gal who was dumped by George Clooney but hey, the ravishing actress from Italy has other credits, too: She recurred on TNT’s Leverage!
Chynna Phillips. The Wilson Phillips crooner who’s married to Billy Baldwin recently made a much-appreciated cameo in Bridesmaids.
Carson Kressley. The fashion expert best known for Queer Eye and How to Look Good Naked now has a show on OWN called Carson Nation.
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Where is the “Disney” star??
Nancy Grace???? I am SOOOO watching! Too bad they couldn’t put “Tot Mom” on to compete against her.
I expect nancy to go head to head witht hte judges. I do not expect her to dance well.
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This I have pondered for years.
Wow, Olive, now you’re a single man? Over on the BP 2 , you told us where you met your husband.
@Cruella,
LOL! Olive is confused
They write better than you Jiji!
I took it as a joke.
Cruella for the win.
Leave Olive alone. He/She isn’t the only person who had a sex change.
“Kristin Cavallari. The former star of MTV’s The Hills and Laguna Beach has kept busy by doing charity work for the kids”
LMAO!!! “the kids”! What kids? We all know she spent at most an hour with kids since the hills ended. I doubt there were kids in the LA clubs. What a joke.
I like to call the fame w***e who thougbt being engaged to my teams’ QB Jay Cutler would give keep her in the papers/magazines. I applaude Jay for cutting her loose if only to keep himself out of the rags.
“The kids”–yeah, right!!
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Wow who will Chaz dance with….he needs to lose some weight too!
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Well we all know David has nothing to do till Scream 5.
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Who will Chaz dance with, female or male?
Are you kidding me? He’s gonna dance with a woman. That’s a dumb Q.
Ya, REAL dumb question.
Better question is who will Grace dance with?
It is time to change the title of this show if these participants are called “Stars!”
I guess dating George Clooney makes you a Star.
I would rather get stabbed in the neck than watch Nancy Grace…
kinvelc13 on November 3, 2011 Look forward to seeing you this year at our Image Style Studio stand, bringing Hollywood to Perth.
Chynna Phillips?
Hold on, for one more dance!
Oh I love her I hope she is good!
Ron Artest?
Oh, that’ll be interesting.
Indeed!
We’ll see if someone throws something at him and he attacks the person, like he did years ago in the Pacers-Pistons brawl. Remember that?
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AGAIN??? How many times does Ricki have to be canceled before she gets a clue that she’s not a good talk show host?
I wasn’t aware that she had more than the one, which she ended on her own.
Didn’t her show air for years and years and years?
The producers couldn’t make up their minds.
Huh? She hosted her show for about 11 years before ending it on her own terms. In the years since she has hosted game shows and produced documentaries.
Ricki Lake was head mistress on Charm School so that all you need to know where her career has gone since her talk show was cancelled.
So was recent Academy Award Winner for Best Supporting Actress MoNique.
Great line-up! Can’t wait to see
I am very surprised that I don’t see a Ringer in the bunch. Maybe the ringer will be a late addition. Very odd group. I think it will be interesting for a few weeks but not for the dancing.
I was thinking the same thing, unless Chyna Phillips pulls a Jennifer Grey?
looks like an interesting cast; I rooting for David!
Rooting for Hope Solo!
They should just skip the season and give the trophy to Hope. She’s the obvious favorite.
RPK74m on August 8, 2010 As a Crossfitter, I have to make some comments.First, the puullps were OK as he was kipping. However, slightly better ROM would be desired.Secondly, you have to catch the dumbbell in the clean position before pressing, this is NOT a snatch. But, most people interpret this as one arm ground to overhead.Other than that, this guy had a phenomenal time.
This is the worst cast ever.
I agree. Looks like they are scraping the bottom of the barrel.
This season seems to be lamer than most .
Um…I feel like they do that every year.
Ditto! Looks like a bunch of hasbeen actors, blahblah talk show hosts, pitiful faces, and historical singers,…this may be the first season , I bow out! ugh!!!
Yes, what a surprise that no A List celebrities are available to go on a silly dance show.
Thank you, Mellissa. You took the words right out of my mouth. DWTS is this century’s “Love Boat” and “Fantasy Island”, where celebrities of the past come to relive their former glory.
That’s it! They need to get Charo on the show! Isn’t she about Cloris Leachman’s age?
i agree. last season had some decent names like kirstie alley, ralph macchio etc… this season we get the significant other of famous people: courtney cox’s ex, george cloonie’s ex, etc… YAWN.
Wow….I have no interest in anyone. I am not looking forward to seeing Chaz in ANY rehearsal footage. Sadly he will gets lots of votes from the LGBT community and be around for a long time. They do not have one ‘ringer’ that was previously trained in dance like Jennifer Gray or Nicole Sherzinger.
Ridiculous comment.
Wow, already hating on Chaz? You don’t think Carson Creeley will get some gay votes? As you know, us queers only vote in blocks, for our own, because we’re idiots like that… “sparkly”…
Yes, because us gays have a secret agenda and step 1 is “Vote for Chaz Bono to win Dancing With The Stars” . Then we will take over the world.
I actually like this lineup!
well one good thing about it Derek will be back! looking forward to seeing him again!
I am voting for JR Martinez, he is amazing!
Me too! For anyone who doesnt know he is also an Iraq war vet. He was injured in combat which is why he has the facial scarring. Amazing, amazing dude.
JR Martinez is an inspiration and it’s been a pleasure watching him hone his acting skills on AMC. This may be the first season of DWTS that I watch and vote. GO JR!
Thanks for the info, missliss. I was not familiar with JR but will definitely check him out!
You do know this is a psuedo dance show? Could you wait to see if he can at least move?
Why is Chaz Bono in the picture if he’s not in the cast?
Fail, didn’t see he was on the list.
You mean “she”? Chaz is still a woman no matter how any ‘roids she consumes. What a freak. Can’t change DNA. On a related note, I won’t be watching.
Delilah won’t be watching because if Jesus didn’t watch TV, she won’t either.
Jesus hates Delilah!
You’re my hero.
I’m most excited for Chaz! However I loved watching Ricki Lake back in the day, so I’m rooting for her too. I’m least excited by Clooney’s ex girlfriend.
Gotta agree: Chaz is a woman. Do a genetic profile. She (OK, “it”) doesn’t have a Y chromosome. Fact. It is a woman.
True. Once a woman, always a woman. You are who you were born as.
@ger …………..yeah, I don’t know.
To Delilah – brush your tooth and crawl back under your rock. God forbid that people would be wired differently. If it’s not your experience, then you don’t get it. Real insightful, you poor uneducated thing.
Had your parents had an amnio your DNA would have told them to abort.
There’s nothing like the very MENTION of a transexual to send people into a self-righteous tailspin. What the hell is wrong with people? Who made you the experts on gender and nature? Redneck idiot Americans…
@ger I’m trying to figure where Jesus came into that comment. Way to stereotype.
For some unknown reason, I find Chaz less objectionable than Kendra of last season.
a bimbo who was dumped by George Clooney? really??
Why is she a bimbo?
Because she made her money by being pretty.
@ Captain – If you ask me, that’s sounds darn smart. As long as it’s a magazine spread as opposed to legs spread or worse yet, a magazine spread of legs spread. I believe Elisabetta is like the Brooke Burke of Italy.
@Cruella – I wish I could follow you around today! You’re ranking right up there with T2 (PIMB), etm, Mellissa, AI, and others of the greats!
RaRa! Thank you
You’re pretty great yourself!
She is hot….and I am a straight female, gorgeous girl.
Still sticking with the claim that these people are Stars, are they?
There are a bunch of D-listers there, but you’ve got to admit that David Arquette and Ron Ron were pretty good choices. I do consider them to be “stars”.
It’s like the comedian who did a stand-up during the Season 8 finale: It’s more like Dancing With the Vaguely Familiar.
Rob Kardashian, Chaz Bono, and Nancy Grace! Give me a break! That’s thew best you can do, ABC! None of these people are that relevant!
@Andrew – As Mellissa pointed out, above, that is why they are available to do a dance show!
Sorry, but who’s gonna wanna dance with the toad.
Go away troll.
but true. I think all the dancers are dreading getting Chaz and not because of the sex change.
That’s right. Fat people have no chance. Plus, he/she has no fan base.
well, I guess they’re pretty much all better that Snooki.
Not that THAT is saying much…… Chaz, Rob and Carson are BAD though…. ridiculous.
excited for Hope Solo and……..no, thats about it
I want to see if she chokes like she did in the World Cup.
I’m pretty sure Hope did not choke at the world cup… but thanks for trying.
Hope Solo’s got this in the bag.
I’d like to spank Ricki Lake.
Hopefully by now Chaz has 2 in the bag(s).