The 23rd season of Dancing With the Stars will premiere at 8 p.m. Monday, September 12 on ABC.
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Vanilla Ice who was quite popular in the 90’s with his smash hit “Ice, Ice Baby” has already gained some reality TV experience points in his hat when he joined UK’s “Dancing on Ice” in its sixth season.
Jake T. Austin and Jenna Johnson: Austin is this season’s “in-house” performer – he’s the star of Disney Channel’s “The Wizards of Waverly Place”.
Kenneth Edmonds, better known as Babyface, the well-known R&B musician and record producer, has been paired with Allison Holker, a dancer who has appeared on So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing With The Stars.
It seems that Dancing With the Stars was looking to capitalize on the success of the Olympics when they were planning their cast for this season, as they were hoping to get Hernandez’s teammate Simone Biles into the competition.
James Hinchcliffe – IndyCar driver, and the show’s first since champion Helio Castroneves.
Calvin Johnson – Former NFL wide receiver, who recently retired at a fairly young age.
The former governor, 66, was widely lampooned as he prepared to make a second run for the White House previous year when he starting donning a new pair of spectacles that critics said were created to make him look intelligent.
“I keep telling people they were either going to let me do it finally or they were going to have to get a restraining order”, the actress says, praising the program for endorsing physical activity. Last week, several of his main sponsors, including Speedo and Ralph Lauren announced they were ditching him as a spokesman for their products.
This season will also welcome back some veterans. Hough is the most decorated professional dancer of Dancing With The Stars, as he’s won seasons seven, 10, 11, 16, 17 and 21. Hough shared with fans that he was able to compete after his Broadway revival of Singing in the Rain was postponed. But he explained that the production had been unable to secure a theater and has been postponed.
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He once again apologised, but stopped short of saying the incident never happened. “I am ready to be back and do what I was born to do”.
