Strictly....

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According to the Beeb's website, the first live show of the season is on Saturday September 20th.

Celebrities will be officially named this Thursday, August 28th (despite the fact the papers were naming them this weekend, will be interesting to see how right it is!)

Meanwhile, Dancing with the Stars announced their line-up today - details behind the cut because it's a long one!) But never mind the celebs, MAKS is back!! 

"Dancing with the Stars" begins its new season on ABC Monday, Sept. 22. Here's the full rundown of the cast:

Name: Lance Bass
Famous for: Being part of *NSync.
Partner: Lacey Schwimmer

Name: Toni Braxton
Famous for: Her platinum-selling and Grammy-winning recording career.
Partner: Alec Mazo

Name: Brooke Burke
Famous for: Hosting CBS' "Rock Star" and various E! shows.
Partner: Derek Hough

Name: Rocco DiSpirito
Famous for: Accolades as a chef, NBC's reality show "The Restaurant."
Partner: Karina Smirnoff

Name: Maurice Greene
Famous for: Winning the 100-meter gold medal in the 2000 Olympics.
Partner: Cheryl Burke

Name: Kim Kardashian
Famous for: The E! series "Keeping Up with the Kardashians."
Partner: Marc Ballas

Name: Cloris Leachman
Famous for: A long TV and film career, including " Mary Tyler Moore" and "The Last Picture Show."
Partner: Corky Ballas

Name: Cody Linley
Famous for: Playing Jake Ryan on "Hannah Montana."
Partner: Julianne Hough

Name: Susan Lucci
Famous for: Starring on "All My Children" and finally winning a Daytime Emmy after years and years of being nominated.
Partner: Tony Dovolani

Name: Misty May-Treanor
Famous for: Defending her beach volleyball gold medal at the 2008 Olympics with teammate Kerri Walsh.
Partner: Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Name: Ted McGinley
Famous for: Roles on "Married ... with Children," "Dynasty" and numerous other shows.
Partner: Inna Brayer

Name: Jeffrey Ross
Famous for: His stand-up comedy and appearances on Comedy Central's celebrity roasts.
Partner: Edyta Sliwinska

Name: Warren Sapp
Famous for: An NFL career in which he won a Super Bowl and made the Pro Bowl eight times.
Partner: Kym Johnson

Comments

[misssimm.livejournal.com]

lol that's what laurajo and I thought, that they'd split Karen and Brendan considering in Blackpool she really didn't say a lot that indicated she enjoyed dancing with him! (Side note: Her mother in law trained both her husband Conrad and Brendan, small world!)