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Season 17 DWTS

12 years ago

Did you watch GMA today, the new cast was announced.

Not many I am interested in but I'm glad to see Bill Engval and Leah Remini.
Valery Harper is crazy for even trying such strenuous activity!
Looks like we lost many of the Pros too.

Here are the official pairings for Dancing With the Stars' 17th season:

Amber Riley and Derek Hough
Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Sasha Farber
Brant Daugherty and Peta Murgatroyd
Leah Remini and Tony Dovolani
Corbin Bleu and Karina Smirnoff
Christina Milian and Mark Ballas
Valerie Harper and Tristan MacManus
Bill Nye and Tyne Stecklein
Keyshawn Johnson and Sharna Burgess
Elizabeth Berkley and Val Chmerkovskiy
Bill Engval and Emma Slater
Jack Osbourne and Cheryl Burke

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Comments (17)

matti5
12 years ago
I only had to look a couple of of them up. Looks to be an ok season and with the new format, should be interesting.

Kudos to Valerie Harper for doing this, she sure is a fighter.
glenda_al
12 years ago
Don't know most of them!
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minnie_tx
12 years ago
who are these people???
samkaren
12 years ago
Darn...was hoping that Louie would be dancing this season. But what the heck.....I get to ogle:
Derek Hough
Tony Dovolani
Mark Ballas
Tristan MacManus
Val Chmerkovskiy

Love these guys!!!!
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dees_1
12 years ago
It will be interesting to see Derek teach someone who's not rail thin and/or athletically built. I've always thought he's been partnered with "easy" celebs while others, like Tony, get people like Kate G/Nancy G.

Derek's good; maybe we'll get to see just HOW good he is. Tony and Louie are my favorite male pros. Edyta and Cheryl are my favorite female pros. Sorry to see Kym leave but she's got a good gig.

I'll watch....be interesting if Bill Nye the Science Guy introduces some science into the dancing! And no, not by dancing to "She Blinded Me (with Science)". Bill Engvall should add a good laugh.
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12 years ago
Only know two of them. Stars, really?
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
12 years ago
Great to see Jack Osborne getting active, after his diagnosis I was really worried about how he would handle it. He seems to be doing well.

I quit watching a few years ago because so few of them were actually stars I had heard of.
minnie_tx
12 years ago
If I cant watch MAX I'll take Val
linda_in_iowa
12 years ago
I probably won't be watching. I got tired of all the hype a couple of years ago.
ellendi
12 years ago
I lost interest this past year, but I think I like this line up! I usually "watch" with my sister who lives in another state and we text back and forth our opinions as the show goes on.
I like that it is only one night.
I am excited that Valeri Harper's condition is stabilized and she might go into remission.
And I agree that it's about time Derek didn't get a shoe- in!
enjoyingspring
12 years ago
I stopped watching after they had Bristol Palin and Kate Gosslin on, I really felt that they rigged the results with those 2.
rob333 (zone 7b)
12 years ago
Then you missed a great season last autumn? I think it was, enjoyspring. The all-star show was really good, every dance, every week. Unless I remember it wrong.

For the first show, I really really enjoyed Amber's dance. She can really move! I really like it when they make me think I want to dance! (I can't, not at all). I'm not too fond of Bill Nye or Keyshawn, but the rest are ok or are good. Last night was adequate. I wasn't blown away by anyone's dance.

The two best dances I've ever seen are the Psycho dance with Ricki Lake/Derek Hough, but it was ousted from my all time favorite to second favorite, by last autumn's all-stars Shawn Johnson/Derek Hough's who broke all the rules with the trampoline quickstep. But this season? Nothing so far. Amber's first is pretty memorable though.
matti5
12 years ago
I am not wowed by any so far. My least favorite is Bill Nye.
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12 years ago
I cannot believe how good the stars are this season. I looks like the last week of the season from the way they started out.
Bill Nye is not my favorite either.
Georgysmom
12 years ago
Oh, please. He's just a goofball having fun. I hope he stays another week even if he can't dance.
ellendi
12 years ago
I'm in it to watch Valerie Harper. I also like Snookie for some reason. She just says it the way it is.
linda_in_iowa
12 years ago
I wasn't planning to watch this season but now I am hooked on it.

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