"Dancing With the Stars" 2011: Season 12 Cast Announced
by Kelly Woo
posted Feb 28th 2011



Kirstie Alley


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Profession: Actress

You Might Know Her From: "Cheers"

Age: 60









"Psycho" Mike Catherwood


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Profession: Radio DJ

You Might Know Him From: L.A.'s KROQ and as the co-host of 'Loveline'

Age: 31









Chris Jericho aka Christopher Keith Irvine (birth name)


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Profession: Former pro wrestler

You Might Know Him From: Winning nearly 30 championships in the WWE

Age: 40









Sugar Ray Leonard


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Profession: Former boxer

You Might Know Him From: Winning world titles in five weight divisions

Age: 54









Ralph Macchio


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Profession: Actor

You Might Know Him From: Karate Kid films

Age: 49









Romeo Miller


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Profession: Rapper/actor/basketball player

You Might Know Him From: His acting gigs on Honey and Nickelodeon's "Romeo!"

His dad is DWTS alum Master P from Season 2

Age: 21









Petra Nemcova


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Profession: Model

You Might Know Her From: The cover of 2004's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue.

Her fiance was killed in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.

Age: 31









Chelsea Kane


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Profession: Actress

You Might Know Her From: The Disney Channel's "Jonas L.A."

Age: 22









Hines Ward


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Profession: Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver

You Might Know Him From: Being named MVP of Super Bowl XL in 2006

Age: 34









Kendra Wilkinson


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Profession: Model and TV personality

You Might Know Her From: Former Playboy Playmate

The star of her own reality show, "Kendra"

Age: 25









Wendy Williams


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Profession: Talk show host, self-proclaimed "queen of all media"

You Might Know Her From: "The Wendy Williams Show"

Age: 46

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I haven't even heard of most of them. :eek:

This has to be the worst cast they've had yet.

Dancing With the Bizarre!

This has to be the worst cast they've had yet.

I have to agree, although Ralph "The Karate Kid" Macchio might be interesting to watch.

I have to agree, although Ralph "The Karate Kid" Macchio might be interesting to watch.
Except that he won't have Mr. Miyagi to help him since Pat Morita has passed away.

I have to agree, although Ralph "The Karate Kid" Macchio might be interesting to watch.

He and Kirstie Alley are the only ones I'd care to see. I really cannot stand Kendra.

He and Kirstie Alley are the only ones I'd care to see. I really cannot stand Kendra.

Sugar Ray Leonard might be interesting to watch, too. I think it's cool when they get athletes to be on the show - to see if they can master dancing. They are already trained to be disciplined and competitive, and it's always interesting to see how they can channel that into dancing.

Why do they call the show "Dancing With the Stars" when I don't even recognize half the people as actual "stars?" (And I thought Bristol Palin was a joke!) Not only do I think the show's premise is stupid, I can't stand Bruno Tonioli. And no, Tom Bergeron can't make that show watchable.

The only person I don't know of is that 'Psycho' L.A. disc jockey.

It looks like DWTS enlisted this season's participants from Snoozeville!

Sugar Ray, Kirstie and Ralph are the only interesting ones, the rest, well,
Dancing with WHO???!!!, I've barely heard of some of them, some never heard of!

Come on, besides the radio jockey, everyone is known. Maybe not the model either, but I know her. And the Disney star isn't too known, but so wasn't Kyle Massey last season and he became huge and went into the finals!

Pro pairings:

• KIRSTIE ALLEY, television and movie star, joins MAKSIM CHMERKOVSKIY, who is back for his tenth season.

• “PSYCHO” MIKE CATHERWOOD, radio personality, partners up with LACEY SCHWIMMER, who is back for her fourth season.

• CHRIS JERICHO, WWE star, teams up with two-time champ CHERYL BURKE, who is back for her eleventh season

• CHELSEA KANE, Disney star, teams up with two-time champ MARK BALLAS, who returns for his eighth season.

• SUGAR RAY LEONARD, boxing legend, joins ANNA TREBUNSKAYA, who returns for her seventh season.

• RALPH MACCHIO, movie star, teams up with KARINA SMIRNOFF, who returns for her eighth season.

• PETRA NEMCOVA, supermodel, partners with DMITRY CHAPLIN, who returns for his third season.

• ROMEO, rapper and actor, teams up with CHELSIE HIGHTOWER, who returns for her fifth season.

• HINES WARD, Super Bowl MVP, teams up with Season 9 champion KYM JOHNSON, who returns for her ninth season.

• KENDRA WILKINSON, reality star, partners with LOUIS VAN AMSTEL, who returns for his eighth season.

• WENDY WILLIAMS, talk show host, joins TONY DOVOLANI, who is back for his eleventh season.

Even more bad news. Out of all the professionals, Ralph Macchio had to get Karina. I have no clue why they keep bringing her back. She has an awful attitude, an awful personality, and an awful face.

Kirstie, Ralph and Sugar Ray are the only ones that I think are interesting.

Maybe once the dancing starts someone else will rise to the top. I hope so because DWTS has been one of my favorite shows.

i am very amazed to see that chris jerico is also participating in the competetion,i think he can do dancing better then doing wrestling

Wow! Kirstie Alley blew everyone away! 60? No way! Ralph was amazing too. I didn't think I was going to enjoy this season. I'm glad there's no Bristol or Kate, to ruin the show!!!

Loved the premiere. It was really fun. Rooting for Kirstie, Ralph and Hines! Psycho Mike is hilarious.

I have no desire to see Kirstie Alley do anything! But Ralph Macchio and Sugar Ray Leonard would be interesting to watch. Hey, if Emmit Smith can do it... and he was a great dancer!

Great premiere this week! I'm rooting for Ralph Macchio. His performance impressed me, particularly by Week 1 standards. Plus I really want to see Karina win a season. Love her! :eyes:

I was interested in seeing Kirstie and Ralph perform, but had no idea they both would be so amazing. They're both awesome!