"Dancing With the Stars" 2011 Season 12 Cast Announced

[JamesG]

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



Kirstie Alley





Profession: Actress

You Might Know Her From: "Cheers"

Age: 60









"Psycho" Mike Catherwood





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)





Profession: Former pro wrestler

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

Age: 40









Sugar Ray Leonard





Profession: Former boxer

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

Age: 54









Ralph Macchio





Profession: Actor

You Might Know Him From: Karate Kid films

Age: 49









Romeo Miller





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





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





Profession: Actress

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

Age: 22









Hines Ward





Profession: Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver

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

Age: 34









Kendra Wilkinson





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






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

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

Age: 46

http://www.tvsquad.com/2011/02/28/da...eason-12-cast/

[catlover79]

I haven't even heard of most of them.

[HuntingtonM15]

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

[Marvo301]

Dancing With the Bizarre!

[catlover79]

Originally Posted by HuntingtonM15

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.

[Marvo301]

Originally Posted by catlover79

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.

[HuntingtonM15]

Originally Posted by catlover79

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.

[catlover79]

Originally Posted by HuntingtonM15

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.

[howierules86]

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.

[JamesG]

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

[The Great One]

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

[McGillicuddy]

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!

[Pavan]

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.

[HuntingtonM15]

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.

[LeeBlue]

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.