"Dancing with the Stars" Season 24 Cast Announced

[JamesG]

The new season of "Dancing with the Stars" premieres on Mon. March 20, 2017 at at 8 p.m. ET.




Four-time Gold Medalist Simone Biles
Partnered w/ Sasha Farber



Professional Bull Rider and Model Bonner Bolton
Partnered w/ Sharna Burgess



Charo
Partnered w/ Keo Motsepe



"SNL's" Chris Kattan
Partnered w/ Witney Carson



Two-time World Series Champion David Ross
Partnered w/ Lindsay Arnold



"Real Housewives of Beverly Hills'" Erika Jayne
Partnered w/ Gleb Savchenko



"Glee's" Heather Morris
Partnered w/ Maksim Chmerkovskiy



Mr. T
Partnered w/ Kym Herjavec



Former Olympic Figure Skater Nancy Kerrigan
Partnered w/ Artem Chigvintsev



Fifth Harmony's Normani Kordei
Partnered w/ Valentin Chmerkovskiy



Former NFL Running Back Rashad Jennings
Partnered w/ Emma Slater



"The Bachelor's" Nick Viall
Partnered w/ Peta Murgatroyd

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[Chocolate Moose]

I actually have never watched this show before but saw a commercial and since I like some of the "Stars", I DVR'd it.

I don't really get it. Nancy Kerrigan is the only "star" who can actually dance.

[irehtman]

Simone, Rashad, David and Heather can also dance.

But one of these top 5 leaders of this week:

* Simone Biles
* Rashad Jennings
* David Ross
* Nancy Kerrigan
* Heather Morris

One of them might be considered an independent and the other four might be considered dependents to their own mates, who won in the previous seasons of this show, IMO.

[LeeBlue]

I enjoyed last Monday's show!

I agree that there are a few good dancers -- Nancy, Simone, David.

And a couple were at least entertaining -- Charo and Mr. T.

And some very good pros in the mix this time -- Peta, Sharna, Sasha, Artem, Val and Maks.

Looking forward to this season.

[Chocolate Moose]

Chris Kattan is funny but he doesn't dance. Why on Earth was he invited?

I knew he'd be booted off first.

[LeeBlue]

Maks Chmerkovskiy finally revealed exactly what kind of surgery he had after injuring his calf while rehearsing for ‘DWTS’ on the March 31 edition of ‘GMA.’ Did he reveal when he’s planning to return?



“I had a procedure done which they basically extracted some of my bone marrow stem cells and made a concentrate out of that and mixed it with my plasma-rich protein, if that means anything to anybody out there,” Maksim Chmerkovskiy, 37, explained to Heather Morris, 30, and her stand-in partner Alan Bersten in a Skype video that was featured on Good Morning America. Maks suffered a nasty calf injury while rehearsing his performance with Heather in week two.

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He said the doctors injected this concentrate into his calf. “What happens is, when you have these sort of tears, this kind of liquid what it does is it fills in literally cracks and anything that’s torn, so it starts to regenerate tissue,” Maks continued.












Maks hopes to get back to the dance floor sooner rather than later. The show is in week 3 and the competition is only heating up. “I still feel like we have a chance, and you deserve it. I want to give you 150 percent effort and be physically as active as I was when nothing hurt, so I want to come back and win!”

His official return date has not been revealed. A representative for Maks told HollywoodLife.com that the dancer would be out for a “few weeks.” His rep added, “He wants to encourage the fans to support and vote for Heather.”

The pro dancer already has one mirror ball trophy under his belt and is looking to win another with Heather as his partner. We have a feeling Maks is going to come back better than ever despite this setback. Dancing With the Stars airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

[irehtman]

Thre's another reason why Maks should retire, besides his bad attitude, he's growing a bad injury, even after surgery. But it looks like his brother, Val, will win again.

I think Normadi will win, Rashad will be runner-up and David will be in third-place.