“Dancing With the Stars” 2015: Season 20 Celebrity Cast Announced

ABC(LOS ANGELES) — Dancing With the Stars fans, wait no more. The season 20 star-studded celebrity cast was revealed Tuesday on Good Morning America and the competition is shaping up to be one of the fiercest yet.

Television icon Suzanne Somers, music great Patti LaBelle, football star Michael Sam and Olympian Nastia Liukin are among the stars getting ready to rhumba and samba on the dance floor.

Nastia Liukin, an Olympic champion gymnast, is paired up with none other than beloved pro dancer Derek Hough, who is back this season in a shocking surprise. Hough, a five-time mirror ball champ and Emmy-winning choreographer, previously announced his DWTS departure.

Shark Tank mogul Robert Herjavec, Hunger Games actress Willow Shields, artist-actress Rumer Willis, “Party Rock Anthem” singer Redfoo and singer-songwriter Riker Lynch will also be vying for the trophy this season.

One star name fans may not know yet is U.S. Army veteran Noah Galloway. The Iraq War veteran lost his left arm above the elbow and left leg above the knee in an IED attack and will bring his inspirational story of overcoming all the odds to the ballroom.

Another fresh face is Charlotte McKinney, the model who shot to fame in a racy Super Bowl ad for Carl’s Jr., and will give it a whirl in the ballroom.

Co-hosts Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews announced 11 celebrities who will be vying for the mirror ball trophy Tuesday on Good Morning America live from Los Angeles. Another couple will be named before the March 16 premiere.

Season 19 champ Fresh Prince of Bel Air actor Alfonso Ribeiro joined the cast for the announcement and to share his advice.

“I would say to everybody is that simply it is a marathon, not a sprint,” Ribeiro said. “It’s not about winning week one, it’s about winning that final week. You have to pace yourself.”

See the list of season 20 celebrities and their pro partners below:

  • Noah Galloway with Sharna Burgess
  • Robert Herjavec with Kym Johnson
  • Patti LaBelle with Artem Chigvintsev
  • Nastia Liukin with Derek Hough
  • Riker Lynch with Allison Holker
  • Charlotte McKinney with Keo Motsepe
  • RedFoo with Emma Slater
  • Michael Sam with Peta Murgatroyd
  • Willow Shields with Mark Ballas
  • Suzanne Somers with Tony Dovolani
  • Rumer Willis with Valentin Chmerkovskiy

The 10th anniversary season is being billed as the biggest ever. Producers will bring back Disney and Latin theme nights and introduce a new Spring Break special night. Another new element is the addition of all-access cameras in the rehearsal studios, which will be made available on a live stream.

“I think you’re going to see a lot that you haven’t seen before,” pro Sharna Burgess, who is returning this season, said on Good Morning America last week. “It’s quite scary for us because you never know, we don’t know where the cameras are going to be. We don’t know when they’re going to be on.”

Watch the season 20 premiere of Dancing With the Stars March 16, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.


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