The long wait for the roster of new celebrity contestants in "Dancing With the Stars" is finally over as ABC has officially announced who will battle it out on the dance floor in the show's 20th season.
Here are the names of the new celebrity contestants along with their partners in the 10th year anniversary of FOX's hit dance reality show:
- Noah Galloway (partnered with Sharna Burgess) - Operation Iraqi-Freedom war veteran, amputee, and Men's Health's present "Ultimate Guy of 2014"
- Robert Herjavec (partnered with Kym Johnson) - TV host and Shark Tank investor
- Patti LaBelle (paired with Artem Chigvintsev) - Grammy Award-winning singer/actress/author/diva
- Nastia Liukin (paired with Derek Hough) - retired Olympic gym gold medalist
- Riker Lynch (matched with Allison Holker) - singer-songwriter and "Glee" actor
- Charlotte McKinney (paired with Keo Motsepe) - actress and Carls's Jr. 2015 Super Bowl model
- RedFoo (paired with Emma Slater) - LMFAO rapper
- Michael Sam (partnered with Peta Murgatroyd) - current NFL free agent, best known for coming out while playing for the University of Missouri
- Willow Shields (paired with Mark Ballas) - "Hunger Games" child star
- Suzanne Somers (paired with Tony Dovolani) - veteran actress/singer/author
- Rumer Willis (matched with Valentin Chmerkovskiy) - actress and daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore
Noticeably missing in the list are some of the celebrities that were constantly rumored to be part of "DWTS" season 20, including comedienne Roseanne Barr, radio host Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Super Bowl athlete Malcolm Butler, Disney Channel's Ross Lynch, this year's Bachelor Chris Soules, as well as Oscar Award-winning actor Jack Nicholson.
Also, the earlier reports claiming that Derek Hough will not return this season turned out to be inaccurate.
Earlier this year, Hough reportedly announced that he might not be coming back to the show to allot more time for his Radio City Spring Spectacular gig. However, fans were shocked when it was announced that gymnast Nastia Liukin will be paired with him in the last few moments of the Good Morning America broadcast. This makes the pair one of the top early favorites in the show.
"Dancing With the Stars" season 20 will start airing March 16.
