Season 7 of Dancing With The Stars will have some new faces when it returns to prime time on September 2nd.
The 2008 cast of the hit Hollywood show was announced this morning on Good Morning America and includes Ted McGinley, Kim Kardashian and former N'Sync member Lance Bass.
Theodore Martin "Ted" McGinley is best known as playing Jefferson D'Arcy on Married... With Children and Charley Shanowski on the show Hope & Faith.
Kim Kardashian has experience on reality TV; previously she has been on the show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, but her roles in the limelight has also included being a "stylist, actress, celebutante/socialite" and model according to Wikipedia.
There will also be two Olympic entries for this season - US beach volleyball player Misty May-Treanor and 2000 Olympian Maurice Greene will both compete for the show's top honour.
Other celebrities include Master chef Rocco DiSpirito, Cody Linley from Hannah Montana, singer Toni Braxton, actress Cloris Leachman, sexy TV hostess of Wild On! and Rock Star Brooke Burke, comedian Jeffrey Ross, NFL player Warren Sapp and Susan Lucci, best known for playing Erica Kane on All My Children.
Career Revivals Through Dance
Season 7 "Dancing With The Stars" Cast
Trend Themes
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Industry Implications
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