Cheryl Burke, Val Chmerkovskiy and Karina Smirnoff stopped by "Good Morning America" on Wednesday, Aug. 13 to announce the 12 professional dancers competing for the Mirror Ball trophy on Season 19 of "Dancing With the Stars."
The three fan-favorite dancers, along with Tony Dovolani, are definitely coming back and brought along a slew of familiar faces and a few fresh ones. Fans of the show will be glad to know veteran dancer Derek Hough has signed on for another season as well as Peta Murgatroyd, Emma Slater and Witney Carson.
Newbie dancers are Artem Chigvintsev, Keoikantse "Keo" Motsepe and Allison Holker. Season 18 winner Maksim Chmerkovskiy will not return as a pro dancer this season. The 34-year-old, who won the Mirror Ball with Olympian Meryl Davis, announced his retirement from "Dancing With the Stars" last month. Joining Maks on the sidelines is Sharna Burgess and Henry Byalikov and Season 17's Tristan MacManus and Tyne Stecklein.
The full list of dancers is below:
Mark Ballas
Cheryl Burke
Witney Carson
Artem Chigvintsev
Val Chmerkovskiy
Tony Dovolani
Allison Holker
Derek Hough
Emma Sleter
Karina Smirnoff
Keokantse Motsepe
Peta Murgatroyd
The celebrity cast has not been announced yet but there were rumors that "Bachelorette" Andi Dorfman and her fiancé Josh Murray will be lacing up their dancing shoes in the fall. According to Hollywood Life, producers approached Dorfman and asked her to compete along with her new fiancé.
"She's been asked and is also preparing to do the next season of the show," the source said. "And there has been talk that she is going to do it with her man. They will compete against each other along with the other stars."
The two-hour season premiere of "Dancing With the Stars" airs Monday, Sept. 15 at 8 p.m. on ABC.
