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"Well, isn&amp;#039;t this exciting? We have a brand new Dancing with the Stars lineup and they&amp;#039;re all ready and waiting to take to the dance floor to show off their shimmies and wow with their wiggles. All sorts of celebrities are taking part in the ABC competition, from actresses to a comedian to musicians to a Jersey Shore alum to, well, Bill Nye the Science Guy. But if you need a catch-up on who&amp;#039;s who and what they do, let Digital Spy be your guide... Amber Riley  Age: 27 Career in a nutshell: Actress and singer Professional partner: Derek Hough Why she&amp;#039;s famous: Erm, ever heard of a little show called Glee? Amber appeared on the show from the beginning as Mercedes, and boy does she have a powerhouse voice. She&amp;#039;s also received rave reviews for her theater work. What else? Amber&amp;#039;s all about self-esteem, so she works for Seventeen Magazine&amp;#039;s Body Peace Council. Oh, and when she&amp;#039;s not training for DWTS she&amp;#039;s in the studio working on her debut solo album. Could she win? Amber&amp;#039;s got a bit of an advantage in that she&amp;#039;s used to learning complicated choreography very quickly (thanks, Glee!). Plus, she&amp;#039;s paired with four-time champ Derek Hough, so she could well be in with a shot. Bill Engvall  Age: 56 Career in a nutshell: Comedian Professional partner: Emma Slater Why he&amp;#039;s famous: For being funny! Bill was part of the Blue Collar Comedy concert films - which were Grammy-nominated - and has been in all sorts of television comedy. Plus, his albums of comedy songs have gone platinum, and he&amp;#039;s penned a bunch of books, too. Busy guy. What else? Bill didn&amp;#039;t always plan to be a comedian - in fact, he started out in Dallas as a DJ... who planned to be a teacher. It was only when he took to the mic at a nightclub one night that those plans changed! Could he win? It&amp;#039;s hard to say - Bill obviously has musical experience, but probably isn&amp;#039;t so used to choreography. He&amp;#039;s also paired with a new pro, though Emma&amp;#039;s a fan favourite from her time in the troupe and could pick up extra votes. Plus, Bill should be doing everything with a sense of humour - which goes a long way. Bill Nye  Age: 57 Career in a nutshell: Scientist. You know, Bill Nye the Science Guy! Professional partner: Tyne Stecklein Why he&amp;#039;s famous: For being very, very clever - and funny! Bill is a mechanical engineer who has won a whole bunch of Emmys for his show Bill Nye the Science Guy, which taught kids about science. Now he travels the world talking about clever stuff, has written six books, and has all kinds of awards. What else? Bill isn&amp;#039;t just about Earth - he&amp;#039;s also the CEO of The Planetary Society, a space interest organisation. Oo-er! Could he win? Maybe Bill could apply the laws of physics to the dancefloor, and hopefully he&amp;#039;ll have chemistry with his gorgeous pro Tyne Stecklein. And maybe... er... something about biology. (Honestly, we&amp;#039;re just hoping he does something cool with a Bunsen burner.) Brant Daugherty  Age: 28 Career in a nutshell: Actor Professional partner: Peta Murgatroyd Why he&amp;#039;s famous: Um, have you heard of a show called Pretty Little Liars? Well, yes, that. He&amp;#039;s also been in shows like Army Wives and Days of Our Lives. What else? If Dancing with the Stars isn&amp;#039;t enough for you and you want Brant on the big screen, you&amp;#039;re in luck! The Starving Games - a spoof of The Hunger Games - will hit theaters in November (and Brant&amp;#039;s playing Liam Hemsworth&amp;#039;s alter ego). Could he win? He&amp;#039;ll certainly have the teen girl vote! Brant&amp;#039;s very good-looking, and Peta&amp;#039;s great at getting the best out of her partners, so we wouldn&amp;#039;t be surprised to see him go reasonably far. Of course, he could turn out to have disappointing hip action. We&amp;#039;ll see. Christina Milian  Age: 31 Career in a nutshell: Singer Professional partner: Mark Ballas Why she&amp;#039;s famous: Well, she&amp;#039;s rather a good popstar for starters - but Christina hasn&amp;#039;t limited herself to the pop arena. She&amp;#039;s been on television both as an actress (A Gifted Man, CSI, Family Guy) and as a presenter on The Voice (which she just left... to join DWTS. Sure that won&amp;#039;t be awkward.). What else? Christina co-wrote Justin Bieber&amp;#039;s breakthrough smash &amp;#039;Baby&amp;#039;. We&amp;#039;ll leave it to you to decide whether or not that&amp;#039;s a good thing. Could she win? Well, there&amp;#039;s no doubt that she&amp;#039;ll be training &amp;#039;AM to PM&amp;#039;. And if all else fails, she can &amp;#039;Dip It Low&amp;#039;. OK, fine, we&amp;#039;ll stop. But we think Christina will have a very good chance given her previous musical experience. Corbin Bleu  Age: 24 Career in a nutshell: Actor, model and singer Professional partner: Karina Smirnoff Why he&amp;#039;s famous: High School Musical, you guys! Corbin was Zac Efron&amp;#039;s best bud in the Disney smash and has also been in a whole bunch of television shows. Plus, he&amp;#039;s released two studio albums. And he&amp;#039;s only 24! What else? Corbin was linked to the hosting job on The X Factor USA in 2011 - with some reports claiming that Nicole Scherzinger vetoed him! But hey, he&amp;#039;s in One Life to Live now so he&amp;#039;s probably not too upset... Could he win? We&amp;#039;ll definitely be keeping our eye on Corbin. He obviously has a bit of experience, given his High School Musical background and previous appearance in Hairspray in Hollywood. Plus, if he does a routine with basketballs a la &amp;#039;Get&amp;#039;cha Head in the Game&amp;#039; we will back him all the way. Mind you, he did just say on Good Morning America that he&amp;#039;s already got back pain. Not such a good sign. Elizabeth Berkley  Age: 41 Career in a nutshell: Actress Professional partner: Val Chmerkovskiy Why she&amp;#039;s famous: Er, something called Saved by the Bell. Yep, Elizabeth was on the show as Jessie (she started at the age of just 15). And she&amp;#039;s been in a bunch of films since then... notably Showgirls! She&amp;#039;s been on the stage, too, and has a 1-year-old son with her husband Greg Lauren. Aww. What else? Like Amber, Elizabeth is about helping people, so she has an Ask Elizabeth project which sets up self-esteem workshops and helps teenage girls. (Oh, and she starred on Saved by the Bell with another DWTS contestant... could there be any rivalry between them?) Could she win? It&amp;#039;s hard to say, but if anyone will get the best out of her it&amp;#039;s Val. We think Elizabeth could be a steady improver who ends up shocking everyone with how good she gets. Just a hunch. (Oh and if she does all the Showgirls routines she&amp;#039;s got this in the bag, for sure.) Jack Osbourne  Age: 27 Career in a nutshell: Media personality Professional partner: Cheryl Burke Why he&amp;#039;s famous: If you&amp;#039;re being unfair, for being Ozzy Osbourne&amp;#039;s son. If you&amp;#039;re being fair, for being a huge television personality, reality star, and extreme sports fanatic. What else? Jack has claimed that NBC dropped him from their reality show Stars and Stripes when he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis - it seems that ABC wasn&amp;#039;t willing to make that mistake! Also, he just announced last month that his wife Lisa is expecting their second child - aww. Could he win? Well, his sister Kelly came in third back in 2009, so we&amp;#039;re sure she&amp;#039;ll be giving him some tips... and there&amp;#039;s nothing more motivating than a bit of sibling rivalry! Jack&amp;#039;s always seemed charming and competitive to us - the perfect combination - and we know from his love of extreme sports that he&amp;#039;s willing to throw himself into things. So really it just comes down to the small matter of the dancing... Keyshawn Johnson  Age: 41 Career in a nutshell: Professional football player Professional partner: Sharna Burgess Why he&amp;#039;s famous: For being a Super Bowl champion! Keyshawn won the biggest prize in sport with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and also played for the New York Jets, Dallas Cowboys and Carolina Panthers. Now he spends most of his time as a commentator and sports analyst (when he&amp;#039;s not encouraging youth education, that is). What else? Keyshawn&amp;#039;s not just a pretty face and athlete - he graduated from the University of Southern California with a BA in history! Could he win? Athletes historically do very well in Dancing with the Stars... but that doesn&amp;#039;t mean there&amp;#039;s never an exception to the rule. Maybe Keyshawn could be under too much pressure! On the other hand, he&amp;#039;s fit and has inbuilt competitiveness - a ruthless combination. Leah Remini  Age: 43 Career in a nutshell: Actress Professional partner: Tony Dovolani Why she&amp;#039;s famous: I don&amp;#039;t know, there was apparently this comedy called The King of Queens that Leah was in? Yeah, me neither. OK, so it was a huge hit - and Leah&amp;#039;s also been in all sorts of other television shows (plus she co-hosted the first season of The Talk). Oh, and remember we mentioned that Elizabeth had a fellow Saved by the Bell alum to compete against? That would be Leah. What else? Leah caused a whole bunch of headlines recently when she publicly announced that she had decided to leave the Church of Scientology. She didn&amp;#039;t stop there, either, filing a missing person&amp;#039;s report for the wife of controversial Scientology leader David Miscavige, who hasn&amp;#039;t been seen in public for years (the police investigated and dropped it, though). Could she win? It&amp;#039;s hard to tell, but there&amp;#039;s no doubt Leah will be a funny, outspoken presence on the show. We think she could become beloved by fans, but whether that&amp;#039;s enough for her to win the Mirror Ball is another matter. Nicole &amp;#039;Snooki&amp;#039; Polizzi  Age: 25 Career in a nutshell: Reality star Professional partner: Sasha Farber Why she&amp;#039;s famous: For Jersey Shore! Snooki let all her drunken debauchery hang out on the MTV hit... but she&amp;#039;s a little different now that she&amp;#039;s mom to her son Lorenzo. Still, Snooki was such a hit that she landed a spinoff with her bestie JWoww. What else? Snooki isn&amp;#039;t just about GTL - she&amp;#039;s written four books and even runs &amp;#039;Team Snooki Boxing&amp;#039;. Really. Could she win? We&amp;#039;re a little concerned about her famous hair weighing her down, but we know that she can pull the moves on the dance floor. Mind you, the ballroom is a little different from Karma, so whether she can adapt remains to be seen... Valerie Harper  Age: 74 Career in a nutshell: Actress Professional partner: Tristan MacManus Why she&amp;#039;s famous: For being Rhoda! Valerie played the legendary character on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and her spinoff, er, Rhoda. She&amp;#039;s got four Emmys and a Golden Globe under her belt, had her own self-titled sitcom, and has been on shows from Desperate Housewives to Sex and the City to Hot in Cleveland. Basically a legend. What else? Valerie announced earlier this year that she had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and given just a few months to live. Well, she&amp;#039;s thankfully still here, and recent reports have said she&amp;#039;s close to remission. Wonderful news. Could she win? The public love Valerie. She could be a terrible dancer, and she&amp;#039;d still get a fair few weeks in, we think. But actually, we have a feeling Valerie might be pretty light on her feet - and with the lovely Tristan as her partner, she has a very good chance indeed. Dancing with the Stars premieres on September 16 on ABC.  Photo gallery - The new cast of Dancing with the Stars:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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