An all new cast of celebrities hits the dance floor on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" with the highly anticipated two-hour season premiere, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2009 (8:00-10:02 p.m., ET) on ABC. Season Eight introduces us to 13 new stars, including the youngest competitor to date, an NFL legend, a computer icon, a female rapper, three music artists and a "Wildboy." Additionally, "love is a battlefield" when, for the first time, three real life couples take the ballroom floor. Husband and wife Ty Murray and Jewel compete for bragging rights, while newly engaged professional dancers Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Karina Smirnoff go head to head. To top it off, country crooner Chuck Wicks teams with girlfriend and two-time "Dancing with the Stars" champ Julianne Hough.
In alphabetical order, the 13 stars making their ballroom dancing debut are:
Belinda Carlisle, David Alan Grier, Jewel, Shawn Johnson, Lil' Kim, Gilles Marini, Ty Murray, Steve-O, Nancy O'Dell, Denise Richards, Lawrence Taylor, Chuck Wicks, and Steve Wozniak.
- http://abc.go.com/primetime/dancingwiththestars/index
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