The stars have aligned for “Dancing With the Stars” which begins Sept. 21 on ABC.
ABC announced all the partners Monday:
Anna Demidova, who won the Season 8 professionals’ competition, will team with Michael Irvin. Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay gets two-time champ Cheryl Burke. Ashley Hamilton teams with the only nine-episode veteran pro, Edyta Sliwinska.
Model Joanna Krupa gets Derek Hough. Everybody’s favorite teenage witch, Melissa Joan Hart, teams with Mark Ballas.
The other pairs are:
Singer Aaron Carter with Karina Smirnoff, swimming champ Natalie Coughlin and Alec Mazo, “Iron Chef” star Mark Dacascos and Lacey Schwimmer, singer Macy Gray and Jonathan Roberts, model Kathy Ireland with Tony Dovolani, ultimate fighting champ Chuck Liddell with Anna Trebunskaya, Debi Mazar (one of TV’s coolest actresses) with Maksim Chmerkovskiy, one-named singer Mya and two-named dancer Dmitry Chaplin, Kelly Osbourne and Louis Van Amstel, Donny Osmond and Kym Johnson, and world-famous (or at least Vermont-famous) professional snowboarder Louie Vito with Chelsie Hightower.