How You Dancin'?? Wendy Williams Among New DWTS Cast

The newest cast members for ABC hit show "Dancing With the Stars" were announced Monday on ABC. 

After the mind-blowing episode where Brandy, a favorite to make the final, was eliminated over Bristol Palin during last season's semifinals, I just knew that I would be able to swear off watching "Dancing With The Stars" EVER again. However, the producers have done it again by putting together a compelling cast of both known and unknown celebrities from music, sports, music and TV. 

The new cast was announced this week and there has been a lot of comments about there being very little "stars" this year. While there is never usually a BIG prominent person in pop culture who takes time off of their busy schedule to do the show, I am always fascinated by the people who they bring together for the season, especially the ones who they pull from obscurity. 

I already have my favorites in this season's cast, which include Hines Ward who will probably be good as a football player and is easy on the eyes. I also like Romeo, who apparently was asked to do the show way back in the second season, but was replaced by Master P because of a knee injury. I just hope that he is better than his father because he was a hot mess. Kendra Wilkinson is another person that I look forward to seeing dance because she is athletic and I think that she will move well on the dance floor. Retired boxer Sugar Ray Leonard should also be good because of his sports background and the fact that boxing requires agility. My FAVORITE cast member this season is Wendy Williams & I actually think that she will do good in the competition. She is not a dancer by any means but I still believe that she will have fun with it. 

The complete cast for season 12 of the ABC hit show include (partner in parentheses): 

• Disney star Chelsea Kane (Mark Ballas)
• WWE wrestler Chris Jericho (Cheryl Burke)
• Pittsburg Steelers WR Hines Ward (Kym Johnson)
• Reality star Kendra Wilkinson (Louis van Amstel) 
• Actress Kirstie Alley (Maksim Chmerkovskiy)
• Radio host Mike Catherwood (Lacey Schwimmer)
• Supermodel Petra Nemcova (Dmitry Chaplin) 
• Actor Ralph Macchio (Karina Smirnoff)
• Rapper (Lil') Romeo (Chelsie Hightower)
• Retired boxer Sugar Ray Leonard (Anna Trebunskaya)
• Talk show host Wendy Williams (Tony Dovolani) 

Video from Monday's special: