Red Alert! According to Entertainment Weekly, Cheryl Burke is set to return to the dance floor for the 23rd season of Dancing with the Stars! Maks, Derek, Cheryl are apparently all coming back to the DWTS pro fold.
Cheryl left the show in 2014 to star in the NBC variety series I Can Do That! It lasted for one season. The rumor is that she’ll be dancing with disgraced Olympian, Ryan Lochte.
Also, there is a rumor, substantiated by PureDWTS sleuthing, that actress Marilu Henner is joining the cast and will dance with Derek Hough.
Other pro-partnerships established for the season include: Val Chmerkovskiy and Laurie Hernandez, Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Amber Rose, Terra Jolé and Sasha Farber, Allison Holker and Babyface.
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Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez will be competing for the coveted mirror ball trophy. The 16-year-old athlete performed impressively at the Olympics in Rio, winning silver on the balance beam, and gold in the women’s team all-around. There just HAD to be a member of the Final Five competing this fall, right? DWTS Instagram hints that Laurie’s pro partner is Val Chmerkovskiy.
Also, Brady Bunch actress, Maureen McCormick will be dancing this season. Marcia! Marcia! Marcia! The DWTS Instagram account posted a hint on Thursday about who pro Artem Chigvintsev’s partner is this season:
7th Heaven star Beverley Mitchell is reportedly still in talks to join the competition.
Musician and producer Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds has joined the cast. The legend has produced and written hit records for a slew of artists, including Madonna, Janet Jackson, Beyonce, Toni Braxton, Paula Abdul, Katharine McPhee, Pink, Ariana Grande and many, many more.
Also, the 36-year-old Little Women: LA star, Terra Jolé will be dancing this season. Jolé, who is married to Joe Gnoffo, just gave birth to her second child, son Grayson Vincent, earlier this month. She’s also been busy filming her Lifetime series.
Disgraced Olympic swimmer, Ryan Lochte, is is reportedly set for a spot in the new cast. Rehabilitating his damaged image is likely his current goal, but supposedly his appearance was already in the works before he lied about being held up at gunpoint in Rio.
Also, E! News reports that talk show host/model/actress/author/activist Amber Rose will also be joining the cast. If you need a memory jog, you may have heard of her via ex-boyfriend Kanye West, who said some pretty nasty slut-shaming stuff about her after their split.
Other celebs in talks for this season include Bachelorette JoJo Fletcher and former Wizards of Waverly Place and The Fosters star Jake T. Austin.
Pro-partners set to dance this season include: Cheryl Burke, Derek Hough, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Val Chmerkovskiy,Witney Carson, Sharna Burgess, Artem Chigvintsev, Lindsay Arnold, Allison Holker, Sasha Farber , Gleb Savchenko, Emma Slater and Jenna Johnson.
Derek and Julianne Hough Return to Dancing with the Stars
The full Dancing with the Stars season 23 lineup will be revealed in an official announcement on Good Morning America Tuesday Aug. 30. Dancing with the Stars season 23 premiers Monday September 12 on ABC.
