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This morning the cast was announced for season 16:

Zendaya Coleman - Disney Star ("Shake It Up!")
Andy Dick - comedian
D.L. Hughley - Comedian, Writer ("The Hughleys")
Dorothy Hamill - US Olympic Gold Medal Figure Skater
Jacoby Jones - Football Player (Baltimore Ravens)
Wynonna Judd - Country Singer
Victor Ortiz - Boxing Champion
Kellie Pickler - Country Singer
Ingo Rademacher - Soap Star ("General Hospital")
Aly Raisman - US Olympic Women's Gymnastics Team Captain
Lisa Vanderpump - Reality Show star

My personal comments:

I'm at least passing knowledgeable of most of this cast; there's only one flat-out "huh? who?" and that is Vanderpump. I don't follow boxing at all, but even I have heard of Ortiz. I'm particularly psyched about Wynonna and Kellie Pickler, both of whom I am a huge fan, and Dorothy Hamill. Now for the blunt part: Andy Dick makes me physically ill. Literally. I watched the intros this morning, and when he walked out, I felt like I was going to throw up. How they can let that particular sorry piece of supposed humanity on this show is beyond me. It will be a mercy if he is among the first to go.

I want to add the pro-celebrity pairings:

Cheryl Burke -- D. L. Hughley

Derek Hough -- Kellie Pickler

Gleb Savchenko -- Lisa Vanderpump

Karina Smirnoff -- Jacoby Jones

Kym Johnson -- Ingo Rademacher

Lindsay Arnold -- Victor Ortiz

Mark Ballas -- Aly Raisman

Sharna Burgess -- Andy Dick

Tony Dovolani -- Wynonna Judd

Tristan MacManus -- Dorothy Hamill

Val Chmerkovskiy -Zendaya Coleman

Two new pro's and one promoted Troupe Dancer and who is missing: Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Anna Trebunskaya, Chelsie Hightower and Louis van Amstel

There are rumors that Peta Murgatroyd & Sean Lowe will be the twelfth couple in the show.