Dancing with the Stars Returns with All-New Competitors

BURBANK: The new season of Dancing with the Stars, which returns to ABC on March 21, will feature a fresh roster of 11 celebrity competitors, including actress Kirstie Alley, boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard and talk-show host Wendy Williams.

Hosts Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke announced the new cast via a live press conference during The Bachelor. The lineup also includes radio host "Psycho" Mike Catherwood, WWE champion Chris Jericho, Disney starlet Chelsea Kane and supermodel Petra Nemcova. Other entertainers set for the Dancing with the Stars‘ upcoming season are actor, writer, director and producer Ralph Macchio; Romeo, the 10-year-old CEO of the multi-million dollar record company No Limit Forever; football’s Hines Ward; and TV personality and Playboy playmate Kendra Wilkinson.

The series returns with a two-hour season premiere on March 21 at 8 p.m., when the couples will perform for the first time. The following week, the couple with the lowest score will be sent home on the season premiere of Dancing with the Stars the Results Show on March 29 at 9 p.m.