Dancing with the Stars' new season is right around the corner, and the celebrities have officially been announced!
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The celebrities will include Bachelor in Paradise's Joe Amabile; Olympic gymnast with five medals, Mary Lou Retton; country music radio personality Bobby Bones; actor, singer and dancer Milo Manheim; actor and Fuller House star Juan Pablo Di Pace; and model and Cover Girl Alexis Ren.
The rest of the lineup will be downhill skier Danelle Umstead; popstar Tinashe; comedian Nikki Glaser; actor and country music singer John Schneider; actress and Harry Potter star Evanna Lynch; actress and Facts of Life alum Nancy McKeon; and finally, pro football player and Super Bowl champion DeMarcus Ware.
Joe's Dancing with the Stars participation had previously leaked in the press, while Nancy's casting was disclosed last week.
Joe is paired with pro and reigning mirrorball-trophy champion Jenna Johnson, Nancy is paired with pro Val Chmerkovskiy, Mary Lou is partnered with pro Sasha Farber, Bobby Bones has been matched with pro Sharna Burgess, Milo is paired with pro Witney Carson, Juan Pablo is partnered with pro Cheryl Burke, and Alexis will be working with pro Alan Bersten.
Danelle is matched with pro Artem Chigvintsev, Tinashe is paired with newbie pro Brandon Armstrong, Nikki is partnered with pro Gleb Savchenko, John is paired with pro Emma Slater, Evanna will be dancing with pro Keo Motsepe, and DeMarcus Ware will take the floor with pro Lindsay Arnold.
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Harry Potter star, Evanna, said on GMA of her partnership with Keo, "We don't need magic because our dancing is magic."
When Joe was asked whether he'll last longer than he did on Becca Kufrin's season of The Bachelorette -- which was only one night -- he jokingly replied, "This time around, I've got a coach."
Joe also added that his romantic relationship with Bachelor in Paradise 5 co-star, Kendall Long, is "going well" and he loves her.
As for Bobby, he admitted, "I never thought I would get to sit in the audience of Dancing with the Stars, much less than actually be on the show. I'm from population 700, Mountain Pine, Arkansas, so this is, like, the best day of my life!"
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Alexis also revealed on GMA she's doing the show in honor of her mother because Dancing with the Stars was her favorite show and she recently passed away.
And Danelle will apparently be the first visually-impaired contestant to compete on the ABC reality dancing competition.
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"In 2007, I was standing four inches away from my television screen holding my baby and I said, 'I'm going to be the first blind dancer.' I threw it out in the universe and never thought it was actually going to come back and actually attach to me," Danelle explained.
"So, yeah, that's where the dream was hatched, but it's a big challenge and I'm lucky to have Artem with me."
ABC previously announced Season 27 of Dancing with the Stars will premiere with a two-hour episode on Monday, September 24 at 8PM ET/PT.
Later in the fall, ABC will also debut its new DWTS spinoff, Dancing with the Stars: Juniors, on Sunday, October 7 from 8-10PM ET/PT.
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