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THE WOMEN:
We start off with Spice Girl; Melanie Brown, better known as Scary Spice. The member of the 90's pop super group has been busy lately, not only will she be dancing with Maksim Chmerkovskiy, but in December, the Spice girls will reunite for another tour. Then we have the former Beverly Hills 90210 actress Jennie Garth. Garth, while being best known for her role on 90210, has been a busy woman as well, starring in several movies and most recently spent four seasons on the show What I Like About You. Garth will be paired off with Derek Hough for his first season. Also joining the cast is super model Josie Maran. Maran has graced the pages of Sports Illustrated, Glamour starred in countless makeup and clothing commercials. Now she will be gracing the dance floor with Alec Mazo for this seasons dancing.

Disney's The Cheetah Girls star Sabrina Bryan is joining this season's cast. The 22 year old Bryan will be paired off with Mark Ballas for his first season, but dancing shouldn't be much of a challenge for her. Bryan has been part of an all girl's song-and-dance troupe since 2003, starring in hit television shows and movies, along with having two chart topping albums. On the other end of the spectrum, we have aging entertainer Marie Osmond. This little bit country and little bit rock and roller 47 year old teams up with Jonathan Roberts to show the world if she can be more than a little bit dancer. Rounding out the women, we have the 57 year old actress Jane Seymour. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman will be gracing the dance floor with Tony Dovolani and taking a break from acting, writing and advocating for underprivileged or abused children.

THE MEN:
The elder statesman of Las Vegas, 65 year old entertainer Wayne Newton dances his way into season five with Cheryl Burke. After four decades on a Las Vegas stage, Newton will be putting down the mic and polishing up his dancing shoes, but can he bring it like he does every night he picks up the mic? Wheeling into the competition is IndyCar racer Helio Castroneves. The man who makes his living behind the wheel of a car will be pairing with Juliana Hough to attempt to show the world that racers really are light on their feet. We've seen from past experience, however, that professional boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. stands a good chance of doing well. Paired with Karina Smirnoff, Mayweather can show the world that male boxers can be light on their feet on the dance floor too.

We also have billionaire entrepreneur and star of The Benefactor Mark Cuban dancing into the competition with his partner, Kym Johnson. Cuban will be proving that, like his Dallas Mavericks, he's got game on the floor. Only his floor is a dance floor. Dancing into the competition, we also have soap star Cameron Mathison. After 18 years dancing around problems on All My Children, Mathison is going to take his turn around the dance floor with Edyta Sliwinska. Will our dancing soap star be the one who makes it to the end or will super model Albert Reed and his partner, Anna Trebunskaya. After walking the runways in Abercrombie can this model, actor, musician and artist add one more talent to his repertoire Only time will tell.

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