DJariya

From former champions to fan favorites, including a celebrity voted in by fans, the All-Star cast along with their professional partners return to the ballroom on the season premiere of "Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars," MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. All 13 couples will hit the stage performing either the Cha Cha or the Foxtrot to impress the judges and viewers at home, hoping they're not the first couple sent home.

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Here are your returning All-Stars:

Apolo Anton Ono (Olympian)
Bristol Palin (Daughter of Sarah Palin)
Drew Lachey (Singer)
Emmitt Smith (Hall of Fame Running Back)
Gilles Marini (Actor)
Helio Castroneves (Auto Racer)
Joey Fatone (Actor, Singer)
Kelly Monaco (Actress)
Kirstie Alley (Actress)
Melissa Rycroft (Reality TV star)
Pamela Anderson (Actress)
Sabrina Bryan (Actress, Singer)
Shawn Johnson (Olympian)

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GuessWho

No thanks. Everyone being good dancers kills this for me.

HUG-H

And what's with matching these people up with different partners this time? Not okay with with Ballas dancing with Bristol Palin this time instead of with Shawn Johnson.

Ranger

I thought it was a good start. I think Helio is probably the only one who can beat Emmitt. Good to see Kelly and Melissa back, too.

leeta

Poor Tristan... will he ever get a young partner??

Red Dog

Ohno is better than Helio.

Cellar Door

I think none of them should have been matched with their original partners. It would have been more fair that way.

Ranger

Well, looks like I was wrong about Helio. He's gone now.

But Kel and Mel both got 27 this week, the top two scores!

Hopefully Bristol goes next week. I am sure that drama between her and Mark was faked to get pity votes.

Red Dog

They really need to do a spin-off of DWTS and have Kelly Monaco dancing in her underwear 30 minutes every week. Good lord.

at having hip hop, particularly making beautiful Karina dance that crap.

astrochimp

I was wondering why there wasn't a thread for this but I guess it kinda fell off the map.

This season's been very entertaining cept for Bristol of course. My favorite so far has been Melissa.

Oh, and Kelly

Patman

Shawn Johnson is ridiculous, but she reminds me of a female chipmunk character from the movies.

So, are Kelly and her dance partner knocking boots?

draven31

Kelly has been better than I expected. Most of my votes are going for Melissa and Tony .. I really want to see him get one of those freaking mirror balls.

Patman

It's Shawn Johnson's to lose.

DWilson

Its nice to see Tony get a partner that makes him happy; I liked Melissa the first time around but that was kind of a fluke, but she's far better this season than I'd expected. Kelly is much better than I'd remembered, -and it sure seems like there might be somethin'-somethin' going on, -but I just wish she'd stop with all the angst (she looks more miserable than Bristol). Shawn has been a real surprise, too. Derek has been a much better partner for her than Mark Ballas ever was, -they just really seem to click. Actually, I thought she looked better than usual last night.

After last night, I don't think that fight between Mark and Bristol was faked. When he said to the camera he had to "dumb down the dance" it seemed like true frustration with Bristol's lack of ambition, and its certainly not something you say to the camera to get votes.

RocShemp

I only caught one episode so far. Sadly, I caught it during a very fake looking whine-fest between Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas. Given the comments here, that's par for the course this season?

Red Dog

I don't know. I FF and only watch the Karina, Melissa and Kelly dances.

Fortunately, Bristol was booted.

benf802961

Could be. Kelly Monaco is single.

Ranger

No one will be eliminated next week because of the election?

Patman

Pretty big upset last night. Kirstie needs to get the boot next week.

Ranger

Yeah, but it's nice that Kelly is still there. I didn't expect her to last this long.

DWilson

Tom said the original plan was to eliminate someone at the end of Monday's show based on that night's Judges votes combined with this week's viewer votes, but they decided since so many people were unable to vote, they'd eliminate no one (which gives them an excuse to keep an All-Star for an extra week). I just wonder if we'll have a double elimination the next week.

Red Dog

As long as Kelly, Melissa, and Karina stick around, it's all good.

astrochimp

Glad to see Melissa and Tony win the dance marathon. They've been my favorites right through out this season.

New-AgeOutlaw

Could the finals end up being Shawn, Giles, and Melissa?
That would be cool to have a repeat of the finals that Shawn won.
That was one of the best seasons on the show just behind season 3.

DJariya

Brooke Burke just revealed today that she has cancer of her thyroid. She said she will have surgery. I assume it will be after this season ends.

I watched her YouTube video where she revealed the news and she seems to be in good spirits.