The lineup for this season’s Dancing with the Stars has been announced!

• Toni Braxton, singer, 40, and season one DWTS champ Alec Mazo
• Lance Bass, singer, 29, and Lacey Schwimmer
• Ted McGinley, actor, 50, and Inna Brayer
• Cloris Leachman, actress, 82, and Corky Ballas
• Warren Sapp, former NFL star, 35, and Kym Johnson
• Rocco DiSpirito, chef, 31, and Karina Smirnoff
• Kim Kardashian, TV personality, 27, and reigning DWTS champ Mark Ballas
• Maurice Green, Olympic gold medalist track and field star, 34, and two-time DWTS champ Cheryl Burke
• Misty May-Treanor, Olympic gold medalist beach volleyball player, 31, and Maksim Chmerkovskiy
• Susan Lucci, Emmy-award winning soap opera actress, 61, and Tony Dovolani
• Jeffrey Ross, 42, comedian, and Edyta Sliwinska
• Cody Linley, 18, actor, and two-time DWTS champ Julianne Hough
• Brooke Burke, 36, TV personality, and Derek Hough

It’s impossible for me at this point to make any true observations or predictions, although I’m looking forward to the Brooke/Derek, Rocco/Karina and MistyMax pairings. And, DWTS is just Hell-bound and determined to have someone actually die on the show. Marie Osmond passing out just didn’t cut it, I guess.

CU and I had read that there were “discussions” about whether or not to pair Lance Bass with a male partner, which was just plain stupid. We’d also planned on boycotting the entire show’s season if they played that exploitive (and ridiculous) card. Thankfully, they didn’t. Although, it would have been sort of hot to see Derek Hough in one of those itty-bitty Latin costumes.