Reality Bites: Dancing with the Stars Season 20: Cast Bios

Season 20 of Dancing with the Stars is just around the corner! This season marks their 10th year! Wow! Expect to see lots of special things to mark this anniversary. They supposedly wanted to include everyone's favorite pros and some really great stars. Well, for the pros, for the first time in awhile, there are no first-time pros. All of the pros have done at least one season.

I'm glad to see Keo coming back. He really got royally screwed last season, for his first season, when he was paired with the awful Lolo Jones. Not only could she not dance at all, but she had the absolute worst attitude I've ever seen on the show and couldn't even put on a fake smile. It was not a surprise when she was the first one voted off. We didn't get to see what Keo could do, other than some brief guest spots in the dances that either close or open a commercial break. From what we saw of him, he looks to be a really great dancer and a cool sense of humor. I hope we get to see more of that this season.

And who could not be excited to see Derek back?! He had said he was taking the season off because he is performing with the Rockettes in New York City. Well, apparently, he just couldn't pry himself away from the show, because he is going to pull double duty. Yes, that's right. He's going to rehearse with Nastia (who is attending NYU) in New York...and do his show...and then they will fly to LA for the show every Monday. Yikes! This guy just doesn't know how to say "no"...and he is such a glutton for punishment. He's been stretched thin in the past, but this is going to be a real challenge I think, even for him. I just hope his body holds out. He's had so many back and neck problems in the past, so I hope he can last for a long time. With a gymnast for a partner, he's sure to make at least top 4.

Again, Tony and Artem draw the short end of the stick and end up with the oldest contestants. I really feel bad for them. The producers never even give them a chance.

As usual, I'm not super excited for this cast of stars. Half of them I've never heard of, which, for someone like me who watches a lot of TVs and follow a lot of celebrity news, the fact that I've never even heard of some of these names before tells you just how low on the celebrity totem pole they are. However, I'm not worried. I have these same thoughts just about every season, and then each season ends up being better than the last. So again, I'm sure I will grow to love most, if not all, of these unknown celebrities.

The fun begins at 8:00 PM on Monday, March 16, on ABC.

Season 20 Cast and their Pro partners:

	Charlotte & Keo Charlotte McKinney Known For: Model/Actress (Carl's Jr. commercials; Joe Dirt 2) Keo Motsepe Season: 2nd Best Finish: 13th
	Nastia & Derek Nastia Liukin Known For: Olympic Gold Medal Gymnast (2008) Derek Hough Season: 15th Best Finish: 5-time Winner
	Patti & Artem Patti LaBelle Known For: Soul Singer Artem Chigvintsev Season: 2nd Best Finish: 6th
	Rumer & Val Rumer Willis Known For: Actress and daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore Val Chmerkovskiy Season: 8th Best Finish: 2nd
	Suzanne & Tony Suzanne Somers Known For: Actress Tony Dovolani Season: 15th Best Finish: 1 Win (All-Stars)
	Willow & Mark Willow Shields Known For: Actress (The Hunger Games' Primrose) Mark Ballas Season: 16th Best Finish: 2-Time Winner
	Chris & Witney Chris Soules Known For: Starring as the current Bachelor on The Bachelor Witney Carson Season: 3rd Best Finish: 1 Win (Last Season) Oh, and in case you don't know...SPOILER ALERT...Chris will choose Whitney (with an h) on tomorrow night's Bachelor finale...coincidence? I'm sure that won't be confusing at all for him.
	Michael & Peta Michael Sam Known For: Former NFL player - St. Louis Rams; first gay player to be drafted Peta Murgatroyd Season: 8th Best Finish: 1 Win
	Noah & Sharna Noah Galloway Known For: Iraq War Vet; double amputee and motivational speaker Sharna Burgess Season: 5th Best Finish: 5th
	Redfoo & Emma Redfoo Known For: Singer in the group LMFAO Emma Slater Season: 4th Best Finish: 4th
	Riker & Allison Riker Lynch Known For: Singer in the group R5 and Actor (Glee) Allison Holker Season: 2nd Best Finish: 9th Oh, and by the way...Riker just happens to be Derek and Julianne Hough's cousin! So, yeah, he might be good :)
	Robert & Kym Robert Herjavec Known For: Panelist on Shark Tank Kym Johnson Season: 14th Best Finish: 2-Time Winner