DWTS 16: March 18,2013 premiere!

[Natalka]

(No Maks this year? OY!)


Zendaya Coleman, 16, with Val Chmerkovskiy
actress and singer, Disney Channel series "Shake It Up!"




Ingo Rademacher, 41, with Kym Johnson
actor "General Hospital"




Jacoby Jones, 28, with Karina Smirnoff
football player Baltimore Ravens




Victor Ortiz, 26, with Lindsay Arnold
boxer




Kellie Pickler, 26, with Derek Hough
country singer



Wynonna Judd, 48, with Tony Dovolani
country singer




Aly (Alexandra) Raisman, 18, with Mark Ballas
Olympic gymnast




Lisa Vanderpump, 52, with Gleb Savchenko
reality show




D.L. Hughley, 49, with Cheryl Burke
comedian




Andy Dick, 47, with Sharna Burgess
comedian and actor




Dorothy Hamill, 56, with Tristan MacManus
Olympic gymnast

[Natalka]

[Hondamanic]

Can't wait

[Natalka]

Bumpety-bump - it starts tonight! YAY!

[Hondamanic]

It's not gonna be the same without Mak. He was my fav

[Natalka]

I know... and his younger bro is similar, but not the same!

The producer says Maks is still under contract, but just wasn't picked up for this season.

His friend, Gleb Savchenko is a newbie. Born 1983, was on Aussie DWTS last year.

But not all Slavs are interchangeable!


Mmmmmaks!

[Natalka]

So not impressed about the airing last night - was watching on ABC, but after the first hour, the show on CTV cut in - I waited 10 minutes for it to switch back, so I don't know if it eventually did. I ended up watching the second hour online this morning...

It's so interesting watching newbies again!

Kellie Pickler was quite good, as was Dorothy Hamill. Wynonna was okay.
Zendaya was good, but I think they gave too high of scores; I didn't think she was '8-worthy'.

Jacoby and Karina were awesome.

[Natalka]

Lisa and DL at the bottom; no surprize, I was guessing Lisa would go.

However, Dorothy had to quit the show because of problems with her spine, so she left and the others get to stay another week.