'Dancing With The Stars' All-Star Cast Pairings Revealed

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The official pairings were revealed Aug. 13 on ‘Good Morning America’! Which duo will YOU root for this fall?

While America is still in the dark about the mysterious 13th pair joining Dancing with the Stars‘ all-star season, we finally learned which professional dancers the known celebs will be getting down with in the race for the Mirror Ball Trophy.

The pairings are as follows (and *** means the celebrity is being reunited with his or her original partner):

Kirstie Alley will dance with Maksim Chmerkovskiy ***

Pamela Anderson will dance with Tristan MacManus

Hélio Castroneves will dance with Chelsie Hightower

Joey Fatone will dance with Kym Johnson ***

Shawn Johnson will dance with Derek Hough

Drew Lachey will dance with Anna Trebunskaya

Gilles Marini will dance with Peta Murgatroyd

Kelly Monaco will dance with Val Chmerkovskiy

Apolo Anton Ohno will dance with Karina Smirnoff

Bristol Palin will dance with Mark Ballas ***

Melissa Rycroft will dance with Tony Dovolani ***

Emmitt Smith will dance with Cheryl Burke ***

Now tell us: Which pair are you already rooting for? And which of the three celebrities — Sabrina Bryan, Kyle Massey or Carson Kressley — deserves to snag the 13th spot? Drop me a comment with your picks!

— Andy Swift

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@little mo Are you kidding? You think Gilles and Cheryl are the best duo ever? I don’t think so! Drew Lachey and Cheryl Burke are the most iconic duo ever on DWTS! Save a horse ride a cowboy anyone? They should have put them together again although it wouldn’t have been fair to the other contestants because if they we’re together you might as well just skip the whole season and hand over the mirror ball right away! @sick of reality tv I agree about bristol but if you are sick of reality tv then why are you reading an article about a reality tv competition? And I hope Kyle is the last dancer. What is the point of bringing someone back who the majority of the audience didn’t connect with (aka Sabrina) when they can bring back Kyle who is entertaining and fun to watch?

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think that kyle should get last spot. as you who i’ll vote for–emmitte,gilles difinetly not pallin girl or kristie

I REALLY HOPE KYLE WINS HE’S PRETTY GOOD

Do we really need to see Bristol “no talent famous for getting knocked up I’m milking my mother’s name” Palin again on this show? Really……………Really………………?

I like Emmit Smith but hey should have paired Gilles Marini with Cheryl Burke. That was the best pariing DWTS has ever had.

I hope they pick Kyle! He’s so fun to watch!!!!!!!!

KYLE KYLE KYLE!!!!!!! He’s so entertaining and knows how to get the audience into it!!

For that final slot, it absolutely has to be Sabrina Bryan. She left way too early and was arguably the best dancer to not make the finals. She definitely deserves a second chanc.