'Dancing With the Stars' Reveals Season 19 Pros
by Shannon Keirnan"Dancing with the Stars" season 19 will bring some familiar faces, as well as a few new ones, to the screen.
The 12 pros were revealed on ABC's "Good Morning America. "
Five-time champion Derek Hough is slated to return, along with two-time winner Cheryl Burke (who has been with the show now for eighteen seasons), Valentin Chmerkovskiy, Karina Smirnoff, Mark Ballas, Tony Dovolani, Emma Slater, Peta Murgatroyd, and Witney Carson.
New pros hail from the U.K. version of "DWTS." Artem Chigvintsev joined the crew last season and won.
Allison Holker is an Emmy-nominated choreographer, a "So You Think You Can Dance" all-star, and has also performed on "Dancing With the Stars" as a guest dancer.
And finally, Keoikantse "Keo" Motsepe is a dancer from South Africa. He has been the champion Latin American dancer in every age cateogry there, and has remained undefeated for eight consecutive years.
Recently, Maksim Chmerkovskiy (the brother of Valentin) annoynced that he would be leaving the show. He won the trophy last May with Olympian Meryl Davis. Rumor has it he might be appearing on the judge's panel, but that has not yet been confirmed.
ABC will announce the 12 celebrity dancers on September 4th, also on "Good Morning America." There's no set date, as of yet, on when we'll find out who will make up the panel of judges.
Season 19 of "Dancing with the Stars" begins with a two-hour debut on September 15, 8:00 p.m. EST on ABC.