Bristol Palin, the Situation Get Their ‘Dancing’ Partners

The network revealed which professional dancers will be paired with the celebrity contestants on season 11 of the hit show

ABC has named dance partners who will team with Jersey Shore's "The Situation," Bristol Palin and international renaissance man David Hasselhoff on the upcoming season of "Dancing With the Stars." 

The network revealed the lineup of celebrities who will try out their footwork on season 11 of the reality dance competition in a live special Monday night. 

"Baywatch" alum Hasselhoff will dance with season 9 champ Kym Johnson. Palin, daughter of former Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is paired with "DWTS" vet Mark Ballas. Ab-tastic "Jersey Shore" star "The Situation"will team up with Karina Smirnoff.

None of the professional dancers in season 11 of "Dancing With the Stars" are new to the show.  On Monday, TMZ reported that Edyta Sliwinska, the only professional dancer who has appeared on all 10 seasons of "DWTS" so far quit the show "over a major disagreement" with producers. Sliwinska is not in the cast for season 11. 

The other nine teams who will face off against Hoff, Palin and "The Situation" are; singer Michael Bolton and Chelsie Hightower, comedienne Margaret Cho and Louis Van Amstel, ex-Laker Rick Fox and Cheryl Burke, "Dirty Dancing" star Jennifer Grey and Derek Hough, singer Brandy and Maksim Chmerkovskiy, "Brady Bunch" mom Florence Henderson and Corky Ballas, Disney Channel star Kyle Massey and Lacey Schwimmer, and, lastly, "The Hills'" Audrina Patridge and Tony Dovolani.

"Dancing With the Stars" premieres Sept. 20. 

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