One of the things that I thought I’d do here in this writers blog is to write and express my views/perspective/comments on one of my favorite reality shows, Dancing With The Stars.

Today, the cast for Season 9 (wow, that many already?!) was announced on ABC’s Good Morning America show this morning. They are:

Donny Osmond – singer, brother of Marie Osmond. Marie came in 3rd on the 5th season of DWTS, with her professional partner, Jonathan Roberts.

Mya – R&B singer and actress – I don’t know much about her.

Michael Irvin – Former NFL wide-receiver – he played for the Dallas Cowboys in the 1990s with Troy Aikman (QB) and Emmitt Smith (RB) who won the 3rd season of Dancing With The Stars with his professional partner Cheryl Burke.

Melissa Joan Hart – Actress (‘Sabrina the Teenage Witch’)

Kelly Osbourne – Singer, daughter of Sharon and Ozzie Osborne

Debi Mazar – Actress (‘Entourage’)

Chuck Liddell – Light heavyweight champion

Natalie Coughlin – Olympic gold medalist in swimming – I vaguely remember watching her compete in the 2008 Bejing Olympics.

Joanna Krupa – Swimsuit model – she’s the one that was paired with T.O. on that recent reality show, Superstars, and pretty much gave T.O. a tongue lashing for their losing in the first round of the competition.

Aaron Carter – singer – his older brother is Nick Carter, of Backstreet Boys fame.

Tom DeLay – Former House majority leader

Kathy Ireland – Model

Ashley Hamilton – Actor, son of former ‘Dancing’ contestant George Hamilton; previously married to Shannen Doherty and Angie Everhart.

Mark Dacascos – Actor, host of ‘Iron Chef America’ – now this is an interesting casting choice!

Louie Vito – Pro snowboarder

Macy Gray – Grammy-winning singer

At first glance, none of these names seem to stand out as being early contenders. So we’ll see!