Meet Dancing With the Stars' New Cast

Will it be two times the fun on the 16th season of ABC's Dancing With the Stars, which begins March 18? Producers are trying to make up for the lackluster ratings of last season's All Stars by spiking the cast (announced Feb. 26 on Good Morning America) with a double dose of Olympians, country stars and comedians.

The big names include ice-skating legend Dorothy Hamill, 56; singer Wynonna Judd, 48; and Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Jacoby Jones, 28, who scored on a record 108-yard kickoff return at the Super Bowl. "For us to have someone who was a game changer on the Super Bowl is great fun," says executive producer Conrad Green.

PHOTOS: Check out the new Dancing with the Stars cast

"[Hamill] has got such a place of affection in America's heart," he says. "I think everyone will love to see her performing again." But she'd better watch out: She's going up against another Olympic gold medalist: Aly Raisman, 18, captain of the 2012 U.S. gymnastics team. 

Judd, who has been open about her lifelong struggle with her weight, told Green that she's looking forward to getting toned by throwing herself into training. "I think every woman in America can relate to Wynonna," he says. She'll have to outshine another singer, 26-year-old Kellie Picker, the show's first American Idol alum.

Adding comic relief, and possibly some great hoofing, will be D.L. Hughley, 49, and Andy Dick, 47. "Andy said that, in high school, he won a dance competition," Green says.

He'll still have to slug it out with boxing great Victor Ortiz, 26; former General Hospital heartthrob Ingo Rademacher, 41; Disney star Zendaya Coleman, 16; and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Lisa Vanderpump, 52.

Is Green hoping to get a better table at one of Vanderpump's tony restaurants? "That's really all this is about," he jokes. "To make sure we get good reservations."

Here are this season's celebrity/pro pairings:

Zendaya Coleman and Valentin Chmerkovskiy

Andy Dick and Sharna Burgess (former troupe member)

Dorothy Hamill and Tristan MacManus

D.L. Hughley and Cheryl Burke

Jacoby Jones and Karina Smirnoff

Wynonna Judd and Tony Dovolani

Victor Ortiz and Lindsay Arnold (new pro)

Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough

Aly Raisman and Mark Ballas

Ingo Rademacher and Kym Johnson

Lisa Vanderpump and Gleb Savchenko (new pro)

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