'Dancing With the All-Stars' Brings Back Favorites

And some big-name music tonite as Pitbull and Justin Bieber will both promoting songs from their new albums.

There are slso some changes to the rules.

This season, one week the celebrity dancers will be in charge of everything for their dance other than the choreography. This means they will pick the music, theme and wardrobe, acting as creative directors for that week. This will be an interesting challenge for both the celebrities and the pros. The “Dance Duel” is also gone, and that is good news.

Also, fans have been told the judging will be tougher.  Len has to love that.

“Dancing With the Stars: All-Stars” premieres Monday, Sept. 24 and features 13 couples. Eight are new pairings and five are original couplings, and everybody will agree it will be a fierce season.

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They're Back....A 'Dancing With the Stars' All-Star Cast

ABC announced the “Dancing With the Stars: All-Stars” cast, or in other words, former contestants that have nothing else going on or have a lot of time on their hands. It was announced on Friday morning at Summer TV Press Tour 2012. The lineup is:

Bristol Palin

Pamela Anderson

Kelly Monaco

Melissa Rycroft

Shawn Johnson

Kirstie Alley

Joey Fatone

Helio Castroneves

Drew Lachey

Emmitt Smith

Apolo Ohno

Gilles Marini

Finally, ABC will let viewers vote for the 13th contestant — Sabrina Bryan, Carson Kressley or Kyle Massey — and the winner will be announced on “Good Morning America” on Aug. 27.

It will be interesting to see what pro dancers they get paired with as there are some former Julianne Hough partners on the list.

I hope Carson Kressley doesn't make it as I'm just about sick of him.