Several famous figure skaters will join a football player, a softball pitcher, a snowboarder, and an ex-NBA center for a special all-athletes edition ofDancing With the Stars.
Since the addition ofAmerican Idolhas encroached onDWTS usual 10-to-11-week running time, the celebrity hoofers will only have four weeks to go after that mirror-ball trophy.
Sadly, they wont have super pros like Derek Hough, Mark Ballas, or the brothers Chmerkovskiy to help them snag the prize.
Theyre sitting this one out while other pros like Artem Chigvintsev, Sasha Farber, and Witney Carson will be tagging in for season 26.
Here are the 10 athletes who were announced Friday morning onGood Morning America:
Adam Rippon, Olympian figure skater, paired with Jenna JohnsonArike Ogunbowale, college basketball player, with Gleb SavchenkoChris Mazdzer, Olympian Luger, with Witney CarsonJamie Anderson, Olympia snowboarder, with Artem ChigvintsevJennie Finch Daigle, former softball pitcher, with Keo MotsepeJohnny Damon, former MLB outfielder, with Emma SlaterJosh Norman, NFL cornerback, with Sharna BurgessKareem Abdul-Jabbar, former NBA superstar, with Lindsay ArnoldMirai Nagasu, Olympian figure skater, with Alan BerstenTonya Harding, former competitive skater, with Sasha Farber
The all-athlete edition ofDWTSpremieres at 8 p.m. E.T.
on April 30.
