Following the usual batch of leaks about would-be participants, ABC revealed the full season 22 lineup, which includes these extremely familiar faces you definitely know intimately:
Mischa Barton with Artem Chigvintsev
Antonio Brown with Sharna Burgess
Nyle DiMarco with Peta Murgatroyd
Kim Fields with Sasha Farber
Doug Flutie with Karina Smirnoff
Marla Maples with Tony Dovolani
Von Miller with Witney Carson
Wanya Morris with Lindsay Arnold
Geraldo Rivera with Edyta Sliwinska
Jodie Sweetin with Keo Motsepe
Paige VanZant with Mark Ballas
Ginger Zee with Valentin Chmerkovskiy
Doug Flutie! Paige VanZant! Of course, why not them?
Here’s a quote from our resident DWTS expert Joanna reporting from the sidelines: “For me, this season of DWTS is heavy on the who? factor since like a third of the contestants are football-adjacent (more like whoball),” she says. “Insane-wise, I’d rank this season a 7 because of Mischa, Marla Maples, Geraldo and Nyle, who I’m sure will all have rehearsals that end in tears. There are a lot of strong men, but no war heroes, so, there’s that. My top 3 prediction is Nyle/Peta, Antonio/Sharna and Paige/Mark Ballas—I would bet one thousand dollars on that.”
Agreed, Nyle—the first and only deaf cast member/winner of what was supposed to be the final season of America’s Next Top Model—could be a wild card. There’s also Jodie, who’s experiencing either a good or bad resurgence thanks to the awful Fuller House. I’m anxious to see how Boyz II Men’s Wanya Morris holds up, as well as Kim Fields, who joined the latest season of Real Housewives of Atlanta and seems to be okay with that decision.
Geraldo doesn’t stand a chance.
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