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CBS News/ March 2, 2011, 10:32 AM

"Dancing with the Stars" pairs revealed

Actress Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Actress Kirstie Alley and dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy will be dance partners in upcoming season of "Dancing with the Stars."

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(CBS) This season's "Dancing with the Stars" lineup was announced Monday night, and now we know whom each star will be dancing with.

The celebrity-professional pairings were announced Wednesday by ABC.

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Here's the list:

Kendra Wilkinson and Louis van Amstel

Chelsea Kane and Mark Ballas

Wendy Williams and Tony Dovolani

Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Petra Nemcova and Dimitry Chaplin

Chris Jericho and Cheryl Burke

Romeo and Chelsie Hightower

Mike Catherwood and Lacey Schwimmer

Sugar Ray Leonard and Anna Trebunskaya

Hines Ward and Kym Johnson

Ralph Macchio and Karina Smirnoff

The stars now have three weeks to prepare for the show's premiere, which will take place on March 21.

Alley, 60, said Chmerkovskiy is already putting pressure on her.

"My partner is calling me 'G' for Grandma," she said at Monday's press conference, according to People magazine. "He says I'm too slow. I call him 'M' for mean."

Who will you be rooting for when "DWTS" premieres? Tell us in the comments.

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brian_norwood says:
What? No Christine O'donnell?
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erasmus111 replies:
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Who should we thank for that?
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