In the first 18 seasons of casting Dancing With the Stars, ABC has roped in athletes, actors, reality stars, TV personalities, musicians and models.
For Season 19, ABC added something extra: a YouTube celebrity. Bethany Mota, who recently won Choice Female Web Star at the Teen Choice Awards, is among the 13 new dancers for the upcoming season of DWTS. Team Internet strikes again.
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Paired with dancer Derek Hough, the 18-year-old will vie for the mirror ball trophy with competitors like Olympian Lolo Jones, Mean Girls' Jonathan Bennett (no Lindsay Lohan as rumored), Fresh Prince of Bel-Air's Alfonso Ribeiro and NASCAR's Michael Waltrip.
ITS TRUE!!! I'm going to be on this season of Dancing with the stars!!!! AHH! My partner is @derekhough what should our team name be?! — Bethany Mota ∞ (@BethanyMota) September 4, 2014
Mota's YouTube channel -- macbarbie07 (7 million subscribers) -- features hair, makeup, fashion and DIY tutorials. It earned her a fashion line at Aéropostale, and her face was plastered everywhere as part of a YouTube ad campaign.
Here's a list of the 13 dancers, who were announced Thursday on Good Morning America:
Randy Couture, MMA pro, 51, with Karina Smirnoff
Michael Waltrip, NASCAR driver, 51, with Emma Slater
Janel Parrish, actress, 25, with Val Chmerkovskiy
Sadie Robertson, model/reality star, 17, with Mark Ballas
Antonio Sabato Jr., model/actor, 42, with Cheryl Burke
Alfonso Ribeiro, actor, 42, with Witney Carson
Tommy Chong, comedian/musician, 76, with Peta Murgatroyd
Jonathan Bennett, actor, 33, with Allison Holker
Lea Thompson, actress, 53, with Artem Chigvintsev
Tavis Smiley, political commentator, 49, with Sharna Burgess
Lolo Jones, Olympic track star, 32, with Keo Motsepe
Bethany Mota, YouTube star, 18, with Derek Hough
Betsey Johnson, fashion designer, 73, with Tony Dovolani
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