'DANCING WITH THE STARS' PAIRINGS ANNOUNCED

Thursday, September 02 2010 04:13

The pairings for Dancing With the Stars have been announced and its serial show romancer Karina Smirnoff who has been given the privilege -- or challenge -- of working with The Situation and his ego. Karina was previously engaged to Maksim Chmerkovskiy and dated her former partner Mario Lopez.

In addition to Karina and Mike, and Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas -- whose pairing was previously announced -- the rest of the cast is as follows:

Audrina Patridge and Tony Dovolani

Michael Bolton and Chelsie Hightower

Brandy and Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Margaret Cho and Louis Van Amstel

Rick Fox and Cheryl Burke

Jennifer Grey and Derek Hough

David Hasselhoff and Kym Johnson

Florence Henderson and Corky Ballas

Kyle Massey and Lacey Schwimmer

Kurt Warner and Anna Trebunskaya

According to the oddsmakers at Bodog.com, Brandy has been pegged as the early favorite, followed by Grey, Patridge and The Situation. At the other end, Florence Henderson is the longest shot, finishing behind Warner and Palin.