Season Eight begins with a special 2 hour premiere. Featuring a performance from each of the new celeb/pro combo's for the season. Some of the notable new celebs include, Olympic Gymnastics Champ Shawn Johnson, Bull Riding World Champ Ty Murray and Country singer Chuck Wicks.

Season Eight Partners (Celeb/Pro)
Shawn Johnson & Mark Ballas
Lil' Kim & Derek Hough
Holly Madison & Dmitry Chaplin
Gilles Marini & Cheryl Burke
Chuck Wicks & Julianne Hough
Ty Murray & Chelsie Hightower
Denise Richards & Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Steve O & Lacey Schwimmer
Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovolani
Lawrence Taylor & Edyta Sliwinska
Steve Wozniak & Karina Smirnoff
Belinda Carlisle & Jonathan Roberts
David Alan Grier & Kym Johnson