DWTS6 Cast Pix

Some of you who read W&C through Bloglines or a RSS feeder might have seen this briefly posted on Friday... but given Friday's big news, I quickly squashed it and saved it for today.

I always like to share the Dancing With the Stars cast photos when they come out... often just by the promo pix you can start making some educated guesses regarding how well the "stars" will do (or imagine what the pro dancers are thinking).

Taking a bit of help from my earlier DWTS6 announcement post, here are the pix (the "stars" are listed first and in bold.  I'm thinking the pros are more the stars now!):

Adam Carolla/Julianne Hough - Actor/Comedian/Radio personality
Cristian de la Fuente/Cheryl Burke - Telenovela star, seen on CSI Miami and Ugly Betty
Shannon Elizabeth/Derek Hough - Actress (American Pie)/Model/Poker Player
Steve Guttenberg/Anna Trebunskaya - Movie star from the 1980s(??)

Thoughts: Julianne is not going to have a three-peat.... Cheryl seems much more happy in this pic than the one from last season with Wayne Newton... Shannon & Derek seem to be a pretty good pairing... and Anna has the gritty smile that seems to say what the frick do I have to do to get another partner like Jerry Rice?

Mario/Karina Smirnoff - R&B singer/actor
Marlee Matlin/Fabian Sanchez (new pro) - Academy Award winning actress and, of course... deaf
Penn Jillette/Kym Johnson - The taller and talking half of comedy/illusionist team Penn & Teller
Priscilla Presley/Louis Van Amstel - Ex-wife of Elvis/Actress

Thoughts:  Karina seems to be saying what the frick do I have to do to get another partner like Mario Lopez... Marlee is lookin' good... Kym's smile seems to say what the frick do I have to do to get another partner like Joey Fatone, a guy with a hip replacement last season now this??.... the return of Louis and probably a good pairing.

Monica Seles/Jonathan Roberts - Tennis legend
Jason Taylor/Edyta Sliwinska - 6-time All Pro NFL for the Miami Dolphins
Marissa Jaret Winokur/Tony Dovolani - Tony Award winner as Hairspray's Tracy Turnblad
Kristi Yamaguchi/Mark Ballas - Olympic/World Champion figure skater

Thoughts:  I'm biased I love Monica, but looking a tad stiff but a good partner in Jonathan... getting an old guy on even-numbered seasons, Edyta seems happy to have another hot guy... Tony's gritting teeth seem to say "Did they really give me the chubby girl?" (remember Tony's teeth say this, not me <grin>)... and finally my guess as the prohibitive favorites, Kristi and Mark.

DWTS kicks off next Monday!