Photos: Bristol Palin Begins 'Dancing With the Stars' Rehearsals

By PopEater Staff Posted Sep 2nd 2010 05:14PM

Bristol Palin and her 'Dancing With the Stars' partner Mark Ballas

Bristol Palin is ready to tango! She and her 'Dancing With the Stars' partner Mark Ballas hit the dance studio for the first time. "It's positive and it's a good competition. I wanted to step outside my comfort zone and have a good time," she told Us Weekly.

ABC sources told PopEater's Naughty But Nice Rob last week, "Bristol is excited and scared" for her debut. Her proud mama Sarah Palin plans to be sitting in the front row cheering her daughter on, the source adds. See more photos of the cast in rehearsals >>

The full cast was announced Monday night. Joining Palin will be David Hasselhoff, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, Audrina Patridge, Michael Bolton, 'Dirty Dancing' star Jennifer Grey, 'Brady Bunch' mom Florence Henderson and former Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner. The show premieres Sept. 20.

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'Dancing With the Stars' Contestants

Joining Bristol Palin will be David Hasselhoff, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, Audrina Patridge, Michael Bolton, 'Dirty Dancing' star Jennifer Grey, 'Brady Bunch' mom Florence Henderson and former Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner. The show premieres Sept. 20. See more rehearsal photos >>

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DWTS Cast

Bristol Palin teams up with two-time champ Mark Ballas in rehearsals.

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Bristol Palin and dance pro Mark Ballas goof off during rehearsals for 'Dancing With the Stars.'

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Michael Bolton learns a new routine with Chelsie Hightower.

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Florence Henderson joins Corky Ballas for his second season on the show.

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'The Hills' star Audrina Patridge puts on her dancing shoes with dance pro Tony Dovolani, who is back for his tenth season.

DWTS Cast

Jennifer Grey, who is best known for her starring roles in the iconic movies 'Dirty Dancing' and 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off,' joins two-time mirror ball champion Derek Hough.

DWTS Cast

Brandy, the platinum-selling R&B and pop singer, actress, songwriter and record/television producer, joins Maksim Chmerkovskiy, who is back for his ninth season.

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Margaret Cho partners with Louis Van Amstel, who returns for his seventh season. The Season 11 star-studded cast and their professional partners get ready to break in their dancing shoes on ABC's 'Dancing with the Stars' for the long awaited two-hour season premiere, Sept. 20 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC.

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Thursday 02 September

By Sandy Jensen

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I think Bristol is a beautiful young woman inside and out. I wish her all the best.

By Heyes

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You know when the palin brat gets off... sarah will have a fit and say its politics

By Christine

Like her or not, how many of you will at least tune in once or twice to check out Bristol? Sounds like good marketing by the "Dancing" execs to me, and Bristol deserves to get paid for that. If we weren't interested she wouldn't be on the show.

By Mike

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I knida feel for Bristol Palin. She's just a young kid who got into trouble and got caught up in her mother's lust for power. What bothers me is that her honesty is being tested by temptation to use her mother's fame for her own benefit. UNlike her mother, shouldn't she be home in Alaska taking care of her son.

Friday 03 September

By melodyb

She's bringing him with her. She drove from Wasilla to the show by herself, with the baby.

By Gina

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To paraphrase Bristol, when asked by reporters about her "Dancing" gig, she did say that she couldn't wait to go
to California and have fun. I just hope she took several forms of RELIABLE birth control with her.

By Chela

I will not be hosting DWTS dinners with my friends this season. I won't be watching at all. The show is treating Bristol Palin as some sort of star when she is a nothing and a nobody. She's just another uneducated teenage single mom, who for some bizarre reason is being glorified!! It's the wrong message to send people! Plain and simple.

By CAH

SHE IS NOT BEING GLORIFIED - dam leave he girl alone - she made a mistake by having a child out of wedlock (her son is not a mistake)big freakin deal - no she's not a star but she is famous - even though she got pregnant she's still a better role model for teens then any of these so called young stars, Lindsey, Paris, Brittney etc. and why is it you have to hate on someone because you disagree w/their politics - agree to disagree - you don't know the girls heart - give her a break

By OSC Ets

THE SHOULD RENAME THE SHOW TO DANCING WITH THE SUCKS (STILL DWTS), BY
THE WAY LEVI J. WILL MAKE A BRIEF APPEARANCE ON THE SHOW JUST TO GET
BRISTOL PREGNANT, THIS TIME ON TV, Her proud mama Sarah Palin plans to
be sitting in the front row cheering her daughter and Levi on. THE
MOVIE WILL SELL MORE THAN THE MONTANA FISHBURN ONE

By big d

It seems like Mark Ballas gets cuter every season on DWTS. Am I the only gay guy who cant get enough of this stud? Forget attention-starved, narcissistic Derek or Maxim-- Mark is the best dancer (with THE BEST body. Love this pic with his mouth wide open- alwawys looks like he's having fun that one does.

Saturday 04 September

By Angie

in what way is she a star?? plz tell me who cares if her mother is govenor she is a part a statistic for unwed mothers so what makes her so different?? Who gives a flying hoot about about the palins cuz they're ordinary people like everyone else. I dont care for any of them lying like she was getting married to cover up for her daughter.. they need to get real & leave the spotlight get over it sarah palin u didnt win now get lost

By heather

One word for the "new" cast of DWTS.... HASBEENS!!!

By steve b

And in what way is she a Star? Or celbrety? She is an unwed mother, and daughter of a politician. What a role model she is, get knocked up and heve yourself and the baby fatha have no reaponsablity. Who is wathcing the baby?

By JANET

WHY ARE PEOPLE SAYING THIS BRISTOL PERSON IS A CHILD, SHE IS A WOMAN WHO HAD A BABY AS A CHILD. SHE IS NO STAR. I AM STILL LOOKING FOR BRANDY'S NAME TO APPEAR. A REAL STAR WHO CAN SING AND HAD HER OWN SHOW. MCAIN UNLEASHED THE HILLBILLIES FROM ALASKA AND THEY CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF FAME AND MONEY (GO FIGURE)

By km32054

What a joke this is.

By bagsamoney

For your information the wolves are not being "murdered" as you put it for no reason. There is no beef in Alaska. They eat moose and caribou. The wolves kill the food source for Alaskans so therefore Alaskans must shed the herd in order to have meat to eat. Please don't be so gullible and believe everything the biased media tells you. Check out the other side of the story. There always is one.

By sandy

The reason why McCain lost the election was because of Sarah Palin. You can stick up for her as much as you would like.

As for Bristol, she's not a star, but she is for good marketing for ABC.

It is the liberals that have made the Palins relevant. Just sayin.

By Scp

She should be home watching her kid instead of being on the show.

By abbybunky1

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just like Kate Gosselin? She should be staying at home watching eight children! duh.

By anglgrl122a

She is FAT and ugly too...like her mama

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