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'Dancing with the Stars' cast for season 17: Check out the contestants

'Dancing with the Stars' recently announced the list of stars who will be participating in the new season. 'Dancing with the Stars' premieres Sept. 16.

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'Dancing with the Stars' will star Valerie Harper during its new season.
  • By Associated Press

Valerie Harper leads a class of 12 amateur hoofers in the upcoming 17th season of "Dancing With the Stars."

The cast was revealed Wednesday on ABC's "Good Morning America." For a show that has reached an increasingly older audience, ABC added an injection of youth with reality stars Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi of "Jersey Shore" and Ozzy's kid Jack Osbourne.

Harper has been busy, despite a cancer diagnosis earlier this year. She recently filmed a movie role and joined a Nick at Nite reunion of "The Mary Tyler Moore" cast.

Other contestants are Bill Nye, the "Science Guy"; "Pretty Little Liars" actor Brant Daugherty; former NFL wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson; singer and actress Christina Milian; actress Elizabeth Berkley; "High School Musical" actor Corbin Bleu; "Glee" actress Amber Riley; country comic Bill Engvall; and "King of Queens" actress Leah Remini.

The new season of "Dancing With the Stars" premieres Sept. 16.

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