DWTS Season 11 – My Guess at the Pairings
Or is it a wishlist?? 
For the most part, I’m just ecstatic that Derek is on the show, so everything else is gravy. Frankly, I think everyone should look at it that way, since there are a good number of professionals that did not make the cut. But that’s just me. 
Here are my guesses as to who is with who. Although the Bristol/Mark thing is no longer a guess – from what I understand the two of them were on GMA together. Also, the Jennifer/Derek thing is no longer a guess, since there are pictures out there of the two of them together….and, well, this:
Who’s Dancing?
| No. | Celebrity | Age | Height | Height | Professional |
| 1. | Brandy | 31 | 5ft 7in | 6ft. 2in. | Maks Chmerkovskiy |
| 2. | Jennifer Grey | 50 | 5’3″ | 5ft. 10in. | Derek Hough |
| 3. | Margaret Cho | 41 | 5ft 5in | 5ft. 7.5in. | Louis Van Amstel |
| 4. | Audrina Patridge | 25 | 5ft 7.5in | 6ft. 1in. | Tony Dovolani |
| 5. | Florence Henderson | 76 | 5ft 3in | 5ft. 8in. | Corky Ballas |
| 6. | Bristol Palin | 19 | 5ft. 3in. | 5ft. 8in. | Mark Ballas |
| 7. | Michael Bolton | 56 | 5ft 10in | 5ft. 3in. | Chelsie Hightower |
| 8. | Mike Sorrentino | 27 | ?? | 5ft. 4in. | Anna Trebunskaya |
| 9. | David Hasselhoff | 58 | 6ft 4in | 5ft. 7in. | Kym Johnson |
| 10. | Kurt Warner | 39 | 6ft 2in | 5ft. 5in. | Karina Smirnoff |
| 11. | Kyle Massey | 19 | 5ft 6in | 5ft. 3in. | Lacey Schwimmer |
| 12. | Rick Fox | 41 | 6ft 7in | 5ft. 4in. | Cheryl Burke |
This cast is startin to grow on me! But i think Chelsie is waaaay ro short for Rick. I would of said Anna Demidova but now im thinking maybe Karina…….idk
Woooops read it wrong mah bad!!! Lol sorry Heidi!
I heard both the Disney Channel actor and The Situation are short. Lacey and Chelsie probably have those two.
With so many tall guys, I am more bothered why they did not use Anna D. again. She may not be loud but seemed pleasant like Edyta. Lacey’s in your face style is polarizing. Anna also seemed to get Michael Irvin to turn around. They just started showing improvement late in the game.
I think I’ve heard Karina has the situation
Oh Heidi, I was hoping you’d do a post like this again. Thanks.
I pretty much agree with all of your pair ups. The only thing I’d switch is I’d want to put Michael Bolton with Anna T, Mike Sorrentino with Chelsie. Something in me would love to see Audriana with Maks instead and for Tony to have Brandy. But, either way is good.
John, I couldn’t agree more with you about Lacy.
Karina always has some sort of “situation”! ;o) (Oops…did I say that out loud?) I think you’re probably right on the pairings, especially since we know a couple of them already. It’s going to be an intersting season!
Heidi,
I think you’re right on the pairings as well. However, I’d link to see Rick Fox paired with Kym Johnson. Put the tallest competitor with the tallest dancer – it would give him a better chance, I think. With someone as short as Cheryl, he’ll have to work on keeping his steps shorter, along with everything else.
I did my own list, mostly based on height but also on what we already know from proof or Twitter hints:
Brandy – Maks
Jennifer – Derek
Margaret – Louis
Audrina – Tony
Florence – Corky
Bristol – Mark
Michael B – Chelsie
The Situation – Cheryl
Hoff – Karina
Kurt – Anna
Kyle – Lacey
Rick – Kym
Well, ck – I almost NEVER call the pairings correctly. I can ferret out rumors about the cast, and I can usually pick Derek’s partner, but I usually suck at pairings.
I don’t know why.
Yeah some of the male celeb pairings were more of a “wish list”… because I think Kurt and Anna might be a good match as well as Cheryl/Mike. And I think if Kym is the tallest chick she should be with Rick, as someone else said above. Guess we’ll find out soon enough.
CK, I love the way you paired them!!! I wouldn’t mind those pairings a bit in that way and can see it.
They have listed the pairings on Wikipedia….
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_(U.S._season_11)
Yeah but anyone can edit an article on Wikipedia. I checked it a few times today and each time there was something different on there.
Ok my bad….ha
I think Kurt Warner has Anna lol. There’s a radio interview with him and this is what he said after his short session with his pro on saturday, he said, “You’re not real happy with my technique.” and his pro partner said, “Kurt, you have no technique yet.” lol I really do hope he has Anna, she can be hilarious and she doesn’t really mean to be.
Great deductive skills, Steve!
Here’s the link to the interview. I hope it’s Anna and it sure does sound like Anna
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http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/18227/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/18227/podcast/TUCSON-AZ/JJAR-IP/KURT_WARNER_8-31-10.mp3
Steve, I bet you are right. Sounds just like Anna. She’s so cute!
Buttercup, if you truly are from the show, welcome to this site. It will be fun to get your hints, opinions, and insights for what you can.
Anybody here in the eastern time zone? GMA is tape delayed so I’m going to miss it or I’m going to have to cull the list from twitter.
I’m in Central time zone but I’m travelling right now so I keep refreshing a search for DWTS on Seesmic on my phone. Not driving, so it’s all good.
I did just see a link to this though. Joan Rivers is pissed that she’s not on. Ick. http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978485809
Brandy – Maks
Jennifer – Derek
Margaret – Louis
Audrina – Tony
Florence – Corky
Bristol – Mark
Michael B – Chelsie
The Situation – Karina
Hoff – Kym
Kurt – Anna
Kyle – Lacey
Rick – Cheryl