Dancing With the Stars Season 28 Solid Revealed: Did 5 Random Individuals Even Know Who The Celebs Had been?

Women and gents, please welcome to the ballroom…who? 

Dancing With the Stars revealed its line-up of celeb rivals for its upcoming 28th season this week, and per typical, the roster is a blended bag of stars, together with Hannah Brown, Karamo Brown, James Van Der Beek and Lamar Odom. You have received your athletes. Then there’s the truth stars. And naturally, you may’t overlook a beloved youngster actor or two and controversial political determine. 

Nonetheless, that does not imply the forged announcement did not encourage a refrain of “Who?”s to ring out throughout the nation as followers puzzled simply who a few of these celebrities had been. 

In our annual (barely shady) experiment, we requested our 5 random folks—a DWTS super-fan, a lawyer, a university junior, a former leisure reporter and a clueless Brooklynite doing his finest—in the event that they knew every star.

Their solutions ranged from the hilarious to the miserable…

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Lauren Alaina
DWTS Tremendous-Fan: She’s a rustic singer, proper? From The Voice?
Lawyer: Is that one individual? I do not know, feels like some influencer or one thing. That may’t be an actual title. Who’s she?
School Junior: OMG, I do know this one! The Olympic gymnast!
Former Leisure Reporter: Normally if I do not know somebody I say they’re a Vine star however, , RIP. So she’s a TikTok star?
Clueless Brooklynite Doing His Finest: Needed to look you up. Professional-tip: nation music sucks.
Who She Actually Is: A rustic singer who received her begin when she got here in second place on American Idol in season 10.

Christie Brinkley
DWTS Tremendous-Fan: Oh god, she’s doing it?!
Lawyer: I do know Christie Brinkley.
School Junior: Um, no clue. Her title feels like she modified is for present biz so perhaps an actress?
Former Leisure Reporter: Supermodel icon. Additionally Jerry Gergich’s spouse.
Clueless Brooklynite Doing His Finest: uuuuh 65 and a nonetheless a babe. I yelled “CHRISTIE B IS STILL FINE AS HELL!” once I first noticed her title…
Who She Actually Is: A supermodel and actress. 

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Ally Brooke
DWTS Tremendous-Fan: An Olympian?
Lawyer: I really feel like I do know that title. Ally Brooke…one thing with sports activities. No?
School Junior: The woman from Fifth Concord?
Former Leisure Reporter: Drawing a clean. Shot at midnight: a singer?
Clueless Brooklynite Doing His Finest: Woman group? You imply woman band? Take a hike child, you will by no means be Spice Women.
Who She Actually Is: A former member of Fifth Concord.

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Hannah Brown
DWTS Tremendous-Fan: That was the woman that was simply the Bachelorette, proper?
Lawyer: One other a part of Fifth Concord? Would I do know her when you gave me a touch? [HINT: “Everything’s coming up roses.”] Gypsy? She’s in Gypsy?
School Junior: ROLL TIDE. My Southern sister! Alabama Hannah endlessly!
Former Leisure Reporter: The Bachelorette who selected the mistaken dude.
Clueless Brooklynite Doing His Finest: With a reputation like this might’ve been anybody. No thought who this individual was, and after Googling…undecided they need to be identified anyway.
Who She Actually Is: The latest Bachelorette who earned reward throughout her season after refusing to be slut-shamed and dumping her fiancé Jed Wyatt after it was revealed he went on the present with a girlfriend.

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Karamo Brown
DWTS Tremendous-Fan: I do not know. Some type of an athlete?
Lawyer: Oh, that is beneath him. Is not he the tradition man? That is déclassé.
School Junior: I bear in mind him from Queer Eye I feel? He is likely one of the few individuals who can rock an important bald head.
Former Leisure Reporter: He is the tradition man on Queer Eye.
Clueless Brooklynite Doing His Finest: Thought perhaps this dude and Hannah had been associated…I do not know who that is.
Who He Actually Is: Karamo is the Tradition and Way of life Knowledgeable on Netflix’s hit reboot of Queer Eye. Beforehand, he was a TV host after first making his debut as a forged member of The Actual World: Philadelphia in 2004. The activist lately printed his memoir and appeared in Taylor Swift’s “You Must Calm Down” music video.

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Kate Flannery
DWTS Tremendous-Fan: No clue.
Lawyer: Um. Kate Flannery. Is she from Derry Women? Irish title, I figured I had a shot.
School Junior: MEREDITH.
Former Leisure Reporter: Meredith from The Workplace! “Like Clooney”
Clueless Brooklynite Doing His Finest: I merely could not write down all of the hilarious Meredith moments right here…
Who She Actually Is: Meredith from The Workplace. We’re undeserving.

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Ray Lewis
DWTS Tremendous-Fan: Is he the fighter? A boxer?
Lawyer: He is a sports activities man, proper? Soccer participant.
School Junior: I need to say he’s blind and performs the piano however I do know that is not it…Oh my god, I used to be pondering of Ray Charles. So embarrassing!
Former Leisure Reporter: Former Ravens linebacker.
Clueless Brooklynite Doing His Finest: Raytorious! This man goes to completely homicide the competitors.
Who He Actually Is: Former NFL star, particularly a linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens. 

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Kel Mitchell
DWTS Tremendous-Fan: I do not know, an actor?
Lawyer: Kel Mitchell…boy or woman? [WHEN TOLD WHO KEL IS: “I don’t know Kel without Kenan!”]
School Junior: Kenan and Kel! No person can do ‘90s comedy like these two.
Former Leisure Reporter: The Kel from Kenan and Kel.
Clueless Brooklynite Doing His Finest: KEL YEAH! One other completely superior individual on right here? Lastly folks I do know, DWTS stepping up their forged!
Who He Actually Is: Kel from Nickelodeon’s Kenan & Kel, All That and Goodburger. He is at the moment government producing and starring on the current All That revival. Believed to nonetheless love orange soda.

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Lamar Odom
DWTS Tremendous-Fan: Khloe Kardashian’s ex-husband and a basketball participant.
Lawyer: I do know that. Uh, one of many Kardashians, proper? Wasn’t he the husband of, uh, not Kim or the one which was married to Disick. The opposite one. Her ex-husband.
School Junior: Lam Lam, did Khloe so soiled.
Former Leisure Reporter: Khloe Kardashian’s ex-husband. Additionally: The Workplace, season eight, episode 11, 11 minutes and 55 seconds in. That is two references to The Workplace I’ve made. You are welcome.
Clueless Brooklynite Doing His Finest: NY NATIVE AND DOPE DUDE! Blissful for you, good job cleansing it up, Lamar!
Who He Actually Is: Khloe’s ex-husband and a former NBA star.

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Sean Spicer
DWTS Tremendous-Fan: I do know one thing to do with politics.
Lawyer: Ugh. It is disgusting that they are placing him on that present.
School Junior: WTF. You’ll assume a former White Home worker may do one thing somewhat extra dignified however to every their very own I assume.
Former Leisure Reporter: Ugh. Why?
Clueless Brooklynite Doing His Finest: Spicy! The motorized podium bit from SNL remains to be one of many funniest issues I’ve ever seen in my life.
Who He Actually Is: We’ll simply let Wiki take this: he is “an American political aide who served because the twenty-eighth White Home Press Secretary and as White Home Communications Director beneath President Donald Trump in 2017.” Host Tom Bergeron has ideas on his casting.

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James Van Der Beek
DWTS Tremendous-Fan: Oh, I do know he is from…a present. Considered one of these children’ reveals.
Lawyer: Oh, yeah, I do know James Van Der Beek. Social gathering of 5! [WHEN CORRECTED: “I know who he is, the crying meme.”]
School Junior: The creepy man from that one film about school. His facial construction is simply too intense for me.
Former Leisure Reporter: Former star of the criminally underrated Do not Belief the B…in Apt. 23. He was additionally on some teen present as soon as, I feel. Really the person who deserves to win this season. What a nationwide treasure.
Clueless Brooklynite Doing His Finest: Varsity Blues > Dawson’s Creek. Struggle Me. Really feel like this man goes to be president at some point. President Van Der Beek has a hoop to it.

Who He Actually Is: The Beek performed the long-lasting function of Dawson Leery on Dawson’s Creek earlier than happening to star in Varsity Blues and The Guidelines of Attraction. And his ABC sitcom Do not Belief the B…in Apt. 23 as soon as predicted the daddy of 5’s activate DWTS.

Mary Wilson
DWTS Tremendous-Fan: I do not know, a member of Wilson Phillips?
Lawyer: Wilson Philips!
School Junior: Is she a tennis participant?
Former Leisure Reporter: She was a member of The Supremes.
Clueless Brooklynite Doing His Finest: Sadly, I had zero clue who this was.
Who She Actually Is: A member of legendary Motown group The Supremes.

Dancing With the Stars returns Monday, Sept. 16 at eight p.m. on ABC. 

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