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UPDATE: Nick Carter Talks About Joining ‘Dancing With The Stars’

By Brent Furdyk.

UPDATE: Wednesday, Sept. 2 (6:26 p.m. ET) – Backstreet’s back, with Nick Carter set to dance his way into viewers’ hearts on Dancing With the Stars, and the former Backstreet Boy tells ET Canada about about joining the high-stepping reality show’s 21st season:

Let’s dance!

The cast of the 21st season of Dancing With the Stars was revealed this morning on Good Morning America, with this season’s high-stepping participants to include singer Chaka Chan, disgraced celebrity chef Paula Deen, Real Housewives star Kim Zolciak and the always, um, let’s say interesting Gary Busey.

The announcement was made today on Good Morning America by DWtS host Tom Bergeron and GMA’s Lara Spencer.

The previously revealed celebs and their dancing partners are:

Bindi Irwin – Derek Hough

Alexa PenaVega – Mark Ballas

Carlos PenaVega – Witney Carson

Victor Espinoza – Karina Smirnoff

Hayes Grier – Emma Slater

Nick Carter – Sharna Burgess

Chaka Khan – Keo Motsepe

Andy Grammer – Allison Holker

Garey Busey – Anna Trebunskaya

The dancers (and their partners) revealed today on GMA are:

Kim Zolciak – Tony Dovolani

Tamara Braxton – Val Chmerkovskiy

Paula Deen – Louis Van Amstel

Alek Skarlatos – Lindsay Arnold

Season 21 of Dancing With the Stars premieres Monday, Sept. 14. Watch the announcement as it happened on GMA:

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