Dancing with the Stars apparently has a strategy up its sleeve for casting its nineteenth-season celebrities.

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Dancing with the Stars producers have a wish list of professional athletes and a young female YouTube sensation with millions of followers in order to potentially boost its ratings and attract a younger audience, TMZ reported.

Some of the celebrities executives are reportedly looking to lock down are former UFC fighter Randy Couture, American Ninja Warrior contestant Kacy Catanzaro, Olympic track star Lolo Jones, and daytime soap opera star Antonio Sabato Jr.

Dancing with the Stars is also reportedly gunning to get tenth-season The Bachelorette star Andi Dorfman in the lineup.

Contract negotiations are already underway, according to TMZ.

Mainstay judges Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli are all set to return to the judging panel next season in addition to newbie judge Julianne Hough, who served as a professional partner on the show for years and has appeared as a guest judge twice.

For a list of the professional dancers who will be competing on the reality dancing competition's upcoming season, click here.

The full celebrity cast of Dancing with the Stars will be announced on Good Morning America on September 4. The show's nineteenth season will debut on Monday, September 15 at 8PM ET/PT on ABC.
About The Author: Elizabeth Kwiatkowski
Elizabeth Kwiatkowski is Associate Editor of Reality TV World and has been covering the reality TV genre for more than a decade.