Bachelor Jake Pavelka has jumped from one ABC franchise to another — now that he’s got new fiancee Vienna Girardi by his side, he’s ready to hit the dance floor.

That’s right, Jake is the 11th celebrity contestant to join the upcoming season of Dancing With the Stars, host Tom Bergeron announced Monday night (during the three-hour finale of The Bachelor).

Pavelka will do the cha-cha-cha (ha ha ha)  alongside an electic lineup: astronaut/legend Buzz Aldrin, who WALKED ON THE MOON; Pamela Anderson; Kate Gosselin; Shannen Doherty; Nicole Scherzinger from The Pussycat Dolls; sportscaster Erin Andrews; Olympian Evan Lysacek; Cincinnati Bengal Chad Ochocinco; Reno 911’s Niecy Nash, and soap-opera actor Aiden Turner.

What do you think of this cast — are you as confused as we are? Will Shannen Doherty get voted out for her ‘tude? Will Buzz Aldrin have the right stuff? Might we suggest a premature winner? We’re going with Evan Lysacek, who will likely ride his orange Olympic glory to the dance floor, Ohno-style, and come out with the coveted mirrorball trophy.

What do you think? Will Kate Gosselin’s hair extensions get in the way of her performance?

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So yes, “Bachelor”-ettes, we might as well follow our hunch along with the Internet chatter: There’s a strong chance that Ali Fedotowsky, who walked out on Jake Pavelka to return to her job at Facebook, will return to the ABC love-a-thon as the new “Bachelorette.”

As for Jake–spoiler alert!–he will reportedly choose Vienna Girardi over Tenley Molzahn in the March 1 finale. Given Vienna’s colorful past–the former Hooters has a bitter ex husband and dated Back Street Boy Howie Dorough–Jake could be wishing, at this very moment, to take back his final rose. Then again, opposites attract, and maybe Jake (whose intense, slightly creepy energy reminds of us Tom Cruise) can make it work with the free-spirited Vienna (who helped him overcome his fear of heights on their bungee-jump date).

But back to Ali. She will make an excellent Bachelorette–better than Tenley or Gia, who maybe has a boyfriend anyway.

Here is why:

• She’s not a team player. Ali, 25, is like the captain of the girl’s soccer team at your high school who’s so competitive, everyone just gets out of the way and lets her score . She’s also on the honor roll, Homecoming Committee and knows how to party (which she gets away with because she is Ali Fedotowsky). If she and Vienna had been in the same class, there’s no doubt Ali would have spread rumors and other nastiness behind her back–this is because Ali, who spent most of her time on “The Bachelor” talking smack about Vienna, is a card-carrying Mean Girl. (We know she’s a fan favorite, but we’d rather hang out with Gia.) Anyways, it makes sense for Ali, an army of one, to go on “The Bachelorette” because there’s no female competition to distract her from her A-game: finding love.
• She’s good television. She’s kind of mean but she says what she thinks and, on top of that, she’s cute in a younger, blonder Ali McGraw sort of way. It would be interesting to see what kind of guys producer Mike Fleiss selects for the Facebooker; personally, we’d like to see some suitors who can keep her on her toes because enough already with emo Jake. Maybe bring back last season’s Reid Rosenthal!
• She buys into reality romance. Somewhere beneath her chilly, tough-girl reserve, Ali has a heart. And as it happened, she WAS falling for Jake the Bachelor. When Facebook called and told Ali, “You leave the show or lose your job,” she chose her job because that was the sure thing. She tearfully informed Jake of her decision, and moments later, was shown sobbing on a hotel floor. She later said she’d never find anyone like Jake ever again. But she will. Because this is The Bachelor/Bachelorette, contestants fall hard fast, and she will do so again on ABC.

If you were pulling the strings, would you make Ali the Bachelorette? Or would you go with Tenley or one of the other “ladies”?

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