Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Last night, Dancing with the Stars had the best group dance to the best performance we’ve ever seen on the show.

Hall and Oates (yeah, Hall and Oates) took the stage to perform their megahit “Maneater” (that’s our jam!) while Karina, Dmitry, Tony and Maks did an 80s inspired, Flashdance-esque group dance that was brillz.

Karina and her Ogilvy home perm were killing it and at the end of the dance, she and Maks came in for an almost kiss that was both very sexy and totally sweet. We audibly awww-ed.

But now for who stays and who goes.

The Dancing with the Stars couples have been unveiled and they are:

Super lucky Lil’ Kim and our man Derek Hough (swoon).

A cozy-looking real-life couple Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough.

Cougar-licious Belinda Carlisle and Jonathan Roberts.

David Alan Grier spotting awful Don Juan de Marco facial hair and Kym Johnson.

Bizarrely well-suited Steve-O and Lacey Schwimmer.

Denise Richards (yuck) and Maksim Chmerkovskiy (why are we the only one who finds him totally groody?).

Sure-thing Shawn Johnson and Mark Ballas.

Apparently ABC got sick of people spoiling their big cast reveal for Dancing with the Stars (sorry about that, ABC) and decided to start announcing their line up before it’s fully finalized.

The season eight cast was unveiled during commercial breaks in ABC’s Sunday night primetime lineup, starting with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and continuing through Desperate Housewives and Brothers and Sisters.

Dancing with the Stars pros Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy are engaged.

Maks popped the question as the clock struck midnight on New Year's between DWTS tour stops in Salt Lake City and Tulsa Oklahoma. Apparently he got Karina a big ol' Harry Winston ring to mark the engagement.  

Chmerkovskiy, 28, and Smirnoff, 30, began dating just over six months ago, right after she broke up with Mario Lopez, ending their two year relationship.

Dancing with the Stars pros, Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy spent Tuesday afternoon shopping together in Beverly Hills. Now that Maks’ partner Misty May-Treanor is out due to a ruptured Achilles Heel and Karina’s partner Rocco DiSpirito has been sent packing (just the memory of his white boy mambo sends chills down our spine), these two have nothing but time to spend together.

Karina looks so happy!

Awww, they’re totally in the horizontal tango honeymoon phase. Yay them.

What’s Maks dressed as for Halloween?

A butt-pirate.

Dancing with the Stars pros Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy were spotted leaving a club in West Hollywood last night wearing matching pirate costumes and acting very cozy, proving those dating rumors were true.

This photo looks like a preview of what was comin’ later in the night.

Arrr, ya know Maks got all up in that pirate booty until he shivered me timbers and they had to swab the deck before he made her walk the plank of shame home.

Yo ho ho.

A day after being forced to drop out of Dancing with the Stars due to a ruptured Achilles tendon, Misty May-Treanor is at home with her husband, Matt, recovering from successful surgery.

The first safe couple cpening the show are Lance and Lacey performing a quick step. Once again, it’s obvious this is the couple everyone else needs to be gunning for. The joy on both of their faces when they’re dancing is utterly winning. We love Lance, we want to be his friend, eat Ben & Jerry's together, and play truth or dare. Even if the judges are extra harsh are on them (seriously, Len, chill out), we still think these two are going far.

Last night, Dancing with the Stars returned with a two hour spectacular and within the show’s first minute we already have a problem. Can anyone tell Cody Linley apart from Derek Hough? Those boys were separated at birth by an eyebrow. And really, Lance Bass couldn’t dress for the occasion? Every other guy is decked out, Mr. *N SNYC is in a t-shirt and vest. Boo. Misty May looks HOT and Kim Kardashian looks like the whore she is. Let's take this party to the dance floor.

Dancing with the Stars Season Seven Cast List:

This morning we announced the new cast of Dancing with the Stars. According to our sources, rehearsals have already begun and, after taking season six off, Maksim Chmerkovskiy IS back!

If you don’t want season spoilers, don’t read any further.

Otherwise, read on to get acquainted with the official Dancing with the Stars stars: