Get ready, y'all: Paula Deen is coming to "Dancing With The Stars."
The former Food Network host was among the list of 13 celebrity contestants for cycle 21 anounced Wednesday on "Good Morning America."
Here's a look at the diverse list of contestants who will be breaking out their dancing shoes to vie for the top prize:
• A hero comes to the the dance floor: Alek Skarlatos, an Army National Guard Specialist, will be partnered with Lindsay Arnold. Skarlatos made headlines in August after he and two friends helped wrestle an AK-47-toting man to the floor after he allegedly opened fire on a train from Amsterdam to Paris.