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James Maslow and Cody Simpson stopped by Good Morning America today, March 4, in New York City. The boys were on the show to help announce the Season 18 cast of Dancing with the Stars.

James and Cody are just two of the twelve stars participating in this season’s competition. We also learned during the show, who will be dancing with who this season.

James will be dancing with Peta Murgatroyd and Cody will be dancing with Witney Carson. You can check out the full list of who is dancing with who under the jump.

In our gallery, we have also added behind the scenes photos from the cast’s promo photoshoot and the first cast photo from GMA this morning.

The new season will begin on March 17! Are you excited for this season’s contenders?

* Danica McKellar (The Wonder Years), dancing with Val Chmerkovskiy

* Cody Simpson (Australian pop star), dancing with Witney Carson

* Billy Dee Williams (Star Wars), dancing with Emma Slater

* Diana Nyad (Long-distance swimmer), dancing with Henry Byalikov

* NeNe Leakes (The Real Housewives of Atlanta), dancing with Tony Dovolani

* James Maslow (Big Time Rush), dancing with Peta Murgatroyd

* Sean Avery (Former NHL player), dancing with Karina Smirnoff

* Drew Carey (The Price is Right), dancing with Cheryl Burke

* Candace Cameron Bure (Full House), dancing with Mark Ballas

* Charlie White (Olympic gold medalist, ice dancing), dancing with Sharna Burgess

* Meryl Davis (Olympic gold medalist, ice dancing), dancing with Maksim Chmerkovskiy

* Amy Purdy (US Paralympic Team Snowboarder), dancing with Derek Hough