Dancing with the...Who ARE these people?

So last night, since there weren't any conflicts, I went ahead and recorded Dancing With The Stars. I'm watching it this morning as I do my little morning tasks and I have to wonder...where are the stars? I recognize Susan Lucci, but seriously, she's the only one I recognize. So is it just that I live under a rock or are thy all relative unknowns?

The nice thing about DWTS is that you can make liberal use of the 30 second skip button. Really the only parts that need to be watched are the dancing bits - so 60 seconds of every segment, essentially. I do somewhat enjoy the rehearsal scenes (if there's not too much blathering) but honestly, there's so much babbling filler by the host that I'm left wondering...why is this a 2 hour show when there's maybe 30 minutes of content? Or am I just not getting into the spirit of it all?

It seems to me that the last time I watched a full season (which was maybe 2 seasons ago) they just had a more regular show format.

Still, the dancing is fun to watch and DVRs make it possible to skip the rest. So really...win-win.