Dancing With The Stars Season 11

Is The Situation taking on too much?

"Jersey Shore's" one-man corporation was unable to make it to the season 11 "Dancing with the Stars" cast announcement on Monday and that's not all he's missing out on.

According to TMZ.com, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino will also spend less time rehearsing for the dance competition due to his obligations to "Jersey Shore," the MTV series that launched him to fame.

While the rest of the "DWTS" cast started rehearsals on Monday, the ab-tastic reality star will reportedly not set foot in the studio until Sept. 8.

Bristol Palin, David Hasselhoff and the rest of the competitors will therefore benefit from almost twice as much practice as The Situation before "Dancing with the Stars" premieres on Sept. 20.

News broke last week that The Situation would be fist-pumping and beating the beat on the upcoming season of "DWTS," adding to the slew of other projects that could earn him $5 million by the end of the year.

Currently filming the third season of "Jersey Shore," The Situation is also making public appearances, writing his autobiography and is also promoting a clothing line for Dilligaf and a fitness video.

The second season of "Jersey Shore" airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. on MTV.

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Dancing With The Stars

 Though the professional partners for this coming season of "Dancing with the Stars" will not be announced until Wednesday, we now know one thing when it comes to Edyta Sliwinska -- the odds are low that she will be one of them.

In a new statement to TMZ, the ballroom pro -- who is the only dancer to compete in every season to this point -- proclaims that a number disagreements with ABC producers have led to her deciding to call it quits:

"The producers' vision of what they wanted my career to be did not meet my expectations. They wanted my career to be the show. I can't be a dancer my whole life.

"I want to work more with my husband and [the producers] didn't make him a big part of the show or very involved."

The "husband" Edyta is referring to is Alec Mazo, who won the first season of the show but has struggled with celebrity partners ever since.

Will you miss Edyta (and her ever-so-revealing fashion taste) on "Dancing?" Check back late Monday for analysis of the new celebrities announced.

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