'DWTS' Karina Smirnoff: 'Bristol Palin won't win All-Stars'

Dancing with the Stars professional dancer Karina Smirnoff doesn't believe that Bristol Palin can win All-Stars.

Palin will compete in the upcoming 15th season alongside returning celebrities such as Kirstie Alley, Apolo Anton Ohno and Emmitt Smith.



"I'd be very, very surprised if [Bristol Palin] won. Bristol was not known as the best dancer of [her] season. There was so much controversy when she was on," Smirnoff told People.

She added: "The women are very strong, but the male celebrity guests are a little bit stronger overall. I mean, we have an Olympian male guest - Apolo Anton Ohno. I'm sure he'll go very far.

"It's going to depend on the chemistry that [the stars] have with their partners, the quality of the dancing that [they] do, and who has more fans."

Palin recently insisted that she is returning to the show to "provide for [her] son".

Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars premieres on September 24 on ABC.