The 18th season of Dancing With the Stars boasts a diverse pop culture cast from our childhood crushes, game show host replacements and the best Real Housewife of all time. See the cast before their pop culture icon days.

As the first widely successful television musical, Ryan Murphy’s Glee has managed to attract a long list of celebrity guest stars. Everyone from Broadway veterans to long-time television personalities and A-List international names made pit stops in Lima, Ohio and McKinley High. Snakkle looks back at some of our favorites—before they were stars.