Dancing With the Stars has gathered a new lineup of celebrity guests who will be shimmying and shaking their way onto season 35.
The full cast was unveiled on Good Morning America on Wednesday.
Scheduled for a live two-night premiere September 15, the new season of the hit ABC dance competition series will welcome back Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli to the judging panel, alongside returning co-hosts Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough.
The long-running show, considered the American equivalent of Britain’s Strictly Come Dancing, features celebrities paired with professional dancers who train them to compete in ballroom dancing.
A few early names were revealed earlier in the year, including Jimmy Kimmel’s longtime sidekick, Guillermo Rodriguez.
Read below for the full list of confirmed celebrities appearing on season 35 of Dancing With the Stars.
Guillermo Rodriguez and Witney Carson
open image in galleryAfter being discovered while working as a security guard at the parking lot of Hollywood Boulevard Masonic Temple studio, the home of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Guillermo Rodriguez, 55, has become a fan-favorite presence of the ABC talk show.
Joining host Kimmel on stage in a blue flamenco costume during Wednesday’s segment, Rodriguez said: “I’m excited! I’m very happy,” confirming that he was up for the challenge alongside his pro partner, Witney Carson, who is returning to the show while pregnant.
Kimmel jokingly requested that he promise not to lose “a single adorable pound,” to which Rodriguez replied: “I promise. If I lose five pounds, I’m gonna gain 10 pounds back right away!”
Ciara Miller and Brandon Armstrong
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The 30-year-old Summer House star was one of the first two celebrity cast members announced. Miller joined the season 35 cast last month, amid a fierce friendship fallout with Summer House co-star Amanda Batula over her relationship with Miller’s ex-boyfriend, West Wilson.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about having Miller on DWTS, executive producer and casting head Deena Katz said: “I already knew Ciara. She was on Traitors, and she’s wonderful. She’s stunning, she’s gorgeous; she’s all these things.
“And then the stuff that happened to her, it was a really of the moment thing that we all felt like it was the right time. We really wanted her on the show, but it was also the right time to announce her.”
Miller will be partnered with Brandon Armstrong, who has yet to win his first Mirrorball Trophy.
Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas
open image in galleryAlong with Miller, Irish reality star Higgins, 35, was also revealed last month to be competing on season 35 of DWTS. She is best known to U.S. audiences from her recent appearance on The Traitors season four, where she made it to the finale, but she’s long been known to U.K. viewers from turns on I’m a Celeb and Love Island.
Higgins has been eager to appear on DWTS since Katz cast her in The Traitors. “[Maura] texts me every time she’s coming to L.A. She wants to have lunch. She’s been dying to do the show, and she’s fantastic. She’s great television,” Katz added to The Hollywood Reporter.
“[Maura] is exactly what our show is, and she’s having a moment right now, so that was a no-brainer. And knowing what was going to happen with Traitors and seeing the buzz about her, she was fantastic.”
Higgins will be paired up with The Next Pro judge Mark Ballas, who she competed against on The Traitors.
Jackson Olson and Emma Slater
open image in gallerySavannah Bananas baseball star Olson, 28, will trade in his cleats for dance shoes with pro Emma Slater this season.
The second baseman for the Georgia-based barnstorming exhibition team — who has amassed more than 3 million followers across TikTok and Instagram — was announced at the Disney Upfronts presentation in May. Olson’s inclusion appears to be part of the network’s strategy to expand its reach to include social media stars.
“I was a shy kid that never danced, never put myself out there, and never entertained,” he admitted Wednesday on Good Morning America. “And now I kind of manifested this whole thing.”
Jenna Dewan and Val Chmerkovskiy
The star of ABC’s police procedural The Rookie as well as hit 2006 dance movie Step Up, Dewan will return to her dancing roots on this season of DWTS.
The dance floor will be familiar for the actor as she started her career as a backup dancer for artists like Janet Jackson and went on to work with stars including Pink, Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott.
Dewan will be paired with pro dancer Val Chmerkovskiy.
Tyler Cameron and Sharna Burgess
Cameron became a fan favorite in Bachelor Nation after finishing on Hannah Brown’s season 15 of The Bachelorette as the runner-up. He will soon be hosting the HGTV show Let’s Go Back to Your Place, which is set to premiere in 2027.
The TV personality will dance with Burgess, who is making her comeback after five years away from the ballroom.
Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov
Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson
Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik
Tyler Hanson and Britt Stewart
Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold
Sarah Jane Nader and Hailey Bills
Conner Leavitt and Adele Zaikman
Ezra Frech and Daniella Karagach
Giada De Laurentiis and Alan Bersten
Julia Stiles and Ezra Sosa
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