The ballroom is officially back in business!
Good Morning America just revealed the full Season 35 cast of Dancing With the Stars, pro partners included, and this lineup is doing a lot to get me excited before a single quickstep has even happened.
Here’s the full cast and who they’re paired with:
- Tatyana Ali (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) & Jan Ravnik
- Tyler Cameron (The Bachelorette) & Sharna Burgess
- Giada De Laurentiis (Celebrity Chef) & Alan Bersten
- Jenna Dewan (Step Up) & Val Chmerkovskiy
- Ezra Frech (Paralympic Gold Medalist) & Daniella Karagach
- Amber Glenn (Gold Medalist Figure Skater) & Pasha Pashkov
- Taylor Hanson (Hanson) & Britt Stewart
- Maura Higgins (Love Island UK) & Mark Ballas
- Conner Leavitt (The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives) & Adele Zaikman
- Ciara Miller (Summer House) & Brandon Armstrong
- Sarah Jane Nader (Love Thy Nader) & Hailey Bills
- Jackson Olson (Savannah Bananas) & Emma Slater
- Guillermo Rodriguez (Jimmy Kimmel Live!) & Witney Carson
- Harry Shum Jr. (Glee, Grey’s Anatomy) & Jenna Johnson
- Julia Stiles (Save the Last Dance) & Ezra Sosa
- Connor Wood (Social Media Personality) & Rylee Arnold
A few genuinely fun threads worth pulling on here. Several cast members are walking in with actual dancing-movie pedigree — Julia Stiles starred in Save the Last Dance, while Jenna Dewan and Harry Shum Jr. both have Step Up films on their résumés. That’s the kind of casting choice that either sets sky-high expectations or sets someone up for a very early elimination, depending on how the ballroom treats them.
There’s also a fun family-legacy thread running through this cast. Conner Leavitt joins following his wife Whitney’s run on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives last season, and Sarah Jane Nader is stepping into the ballroom after her sister Jane competed back in Season 33. Between the returning-family angle and the built-in fanbases from shows like Summer House, Love Island UK, and the Savannah Bananas, this season’s cast is clearly designed to pull in viewers from a lot of different corners of pop culture at once.
As for when you can actually start voting: Season 35 debuts with a two-night premiere on Tuesday, September 15th and Wednesday, September 16th, both airing at 8 PM ET on ABC and Disney+, with episodes streaming the next day on Hulu.
Who are you rooting for out of this cast — Julia Stiles bringing her Save the Last Dance experience, or one of the athletes proving their footwork translates? Let me know your early pick!
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