Jenna Dewan, Julia Stiles, more
Dancing with the Stars has announced the celebrity cast and professional pairings for Season 35.
The ABC competition series returns with a two-night premiere Sept. 15 and 16 at 8 p.m. EDT on ABC and Disney+. New episodes will then air Tuesdays, with episodes available the following day on Hulu.
Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough will return as co-hosts, while Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli will once again serve as judges. Adele Zaikman, who won the inaugural season of Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro, joins the professional lineup this season, while Sharna Burgess returns as a pro for the first time since 2021.
The Season 35 contestants and their partners:
Tatyana Ali – Actress best known for playing Ashley Banks on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Partner: Jan Ravnik.
Tyler Cameron – Best known as the runner-up on Hannah Brown’s season of The Bachelorette. Partner: Sharna Burgess.
Giada De Laurentiis – Chef, cookbook author and longtime Food Network personality. Partner: Alan Bersten.
Jenna Dewan – Actress and dancer known for Step Up, The Rookie, hosting World of Dance and her work as a former Janet Jackson backup dancer. Partner: Val Chmerkovskiy.
Ezra Frech – Paralympic track-and-field athlete and two-time gold medalist. Partner: Daniella Karagach.
Amber Glenn – Olympic figure skater and U.S. champion. Partner: Pasha Pashkov.
Taylor Hanson – Singer and member of Hanson, the group behind the 1997 hit “MMMBop.” Partner: Britt Stewart.
Maura Higgins – Love Island UK alum and recent The Traitors contestant. Partner: Mark Ballas.
Conner Leavitt – The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives personality and husband of former DWTS contestant Whitney Leavitt. Partner: Adele Zaikman.
Ciara Miller – Known for Bravo’s Summer House and The Traitors. Partner: Brandon Armstrong.
Sarah Jane Nader – Star of reality series Love Thy Nader and sister of former contestant Brooks Nader. Partner: Hailey Bills. The pairing is the
show’s third same-sex celebrity/pro partnership.
Jackson Olson – Baseball player and entertainer with the Savannah Bananas. Partner: Emma Slater.
Guillermo Rodriguez – Jimmy Kimmel Live! personality and Kimmel’s longtime on-air sidekick. Partner: Witney Carson.
Harry Shum Jr. – Actor and dancer known for Glee, Shadowhunters and the “Step Up” films. Partner: Jenna Johnson.
Julia Stiles – Actress known for 10 Things I Hate About You, Save the Last Dance, Dexter and the Bourne films. Partner: Ezra Sosa.
Connor Wood – Comedian, social media personality and podcast host also known as Fibula. Partner: Rylee Arnold.
Robert Irwin and Witney Carson won Season 34 in November
