“Dancing With the Stars” reveals cast for season 33: '90s icons, reality stars, Olympians, and a fake heiress
Tori Spelling, Jenn Tran, Anna Delvey, Reginald VelJohnson, a.k.a. Carl Winslow from "Family Matters," and more will compete for the Mirrorball Trophy.
It's time to ready the jazz hands and put on some ballroom heels, because Dancing With the Stars is almost back in action.
Good Morning America announced the famous (and infamous) faces heading to the DWTS stage for the show's 33rd season on Wednesday. Twelve additional celebrities are joining previously announced competitor Stephen Nedoroscik — a.k.a. Olympic gymnast and everyone's favorite pommel horse guy — including stars of the big and small screen, reality royalty, a fellow 2024 Olympian, a model, and even a convicted scammer.
Just some of the notable names joining the cast include Oscar nominee Eric Roberts, newly single Bachelorette star Jenn Tran, Tori Spelling, Reginald VelJohnson, Phaedra Parks, Dwight Howard, Joey Graziadei, and fake heiress Anna Delvey, who was described in the show's official announcement as a "notorious ankle bracelet fashionista."
Also new this season will be Ezra Sosa, who has been promoted to pro dancer status after first joining the DWTS troupe in 2021. Pro Witney Carson is also set to rejoin the show, after previously taking a season off.
Host Alfonso Ribeiro and cohost Julianne Hough will return for the season, and Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough will return to the judging table.
Dancing With the Stars taps its way back into living rooms on Tuesday, Sept. 17, airing live at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+, and steaming the next day on Hulu. Check out the full cast and their professional dance partners below.
Danny Amendola
Danny Amendola, two-time Super Bowl champ and former NFL wide receiver, will be partnered with pro Witney Carson.
Anna Delvey
Fake heiress, conwoman, and Inventing Anna subject Anna Delvey, who was released from prison after nearly four years on good behavior in 2021 and is currently on house arrest, will be dancing with newly minted pro Ezra Sosa.
Joey Graziadei
Runner-up on season 20 of The Bachelorette and star of season 28 of The Bachelor, Joey Graziadei is hoping to trade roses for the Mirrorball Trophy with partner Jenna Johnson.
Dwight Howard
2020 NBA champion and 8-time NBA All-Star center Dwight Howard will be partnered with Daniella Karagach.
Chandler Kinney
Chandler Kinney, star of Pretty Little Lairs: Original Sin, its follow-up season Summer School, and Disney Channel's Zombies franchise will be dancing alongside Brandon Armstrong.
Ilona Maher
Olympic bronze medalist rugby player Ilona Maher — who recently posed for the cover of the August 2024 swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated — will be partnered with Alan Bersten.
Brooks Nader
Model and cover girl Brooks Nader — also an alum of Sports Illustrated's famous swimsuit issue — will be dancing with pro Gleb Savchenko.
Stephen Nedoroscik
Two-time Olympic bronze medal-winning gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik, who took the internet by storm during the 2024 Paris Olympics — forever immortalizing himself as "pommel horse guy" — will have his chance at another trophy alongside partner Rylee Arnold.
Phaedra Parks
Reality TV royalty Phaedra Parks, famous for Real Housewives of Atlanta and Married to Medicine, in addition to her work as an attorney and businesswoman, will be paired with Val Chmerkovskiy, who is brother to Parks' The Traitors season 2 costar Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
Eric Roberts
Eric Roberts may not be supposed to talk about his famous sister Julia or daughter Emma, but he can now talk about his stint on Dancing With the Stars. The Oscar-nominated veteran actor who has appeared in The Expendables, The Dark Knight, and Inherent Vice will be dancing with Britt Stewart.
Tori Spelling
Beverly Hills, 90210 icon and actress Tori Spelling will be looking to shake off her personal struggles alongside partner Pasha Pashkov.
Jenn Tran
Fresh off a wild The Bachelorette season finale that saw Jenn Tran get engaged to one suitor only to end the show single, she's now partnered up with Sasha Farber on the dance floor.
Reginald VelJohnson
Reginald VelJohnson, famous for playing patriarch Carl Winslow on the sitcom Family Matters and LAPD Sergeant Al Powell in the films Die Hard and Die Hard 2, will compete with pro Emma Slater.
Dancing With the Stars season 33 premieres Sept. 17 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+, and streams the next day on Hulu.
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