‘Dancing With the Stars’ Will Return for Season 34! Who’s in the Cast?
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It feels like just yesterday Dancing with the Stars crowned their Season 33 winners in Joey Graziadei and Jenna Johnson. But, the reality competition show is gearing up for another season already, and they just announced their first celebrity to join.
The dance competition series has been an ABC staple since 2005. This year will mark 30 years since the show premiered. Here’s what we know about Season 34 of DWTS at the moment.
Is Dancing With the Stars Returning for another season?
ABC renewed Dancing with the Stars for Season 34 on April 22, 2025. The show’s official Instagram page shared the news. “Cue the celebration dance 💃🕺 another season of #DWTS is coming to ABC and Disney+! 🎉 Next day on Hulu,” it said.
For the majority of its run, Dancing with the Stars has been a part of ABC’s fall lineup. It aired for one season strictly one Disney+, but went back to network TV and streaming the following year.
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When will Dancing With the Stars Season 34 premiere?
Typically, the new season of DWTS airs in the fall, around September or October. A premiere date has not yet been released.
Has the DWTS Season 34 cast been announced?
Although the cast isn’t usually announced until closer to the premiere date (typically September), ABC has announced one celebrity who will put on their dancing shoes.
Wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin will join Season 34. His partner has not yet been revealed, but fans have been asking him to be paired with Rylee Arnold since she joined the show. Irwin’s sister, Bindi, won the competition show in Season 21 alongside her partner, Derek Hough.
“Crikey! The first celebrity for the new #DWTS season is here! Who else do you want to see in the ballroom this fall? 🪩✨” the DWTs page posted on April 22. The video revealed Irwin as the first celebrity.
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Robert sparked headlines in April when he posed in his underwear for Bonds Australia.
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The rest of the cast, and Irwin’s partner, will be announced at a later date.
Who will return for DWTS Season 34?
Judges Hough, Carrie Ann Inaba, and Bruno Tonioli will likely return to the judges’ table for Season 34, as well as co-hosts Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough. Inaba and Tonioli have been with the show since its first season.
As for the DWTS pros, it changes every season and circumstances. Alan Bersten, Emma Slater, Sasha Farber, Gleb Savchenko, Val Chmerkovskiy, Britt Stewart, Daniella Karagach, Johnson, and Pasha Pashkov have been pros for several consecutive seasons now. Witney Carson returned for Season 33 after taking Season 32 off.
Rylee, Lindsay Arnold’s younger sister, has become a new favorite pro. Ezra Sosa made his debut as a pro in Season 33. All of these pros could return for Season 34, or ABC could switch things up and bring back others from seasons past.
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