‘Dancing With the Stars’ Season 29 Cast Strikes a Pose in New Portraits
The Dancing with the Stars Season 29 cast is complete after the latest group of celebrity dancers was announced on Good Morning America September 2, and they’ve all gotten their hands on a Mirrorball … to pose for portraits, at least.
The long-running competition series returns Monday, September 14 on ABC, boasting a new host, Tyra Banks, and plenty of other famous faces from sports, reality TV, music, daytime television, and the like. Along with previously announced contestants AJ McLean (The Backstreet Boys) and Kaitlyn Bristowe (The Bachelor and The Bachelorette), the 2020 cast includes Grammy-winning rapper Nelly, Tiger King breakout star Carole Baskin, and more — from an NFL legend to an Olympic skater and a beloved CHEER coach.
Implementing health and safety protocols, this year’s DWTS will bring glitz and glam to the ballroom like never before. The pros helping the contestants break in their dancing shoes in time for the premiere are Brandon Armstrong, Sharna Burgess, Cheryl Burke, Artem Chigvintsev, Val Chmerkovskiy, Sasha Farber, Jenna Johnson, Daniella Karagach, Keo Motsepe, Peta Murgatroyd, Pasha Pashkov, Gleb Savchenko, Emma Slater, and Britt Stewart.
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See the full celebrity cast for Season 29 in their new photos below and don’t miss Dancing with the Stars when it debuts this September on ABC. Plus, find out the pairings when the show premieres!
Dancing with the Stars, Season 29 Premiere, Monday, September 14, 8/7c, ABC
AJ McLean
How You Know Him: The Backstreet Boys
Anne Heche
How You Know Her: From films like Donnie Brasco and Six Days and Seven Nights as well as shows like Chicago P.D. and Men in Trees
Carole Baskin
How You Know Her: Animal Activist and Netflix’s Tiger King
Charles Oakley
How You Know Him: NBA Superstar
Chrishell Stause
How You Know Her: Netflix’s Selling Sunset
Jeannie Mai
How You Know Her: The Real and ABC’s Holey Moley
Jesse Metcalfe
How You Know Him: Desperate Housewives, Chesapeake Shores, John Tucker Must Die and Dallas
Johnny Weir
How You Know Him: Olympic figure skater
Justina Machado
How You Know Her: One Day at a Time
Kaitlyn Bristowe
How You Know Her: The Bachelor and The Bachelorette
Monica Aldama
How You Know Her: Netflix’s Cheer
Nelly
How You Know Him: Grammy-winning rapper
Nev Schulman
How You Know Him: MTV’s Catfish
Skai Jackson
How You Know Her: The Disney Channel
Vernon Davis
How You Know Him: Super Bowl Champion
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Not watching----NO Tom B. ----not watching. It was not a wise move firing a great host as Tom. I do not think Tyra Banks will be a good host---she did not do a good job on America's Got Talent. There is not a very impressive list of recognizable names as guest dancers. i used to be a faithful viewer---but do not like the way Tom and Erin were nastily fired.
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Impressive crop of stars this season. I actually know most of them.
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When are you going to officially rename the show The Tyra Banks Show? The "stars" will work hard and do the dancing but put them all together and include the judges too and they become simply "accessories" for Tyra.
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