Dancing With The Stars is returning to the ballroom for season 33 with acquainted faces!
As yet-to-be-revealed celebrities put together to bounce off towards each other with their respective companions, they’ll anticipate to be welcomed again by co-hosts Julianne Hough, a former professional dancer, and Alfonso Ribeiro, the season 19 Mirrorball Trophy winner.
This isn’t their first time internet hosting collectively. The 52-year-old actor has been internet hosting the present since 2022, initially alongside Tyra Banks. In season 32, his co-host modified to the 36-year-old skilled dancer. Their chemistry goes approach again, as Julianne was a choose on the season Alfonso received.
In a 2023 interview with Leisure Tonight, The Contemporary Prince of Bel-Air actor shared, “Our chemistry, I feel, goes to be unbelievable. We’ve recognized one another for therefore lengthy. She was a choose on my season.” He added, “We’ve recognized one another by way of the years, and our power simply feels so proper. We sat and had lunch, and two-and-a-half hours later, we’re going, ‘I assume we must always go dwelling and do stuff.’ And I feel that type of chemistry and friendship goes to return by way of on the present to the viewers.”
Whereas Alfonso and Julianne shall be encouraging the dancers, those placing them to the take a look at shall be returning judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Derek Hough — a six-time mirrorball champion, Julianne’s brother, and former professional dancer.
This trio has been judging collectively since 2020, doing the present throughout the pandemic. They had been final accompanied by the late longtime choose and dance critic Len Goodman, after whom the present’s trophy has been named.
The ballroom legend handed away at 78 years previous in 2023, leaving a major influence on lots of the dancers who participated on the present, a lot of whom he had been judging since they had been younger.
Because the dance competitors is ready to premiere on September 17 at 8 PM Japanese Time on ABC and Disney+, followers can anticipate the reveal of the movie star dancers because the present date approaches. The winner of this season shall be awarded ‘The Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy.’
