It’s almost time to hit the dance floor once more with Dancing With the Stars. The ABC reality competition series is gearing up for its Fall 2024 premiere, and the first official cast announcement has been made.
The full Dancing With the Stars Season 33 cast will be announced early next month on Good Morning America, but here’s all the latest on the season while we wait.
Who is in the Dancing With the Stars Season 33 cast?
Olympian Stephen Nedoroscik, aka the “pommel horse guy” on the USA men’s gymnastics team who helped the group win bronze, is the first official cast member for Season 33. His casting was announced on Good Morning America on Thursday, August 22. The remaining cast will be announced on Wednesday, September 4 on GMA.
The rumor mill says that Vanderpump Rules’ controversial star Tom Sandoval is competing. Other Dancing With the Stars Season 33 rumored cast includes Survivor and The Traitors alum Parvati Shallow, The Real Housewives’ Sutton Stracke, former GMA anchors TJ Holmes and Amy Robach, retired NFL star Jason Kelce, The Bachelor‘s Joey Graziadei, and even Jeopardy host Ken Jennings (are you seeing the ABC connection in this list?).
The latest rumored cast member is Anna Delvey (aka Anna Sorokin), the subject of Shondaland’s limited Netflix series Inventing Anna, which recounted the events leading up to Delvey’s imprisonment for posing as a German heiress and conning business figures out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. According to Page Six, she’d be granted special permission to participate as she remains on house arrest following her release from prison.
The newest confirmed cast member is a professional dancer. GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, announced on Tuesday, September 3 that Latin dancer Ezra Sosa is joining the series as a new full-time pro. He will be the first Latin dance pro to be featured on DWTS in over a decade. Sosa has performed on DWTS since 2021 as a member of the dance troupe, but he’ll make his debut as an official competitor in Season 33.
“It hasn’t hit me yet!” Sosa told GLAAD as part of the announcement. “When I got the call, I honestly was in a state of shock from the news…but I think the moment I do meet my [celebrity] partner and the moment I step in the ballroom, that’s when I’ll be like, ‘this is actually happening right now!’”
Who are the Dancing With the Stars Season 33 judges?
Dancing With the Stars confirmed on social media on Tuesday, August 13 that Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Derek Hough will return as the mainstay judges. The series often welcomes guest judges, like when Michael Bublé sat with Inaba, Hough, and Tonioli to adjudicate the episode themed around his music. Expect guest judge announcements in-season.
Inaba said she’s “honored to be back” on the judges panel in the comments section of the Instagram announcement on August 13. The trio continues the late Len Goodman‘s legacy, which is further enshrined in the name of the show’s grand prize. The trophy was renamed the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy following his death in April 2023. Inaba and Tonioli hosted the series with Goodman since its first season in 2005.
Who are the Dancing With the Stars Season 33 hosts?
Like Season 32, Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough will serve as hosts. Hough enters her second year as cohost with Ribeiro, who’s entering his third year as host since starting in Season 31 (his first cohost was Tyra Banks). Hough is one of the show’s most successful professional dancers, with two season wins under her belt and time spent as a guest judge as well. Ribeiro was a competitor on Season 19 with pro partner Witney Carson. They took home the Mirrorball Trophy that season.
When does Dancing With the Stars Season 33 premiere?
Dancing With the Stars returns Tuesday, September 17 at 8/7c on ABC. The network has done away with airing the series exclusively on Disney+ after intense fan backlash in Season 31. Like Season 32, however, viewers can tune in live on both ABC and Disney+ this season. Episodes will be available for next-day streaming on Hulu.
Dancing With the Stars, Season 33 Premiere, Tuesday, September 17, 8/7c, ABC and Disney+