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 method again, as Julianne was a choose on the season Alfonso received.
In a 2023 interview with Entertainment Tonight, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air actor shared, “Our chemistry, I think, is going to be fantastic. We’ve known each other for so long. She was a judge on my season.” He added, “We’ve known each other through the years, and our energy just feels so right. We sat and had lunch, and two-and-a-half hours later, we’re going, ‘I guess we should go home and do stuff.’ And I think that kind of chemistry and friendship is going to come through on the show to the audience.”
While Alfonso and Julianne shall be encouraging the dancers, those placing them to the check 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 have 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The ballroom legend handed away at 78 years outdated in 2023, leaving a big influence on lots of the dancers who participated on the present, lots of whom he had been judging since they have been younger.
As the dance competitors is about to premiere on September 17 at 8 PM Eastern 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.’