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Dancing With the Stars is still one of the most popular reality competition shows despite having more rivals than in it did in its heyday. Now, the cast for season 33 of the long-running show has been announced, and as usual, it includes a healthy mix of reality TV stars, athletes, and generally well-known pop culture figures.
Notably, Real Housewives of Atlanta star Phaedra Parks is continuing her reign of television dominance by joining the cast.
Season 33 of DWTS will premiere on ABC and Disney+ on September 17. Fans can stream the series the next day on Hulu. The show has been running since 2005. The current hosts of the show are Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough. The show has three judges: Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough, and Bruno Tonioli. Both Carrie and Bruno have been judges on the show since its inception. Derek joined for the show’s 29th season.
According to ABC, season 33 of Dancing With the Stars will feature 13 competitors. The cast includes actress and reality star Tori Spelling, who will compete with Pasha Pashkov, Oscar nominee Eric Roberts, who will compete with Britt Stewart, and Anna Delvey, the famous con artist depicted in Netflix’s Inventing Anna, who will be paired with Ezra Sosa.
The cast also includes NBA star Dwight Howard with Daniella Karagach as his partner, NFL star Danny Amendola, who is competing with Witney Carson, model Brooks Nader, who is paired with Gleb Savchenko, and Olympian Ilona Maher, who will be dancing with Alan Bersten.
Fans of DWTS will also see The Bachelor‘s Joey Graziadei dance with Jenna Johnson, actress Chandler Kinney working with Brandon Armstrong, Reginald VelJohnson of Family Matters fame partnering with Emma Slater, and Jenn Tran from The Bachelorette competing with Sasha Farber. Of course, the news had already come out that Olympic bronze medalist Stephen Nedoroscik will be joining the show. Phaedra will be dancing with Val Chmerkovskiy.
Who are you rooting for this season?