‘Dancing With The Stars’ Announces Season 31 Cast, Including First Ever Drag Queen Plus Selma Blair, Cheryl Ladd & More
Dancing with the Stars is logging a couple of firsts in its 31st season. Chief among them: a new digital home, a significant star from a competing broadcast network and its first-ever drag queen competitor.
Actor and Performer D.J. “Shangela” Pierce, who was the first contestant to compete on three separate seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race, will dance with Gleb Savchenko when the former ABC competition show makes its debut on Disney+ Shangela’s participation marks the first time a drag queen has ever competed for the mirror ball trophy.
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Joining Shangela in the ballroom is Wayne Brady, the host of CBS’ Let’s Make a Deal, along with a platinum recording artist, a Real Housewife, a Bachelorette and an OG angel of Charlie’s, among several other famous (or should we say infamous?) celebrities. The entire cast was announced this morning on Good Morning America in anticipation of the show’s Sept. 19 premiere on Disney+.
And the season 31 teams are:
Fitness model and actor Joseph Baena, son of Arnold Schwarzenegger, with partner Daniella Karagach
Selma Blair with partner Sasha Farber
Let’s Make a Deal host Wayne Brady with partner Witney Carson
Good Morning America contributor and WABC-TV New York’s weather anchor Sam Champion, with partner Cheryl Burke
TikTok star Charli D’Amelio with partner Mark Ballas
Heidi D’Amelio (The D’Amelio Show) with partner Artem Chigvintsev
Country star Jessie James Decker with partner Alan Bersten
Actor Trevor Donovan (90210) with partner Emma Slater
Actor Daniel Durant (CODA) with partner Britt Stewart
Teresa Giudice (The Real Housewives of New Jersey) with partner Pasha Pashkov
Vinny Guadagnino (Jersey Shore) with partner Koko Iwasaki
Cheryl Ladd (Charlie’s Angels) with partner Louis van Amstel
Actor Jason Lewis (Sex and the City) with partner Peta Murgatroyd
Drag queen superstar Shangela with partner Gleb Savchenko
Platinum recording artist Jordin Sparks with partner Brandon Armstrong
Gabby Windey (The Bachelorette) with partner Val Chmerkovskiy
The pairs will be judged by Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough. Season 19 winner Alfonso Ribeiro will join Tyra Banks as a co-host.
Dancing with the Stars, which is produced by BBC Studios Los Angeles Productions, received a two-year pickup and will become the first live series to debut on Disney+.
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