Fans already knew that Olympic bronze medalist Stephen Nedoroscik would be vying for the mirrorball trophy this season… now, meet all the contestants
It’s time to put on your ballroom shoes once again!
On Wednesday, Sept. 4, the season 33 cast of Dancing with the Stars was finally revealed on Good Morning America.
Competing for the Len Goodman mirrorball trophy this season will be Real Housewives of Atlanta star Phaedra Parks dancing with pro Val Chmerkovskiy (brother of Parks’ The Traitors costar Maksim Chmerkovskiy); Beverly Hills, 90210 actress Tori Spelling competing with Pasha Pashkov; Academy Award-nominee Eric Roberts (who is brother to Julia Roberts and father to Emma Roberts) paired with Britt Stewart; and convicted con artist Anna Delvey partnered with Ezra Sosa.
Other competitors include NBA champion Dwight Howard dancing with Daniella Karagach; former NFL wide receiver Danny Amendola partnered with Witney Carson; Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model Brooks Nader paired with Gleb Savchenko’ and Olympic rugby player Ilona Maher competing with Alan Bersten,
Rounding out the season 33 competitors are The Bachelor’s Joey Graziadei, who will be dancing with Jenna Johnson; Pretty Little Liars: Summer School star Chandler Kinney paired with Brandon Armstrong; Family Matters patriarch Reginald VelJohnson partnered with Emma Slater; and The Bachelorette’s Jenn Tran, fresh off her finale, dancing with Sasha Farber.
Heading into the Sept. 4 announcement, fans already knew that Olympic bronze medalist Stephen Nedoroscik would be vying for the mirrorball trophy after he was revealed as the first celebrity contestant to join season 33. Nedoroscik, also fondly known on the internet as the “pommel horse guy,” helped propel Team USA to win bronze at the men’s gymnastics team final at the 2024 Paris Olympics — their first medal in 16 years. He’ll be paired with Rylee Arnold.
Ahead of the cast reveal, PEOPLE exclusively confirmed that Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro were returning to co-host season 33, while Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough would be returning to the judges’ panel.
Ribeiro, 52, joined Dancing with the Stars as a co-host alongside Tyra Banks in season 31 — the same season that the beloved series moved to stream on Disney+ instead of airing live on ABC, where it first debuted. His co-hosting debut came eight years after competing on — and winning — season 19.
Julianne, 36, joined as a co-host in season 32, days after ABC announced in March 2023 that Banks was stepping away from her hosting gig following three seasons. The actress previously starred as a pro dancer on DWTS from 2007 to 2009. She later returned as a judge for six seasons between 2014 and 2021.
As for the judges, Inaba, 56, and Tonioli, 68, have been serving in their roles since DWTS’ start on ABC in June 2005.
Derek, 39, joined the series as a judge in season 29 and has continued to serve on the judging panel ever since. He was originally a pro dancer on the series from seasons 5 through 11. Though he took a break for season 12, he returned for seasons 13-21 and again in season 23.
In September 2020, it was announced that he would be returning to the show in a judging capacity. “This show has been and will always be incredibly special to me,” Derek said in a statement at the time. “Coming back feels like coming home and I couldn’t be more excited to be back in the ballroom.”
