‘Dancing with the Stars' Reveals Its All-New Celebrity Cast for 2024
Good Morning America once again had the privilege of announcing the Season 33 celebrity cast for Dancing with the Stars as well as which professional partners with be leading them onto the ballroom floor.
The new season of the dance competition will once again be co-hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough, and judged by Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough, but, as usual, what keeps the series fresh is the new list of celebrities.
Earlier, Parade had speculated who would be joining the cast and while we didn’t get them all, we did get 25 percent of them right: Joey Graziadei, Ilona Maher and Eric Roberts.
Related: Here's the List of Pros Returning for Dancing with the Stars Season 33
Here is this season’s celebrities and professional dancers (in alphabetical order):
Super Bowl Champion Danny Amendola with partner Witney Carson
Notorious ankle bracelet fashionista Anna Delvey with partner Ezra Sosa
The Bachelor’s Joey Graziadei with partner Jenna Johnson
NBA Champion Dwight Howard with partner Daniella Karagach
TV star Chandler Kinney with partner Brandon Armstrong
Olympic rugby player Ilona Maher with partner Alan Bersten
Model and cover girl Brooks Nader with partner Gleb Savchenko
Olympic gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik with partner Rylee Arnold
Reality royalty Phaedra Parks with partner Val Chmerkovskiy
Movie star Eric Roberts with partner Britt Stewart
TV icon Tori Spelling with partner Pasha Pashkov
The Bachelorette's Jenn Tran with partner Sasha Farber
Sitcom and movie actor Reginald VelJohnson with partner Emma Slater
Dancing with the Stars Season 32 cast for 2023
Danny Amendola
The NFL wide receiver played 13 seasons and is a two-time Super Bowl Champion as a member of the New England Patriots. While in New England, Amendola became a trusted receiver of quarterback Tom Brady and a fan favorite known for making his biggest plays and having his best games when the stakes were highest in the NFL playoffs. Amendola retired from the NFL in 2021. Earlier this year, he was inducted into the Texas Tech Red Raiders Hall of Fame. He's partnered with Witney Carson.
Related: Dancing with the Stars Casts a Very Controversial Celeb for Season 33
Anna Delvey
Delvey, née Anna Sorokin, is a New York City-based Russian fake heiress and con artist, who was convicted of grand larceny in 2019 and went to prison until her release under house arrest in 2021. Delvey received special permission to travel to Los Angeles to participate in Dancing with the Stars. Her story was told in the 2022 Netflix series Inventing Anna. She's partnered with Ezra Sosa
Joey Graziadei
The 29-year-old teaching tennis pro from Collegeville, Pennsylvania, is representing the Bachelor nation. Graziadei found love on season 28 of the ABC hit show with his fiancée, Kelsey Anderson. We look forward to seeing what moves he makes on DWTS. He's partnered with Jenna Johnson.
Dwight Howard
The NBA star played basketball professionally for 19 years. He is an NBA Champion, eight-time NBA All-Star, eight-time All-NBA Team member, five-time All-Defensive Team member and a three-time Defensive Player of the Year. He holds the record for having the most dunks in NBA history along with being the only player in NBA history to earn the honor of Defensive Player of the Year for three consecutive seasons. He's partnered with Daniella Karagach.
Chandler Kinney
The Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin and Pretty Little Liars: Summer School star may be this season’s ringer having studied dance at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy and the Los Angeles Ballet Academy before turning to acting. She can also be seen as Willa in the Disney Channel musical film franchise Zombies. He's partnered with Brandon Armstrong.
Ilona Maher
Maher is a Team USA Rugby Sevens bronze medalist and two-time Olympian, having represented the United States in Paris 2024 and Tokyo 2020. Maher is a viral sensation across social media for sharing her authentic and witty journey as a professional female athlete to help grow the game of rugby and promote body appreciation. She's partnered with Alan Bersten.
Brooks Nader
After making her debut in the 2019 edition of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue, Nader’s modeling and acting careers took a giant step forward. In May 2024, she was named a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Legend and featured on the cover of the magazine for the second time in celebration of the magazine’s 60th anniversary. She's partnered with Gleb Savchenko.
Related: Dancing with the Stars Reveals Its First Celebrity Contestant for 2024
Stephen Nedoroscik
Popularly known as the “pommel horse guy,” Nedorosscik helped the U.S. Men’s Gymnastics team secure their first team medal (bronze) in 16 years. He also won an individual bronze medal on the pommel horse. He graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a degree in electrical engineering in 2020. He's partnered with Rylee Arnold.
Phaedra Parks
Parks has a long list of credits including attorney, businesswoman, author, mortician, television personality, motivational speaker, social activist, certified reiki master healer and mother to two young sons, but her reality star really rose with her appearance on the Peacock series The Traitors. She is also an on-air legal analyst for media outlets including NBC, Fox, CNN, truTV, EXTRA and Entertainment Tonight. She's partnered with Val Chmerkovskiy.
Eric Roberts
The Georgia native has a long list of acting credits but claims one of his favorite jobs was the portrayal of Junior in Danny McBride’s Righteous Gemstones. Other credits include Raggedy Man, The Pope of Greenwich, The Specialist, The Cable Guy, The Dark Knight, The Expendables, Lovelace, Inherent Vice, and Babylon. He's partnered with Britt Stewart.
Related: Derek Hough Weighs in On Potential Celebs and More for Season 33 of Dancing with the Stars
Tori Spelling
Spelling is best known for playing Donna Martin on the long-running hit show Beverly Hills 90210,” which she also executive produced. She created, executive produced and starred in the long-running series Tori and Dean, the spinoff series sTORIbook Weddings, as well as True Tori, Tori & Dean: Cabin Fever and At Home With Tori. Spelling is also a five-time NY Times bestselling author with her first (of six) memoirs, “sTORI Telling,” reaching No. 1 and being named the best celebrity autobiography of 2009. She's partnered with Pasha Pashkov.
Jenn Tran
Tran has dedicated her life to helping others and is currently studying to become a physician assistant. The bilingual Vietnamese beauty currently resides in Miami; and when she’s not studying, the 26-year-old Bachelor Nation fan favorite loves reading, paddleboarding and traveling. She's partnered with Sasha Farber.
Reginald VelJohnson
Best known as the iconic TV dad from the sitcom Family Matters, Veljohnson is also known for his role as police officer Al Powell in Die Hard and Die Hard 2. He was recently the TV dad on five versions of Progressive’s national commercial campaign and sings on the Planters Christmas commercial. He had a recurring role on Disney+ Turner & Hooch, starred in the indie feature Christmas Lottery, appeared in the mega successful feature Avengers: Endgame and was the lead in the Lifetime movie Pride and Prejudice: Atlanta; and was a recurring character on Hart of Dixie. He's partnered with Emma Slater.
Dancing with the Stars returns for its 33rd season Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 8 p.m. ET, simulcast LIVE on ABC and Disney+, and available next day on Hulu.
Next, Everything to Know About Dancing with the Stars Season 33