Artem Chigvintsev is back for “Dancing With the Stars” next 29th season.
The 38-year-old confirmed the news Monday about “Good Morning America.” This will be his ninth season appearing on the ABC reality series, as he, and fellow pro Sharna Burgess, were cut to the last minute before Season 28 aired.
“I just can not wait to come back,” Chigvintsev said on the morning show. “And I want to dedicate this season to my little boy.”
He and fiancee Nikki Bella just welcomed their first child together on July 31 after they got engaged in November.
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“It has been the most incredible feeling and Nicole and I are just obsessed,” exclaimed the proud dad. “I did not know I could give so much love. It’s just amazing.”
Fourteen other professional dancers were announced last week and the show requires the three married couples – Valentin Chmerkovskiy and Jenna Johnson, Emma Slater and Sasha Farber, and Pasha Pashkov and Daniella Karagach – to live separately for the entire filming.
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The rule was implemented so that if one pro-dancer infects, the fate of the other person in the competition is not endangered.
Peta Murgatroyd, Cheryl Burke, Keo Motsepe, Alan Bersten, Brandon Armstrong and Gleb Savchenko also star, as does Britt Stewart, the show’s first Black female pro.
Under new changes on the ABC show, longtime hosts Tom Bergen and Erin Andrews were replaced by “America’s Top Model” judge Tyra Banks. The new season premieres on Sept. 14.
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The full lineup of celebrities has not yet been announced.
Fox News’ Naledi Ushe contributed to this report.
