“Dancing with the Stars” returns for season 29 on September 14 with many changes.
On Tuesday during “Good Morning America”, the series announced the release date, the lineup of professional dancers and a shocking precautionary measure for coronavirus.
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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All pros who are roommates should also live separately as a precaution against coronavirus.
The rule was implemented so that if one pro-dancer infects, the fate of the other person in the competition is not endangered.
“It’s going to be bliss – I mean it’s going to be awful,” Slater, 31, joked about “GMA.”
She added: “It will be so different because we can not really interact and even prep with each other, which is something completely different, but we do everything we can to keep safe. There will be a lot of FaceTiming . “
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This year, several pros are back to the series along with two new faces.
Sharna Burgess, Peta Murgatroyd, Cheryl Burke, Keo Motsepe, Alan Bersten, Brandon Armstrong, Gleb Savchenko, Chmerkovskiy, Johnson, Farber, Pashkov and Slater are back.
Pashkov’s wife Karagach will be a first time pro on the show.
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Britt Stewart was also added to the dance pro lineup, making her the show’s first Black female pro.
Under new changes to the ABC show, hosts Tom Bergen and Erin Andrews were replaced by “America’s Top Model” judge Tyra Banks.
The full lineup of celebrities has not yet been announced. The prize draw and pro-pairing will be announced during the premiere.
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As of Tuesday, former “Bachelorette” Kaitlyn Bristowe is the only confirmed guest.
