It’s time to dance.
“Dancing With the Stars” has unveiled its cast for 2020’s Season 29 – and it includes the first black female pro and guidelines for keeping the cast safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Tuesday, “Good Morning America” revealed the full list of pros, including three married couples competing against each other: Valentin Chmerkovskiy and his wife Jenna Johnson; Sasha Farber and his wife Emma Slater; and Pasha Pashkov and wife Daniella Karagach (a first time pro).
The season will also feature Britt Stewart (the show’s first black female pro), returning from favorites such as Sharna Burgess and Keo Motsepe, and returning champions Cheryl Burke and Peta Murgatroyd, last season’s champion, Alan Bersten, and Brandon Armstrong and Gleb Savchenko.
Last season, judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli will return.
After former host Tom Bergeron and former co-host Erin Andrews stepped back to their 28-season run, Tyra Banks will take over – becoming the show’s first African-American female host.
To address safe social-distancing guidelines for the coronavirus pandemic, the show implements a rule that each pro must live separately. That’s right, even the married couple should be split for the duration of the season.
‘It will be so different because we can not actually interact and not 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, “Emma Slater told GMA. “
The celeb competitors will be announced at a later date.
Season 29 of “Dancing With the Stars” premieres on September 14 on ABC.
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