Less than a month remains until ABC opens its well-sanitized Dance with the stars ballroom. The league series will begin Season 29 on Monday, September 14 at 8 / 7c TVLine learned.
DWTS is the first of ABC’s recurring fall shows to close a premiere date during the coronavirus pandemic (see full lineup of the fall), and it aired on Tuesday Good Morning America that all pro dancers – including pros who are married to each other – will live separately during production.
The network has also shared which professional partners will be back for Season 29, including defending champion Alan Bersten, who won the Mirrorball last year with The Bachelorette‘s Hannah Brown. Sharna Burgess – who drew a shocking win with country radio DJ Bobby Bones in season 27, was then striking net part of Season 28 – is also back on the roster.
The other prose of Season 29 includes Brandon Armstrong, Cheryl Burke, Val Chmerkovskiy, Sasha Farber, Jenna Johnson, Keo Motsepe, Peta Murgatroyd, Pasha Pashkov, Gleb Savchenko, Emma Slater, Daniella Karagach and Britt Stewart, the last two of whom have been promoted to pro-partners after a while in the DWTS troop. (Lindsay Arnold and Witney Carson, both staples of the show, are expecting their first children this fall and will be out for season 29).
Except earlier Bachelorette Kaitlyn Bristowe, the participants of Season 29 remain a mystery; the full cast will be revealed closer to the show’s return date, though the exact celebrity / pro pairings will not be shared until premiere night.
One new cast member we to be able to expected is Tyra Banks, who takes over hosting tasks (solo!) from the unexpectedly undefeated Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews. It has not yet been confirmed if all three judges will return for the new season, but Carrie Ann Inaba recently replied that the trio would be back.
