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Olympians Ilona Maher and Stephen “Paumel Horse Guy” Nedoroscik, NBA champion Dwight Howard, convicted con artist Anna Delvey and Jenn Tran of “The Bachelorette” are among the cast members of the 33rd season of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars,” the network announced Wednesday.
Center Dwight Howard of the Taoyuan Leopards on February 19, 2023 in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Nedoroscik, a men’s single-apparatus gymnastics specialist who helped the U.S. Olympic team win its first medal in the sport since 2008 in Paris, was the first confirmed cast member for the new season of the reality competition show.
Delvey, whose long-running scams against some of New York’s most elite figures were chronicled in the Netflix drama “Inventing Anna,” joined the cast last week, and Howard, an eight-time NBA All-Star and member of the Lakers’ 2020 championship team, was announced early Wednesday morning.
The rest of the Season 33 cast were introduced on “Good Morning America” on Wednesday and include Maher, the Olympic rugby player who turned her experience into a viral social media career; Tran, whose season finale of “The Bachelorette” aired Tuesday; and “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Phaedra Parks.
Alleged contestants, whose cast has not yet been announced, include “Golden Bachelor” Gerry Turner, former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce or his wife Kylie Kelce.
Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro will co-host the 33rd season and judges will be Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough.
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Who will be in the next season of “Dancing With The Stars”?
The show’s full cast list includes actors Tori Spelling (“Beverly Hills, 90210”), Eric Roberts (“The Dark Knight,” “King of the Gypsies”), Chandler Kinney (“Pretty Little Liars,” “Leathal Weapon”) and Reginald VelJohnson (“Family Matters”). They are joined by former NFL wide receiver Danny Amendola, “Sports Illustrated Swimsuit” model Brooks Nader and “The Bachelor” star Joey Graziadei.
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“Dancing With the Stars” will premiere on Tuesday, September 17 at 8 p.m. on ABC and Disney+.
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