Dancing with the Stars has revealed a brand new element about its upcoming season, lastly placing an finish to hypothesis and rumors about Derek Hough‘s position within the present going ahead. Hough, two-time Emmy Award winner and six-time Mirrorball winner, will be a part of Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli as a choose for the primary time when DWTS returns for Season 29 on Sept. 14. The information was introduced on Good Morning America.
“This present has been and can at all times be extremely particular to me,” Hough mentioned in an announcement. “Coming again looks like coming dwelling and I could not be extra excited to be again within the ballroom.”
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Although Hough is successfully filling the seat normally occupied by longtime choose Len Goodman, Hough is not meant to interchange Goodman. ABC mentioned that “in mild of present circumstances, Len Goodman can be unable to evaluate this season dwell within the ballroom, although he’ll nonetheless be part of the present in a distinct capability sharing his ballroom experience from the UK.”
Hough is in fact not the one well-known face in a brand new position this season; he joins new host and government producer Tyra Banks in shaking up the brand new season. They will be moderating and judging the motion as this 12 months’s crop of stars, together with Tiger King‘s Carole Baskin, Johnny Weir, Skai Jackson Nelly, and former Bachelorette star Kaitlyn Bristowe, shake and shimmy for the Mirrorball trophy. Which professional dancers the celebrities are being paired with remains to be a thriller, however you possibly can see the full lineup of contestants here.
Dancing with the Stars Season 29 premieres on Monday, Sept. 14 at 8/7c on ABC.
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