‘Dancing With the Stars’ Season 29 Solid Introduced

Let the video games start! ABC introduced the celebrities set to bop on season 29 of Dancing With the Stars on Wednesday, September 2, together with athletes, actors and plenty of extra.

The skilled dancers had been introduced final month, together with three married {couples}: Jenna Johnson and Val Chmerkovskiy; Sasha Farber and Emma Slater; and Pasha Pashkov and first-time professional Danielle Karagach. Different professionals this season embrace Artem Chigvintsev, Brandon Armstrong, Sharna Burgess, Cheryl Burke, Keo Motsepe, Peta Murgatroyd, Gleb Savchenko, reigning champ Alan Bersten and newcomer Britt Stewart.

Season 29 is about to be a bit totally different than seasons previously. Tom Bergeron, who has hosted the fact competitors collection since its 2004 debut, was ousted over the summer time, as was cohost Erin Andrews, who joined in 2014. Tyra Banks is set because the substitute, turning into the primary Black girl to host the present solo.

“My goal is for a 12-year-old to be sitting on the couch with their parents and grandparents and everybody can relate personally to what they see on that screen,” the America’s Subsequent High Mannequin creator, 46, who additionally serves as an govt producer on DWTS, instructed Us Weekly solely. “That’s a hint. Not giving up the goods. You’ll have to tune in!”

She’s additionally been a longtime fan of the present and promised that this season shall be “next level” together with her on the helm. “We’re doing all this crazy stuff, taking it into the next level, but still keeping the stuff that we know America loves,” Banks shared on Good Morning America in July. “But you need to get ready because it’s going to be different.”

Many different modifications have been put into place as a result of coronavirus pandemic, together with no stay studio viewers and no professionals spending time collectively after hours — together with the married {couples}.

“It’s a new stage — very bright, very fancy, a lot of LED screens and there’s definitely going to be a different feel, for sure,” Chigvintsev, 38, hinted concerning the new season in August. “We kind of have to coexist with what’s happening in the world so they have to restructure the stage to make it top-notch. So it’s gonna be a whole new stage, a very surprising stage. … I heard in the rehearsal room there’s going to be pre-set cameras. It’s going to be, like, no people besides the dancer and the celebrity.”

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