Dancing With the Stars is returning for another season, making it 35 now for the dance competition, and today the ABC series revealed its first two celebrity contestants: Summer House star Ciara Miller and The Traitors’ Maura Higgins.
The reveal was made during Hulu’s Get Real House 2026 presentation at Casa Lago in Beverly Hills, CA.
Ciara was a cast member on Season 10 of Summer House and competed in Season 3 of Peacock's The Traitors. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, she is a registered nurse who specialized as an ICU travel nurse during the pandemic, and has been modeling since age 16.
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Maura is an Irish television personality, model, and presenter who rose to fame as a finalist on season 5 of Love Island UK in 2019. She followed up her appearance as a contestant by serving as a social media ambassador for Love Island USA and Love Island Games, and currently hosts Love Island USA: Aftersun. She also appeared in Season 4 of The Traitors as a "Faithful," finishing as the runner-up.
The full cast of celebrities and pro dancers for Seaso 35 of Dancing with the Starswill be announced at a later date.
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In other Dancing with the Stars news, the premiere date for Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro, hosted by last year’s winner Robert Irwin, was revealed to be July 13 and will feature 12 up-and-coming dancers who will live in a house together and compete in a grueling audition process. The winner will land a coveted spot as a pro dancer on the next season of Dancing With the Stars.
DWTSfan favorite Mark Ballas and his mother Shirley Ballas have been set to judge the competition.
Dancing with the Stars, hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough, will return this fall on ABC and Disney+ and stream next day on Hulu.
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