By Zach Johnson
It’s time to dust off those dancing shoes!
Live on Good Morning America, ABC today announced the Dancing with the Stars season 2020 celebrity cast. The series, featuring new host and executive producer Tyra Banks, will return to the ballroom with a lineup of celebrities including a Grammy® winner, a Bachelorette, a big-cat lover-turned-reality TV star and a football legend, to name a few. The new celebrity cast will add some glitzy bling to their wardrobe and break in their dancing shoes as the show kicks off live on Monday, September 14, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
The celebrities heading to the ballroom this season are as follows:
- Head coach Monica Aldama (CHEER)
- Animal activist Carole Baskin (Tiger King)
- Kaitlyn Bristowe (The Bachelor, The Bachelorette)
- Super Bowl Champion Vernon Davis
- TV and film actress Anne Heche
- Disney Channel actress Skai Jackson
- Actress Justina Machado (One Day at a Time)
- Backstreet Boys singer AJ McLean
- Emmy® Award-winning host of The Real and sideline correspondent on Holey Moley Jeannie Mai
- TV and film actor Jesse Metcalfe
- Grammy-winning rapper Nelly
- TV host Nev Schulman (Catfish)
- NBA superstar Charles Oakley (The Last Dance)
- Actress Chrishell Stause (Selling Sunset)
- Olympic figure skater and on-air commentator Johnny Weir
The professional dancers heading to the ballroom this season are as follows:
- Brandon Armstrong
- Alan Bersten
- Sharna Burgess
- Cheryl Burke
- Artem Chigvintsev
- Val Chmerkovskiy
- Sasha Farber
- Jenna Johnson
- Daniella Karagach
- Keo Motsepe
- Peta Murgatroyd
- Pasha Pashkov
- Gleb Savchenko
- Emma Slater
- Britt Stewart
Tune in to the premiere to find out which celebrities and professional dancers have been paired together. Judges Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli will also be returning this season, and episodes will be available the next day on demand and on Hulu.
