All the Cast Members on Season 34 of ‘Dancing With the Stars’ so Far
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The cast of Dancing with the Stars has been announced. The show will return for its 34th season on September 8. It will be the first time the show has been rebooted since the 1990s. The cast will be joined by a new cast member each week until the end of the season. For more information on the show, go to Dancing With the Stars: Live From The Red Carpet, which airs September 8 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. For the full cast list, visit Dancing With The Stars: LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET, which will air September 9 at 10 a.m., or go to dancingwiththestars.com.
Dancing With the Stars: Will they love it or Leavitt? ABC’s reality dance competition has added The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives stars Whitney Leavitt and Jennifer Affleck to the cast of its upcoming 34th season, which will once again be co-hosted by Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro. Leavitt and Affleck have experience with soft-swinging scandals, but how will they fare at swing dancing? While the full list of this year’s celebrity participants won’t be shared until September 8 on Good Morning America, we’ve already got a couple other confirmed names on the roster. One thing they’ve all got in common? They each have millions of followers on TikTok, of course. Can #MomTok survive this? Below, all the DWTS 34 competitors so far.
Whitney Leavitt and Jennifer Affleck
Leavitt and Affleck’s participation was first confirmed in the reunion special of Hulu’s Secret Lives of Mormon Wives on July 1. And they’ve already won a mini-competition to secure their slots — according to reunion host Nick Viall, several Mormon Wives auditioned to be on the upcoming season of DWTS. Affleck was pregnant during the reunion taping and recently went into labor in a nail salon, per a June 27 TikTok. Presumably, #DadTok will step up and watch the baby while the mom of three is off learning her steps.
Alix Earle
The Hot Mess podcaster called it quits with Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper’s Unwell Network in February 2025. By May, she confirmed that Dancing With the Stars would be her next endeavor. “It was like a no-brainer when they asked me to do it,” she told Access Hollywood on a May 26 red carpet, though she admitted she’s nervous and doesn’t know how well she’ll perform. Hey, at the very least, the social-media star is sure to leave with plenty of fodder for her next “get ready with me” videos.
Robert Irwin
That’s right, mate. Crocodile Hunter Jr. was the first confirmed member of the cast. Fresh off of a couple shirtless photo ops with snakes, the late Steve Irwin’s son told Good Morning America he would be joining the dancing competition. He plans to lean on the support of his sister, Bindi, who won season 21 of DWTS in 2015 when he was 11 years old, he told People. How long do we think it’ll be until he brings a live animal onto the show? Our money’s on the first rehearsal.
‘Dancing with the Stars’ Season 34 Cast and Release Date
Robert Irwin, Alix Earle, Whitney Leavitt and Jen Affleck have been confirmed as part of the Dancing With The Stars Season 34 cast. Their partners haven’t been announced yet, and neither have the rest of their competitors. Eric Roberts — best known for his work in Runaway Train (1985) — and pro Britt Stewart — who also is the president of the nonprofit Share the Movement — have also been announced. The new cast will compete for the Len Goodman Mirror Ball trophy in the new season of the hit reality show. The cast will be joined by an influencer and Steve Irwin’s son in what’s shaping up to be a must-watch cast. They will be competing for the title of “DWTS Champion,” a title that will be given to the winner of the season. The winner will be crowned the “Dancing With the Stars champion” in the season finale on November 14. The show will be hosted by Dwayne Johnson and will be on ABC.
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Get to know the ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Season 34 cast
As of publication, four people have been confirmed as part of the Dancing With The Stars Season 34 cast. They are Robert Irwin, Alix Earle, Whitney Leavitt and Jen Affleck. Their partners haven’t been announced yet, and neither have the rest of their competitors.
Get to know Robert Irwin
Robert Irwin in 2024 Brendon Thorne/Getty
Robert Irwin—son of the late Australian zookeeper and TV personality Steve Irwin—was the first cast member to be announced. He is 21 years old and recently went viral for his sexy Bonds Underwear ad. He is the second Irwin to compete on the show, following in his sister Bindi’s footsteps. She appeared on the show in 2015, was paired with now judge Derek Hough and won the whole thing.
“You have no idea how grateful I am to have Bindi, who went through this experience,” Robert told US Weekly in May. “Not only did she do Dancing With the Stars, I mean, she won Dancing With the Stars and just was such an incredible shining light. I remember watching [her] on that show just thinking, ‘This is the coolest thing ever.’”
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Get to know Alix Earle
Alix Earle in 2025 Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/Getty
Aliz Earle is a 24-year-old model, podcast host and social media influencer. She was the second Season 34 cast member to be announced.
“I love a good performance. I’m so intrigued! I’m so excited to see everyone. A lot of people didn’t know that about me. I was dancing competitively until my senior year of high school,” Earle revealed in a November 2024 TikTok video, where she was getting ready to go watch a live taping of a Season 33. “I have been watching it every week religiously. And I heard that going to the show live is really fun.”
Along with her social media following, Earle is also famously dating NFL wide receiver Braxton Berrios. They have been together since 2023 and recently moved in together.
Get to know Whitney Leavitt
Whitney Leavitt in 2025 Araya Doheny/Getty
Whitney Leavitt is a 32-year-old influencer, MomTok member and Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star. She was considered the “villain” in Season 1; However, that isn’t going to keep her from trying to dance her way to victory in Season 34 of Dancing with the Stars.
“I think, just more than anything, it was harder after Season 1 being the villain, because I really wasn’t in a good place with the other women. So, I didn’t really care about what was being said online, and I wasn’t in a good place with my friends,” Leavitt told First for Women of her villain status in May.
Leavitt has been married to her husband Conner since 2016, and they have three children together. She is considered one of the better dancers of MomTok.
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Get to know Jen Affleck
Jen Affleck in 2025 Monica Schipper/Getty
Jen Affleck—not to be confused with Ben Affleck’s ex-wife Jennifer Lopez—is also a MomTok member and Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star. She is 25 years old, and her Dancing with the Stars casting announcement—along with Leavitt’s—was announced during the Season 2 reunion special of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, which aired on July 1. During it, Jen revealed that being on the show has been a lifelong dream of hers, and she even appeared onstage during one of the Dancing With the Stars tour stops.
Jen is currently married to Zac, and they have three children together—the youngest of whom was born just a few days ago.
‘Dancing With The Stars’ Season 34 release date and judges
Carrie Ann Inaba, Alfonso Ribeiro, Derek Hough, Julianne Hough and Bruno Tonioli in 2024 Eric McCandless/©ABC/Disney/Courtesy of the Everett Collection
Dancing With the Stars Season 34 currently doesn’t have an official release date, but it is expected to hit the small screen at some point in fall 2025.
Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli are expected to return as judges. They will be joined by returning hosts Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro.
Dancing With the Stars Adds Two Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Stars to Season 34 Cast
Jen Affleck and Whitney Leavitt have joined the Season 34 cast of the ABC reality competition. The news was announced during the Season 2 reunion of Mormon Wives, which debuted on Hulu on Monday. The full list of Season 34 contestants and pro partners will be announced at a later date, as will an exact premiere date for the show’s return. New episodes of Dancing With the Stars will be simulcast on ABC and Disney+, and they’ll stream the next day on Hulu.
Jen Affleck and Whitney Leavitt, who both star in the Hulu reality series, have joined the Season 34 cast of the ABC reality competition. The news was announced during the Season 2 reunion of Mormon Wives, which debuted on Hulu on Monday.
Actually, most of the Mormon Wives cast auditioned to be on the new season of DWTS, host Nick Viall revealed during the reunion. But for Affleck, being on DWTS has been “her life dream since she was little,” co-star Taylor Frankie Paul said during the reunion, and Leavitt “was an actual dancer,” she added: “You danced your whole life.”
Affleck and Leavitt are both lightning rods on Mormon Wives as well: Leavitt was ostracized from the group in Season 1 for, among other things, abruptly leaving a group text chain (gasp!); and Affleck had to stop filming midway through Season 2 after the stress of a rocky marriage and a new pregnancy got to be too much.
Mormon Wives follows a tight-knit group of Mormon wives and mothers who became social media stars with their viral #MomTok videos on TikTok. Season 1, which debuted in September, became Hulu’s most-watched unscripted series of the year, beating out perennial hits like The Kardashians. Season 2 premiered in May, with Season 3 already ordered at Hulu.
Dancing With the Stars previously announced wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin and TikTok star Alix Earle as Season 34 contestants. Irwin’s sister, Bindi, won Season 21 of the show with pro dancer-turned-judge Derek Hough.
The full list of Season 34 contestants and pro partners will be announced at a later date, as will an exact premiere date for the show’s return. As has been the case for the past two seasons, new episodes of Dancing With the Stars will be simulcast on ABC and Disney+, and they’ll stream the next day on Hulu.
What do you make of Jen and Whitney as DWTS contestants? Who do you want to see them partnered with? Drop all your reactions below!
‘Dancing With the Stars’ Taps 2 ‘Mormon Wives’ Stars for Season 34
Jen Affleck and Whitney Leavitt will join “Dancing With the Stars’ Season 34. Nick Viall revealed the news in the Hulu series’ first reunion special. A premiere date for Season 34 has yet to be revealed, but traditionally new seasons debut in September. The four early cast announcements all have a presence online, indicating a new trend for the series. The series will air on ABC and Disney+ and stream next day on Hulu.
Nick Viall revealed the news in the Hulu series’ first reunion special, which aired Monday night on Hulu, announcing which cast members would have the chance to shine on their own in sparkly costumes and heels.
“So I heard most of you auditioned recently while filming Season 3,” the former reality star turned podcaster said to the cast at the reunion. “I gotta know who wants it the most.”
Jen Affleck and Whitney Leavitt quickly raised their hands. Before officially revealing who made it on the established competition show, he asked the cast who they thought deserved it the most. Affleck raised her hand, and Taylor Frankie Paul agreed.
“I think Jen just because it’s been her life dream since she was little,” the reality star said of the soon-to-be the mom of three, who was in her third trimester while shooting the reunion special.
Viall had a surprise up his sleeve because both Affleck and Leavitt were asked to join the upcoming ballroom dancing series. The two women exclaimed and hugged each other and their spouses.
Affleck and Leavitt will join previously announced contestants Australian conservationist and TV personality Robert Irwin and influencer Alix Earle for Season 34. The four early cast announcements all have a presence online, indicating a new trend for the series. “Dancing With the Stars” has seen increasing interest in the show on social media and ranked No. 1 this past fall among young Adults 18-49 in live and same day viewing.
So far no professional dancers partners have been confirmed for the series. Additionally, a premiere date for Season 34 has yet to be revealed, but traditionally new seasons debut in September.
“Dancing With the Stars” is produced in front of a live audience by BBC Studios Los Angeles Productions. The series will air on ABC and Disney+ and stream next day on Hulu.
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