Olympians Ilona Maher and Stephen “pommel horse guy" Nedoroscik, NBA champion Dwight Howard, convicted con artist Anna Delvey and Jenn Tran of “The Bachelorette” are among the cast members for the 33rd season of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars,” the network announced Wednesday.
Center Dwight Howard of the Taoyuan Leopards on Feb. 19, 2023 in Taipei, Taiwan.
Nedoroscik, a single-apparatus men's gymnastics specialist who helped the American Olympic team medal in the sport in Paris for the first time since 2008, was the first first cast member to have been confirmed for the new season of the reality competition show.
Delvey, whose long con on some of New York's most elite characters was chronicled in the Netflix drama "Inventing Anna," joined the cast last week and Howard, eight time NBA all-star and a member of the 2020 Lakers championship team, was announced early Wednesday morning.
The remaining members of the Season 33 cast were rolled out on “Good Morning America” Wednesday and include Maher, the Olympic rugby player who turned her experience into a viral social media career; Tran, whose season finale of “The Bachelorette” aired Tuesday; and “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Phaedra Parks.
Rumored participants who were not announced as members of the cast include “Golden Bachelor” Gerry Turner, former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce or his wife, Kylie Kelce.
Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro will co-host season 33 and judges will be Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough.
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The full cast list for the show adds actors Tori Spelling (”Beverly Hills, 90210”), Eric Roberts ("The Dark Knight," "King of the Gypsies"), Chandler Kinney ("Prety Little Liars," "Leathal Weapon") and Reginald VelJohnson ("Family Matters"). They will be joined by former NFL wide receiver Danny Amendola, "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit" model Brooks Nader and Joey Graziadei of "The Bachelor."
"Dancing With the Stars" will debut at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17 on ABC and Disney+.