DWTS Season 35 Cast Reveal: Date, TV Channel, Live Stream & Confirmed Stars
- The full cast reveal is Wednesday 2 September 2026 on Good Morning America. GMA’s weekday edition runs 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. in every US time zone, so it is a 7 a.m. local start rather than a fixed national moment.
- Ten celebrities are already public, but ABC has not published an official list. Four of the ten were first reported by TMZ on 20 August and subsequently confirmed by Deadline and Vulture — that provenance is laid out below rather than flattened into ‘confirmed’.
- Only one celebrity-professional pairing exists so far, and it is a series first. Guillermo Rodriguez was matched with reigning champion Witney Carson on GMA on 17 August; Carson was four months pregnant at the announcement and will be the first professional to compete on the show while pregnant.
- Season 35 premieres Tuesday 15 September at 8/7c on ABC, with a second night on Wednesday 16 September. It streams live on Disney+ at the same time — the fourth season to run simultaneously on both.
- A third same-sex partnership is coming. TMZ reported that Sarah Jane Nader will be paired with a female professional, which would follow JoJo Siwa and Jenna Johnson in season 30 and Shangela and Gleb Savchenko in season 31.
Ten celebrities are already out. The other two or three, and every single dance partner, arrive on one morning television segment in eleven days.
Dancing with the Stars has run its cast announcement the same way for years: a slow drip of names through the spring and summer, then the whole board turned over at once on Good Morning America. Season 35’s reveal is Wednesday 2 September 2026, and the season starts thirteen days after that.
Here is the date, the channel, the stream, and every name that has actually surfaced so far — with a note on which ones ABC has confirmed and which are reporting.
When is the DWTS season 35 cast reveal?
Wednesday 2 September 2026, on the Good Morning America episode that morning. The remaining celebrities and all of the professional partners are revealed together.
One practical detail that trips people up: GMA’s weekday edition airs from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. in every US time zone, not at a single national moment. You watch at 7 a.m. wherever you are. Viewers in the Pacific time zone receive an updated feed rather than the same broadcast, so segment timing there can differ.
What channel is DWTS on, and can I stream it live?
ABC, with a simultaneous live stream on Disney+. Season 35 is the fourth to run live on both at once, so a Disney+ subscription gets you the show as it happens rather than the morning after.
| How to watch | Detail |
|---|---|
| TV channel | ABC |
| Live stream | Disney+, simultaneous with the broadcast |
| Next day | Disney+ and Hulu — the established pattern, not a Disney announcement we have seen directly |
| Cast reveal | Good Morning America, ABC, 7–9 a.m. local, 2 September |
| Premiere | Tuesday 15 September, 8/7c |
| Second night | Wednesday 16 September, 8/7c |
There is no separate free live stream. Watching it live means either an ABC signal — cable, an antenna, or a live TV service that carries the network — or Disney+.
Who is confirmed for DWTS season 35?
Ten celebrities. ABC has not published an official list, so this is the reported cast, and the last column is how each name got out.
| Celebrity | Known for | How it was announced |
|---|---|---|
| Ciara Miller | Summer House | Disney upfront, 22 April |
| Maura Higgins | Reality television | Disney upfront, 22 April |
| Jackson Olson | Savannah Bananas second baseman | Disney upfront, May |
| Guillermo Rodriguez | Jimmy Kimmel Live! sidekick | TMZ 17 June, confirmed same day by Jimmy Kimmel |
| Tyler Cameron | The Bachelorette runner-up | Us Weekly, 19 August |
| Jenna Dewan | Actress and dancer | Us Weekly, 19 August |
| Julia Stiles | Actress and director | TMZ 20 August, confirmed by Deadline and Vulture |
| Tatyana Ali | Actress and singer | TMZ 20 August, confirmed by Deadline and Vulture |
| Sarah Jane Nader | Love Thy Nader | TMZ 20 August, confirmed by Deadline and Vulture |
| Conner Leavitt | The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives | TMZ 20 August, confirmed by Deadline and Vulture |
Recent DWTS seasons have run twelve to thirteen couples, so expect roughly two or three more names on 2 September alongside the partner assignments.
Two of the ten arrive with the show already in the family. Sarah Jane Nader is the younger sister of Brooks Nader, who competed in season 33. Conner Leavitt is married to Whitney Leavitt, a season 34 semi-finalist.
Who are the names you do not recognise?
Half this cast comes from reality television rather than film or music, which is normal for DWTS now and worth a translation.
Ciara Miller is from Summer House; Maura Higgins is listed simply as a reality television personality. Conner Leavitt comes from The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives and Sarah Jane Nader from Love Thy Nader. Tyler Cameron finished runner-up on The Bachelorette.
The two most recognisable names to a general audience are Julia Stiles, who has moved into directing, and Jenna Dewan, whose Wikipedia billing is “actress & dancer” — the kind of credit that reliably draws complaints about an unfair advantage before a season starts. Tatyana Ali has the longest television résumé of the group. Jackson Olson is the outlier, and the most on-brand casting of the lot: a second baseman for the Savannah Bananas, the exhibition team whose players already perform dance routines between — and often during — innings.
The one pairing that is already set, and why it is a first
Guillermo Rodriguez has been matched with Witney Carson, announced on Good Morning America on 17 August. Carson took the mirrorball last season with Robert Irwin — the younger brother of season 21 winner Bindi Irwin — so the reigning champion is dancing with Jimmy Kimmel’s security-guard-turned-sidekick.
It is worth noting what Carson did with last season’s assignment. Irwin was not a dancer either, and they won.
The reason it made news beyond the pairing itself: Carson was four months pregnant with her third child at the announcement. She will be the first professional dancer to compete on Dancing with the Stars while pregnant, and the first to compete that far into a second trimester.
That is the only celebrity-professional pairing confirmed. The other nine are blank until 2 September.
A third same-sex partnership
TMZ additionally reported that Sarah Jane Nader will be partnered with a female professional dancer. No name has been attached, and the show has not announced it.
If it holds, it would be the third same-sex pairing in the series: JoJo Siwa danced with Jenna Johnson in season 30, and Shangela with Gleb Savchenko in season 31.
Who is hosting and judging season 35?
No changes. Alfonso Ribeiro returns to host with Julianne Hough as co-host, and the judging panel is unchanged: Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli.
One thing is new behind the panel. A new professional dancer joins the cast this season, and the slot is being decided by the spin-off series Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro, which streams on Hulu. Whoever wins that show turns up on this one — so a second cast announcement is effectively running in parallel with the first.
The troupe has already added a name. Kamri Peterson, formerly a professional on Dancing with the Stars: Juniors, was announced as a first-time troupe member on 2 August 2026 at the series’ inaugural fan convention.
When does DWTS season 35 premiere?
Tuesday 15 September 2026 at 8/7c, as a two-hour premiere, with a second episode the following night — Wednesday 16 September, also at 8/7c. Both air on ABC and stream live on Disney+.
That two-night opening is a scheduling choice rather than a format change; the season settles into its usual weekly slot afterwards.
How many couples are on DWTS season 35?
Not announced. Recent seasons have fielded twelve or thirteen couples, and with ten celebrities already public, the 2 September reveal is expected to add the remainder. Anyone quoting an exact number today is guessing.
Is Dancing with the Stars on Netflix or Prime Video?
No. Dancing with the Stars is an ABC show and streams within Disney’s own services — live on Disney+ and, following the broadcast, on Disney+ and Hulu. It is not carried by Netflix, Prime Video or Max.
Can I watch the DWTS cast reveal if I miss it live?
Good Morning America segments are routinely posted to ABC’s own channels and social accounts shortly after broadcast, and a cast reveal of this size is covered within minutes by the trades. If you want the list rather than the moment, it will be everywhere by mid-morning Eastern on 2 September.
Sources
| Source | Used for |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia: DWTS season 35 | The ten-name cast list and each celebrity’s notability, the announcement chronology and which outlet broke each name, the Rodriguez–Carson pairing and Carson’s pregnancy, the reported same-sex pairing and its two precedents, hosts and judges, the 15 September premiere and the ABC/Disney+ simulcast |
| TV Insider, 28 July 2026 | The 2 September Good Morning America cast reveal, and the quoted premiere times for 15 and 16 September |
| Wikipedia: DWTS season 34 | The precedent for the ABC and Disney+ simulcast, including ABC’s own press-release titles |
| Wikipedia: Good Morning America | That the weekday edition airs 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. in all US time zones, and that the Pacific zone receives an updated feed |
| Wikipedia: Savannah Bananas | That the team’s players perform dance routines between and during innings |
How we verified this
🔴 ABC has not published a season 35 cast list, and nothing on this page pretends otherwise. That is the entire purpose of the 2 September Good Morning America segment. The ten names below are the ones reported and corroborated by trade outlets, and each is presented with how it got out. A reader arriving from a search for “DWTS season 35 cast” is entitled to know which names are network-confirmed and which are reporting that has held up.
⚠️ Four of the ten names trace to a single TMZ report. Julia Stiles, Tatyana Ali, Sarah Jane Nader and Conner Leavitt were reported by TMZ on 20 August 2026, and Deadline Hollywood and Vulture subsequently confirmed. Tyler Cameron and Jenna Dewan came a day earlier via Us Weekly. Guillermo Rodriguez came from TMZ on 17 June and was confirmed the same day by Jimmy Kimmel. Ciara Miller, Maura Higgins and Jackson Olson were announced by Disney at upfronts and are the most solid of the set.
⚠️ The same-sex pairing is a TMZ report, not an announcement, and is written as one. No partner has been named for Sarah Jane Nader and the pairing is not official until 2 September. The two precedents it would follow — season 30 and season 31 — are matters of record.
✅ The premiere date and the two-night structure were checked against two independent sources that agree. TV Insider’s 28 July 2026 piece by Alyssa Norwin gives “Tuesday, September 15, at 8/7c” with a second episode “Wednesday, September 16, at 8/7c”; the season’s Wikipedia article gives 15 September on ABC and Disney+, citing Deadline’s 27 July fall-schedule story. Both weekdays were checked against a calendar and match.
⚠️ The next-day streaming detail is the weakest claim here and is hedged accordingly. The live ABC and Disney+ simulcast is well established — ABC’s own season 34 press releases were titled “on ABC and Disney+”. That episodes then appear on Hulu the following day comes from secondary coverage rather than a Disney announcement seen directly, so it is described as the pattern rather than a guarantee.
🔴 Two sources that a page like this would normally lean on could not be used. abc.com returns HTTP 404 for the show path and for an invented one alike, and hulu.com returns HTTP 200 for an invented series ID, so neither can be verified by response code. Both are named throughout and neither is linked.
Witney Carson’s pregnancy is reported because the show made it part of the announcement, on Good Morning America, on 17 August. The “four months” figure and the first-professional-to-compete-while-pregnant framing are as recorded on the season’s Wikipedia article; no inference is added about her schedule, and nothing here speculates about whether she will complete the season.