Overview
- The spinoff, confirmed Wednesday at Hulu’s Get Real event, will premiere Monday, July 13 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC with next-day streaming on Hulu.
- Season 34 winner Robert Irwin will host, with Mark Ballas and Strictly Come Dancing head judge Shirley Ballas serving as judges and past DWTS pros rotating in as mentors and guest judges.
- Twelve up-and-coming dancers will live in one house and undergo a televised audition process for a single contract as a professional on DWTS Season 35.
- BBC Studios produces the series, with DWTS showrunner Conrad Green as executive producer alongside Ryan O’Dowd, Krystal Whitney, Alex Cross and Jenny Groom, and Deena Katz and Quinn Lipton as co-executive producers.
- DWTS has been renewed for Season 35, and Maura Higgins and Ciara Miller are the first celebrities named, signaling an expansion that also opens the pro-audition process to viewers for the first time.