Almost a decade after she gained Dancing With the Stars Season 21, Bindi Irwin is headed again to the ballroom. However this time, she’ll be an viewers member, as youthful brother Robert Irwin will compete for the Mirrorball Trophy in DWTS Season 34.
In an Instagram video on Saturday, Bindi revealed she had moved from Queensland, Australia — the place her household operates the Australia Zoo, a legacy of Bindi’s father, the late Steve Irwin — for a brief keep in Los Angeles.
“G’day guys, I needed to pop on right here and share just a little little bit of a life replace with you. We’ve got formally moved to Los Angeles,” Bindi mentioned within the August 30 clip. “Not without end. It’s for the subsequent three months. Australia Zoo will at all times be residence. However we’re right here to assist my unimaginable brother on Dancing With the Stars. Oh my goodness!”
Bindi reminded followers that she and professional dancing accomplice Derek Hough took the Mirrorball in DWTS Season 21 a decade in the past, and he or she referred to as that victory “a life-changing expertise” for which she is going to at all times be grateful.
“And now my little brother goes to be on the present — besides he’s not so little anymore,” she mentioned with amusing. “I can’t wait to assist him and cheer him on each week within the viewers and possibly lend some recommendation right here and there. He’s going to shine, although, and I do know in my coronary heart that he’s going to make it far as a result of he’s such a implausible human being.”
Bindi additionally informed followers she needed to discuss quietly since Grace, her 4-year-old daughter along with her husband, Chandler Powell, was napping in the mean time. “The time zone [difference] is actual while you fly from Brisbane to L.A.,” she mentioned. “However we’re actually glad to be right here. You should definitely give my brother a comply with to have the ability to see the journey because it unfolds, and I’ll ship updates each time I can right here on social media, too. We will’t wait.”
And in her caption, the conservationist wrote, “In the event you’re questioning who might be cheering the loudest within the viewers, it should positively be me and Grace. She has already chosen all her attire to put on within the ballroom viewers every week. … We’re tremendous happy with you, Robert.”
Thus far, DWTS has introduced 4 different rivals who will be a part of Robert on the dance flooring in Season 34: The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives solid members Jennifer Affleck and Whitney Leavitt, yoga teacher Hilaria Baldwin (spouse of Alec), and social media character Alix Earle. The flowery footwork will start on Tuesday, September 16, at 8/7c, on ABC and Disney+.
Dancing with the Stars, Season 34 Premiere, Tuesday, September 16, 8/7c, ABC & Disney+