Dancing with the Stars arrives on ABC for Season 34 within the 2025 TV schedule on September 16, and The Traitors vet (and Excessive College Musical‘s Zac Efron’s youthful brother) Dylan Efron is among the many celebrities vying for the Len Goodman mirrorball trophy this fall. Forward of his first outing on the dance ground, Efron opened up about his mother’s dream for her son on the present… though Dylan is not the son she initially envisioned!
Dylan Efron is paired with former DWTS champion Daniella Karagach as his professional companion for Season 34, and he weighed in on his household coming to observe him strut his stuff in entrance of the judges, telling Individuals:
My mother, her dream was Zac doing the present 20 years in the past, so I’m actually excited for my mother to be there. However I’d additionally like my dad, my little brother, little sister – it’s gonna make me tear as much as see them within the stands.
Actually, Dylan Efron’s mother beginning to dream of certainly one of her sons occurring DWTS twenty years in the past is sensible! Zac Efron had labored on a lot of TV reveals early in his profession, however hit it massive within the first Excessive College Musical movie in 2006, adopted by Excessive College Musical 2 in 2007 and Excessive College Musical 3: Senior Yr on the massive display screen in 2008.
It is also not unprecedented for DWTS to forged celebrities who have already got some dance expertise, together with Soiled Dancing‘s Jennifer Gray in Season 11, Olympic ice dance gold medalist Meryl Davis in Season 18, and Dance Mothers’ JoJo Siwa in Season 30, to call a number of. The HSM star might have made sense as a contestant.
Alas, Zac and Dylan’s mother did not get her want twenty years in the past, even when her eldest son returned to dance-filled film musicals with Hairspray and The Biggest Showman. Apparently, all she wanted to do was look forward to Zac’s youthful brother to be prepared for Dancing with the Stars.
Whereas it stays to be seen if Dylan Efron can adapt to dancing in entrance of an viewers in addition to Zac did, he has a robust companion in Daniella Karagach. She helped very tall NBA star Iman Shumpert win Season 30, and got here in second with Jason Mraz for Season 32. Bachelor Nation alum Joey Graziadei, who received Season 33 with professional companion Jenna Johnson, predicted that Dylan Efron and Daniella Karagach might win all of it in Season 34.
After all, dance abilities are solely a part of the battle in Dancing with the Stars, as being probably the most gifted movie star would not essentially imply successful the mirrorball trophy. As soon as viewers votes are tallied, the fates of the duos lie with who followers from house favored probably the most. Getting a ten from a decide doesn’t suggest a lot if a star is not well-liked with viewers!
Dylan Efron is competing towards:
- The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives‘ Jen Affleck with companion Jan Ravnik
- Creator and wellness influencer Hilaria Baldwin and companion Gleb Savchenko
- Olympic gold medalist Jordan Chiles with companion Ezra Sosa
- NBA All-Star Baron Davis with companion Britt Stewart
- Social media persona Alix Earle with companion Val Chmerkovskiy,
- Actor and musician Corey Feldman with companion Jenna Johnson
- Boys Meets World alum star Danielle Fishel with companion Pasha Pashkov
- Actress Elaine Hendrix with companion Alan Bersten
- Pentatonix Grammy winner Scott Hoying with companion Rylee Arnold
- Wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin with companion Witney Carson
- Fifth Concord’s Lauren Jauregui with companion Brandon Armstrong
- The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives‘ Whitney Leavitt with companion Mark Ballas
- Comic Andy Richter with companion Emma Slater.
Tune in to ABC or stream with a Disney+ subscription on Tuesday, September 16 at 8 p.m. ET for the Season 34 premiere of Dancing with the Stars, and see for your self if Dylan Efron does certainly tear up with the help of his household. New episodes can even be obtainable streaming subsequent day with a Hulu subscription.