The Season 33 finale of Dancing With the Stars featured longtime associates Derek Hough and Mark Ballas collaborating on an Argentine Tango, resulting in hypothesis that Season 34 might function a male celeb dancing with a male professional. This could observe swimsuit with the Season 30 all-female pairing of Jenna Johnson and JoJo Siwa.
“I’d say we’re continually trying on the methods by which we will push the envelope and produce a present that displays and represents society as a complete,” govt producer Ryan O’Dowd advised Deadline. “So I wouldn’t rule it out. It’s one thing that we’re persevering with to debate.”
Up to now, Alix Earle and Robert Irwin have been confirmed as forged members for Season 34, however the remainder of the forged and the professional companion pairings received’t be introduced till nearer to the autumn premiere.
O’Dowd confirmed that he loves doing “issues which have by no means been finished earlier than” on the present. Most just lately, that included Ilona Maher being the primary feminine celeb to raise her male companion (Alan Bersten). “There was one other second when Witney Carson and Danny Amendola had this very iconic leg raise,” he added. “It’s virtually like a sluggish movement leg raise that grew to become this large viral sensation and folks began attempting to do it [on social media]. I like when issues are being finished that transcend the scope of the published and into your on a regular basis life.”
Viewers responded properly to the Johnson and Siwa pairing in 2021. The ladies got here in 2nd place, ending behind Iman Shumpert and Daniella Karagach.
Hough, who’s a choose on the present, is prepared for a male-male pair sooner or later. “The entire idea of two males dancing collectively is nothing revolutionary, by any means,” he advised Gold Derby. “Like I stated, that is what the origins are. But it surely was cool to have the ability to see and even hear it from some individuals who had been like, ‘You understand, I didn’t actually know if I wished to see that, however after seeing that, I liked it.’ To indicate it and say, ‘Hey, have a look at this. That is form of completely different.’ Or, it’s not completely different, however we haven’t seen this but on this platform like this. ‘What do you suppose?’ And the response is, ‘I prefer it.’ I actually thought that was actually cool.”
He added, “I actually loved that. And that was what we wished, too. We wished to depart the door simply open, ajar, for one thing sooner or later.”
Dancing With the Stars, Season 34, Fall 2025, Tuesdays, 8/7c, ABC