'Dancing With the Stars' Season 35 Cast Revealed: Olympians, Savannah Bananas Star Join

Each season, a television institution must decide what kind of mirror it wishes to hold up to the culture — and for its 35th iteration, Dancing With the Stars has chosen to reflect the world of athletic achievement. ABC's cast announcement, arriving in early September 2026, signals a deliberate pivot away from the familiar gravitational pull of Hollywood celebrity toward Olympians and unconventional sports figures, suggesting the franchise is searching for new human stories to tell. The question at the heart of this recalibration is an old one: what does it mean to be a beginner when your enti