Dancing with the Stars has announced the 13 professional dancers who will compete on the show's upcoming 27th season with celebrity partners, and the lineup includes one fresh face!
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The 12 returning pros are reigning champion Jenna Johnson and her fiance Val Chmerkovskiy, Emma Slater and her husband Sasha Farber, Alan Bersten, Artem Chigvintsev, Cheryl Burke, Witney Carson, Keo Motsepe, Gleb Savchenko, Lindsay Arnold, and Sharna Burgess.
The brand new professional partner joining the show for Season 27 this fall is Brandon Armstrong, who was a member of the Dancing with the Stars Troupe and also auditioned for So You Think You Can Dance's twelfth season back in 2015. (Brandon did not make the Top 20 on SYTYCD).
"Join us on September 12th on @GMA to find out which celebrities will be joining our pros!" tweeted Dancing with the Stars on Monday night.
ABC previously announced Season 27 of Dancing with the Stars will premiere with a two-hour episode on Monday, September 24 at 8PM ET/PT.
Jenna is a former So You Think You Can Dance contestant and All-Star who participated in the Dancing with the Stars Troupe before competing for the first time as a pro partner on Season 23, when she was the first couple eliminated from the competition with Jake T. Austin.
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However, Jenna went on to compete on Dancing with the Stars: Athletes with Adam Rippon earlier this year and the pair were crowned champions of Season 26.
Gleb has participated in five previous Dancing with the Stars seasons and had his highest finish with Jana Kramer on Season 23 when they placed fourth.
In her nine seasons with the show, Witney has one Dancing with the Stars victory under her belt with Alfonso Ribeiro. She placed third on Season 25 with last actor Frankie Muniz and then finished in fourth place on Dancing with the Stars: Athletes with Chris Mazdzer.
Artem has competed in seven previous Dancing with the Stars season but never finished higher than sixth place. He did, however, have very memorable seasons with Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan and pro wrestler Nikki Bella.
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Emma won Season 24 of Dancing with the Stars with Rashad Jennings, and on Season 25, she placed fourth with Drew Scott. Emma only finished in ninth place on the show's Athletes edition with Johnny Damon.
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Keo has appeared on seven Dancing with the Stars seasons. He finished in sixth place with Jodie Sweetin on Season 22 and then had his highest finish on Dancing with the Stars: Athletes. Last season, he placed fourth with Jennie Finch Daigle.
Sasha was demoted to the Dancing with the Stars Troupe for Season 25, but he finished Dancing with the Stars: Athletes strong by claiming third place with Tonya Harding. Season 27 will be Sasha's sixth time competing on the show as a pro partner.
Val has participated in 13 Dancing with the Stars seasons. The two-time mirrorball trophy champion won Season 20 with Rumer Willis as well as Season 23 with Laurie Hernandez. In addition to finishing as the runner-up one time, Val also has four third-place finishes under his belt.
Alan, a finalist on Season 10 of So You Think You Can Dance, joined Dancing with the Stars as a pro for Season 25 with Debbie Gibson but they got eliminated very early on. Alan, however, made the semifinals of Dancing with the Stars: Athletes with Mirai Nagasu.
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Cheryl is back for her whopping 21 season of Dancing with the Stars. She's a two-time mirrorball trophy champion but hasn't won the series since Season 3. She finished Season 25 with Terrell Owens in sixth place but placed second or third on the ABC reality dancing competition multiple times.
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And Lindsay, a former So You Think You Can Dance contestant, will be gracing the Dancing with the Stars ballroom for the eight time as a pro partner. She was crowned champion of Season 25 with Jordan Fisher and then competed with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the all-athletes edition.
Later in the fall, ABC will also debut its new Dancing with the Stars spinoff, Dancing with the Stars: Juniors, on Sunday, October 7 from 8-10PM ET/PT.
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