‘Dancing with the Stars’: Mauricio Umansky, Jason Mraz and Alyson Hannigan Among Cast for Season 32

The cast Dancing with the stars season 32 is finally unveiled!

On Wednesday, Good morning America announced the new cast of the upcoming season of ABC’s favorite dance competition show.

Real estate mogul and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Mauricio Umansky is set to be paired with pro Emma Slater, singer Jason Mraz is competing with partner Daniella Karagach, and actress Alyson Hannigan is partnered with pro Sasha Farber.

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The cast was joined by actress Mira Sorvino with partner Gleb Savchenko, NFL player Adrian Peterson with Britt Stewart, The Brady Group star Barry Williams with Peta Murgatroyd and supermodel Tyson Beckford with pro Jenna Johnson.

From left: Barry Williams, Mira Sorvino and Adrian Peterson.

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Rounding out the cast is Marvel star Xochitl Gomez with partner Val Chmerkovskiy, Too hot to handle star Harry Jowsey with Rylee Arnold (younger sister of alum Lindsay Arnold), singer/social media star Lele Pons with pro Brandon Armstrong, and comedian and actor Matt Walsh with partner Koko Iwasaki.

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By Wednesday, fans already knew the ex Bachelor star Charity Lawson will also compete in season 32 Vanderpump Rules star Ariana Madix. However, their partners were still unknown.

on Wednesday GMA segment confirmed that Lawson will dance with pro Artem Chigvintsev while Madix competes with pro Pasha Pashkov.

Charity Lawson at the 2023 ESSENCE Festival (left) and Ariana Madix (right) at the Give Them Lala & Friends VIP launch.

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The full cast announcement comes a day later GMA revealed that actress Jamie Lynn Spears will compete in the series with pro Alan Bersten this fall.

“I don’t know if you can ever be 100% ready to take on something this big; I didn’t realize what kind of commitment it was, but it definitely is. I’m ready to challenge myself,” she said on the show, before announcing that she would be donating her weekly earnings SAG-AFTRA and the WGA in the middle of their ongoing strike.

Jamie Lynn Spears on the red carpet of FOX’s ‘Special Forces: The Ultimate Test’.

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‘Vanderpump Rules’ star Ariana Madix joins ‘Dancing with the Stars’ after Tom Sandoval cheating scandal

Madix, 38, was the first cast member announced for season 32 back in July. On Good morning Americasaid referee Derek Hough: “This season Dancing with the stars, we’re going absolutely crazy — Madix crazy! Say goodbye to drama and hello to the dance floor!”

Lawson, 27, found out she would be participating in a dance competition at Bachelor finale after the engagement with Dotun Olubeko.

“So I know you like to cut, you like to dance and you like to get down,” Olubeko, 30, told Lawson. “And you know we talked about how amazing this opportunity would be, and I’m so happy to tell you that you’re going to be on Dancing with the stars.”

Judges in ‘Dancing with the Stars’.

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The new cast will compete in front of judges Hough, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli. Len Goodman announced his retirement as chief justice in November 2022 before his death on April 24 at the age of 78.

In addition to changes at the judges’ table, ABC announced in March 2023 that Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro were slated to co-host DWTS Season 32. The announcement came three days after news that Tyra Banks would be leaving the show after three seasons as host.

As the news was published on GMA On Monday, the judges, professional dancers and hosts kicked off the segment with an upbeat dance number before the full cast was officially introduced. The entire season 32 cast then joined the judges, professional dancers and presenters on GMA stage to celebrate the exciting announcement.

Hannigan, 49, was asked if she How I Met Your Mother Costars knew about her choice in advance, to which she said she “took very seriously the request to keep everything under wraps.” She didn’t even tell one of her best friends.

“I follow the rules,” she added. “I haven’t told anyone.”

After Beckford (52) gave fans a taste of his dance moves, Pons (27) received a special message from “sister” Paris Hilton. I know you will kill him, said the reality star and business woman.

Jowsey, 26, of Too Hot to Handle, joked that his first dance number would be titled “an awkward mess, a bit like my life”. Sorvino, 55, said her best and former real-life friend at the time Romy and Michele’s high school reunion actress Lisa Kudrow would probably think she was “very brave” to join the Season 32 cast.

Walsh, who joined virtually, received a special message from his ex Veep Tony Hale, who told him the cast was “excited” for him. Umansky, 53, said viewers can “definitely” expect to see his “wife” Kyle Richards and their four daughters cheering him on from the crowd. (PEOPLE confirmed the couple’s divorce in July.)

Lawson then joked that her former co-stars were Bachelorettes who competed on DWTS he gave her “better dancing advice than dating advice.” VPRMadix said she can’t wait to “turn a negative into a positive on the dance floor.”

After moving to Disney+ from ABC for Season 31 in 2022. DWTS will return to the network for its upcoming 32nd season. Additionally, the dance competition series will be available to stream on Disney+ at the same time.

Carrie Anne, Derek Hough, Bruno Tonioli. ABC/Eric McCandless

Pros Lindsay Arnold and Witney Carson previously announced they would not be returning for the upcoming season DWTS. Arnold shared a video on TikTok, announcing that she would not be returning to the series after 14 seasons. Soon after, Carson did the same.

“We didn’t make this decision lightly at all,” Carson said in her TikTok post, referring to herself and husband Carson McAllister. “But we’re not going to do that Dancing with the stars this season. And as much as it pains me to say it, I just feel very at peace with it.”

Cheryl Burke also announced in November that she was leaving DWTS after 17 years and 26 seasons in the series. “I cried non-stop,” the professional dancer told PEOPLE exclusively.

“It was very emotional [are] a lot of emotion and a lot of excitement, but there’s also a lot of fear,” she said. “At the end of the day, this is actually maybe another divorce the way I go through in a year.”

Sharna Burgess admits she was ‘shocked’ not asked back for ‘Dancing with the Stars’ season 32

Professional Sharna Burgess also revealed she will be sitting out this season – although she admitted it wasn’t her will. “It was such a shock, because I didn’t expect it, it was hard,” she said on her podcast on Tuesday.

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Season 32 of Dancing with the stars premieres Tuesday, September 26 on ABC, and will air on Disney+ and Hulu.

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