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After season 33’s action-packed Dancing With the Stars finale, fans are now firmly focused on the DWTS Live 2025 tour.
The national event’s return, which was confirmed during the October 7 episode of the hit ABC reality TV series, will feature a string of professional dancers including Emma Slater, Gleb Savchenko and Rylee Arnold. The October announcement also teased that various guests from season 33 would take part in the live production.
Now that the 2024 season of DWTS has wrapped, a handful of those guests have been confirmed, including the tour’s cohost and three high-profile competitors from season 33.
Kicking off at Altria Theater in Richmond, Virginia in January 2025, the showcase will drop into a total of 68 cities before landing at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre for a final show in April 2025.
“Dancing With the Stars is massively popular with millions of fans watching our TV show each week, yet so few are able to come to Hollywood and secure a coveted seat in our live studio audience,” Ryan O’Dowd, BBC Studios executive producer for DWTS, said in a statement in October. “With the DWTS Tour, we’re thrilled to unlock a rare and unique opportunity for our fans to experience live and in-person the magic they see each week on TV.
The statement continued, “Watching the TV show is brilliant, but when you see gravity-defying feats right in front of you and feel the exhilaration of some of the most powerful performances ever seen on the dance floor, it’s a whole new phenomenon.”
Keep scrolling for everything you need to know about the DWTS Live 2025 tour.
When Is the ‘DWTS’ Live 2025 Tour?
Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli. Disney/Eric McCandless
The event starts at the Altria Theater in Richmond, Virginia on January 7, 2025 and will feature within a total of 68 cities before wrapping up at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles’ on April 5, 2025.
What Cities Will the ‘DWTS’ Live 2025 Tour Hit?
The fun stretches right across the U.S. with shows scheduled in Baltimore, Morristown, Portland, Boston, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Nashville, Atlanta, Salt Lake City and beyond.
For a full list of cities and ticketing information, check the website.
Who Is Hosting the ‘DWTS’ Live 2025 Tour?
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Former Penn State gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik was confirmed as the event’s cohost on Tuesday, November 26, the same day as the DWTS finale. The two-time Olympic medalist, 26, a pommel horse specialist, and his partner in season 33, Arnold, placed fourth on the evening.
Nedoroscik put in serious work to ensure his transition from the gymnasium to the dance floor was a success, as a TikTok video posted by Arnold, 19, on Saturday, November 23, showed the pair recording themselves attempting to remember when The Rembrandts’ “I’ll Be There for You” included its famed clapping portion.
“Put the volume all the way down and tried to see who could clap on beat,” Arnold wrote over the clip. “What’s even more fun is that we are dancing to this song for one of our dances in the finale!!!!”
Which Stars Are Appearing on the ‘DWTS’ Live 2025 Tour?
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2024 DWTS champion, Joey Graziadei, is confirmed to be joining the tour, as is fellow season 33 competitors Chandler Kinney and Ilona Maher.
What Pros Are Appearing on the ‘DWTS’ Live 2025 Tour?
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The DWTS guests join a roll call of seasoned veterans including Graziadei’s winning partner, Jenna Johnson, Slater, 35, Alan Bersten, Brandon Armstrong, Britt Stewart, Daniella Karagach, Gleb Savchenko, Pasha Pachkov, Arnold and Ezra Sosa.
Who Isn’t Going on the ‘DWTS’ Live 2025 Tour?
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Many contestants from season 33 will not be taking part in the tour including Tori Spelling, Eric Roberts, Brooks Nader and Jenn Tran.
Tran was particularly vocal about her disappointment in not receiving an invitation, revealing via an Instagram video posted on Wednesday, November 20, that she did indeed receive a call about the tour — it just wasn’t the call she had hoped for.
“I won’t be going on tour, which is really sad because I really wanted to go,” Tran told her fans in the clip. “I felt like with tour, I was gonna be able to hold onto this feeling a little bit longer and hold onto this dancing moment that I’ve been having.”
The Bachelorette alum, 27, added that she “started sobbing” when she received the news, which “felt silly.” Tran explained, “I’m crying because I can’t dance when two months ago, I didn’t even know that I liked to dance.”
