{"id":2385117,"date":"2026-04-23T00:45:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2385117"},"modified":"2026-04-23T00:45:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:45:46","slug":"ciara-miller-and-maura-higgins-join-dwts-season-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ciara-miller-and-maura-higgins-join-dwts-season-35\/","title":{"rendered":"Ciara Miller and Maura Higgins Join DWTS Season 35"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/dancing-with-the-stars\/\"><em>Dancing With the Stars<\/em><\/a> has revealed its first two celebrity contestants heating up the ballroom floor on season 35.<\/p>\n<p>Hulu announced during the Get Real House event on Wednesday, April 22, that<em> Love Island<\/em> star <strong>Maura Higgins<\/strong>, also known for her appearance on <em>The Traitors<\/em>, and <em>Summer House<\/em>\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/ciara-miller\/\"><strong>Ciara Miller<\/strong><\/a> would be competing on <em>DWTS<\/em>, while simultaneously confirming the reality competition\u2019s renewal.<\/p>\n<p>A full cast of celebrities and pro dancers will be announced at a later date. The series is set to premiere this fall on ABC and Disney+.<\/p>\n<p>Miller\u2019s casting comes amid an ongoing scandal involving her and <em>Summer House<\/em> costars ex <strong>West Wilson<\/strong> and BFF <strong>Amanda Batula,<\/strong> who <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/ciara-miller-feels-mad-for-kyle-cooke-after-amanda-betrayal\/\">recently separated from estranged husband<\/a> <strong>Kyle Cooke<\/strong> after four years of marriage. The group is set to address the romance and timeline at the <em>Summer House<\/em> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/stylish\/news\/ciara-miller-teases-revenge-dress-for-summer-house-reunion\/\">season 10 reunion.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/ciara-miller-responds-to-dancing-with-the-stars-casting-rumors\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/ciara-miller-responds-to-dancing-with-the-stars-casting-rumors\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Summer House\u2019s Ciara Miller Reacts to \u2018DWTS\u2019 Casting Rumors<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tCiara Miller is open to exchanging summer houses for the ballroom later this year. \u201cYeah, why not? I mean, I grew up dancing,\u201d Miller, 29, exclusively told Us Weekly when partnering with Brawny\u2019s three-ply paper towels. \u201cI did ballet for 10 years. Why not?\u201d Last month, rumors circulated on Bravo fan sites including @BravoandCocktails that [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Last year, rumors circulated on Bravo fan sites including @BravoandCocktails that Miller, 30, could be joining <em>DWTS<\/em> season 34. While speculation swirled, Miller shared that she wouldn\u2019t be opposed to appearing on the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, why not? I mean, I grew up dancing,\u201d Miller exclusively told<em> Us Weekly<\/em> in 2025. \u201cI did ballet for 10 years. Why not?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would totally,\u201d she continued. \u201cI would love that, honestly, but whatever\u2019s right for me at the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miller noted that she already had a pro in mind that she wanted to be paired with. \u201cIn my head, maybe <strong>Val [Chmerkovskiy]<\/strong>,\u201d she said. \u201cI want someone who is hard on me. Like, \u2018You got to get this down.\u2019 We\u2019d have to work so hard. I don\u2019t want any funny games. We\u2019re in there to work!\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/who-maura-higgins-got-on-with-best-during-traitors-season-4-excl\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Maura-Higgins-GettyImages-2244556119.jpg?crop=199px%2C102px%2C1138px%2C642px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Maura-Higgins-GettyImages-2244556119\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Maura-Higgins-GettyImages-2244556119.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/who-maura-higgins-got-on-with-best-during-traitors-season-4-excl\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Maura Higgins Reveals Who She &#8216;Got on With&#8217; Best During &#8216;Traitors&#8217; Season 4<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMaura Higgins traded the luxury Love Island villa for the mystery-ridden Traitors castle, where she found herself bonding with her fellow Traitors and Faithfuls. \u201cFilming Traitors was an experience [and] very, very different for me. I had never watched a show, but I had a great time,\u201d Higgins, 34, exclusively told Us Weekly at the [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Higgins, meanwhile, rose to fame as a cast member on <em>Love Island<\/em> before trying her hand at <em>The<\/em> <em>Traitors<\/em> season 4, where she ultimately lost to <strong>Rob Rausch<\/strong>. As an apology for betraying her on the show (and taking the grand prize from her), Rausch <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/traitors-rob-rausch-gives-maura-higgins-a-birkin-on-wwhl\/\">famously gifted Higgins, 35, a Birkin bag<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told me he\u2019s going to get me a gift, which is going to be a Birkin handbag. So when he gets that, then he\u2019s fully forgiven,\u201d Higgins exclusively told <em>Us<\/em> in February. \u201cFor me, a girl that has not watched Traitors, not one episode of Traitors, I got to the finale, and yeah, I didn\u2019t win, but I got to wear all my outfits. And if I get that Birkin handbag from Rob, then for me, I have won. That\u2019s all I need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Dancing with the Stars<\/em> will premiere this fall on ABC and Disney+, and will stream the next day on Hulu.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dancing With the Stars has revealed its first two celebrity contestants heating up the ballroom floor on season 35. Hulu announced during the Get Real House event on Wednesday, April 22, that Love Island star Maura Higgins, also known for her appearance on The Traitors, and Summer House\u2019s Ciara Miller would be competing on DWTS, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2354101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[21741,24386,24122],"class_list":["post-2385117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-entertainment-news","tag-reality-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Valleys-Zack-Warns-Theres-More-Amanda-West-Drama.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2385117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2385118,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385117\/revisions\/2385118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2354101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2385117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2385117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2385117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}