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Dancing With the Stars has announced the first two celebrity contestants who will be taking to the ballroom for Season 35<\/a>.<\/p>\n Love Island and The Traitors star Maura Higgins will be tearing up the dance floor with Summer House\u2018s Ciara Miller in the upcoming season of the ABC ballroom dance competition show, Hulu announced Wednesday at the Get Real House event. <\/p>\n A full cast of celebrities and their pro dancer partners will be announced at a later date, with Season 35 set to premiere this fall on ABC and Disney+. <\/p>\n Higgins first appeared on the fifth season of Love Island back in 2019, but she recently reentered the spotlight this year on Season 4 of The Traitors, where she ultimately lost to Love Island USA\u2018s Rob Rausch. Rausch then apologized for betraying her on the show by gifting Higgins a Birkin bag. <\/p>\n \u201cShe went from looking for love to looking for who to trust, and now she\u2019s looking to win the Mirrorball,\u201d Dancing With the Stars wrote on Instagram<\/a> Wednesday while announcing Higgins would be competing on Season 35. \u201cWe\u2019re welcoming @maurahiggins to #DWTS on ABC, Disney+, and Hulu this fall!\u201d<\/p>\n Miller\u2019s casting comes amid a scandal in the Bravoverse, as her Summer House co-stars, ex West Wilson and close friend Amanda Batula, recently confirmed their romance amid Batula\u2019s separation from husband Kyle Cooke. The cast is set to address the state<\/a> of things in the upcoming Season 10 reunion. <\/p>\n \u201cEveryone\u2019s been talking about what her next move will be. It\u2019s going to be in the ballroom,\u201d Dancing With the Stars wrote on social media of Miller\u2019s casting. Miller herself also shared an announcement video that shows her checking off \u201cprioritizing myself\u201d and \u201ctaking risks\u201d on her \u201cnext chapter 2026\u201d to-do list before ultimately crossing out \u201cDancing With the Stars!!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSee you in the ballroom,\u201d Miller tells the camera before taking a twirl.<\/p>\n The announcement comes on the heels of a milestone 34th season of Dancing With the Stars, which brought in 72 million votes during the finale. Ultimately, Robert Irwin and pro Witney Carson walked away with the Mirrorball Trophy<\/a>, and Hulu announced on Wednesday that Irwin will host a new series<\/a>, Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro.<\/p>\n The series, which premieres on July 13 on ABC, will feature \u201c12 exceptional up-and-coming dancers who move into one house and compete in a grueling audition process, all vying for a coveted spot as a pro dancer\u201d on Season 35, as per the network. <\/p>\n Dancing With the Stars pro Mark Ballas and his mother, Shirley Ballas, will judge the competition alongside a rotating panel of guest judges. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n