The place are the “DWTS ”winners now? See all 33 Mirrorball winners by the years

• Dancing with the Stars debuted on the small display screen in June 2005.
• Over 33 seasons, the favored dance competitors has topped winners like Donny Osmond, Jennifer Gray, and Alfonso Ribeiro.
• Many champions have returned to compete, carry out, and even function a number on the present.

Since its debut in 2005, Dancing with the Stars has provided an unlimited vary of celebrities — actors, musicians, athletes, and actuality stars, amongst others — the chance to flaunt a completely new set of abilities for followers.

Whereas most winners have stayed within the highlight (and even returned to DWTS a couple of times), others have cha-cha'd off into quieter lives behind the scenes.

With season 34 on the horizon, let's meet up with all 33 DWTS winners to see what they've been as much as within the years since dancing their option to Mirrorball glory.

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Kelly Monaco (season 1)

Kelly Monaco made DWTS historical past because the present's first-ever champion, successful season 1 with dancer Alec Mazo. Her victory sparked sufficient debate to immediate a particular rematch, which runner-up John O'Hurley in the end received.

Monaco returned in season 15, touchdown in third place with Val Chmerkovskiy, and appeared but once more in season 25 for a trio dance.

The actress spent over 20 years on Normal Hospital earlier than the collection determined to“terminate her character,” Sam McCall, in 2024.

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Drew Lachey (season 2)

Drew Lachey stepped out from large brother Nick's shadow by capturing the DWTS season 2 trophy. He danced with Cheryl Burke, however had much less luck with accomplice Anna Trebunskaya throughout his season 15 return.

Since then, he's juggled fatherhood and turn into one thing of a DIY professional along with his "Drew It Your self" Instagram collection and the house renovation present Date My Home.

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Emmitt Smith (season 3)

NFL legend Emmitt Smith pulled off the DWTS season 3 win with Cheryl Burke, then teamed up along with her once more for a robust season 15 run. Off the dance ground, he works in actual property and owns a restaurant in Las Vegas.

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Apolo Anton Ohno (season 4)

Olympic pace skater Apolo Anton Ohno grabbed the DWTS season 4 trophy with Julianne Hough. Upon returning for season 15, he completed fifth with Karina Smirnoff.

During the last decade and alter, he's appeared on TV as each an actor and a recreation present contestant. He's additionally dabbled in entrepreneurship within the wellness and tech areas.

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Hélio Castroneves (season 5)

Race automobile professional Hélio Castroneves received DWTS season 5 with Julianne Hough. He's nonetheless tearing up the monitor full time and has earned quite a few accolades. In 2025, he was inducted into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corridor of Fame.

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Kristi Yamaguchi (season 6)

Olympic determine skater Kristi Yamaguchi waltzed away with the DWTS season 7 trophy alongside dancer Mark Ballas. At the moment, she's a best-selling writer, philanthropist, and the driving pressure behind All the time Dream, a corporation dedicated to early childhood literacy.

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Brooke Burke (season 7)

Brooke Burke received DWTS season 7 with Derek Hough and later returned to cohost the present for seven seasons.

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Since then, Burke has written books, lent her likeness to video video games, and championed girls's well being, She now hosts The CW's Penn & Teller: Idiot Us.

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Shawn Johnson (season 8)

Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson rose to the highest of DWTS season 8 with Mark Ballas and got here again sturdy in season 15, ending second with Derek Hough.

Since retiring from gymnastics, she's began a household, co-owns Angel Metropolis FC along with her husband, and appeared on different actuality TV reveals, together with The Problem's 2017 Champs vs. Stars season. At the moment, she's gearing as much as star along with her husband on Particular Forces: World's Hardest Take a look at season 4.

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Donny Osmond (season 9)

Singer, actor, speak present host, and one-time teen idol Donny Osmond was topped the DWTS season 9 winner together with professional dancer Kym Johnson.

Osmond has saved the music alive within the years since, releasing albums, performing in a long-running residency in Las Vegas, and showing on the debut season of Fox's The Masked Singer.

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Nicole Scherzinger (season 10)

Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger conquered DWTS season 10 with Derek Hough, and she or he's been unstoppable ever since.

Scherzinger went on to launch her debut solo album, 2011's Killer Love, following it in 2014 with Huge Fats Lie. She voiced Sina in Moana (2016) and its 2024 sequel, and received a Tony Award in 2025 for her efficiency as Norma Desmond within the Broadway revival of Sundown Boulevard.

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Jennifer Gray (season 11)

No one places Child in a nook, and Jennifer Gray proved it by successful DWTS season 11 with Derek Hough.

Already a star earlier than hitting the ballroom, she's since written a memoir and brought on roles on Crimson Oaks (2014–2017), Gray's Anatomy (2019), and the Oscar-winning A Actual Ache (2024).

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Hines Ward (season 12)

Two-time Tremendous Bowl champion Hines Ward got here out on prime in DWTS season 13 with professional Kym Johnson.

Put up-DWTS, he dabbled in media earlier than returning to the soccer discipline. Ward now serves as assistant head coach at Arizona State College.

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J.R. Martinez (season 13)

With professional dancer Karina Smirnoff by his facet, U.S. Military veteran and All My Kids actor J.R. Martinez captured the DWTS season 13 crown.

Within the years since, he's continued to make use of his platform to advocate for fellow burn survivors and veterans.

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Donald Driver (season 14)

Tremendous Bowl champion Donald Driver added one other accolade to his resume in 2012 when he received DWTS season 14 with Peta Murgatroyd.

Following his win, he printed a 2013 memoir, Pushed, that rapidly grew to become a New York Occasions best-seller. He chased it with 2017's The 3D Physique Revolution: The Final Exercise + Vitamin Blueprint to Get Wholesome and Lean. At the moment, he at the moment runs a nonprofit, the Donald Driver Basis, which goals to assist underprivileged kids and households.

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Melissa Rycroft (season 15)

Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars introduced again a number of acquainted faces, and season 8 finalist Melissa Rycroft received along with her authentic accomplice, Tony Dovolani.

She returned to the ballroom for a trio dance in season 27 and has saved busy internet hosting CMT's Redneck Island and the Logically Irrational podcast.

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Kellie Pickler (season 16)

Nation star Kellie Pickler pulled off a shock win in DWTS season 16 alongside professional accomplice Derek Hough.

Since then, she's traded music for roles in Hallmark vacation movies and internet hosting gigs on Pickler & Ben and SiriusXM's The Freeway. In 2016, Pickler was inducted into the North Carolina Music Corridor of Fame.

Pickler's husband, Kyle Jacobs, with whom she starred on a 2015 actuality present, died by suicide on Feb. 17, 2023. According to Us Weekly, she's at the moment in a authorized dispute with Jacobs' household.

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Amber Riley (season 17)

Glee star Amber Riley partnered with Derek Hough to win DWTS season 17, and she or he's been shining ever since.

Riley went on to win a number of awards for her efficiency as Effie White within the West Finish debut of Dreamgirls. She additionally served because the Emcee of The Little Mermaid Dwell! (2019) and received the eighth season of The Masked Singer in 2022.

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Meryl Davis (season 18)

Olympic ice dancer Meryl Davis skated off with the DWTS season 18 win alongside Maks Chmerkovskiy.

Since then, she's constructed a life along with her husband and their canine, wrote a kids's guide, and graduated from the Harvard Extension College in 2025.

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Alfonso Ribeiro (season 19)

Alfonso Ribeiro and Witney Carson introduced the Carlton aptitude and took residence the DWTS season 19 Mirrorball trophy.

Ribeiro's been a prolific TV host within the years since, with gigs on America's Funniest House Movies, Leisure Tonight, and Catch 21. At the moment, he hosts DWTS with Julianne Hough.

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Rumer Willis (season 20)

The present's tenth anniversary concluded with actress/singer Rumer Willis and Val Chmerkovskiy successful the DWTS season 20 victory.

Today, Willis, the eldest daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, continues to be appearing, showing in tasks like Empire (2017–2018), As soon as Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), and Dr. Odyssey (2025). In 2023, she welcomed her first youngster.

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Bindi Irwin (season 21)

Bindi Irwin, the oldest youngster of the late Steve Irwin, foxtrotted her option to the highest in DWTS season 21 with Derek Hough.

Within the years since, Irwin's been busy elevating a household, defending wildlife, and voice appearing.

Irwin's youthful brother, Robert, will compete in DWTS season 34, so don't be stunned for those who catch her within the viewers cheering him on.

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Nyle DiMarco (season 22)

America's Next Top Model winner Nyle DiMarco grew to become the primary (and up to now solely) deaf movie star to win any world model of the DWTS franchise, taking the season 22 title with Peta Murgatroyd.

Following his groundbreaking win, DiMarco launched the Nyle DiMarco Basis and stays a strong advocate for deaf tradition and illustration in movie and TV. In 2025, he produced and directed a movie, Deaf President Now!, that nabbed him two Emmy nominations.

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Laurie Hernandez (season 23)

After successful Olympic gold with the "Ultimate 5," Laurie Hernandez joined DWTS season 23 and received with Val Chmerkovskiy.

Hernandez has since retired from gymnastics, printed two books, gone again to high school, ventured into appearing, and earned a Sports activities Emmy as a commentator on the 2024 Summer season Olympics.

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Rashad Jennings (season 24)

Rashad Jennings secured the Mirrorball trophy in DWTS season 24 with professional Emma Slater and has since popped again into the ballroom for particular performances and as a visitor choose.

Off the dance ground, he's turn into a New York Occasions best-selling writer, seems commonly on TV, and stays busy with the Rashad Jennings Basis, which makes a speciality of literacy and mentorship applications.

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Jordan Fisher (season 25)

Former Disney star Jordan Fisher outdanced the competitors with professional Lindsay Arnold in DWTS season 25.

He went on to host Dancing with the Stars: Juniors in 2018 and starred in a number of Broadway productions, together with Pricey Evan Hansen (2020–2022) and Hadestown (2023–2025). He acquired married in 2020 and welcomed his first youngster in 2022.

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Adam Rippon (season 26)

Olympic determine skater Adam Rippon and professional Jenna Johnson received the Dancing with the Stars: Athletes season, which lasted simply 4 weeks.

In November 2018, he introduced his retirement from determine skating. Since then, he's gotten married, turn into a coach and choreographer, and received the primary season of Fox's Stars on Mars.

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Bobby Bones (season 27)

Radio host Bobby Bones and professional dancer Sharna Burgess received DWTS season 27 in what stays one of many present's most controversial victories.

Bones has since gotten married and launched a number of podcasts by his Nashville Podcast Community. He continues to defend his DWTS win.

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Hannah Brown (season 28)

Since successful DWTS season 28 with professional Alan Bersten, Hannah Brown has launched three books, survived Particular Forces: World's Hardest Take a look at season 1, and joined the Bachelor in Paradise employees. The previous Bachelorette additionally acquired married in 2025.

Reflecting on her DWTS win, she not too long ago admitted to feeling "empty," saying the trophy, regardless of how a lot she thought it could imply to her, "carried no weight."

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Kaitlyn Bristowe (season 29)

Kaitlyn Bristowe danced her option to a season 29 win with professional accomplice Artem Chigvintsev.

She now hosts the Off the Vine podcast, cohosts Are You My First? with Bachelor alum Colton Underwood, and not too long ago revealed that she's "nonetheless struggling years later" from the damage and tear of competing.

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Iman Shumpert (season 30)

Iman Shumpert made DWTS historical past in season 30 as the primary NBA participant to succeed in and win the finals, dancing alongside professional Daniella Karagach.

Since claiming the Mirrorball trophy, Shumpert has turn into a sports activities analyst and launched a wellness-focused hashish line. He at the moment hosts the No Restrict podcast.

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Charli D'Amelio (season 31)

TikTok star Charli D'Amelio's aggressive dance background paid off for her and professional Mark Ballas, who had been declared the season 31 winners.

D'Amelio made her Broadway debut in & Juliet in 2024 and not too long ago appeared in Hurry Up Tomorrow, a 2025 film starring The Weeknd and Jenna Ortega.

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Xochitl Gomez (season 32)

Recent off her look in Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity (2022), Xochitl Gomez danced to victory in DWTS season 32 with accomplice Val Chmerkovskiy.

She continues to behave and can subsequent seem in a pair of anticipated movies: The Cat within the Hat and Avengers: Doomsday.

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Joey Graziadei (season 33)

Joey Graziadei is the primary and solely Bachelor result in win DWTS, taking residence the trophy with professional dancer Jenna Johnson in season 33.

Since then, Graziadei has been busy planning his upcoming wedding ceremony with fiancée Kelsey Anderson. He's additionally set to host the official DWTS podcast.

The place can I watch Dancing with the Stars?

Dancing with the Stars seasons 31–33 at the moment are streaming on Disney+.

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