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Dancing with the Stars Season 31 Cast Includes Selma Blair, Wayne Brady & Drag Race's Shangela

The series' inaugural Disney+ season is busting some new moves.
  • Shangela, Selma Blair, Wayne Brady. (Photos: Courtesy Everett Collection)
    Shangela, Selma Blair, Wayne Brady. (Photos: Courtesy Everett Collection)

    Dancing with the Stars has a whole new batch of movers and shakers ready to hit the floor. 

    The dance competition series, set to have its first season on Disney+ this month, has announced its celebrity cast for Season 31. On the roster this year is Selma Blair, who has been open about her battle with multiple sclerosis, Daniel Durant (a deaf actor known for this year's Best Picture winner CODA), Shangela of RuPaul's Drag Race (Dancing With the Stars's first-ever drag queen!), and The Bachelorette's Gabby Windey. 

    The cast will also include American Idol's Jordin Sparks, Vinny Guadagnino (Jersey Shore), Teresa Giudice (The Real Housewives of New Jersey), influencer Charli D'Amelio and her mother Heidi, Wayne Brady, Trevor Donovan, Jason Lewis, Cheryl Ladd, country singer Jessie James Decker, bodybuilder Joseph Baena, and weatherman Sam Champion. 

    Judges Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough are also returning alongside host Tyra Banks.

    Dancing With the Stars Season 31 premieres on Disney+ September 19 at 8/7c.

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    Jade Budowski is a freelance writer with a knack for ruining punchlines and harboring dad-aged celebrity crushes. She was previously a reporter/producer at Decider and is a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow her on Twitter: @jadebudowski.

    TOPICS: Dancing with the Stars, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Selma Blair, Wayne Brady