Within the midst of its thirty fourth season, Dancing with the Stars is celebrating its twentieth anniversary with a particular themed evening.
The ABC competitors collection pairs movie star contestants with a gifted crew {of professional} dancers to compete in opposition to one another. Since its 2005 premiere, longtime judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Len Goodman — who died of bone most cancers in 2023 and was changed with former DWTS professional Derek Hough — critique the dance numbers.
Then, audiences vote on the dancing duos to advance and take residence the Mirrorball Trophy, later renamed the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy following his demise.
Together with inspiring moments and hilarious (and heated!) banter among the many judging panel, many celeb amateurs reached new heights after showing on the present and taking residence the highest prize. Nicole Scherzinger’s profession soared after her win on season 10. The previous Pussycat Dolls lead singer landed a starring function as Norma Desmond in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 2024 revival of Sundown Blvd. on Broadway.
“That is the place my abilities actually lie,” Scherzinger instructed ipromiseyoumedia in 2023 of her determination to step away from actuality TV and onto the stage. “I am nonetheless proving myself.”
Season 20 winner Rumer Willis additionally transitioned from actress to Broadway performer, making her debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago in 2015. In a since-deleted Instagram submit, she credited her DWTS associate, Val Chmerkovskiy, for serving to spark that transformation.
“I’ve to thanks as my instructor for difficult me on a regular basis via your individual ardour and dedication to your artwork, for pushing me previous the bounds of what I believed I used to be able to and even for sometimes driving me loopy with attempting to make all of our dances the perfect they may very well be,” Willis wrote on the time.
Whether or not onstage or on-screen, these celebs have reached new heights since becoming a member of Dancing with the Stars. Here is a glance again at what the winners of every season are to date.
Xochitl Gomez
Winner of season 32 (Dec. 5, 2023)
The Child-Sitters Membership and Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity star Xochitl Gomez made her mark within the ballroom, scoring completely on her two finale evening dances earlier than successful the inaugural Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy alongside associate Val.
“It is unbelievable. I did not see it coming,” Gomez instructed ipromiseyoumedia following the finale. “You recognize, I went into this entire competitors factor pondering, if I make it to week 5, that’d be superior, and so to be right here and to have this trophy is simply loopy. I am actually happy with us.”
Along with successful the highest prize, Gomez earned a Folks’s Alternative Award nomination for Competitors Contestant of the Yr for her time on the present in 2024.
After incomes the title, the actress expanded into voice performing with a job within the upcoming 2026 animated movie The Cat within the Hat, rounding out forged members resembling Invoice Hader, Quinta Brunson, Bowen Yang and Matt Berry.
“… I simply did my first session not that way back,” Gomez instructed Leisure Tonight in 2024 of stepping into the recording sales space. “It is a lot enjoyable. My character’s so dramatic and so loopy, she’s — I like her.”
Charli D’Amelio
Winner of season 31 (Nov. 21, 2022)
“Oh my gosh, it occurred so quick!” Charli D’Amelio instructed reporters after being topped the champion throughout the finale in 2022. “I could not even actually comprehend what was happening, after which they put me within the air. I used to be like, ‘What?’ ”
Even her associate, Mark Ballas, was consistent with her response upon successful the Mirrorball Trophy, marking his first victory since he and Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson got here out on high of the competitors 13 years in the past.
“I believe we’re each nonetheless a bit staggered,” Ballas mentioned, including of his associate, “It is like she’s nonetheless shell-shocked.”
After successful DWTS, D’Amelio put her ballroom expertise to good use, starring within the Broadway musical & Juliet. The TikTok famous person stepped into the “Charmion” function in 2024, calling the expertise “a profession spotlight.”
Iman Shumpert
Winner of season 30 (Nov. 22, 2021)
Iman Shumpert made historical past as the primary NBA participant ever to achieve the finale or win the present. At 6 toes, 5 inches, Shumpert and associate Daniella Karagach, who’s 5 toes, 7 inches, had the largest top distinction of all of the contestants on season 30.
The previous Brooklyn Nets level guard devoted his win to his mother and father, who’d supported him via his entire DWTS journey however could not be within the ballroom for the finale attributable to a COVID-19 publicity.
“I simply can’t look ahead to my mother to truly get our arms on this trophy as a result of this can be a present meaning rather a lot to her,” he instructed ipromiseyoumedia in 2021. “It actually makes her smile to see folks be greater than an athlete, greater than an entertainer. Greater than no matter their respective discipline is. She loves when folks develop and folks have progress.”
After his profitable Dancing with the Stars run, Shumpert hosted the docuseries Taking One for the Staff on ESPN+ and Hulu in 2024. He additionally had recurring roles on TV collection resembling Twenties, Them and The Chi.
Shumpert married singer and actress Teyana Taylor in 2016, with the pair documenting their relationship and household life on the VH1 actuality collection Teyana and Iman in 2018 and E!’s We Received Love Teyana & Iman in 2021. Taylor filed for divorce in 2023, and it was finalized in 2024. The previous couple share two kids: daughters Junie and Rue.
Kaitlyn Bristowe
Winner of season 29 (Nov. 23, 2020)
Again-to-back Bachelor Nation winners! Kaitlyn Bristowe and associate Artem Chigvintsev beat finalists Nelly, Justina Machado and Nev Schulman for glory after successful the Mirrorball Trophy in 2020. The win was additional particular for Chigvintsev: It was his first.
Bristowe and Chigvintsev received the evening with an Argentine tango (they scored a 30/30) set to Britney Spears’ 2003 hit “Poisonous,” adopted by a freestyle dance to “Glowing Diamonds” from 2001’s Moulin Rouge, which additionally earned an ideal rating.
Bristowe launched and has hosted the Off the Vine podcast since 2017.
Hannah Brown
Winner of season 28 (Nov. 25, 2019)
On the stay finale — throughout which Cher, Pitbull and Ne-Yo carried out and the season 28 contestants returned with their professional companions — former Bachelorette star Hannah Brown competed in opposition to fellow movie star finalists Ally Brooke, Lauren Alaina and Kel Mitchell.
“Hannah and I constructed such an incredible relationship throughout these 11, 12 weeks that it is good to look again and replicate on how wonderful this expertise has been and what a pal I made in Hannah,” Bersten instructed ipromiseyoumedia TV’s Actuality Verify in 2019.
Brown returned to The Bachelor months later for a dialog with former flame Peter Weber, although she was in the end despatched residence. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, she was noticed hanging with former Bachelorette contestant Tyler Cameron for some time; the 2 parted ways in which April. She married Adam Woolard in July 2025.
Since her look on DWTS, Brown has competed on FOX’s Particular Forces: World’s Hardest Check, ending the present as considered one of two feminine finalists. Her 2021 memoir God Bless This Mess was a New York Occasions bestseller. In 2022, she launched a podcast with SiriusXM, Higher Tomorrow with Hannah Brown.
Brown’s first novel, Errors We By no means Made, was launched in 2024. She instructed ipromiseyoumedia in an unique interview that the e book was “an fulfilling learn to have in your summer season holidays by the pool on the seaside.”
Bobby Bones
Winner of season 27 (Nov. 19, 2018)
Nashville, Tenn., radio persona Bobby Bones — who was paired with Sharna Burgess — was considerably of a shock champ. Reflecting on his win, Bones mentioned he was “in shock” about taking residence the trophy.
“I apologized so many instances to [Sharna] for getting caught with me as a result of she’s so good and gifted,” Bones instructed reporters. “I imply, when you’ve got a pencil, how do you paint a portrait? It did not make sense, however she caught with me. It was very tough for me to understand some quite simple issues, even right now! With out Sharna, I would not be right here! I do know my place on this, and I do not get it twisted one bit!”
Bones has saved near his nation roots since successful, assuming internet hosting and presenting duties at numerous awards exhibits and music festivals.
In July 2021, he wed Caitlin Parker in an intimate ceremony within the yard of their Nashville-area residence.
Adam Rippon
Winner of season 26 (Could 21, 2018)
On an all-athlete version of the collection, the fan-favorite Olympic determine skater Adam Rippon turned out near-perfect scores weekly with associate Jenna all through season 26.
“The Mirrorball has now taken on a brand new that means; somebody like me is accepted, and I really feel liked,” Rippon instructed reporters on the finale.
Although he retired from aggressive determine skating later that yr, he is remained busy, showing on RuPaul’s Drag Race and in Taylor Swift’s “You Must Calm Down” video, together with writing a e book.
In 2021, Rippon married his associate, Jussi-Pekka Kajaala, in a low-key secret ceremony in L.A. on New Yr’s Eve.
“We all the time wished to do one thing easy and simply the 2 of us,” Rippon instructed ipromiseyoumedia in 2022.
The previous Olympian appeared on Fox’s Stars on Mars, the place celebrities tackled challenges in simulated area and Mars-like environments. Hosted by Star Trek‘s William Shatner, Rippon confronted off in opposition to stars, together with Ronda Rousey, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Ariel Winter. He in the end received the primary season in 2023, incomes the title “Brightest Star within the Galaxy!”
Jordan Fisher
Winner of season 25 (Nov. 21, 2017)
With associate Lindsay Arnold, Jordan Fisher introduced his famend dance strikes to the ballroom, beating singer Lindsey Stirling and actor Frankie Muniz for the highest spot.
Since successful the Mirrorball Trophy, the Grease: Stay star has saved busy, showing in Netflix’s 2020 rom-com To All of the Boys: P.S. I Nonetheless Love You and the 2021 movie adaptation of Tick, Tick … Increase, along with welcoming his first youngster with spouse Ellie Fisher in 2022.
In April 2025, Fisher returned to Broadway after a profitable flip as Orpheus in Hadestown for a restricted run of Moulin Rouge! The Musical within the starring function of Christian.
Rashad Jennings
Winner of season 24 (Could 23, 2017)
After successful season 24 of Dancing with the Stars, Rashad Jennings continued to warmth up the dance flooring by tackling the DWTS: Stay! — Scorching Summer time Nights tour.
The previous NFL working again loved his time dancing, telling ipromiseyoumedia: “I am in the perfect form of my life.”
In 2025, Rashad participated on the Hulu actuality present Received to Get Out with celebrities resembling Susan Noles, Omarosa, Spencer Pratt, Kim Zolciak-Biermann and DWTS alum Val. Hosted by Simu Liu, the celebs competed in numerous psychological and bodily challenges as they lived collectively in a mansion for 10 days.
Laurie Hernandez
Winner of season 23 (Nov. 22, 2016)
At 16 years previous, Laurie Hernandez was the youngest DWTS winner within the present’s historical past, a document that also stands right now.
After her massive win with associate Val, the Olympic gymnast launched into the DWTS Stay! tour.
Since her Mirrorball Trophy win, Hernandez enrolled in NYU’s Tisch College of the Arts to review drama. In 2024, the previous Olympian was a correspondent for NBC throughout the 2024 Olympic Video games in Paris.
“I simply need to share my pleasure with the game with everybody,” she instructed ipromiseyoumedia in an unique interview.
Nyle DiMarco
Winner of season 22 (Could 24, 2016)
Professional dancer Peta Murgatroyd partnered with mannequin and activist Nyle DiMarco on season 22 of DWTS. He was the primary deaf contestant to take residence the Mirrorball Trophy and has since used his platform to assist others.
The mannequin and season 22 winner of America’s Subsequent Prime Mannequin — who headlined the Chippendales present in Las Vegas for a restricted time in 2016, per Las Vegas Journal — launched the Nyle DiMarco Signature Sequence 2014 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon in partnership with ONEHOPE.
In 2025, DiMarco made his directorial debut with the Apple TV documentary Deaf President Now!, which he co-directed with filmmaker Davis Guggenheim. The movie follows the civil rights motion throughout the deaf neighborhood.
Bindi Irwin
Winner of season 21 (Nov. 24, 2015)
Simply as she did earlier than successful DWTS with associate Derek, Bindi Irwin has continued to dedicate her life to honoring the legacy of her late father, conservationist Steve Irwin, who died after an surprising assault by a stingray in 2006.
The TV persona and zookeeper hosts an annual Hollywood gala benefiting her household’s conservation group, Wildlife Warriors Worldwide, and she or he was current on the dedication of her father’s posthumous star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame in 2018.
Bindi stays based mostly in her native Australia. In 2020, she stunned followers by marrying fiancé Chandler Powell in an intimate ceremony at her household zoo. The couple welcomed daughter Grace Warrior in 2021.
From 2018 till 2022, Bindi and her household hosted the household docuseries Crikey! It is the Irwins. She is presently the CEO of the Australia Zoo.
Rumer Willis
Winner of season 20 (Could 19, 2015)
After successful the Mirrorball Trophy with associate Val, Rumer shared that the expertise allowed her to disclose a facet of herself her household not often noticed.
“They’re simply excited for me now as a result of I really feel like in a number of methods they’ve by no means seen me be so passionate or be so pushed or have such motivation towards one thing,” the daughter of actors Bruce Willis and Demi Moore instructed ipromiseyoumedia in 2015.
Rumer’s dancing days on actuality TV could have ended, however her on-screen presence actually hasn’t. The actress, mannequin and entrepreneur cha-chaed from the ballroom to recurring roles on Fox’s Empire and the ABC drama Physician Odyssey. In 2025, she starred within the Western Path of Vengeance, her first film since welcoming daughter Louetta in 2023 with ex-boyfriend Derek Richard Thomas.
Alfonso Ribeiro
Winner of season 19 (Nov. 25, 2014)
Dancing with the Stars was extra than simply an opportunity for actor Alfonso Ribeiro to indicate off his dance strikes — it modified his profession.
Ribeiro shortly grew to become a fan favourite, revealing that he waited 10 years for the chance. He even resurrected “The Carlton” on the dance flooring, a transfer he usually displayed whereas enjoying Carlton Banks on the beloved ’90s sitcom The Recent Prince of Bel-Air.
“I can not consider this!” Ribeiro instructed ousted host Tom Bergeron after his season 19 win with associate Witney Carson. “I do not even know what to say! These are glad tears!”
Nevertheless, Ribeiro’s time on actuality TV did not finish there as his world continued to collide with Bergeron when he assumed internet hosting duties of America’s Funniest Dwelling Movies — a gig Bergeron held for 15 seasons from 2001 to 2015. Ribeiro would then be a part of Tyra Banks as co-host of DWTS on season 31 in 2022.
In 2023, Julianne Hough changed Banks as co-host for season 32.
The daddy of 4 incessantly seems on morning packages, together with Good Morning America, Immediately and Entry Hollywood Stay.
Meryl Davis
Winner of season 18 (Could 20, 2014)
Determine skater Meryl Davis and associate Maksim Chmerkovskiy (older brother of former DWTS professional Val) have been frontrunners on season 18 from the beginning. The duo by no means scored lower than an 8 throughout the competitors, and within the semifinals, they solely scored excellent 10s.
Since skating straight from Olympic gold to finest within the ballroom, Davis has continued showcasing her dance strikes with Olympic associate (and DWTS competitor) Charlie White, specializing in performing as dancers off the ice and opting out of chasing one other gold on the 2018 Winter Olympics. In 2019, she wed Fedor Andreev within the South of France.
Following her win on DWTS, Davis has change into energetic in charitable organizations that assist assist kids and girls in sports activities, together with the Ladies’s Sports activities Basis. She additionally continues to skate professionally in excursions and exhibits.
Amber Riley
Winner of season 17 (Nov. 26, 2013)
After a run on Glee, Amber Riley put the “T” in triple risk when she and DWTS powerhouse Derek handily earned the Mirrorball Trophy on season 17.
Riley went on to evaluate a efficiency competitors of her personal (BBC’s 2017 musical theater contest, Let It Shine) and take residence an Olivier Award in 2017 for her electrical efficiency as Effie within the London West Finish manufacturing of Dreamgirls.
Since 2022, Riley has starred in Lifetime’s movie franchise, Single Black Feminine.
Kellie Pickler
Winner of season 16 (Could 21, 2013)
After successful season 16 in 2013 with dance associate Derek, American Idol alum Kellie Pickler pursued different TV endeavors.
The nation singer voiced a pirate genie on an episode of Nick Jr.’s Shimmer and Shine and confirmed off her successful persona whereas costarring together with her then-husband, Kyle Jacobs, on CMT’s I Love Kellie Pickler in 2015. Pickler additionally starred in Hallmark vacation movies resembling The Mistletoe Secret (2019), Wedding ceremony at Graceland (2019) and Christmas at Graceland (2018).
In 2023, Jacobs was discovered useless within the couple’s Nashville residence. Somewhat over a yr later, Pickler returned to the stage for a Patsy Cline tribute live performance, during which she commemorated her late singer-songwriter husband by performing the music “The Lady I Am,” which she wrote with Jacobs.
“I do know he’s right here with us tonight,” she mentioned.
Melissa Rycroft
Winner of season 15 (Nov. 27, 2012)
After a brutal stay breakup with Bachelor main man Jason Mesnick in 2009, Melissa Rycroft went on to take third place on DWTS season 8 with professional associate Tony Dovolani. The pair, nonetheless, made a triumphant return as all-stars on season 15, rumba-ing their means into followers’ hearts.
Rycroft has continued to pursue on-air alternatives whereas elevating three youngsters with husband Tye Strickland, whom she married in 2009. In 2012, Rycroft and her husband briefly starred on the present Melissa & Tye on CMT. She additionally co-hosted the fifth season of Redneck Island with Steve Austin.
In 2018, Rycroft and Strickland began the podcast Logically Irrational, during which the duo tackles popular culture, household issues and, in fact, actuality TV.
Donald Driver
Winner of season 14 (Could 22, 2012)
Former Inexperienced Bay Packers vast receiver Donald Driver took residence the Mirrorball Trophy with professional associate Murgatroyd throughout season 14 of Dancing with the Stars.
Since taking residence the trophy, Driver has written a best-selling memoir, Pushed, in addition to a number of kids’s books. He additionally heads the Donald Driver Basis, which offers sources for underprivileged households, providing schooling companies, workforce improvement, well being and wellness.
Driver has continued to do good deeds, teaming up together with his son in 2021 for a charitable shoe line.
J.R. Martinez
Winner of season 13 (Nov. 22, 2011)
J.R. Martinez — Military veteran and All My Kids star who had recovered from intensive fight accidents earlier than he entered the competitors — quickstepped to victory alongside professional Karina Smirnoff.
After the present, he used his winner’s platform to proceed performing and dealing with fellow burn survivors as a motivational speaker and advocate. In 2013, he wrote the best-selling memoir Filled with Coronary heart: My Story of Survival, Energy, and Spirit.
In 2018, he married his longtime girlfriend, Diana Gonzalez-Jones, however the two cut up simply 18 months after the beginning of their daughter, Lauryn Anabelle, in 2020.
Martinez nonetheless excursions as a motivational speaker and stays energetic in a number of philanthropic endeavors.
Hines Ward
Winner of season 12 (Could 24, 2011)
Hines Ward and Kym Johnson danced their approach to the crown proper earlier than Ward’s final season with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
After conquering the two-step, Ward retired from soccer and labored as an NFL studio analyst for NBC from 2012 to 2015. After a stint as a sports activities contributor for CNN, he returned to the sport as an assistant coach, lending his experience to the collegiate stage. In 2024, he was named the vast receivers coach of the Solar Devils at Arizona State College.
Ward shares one youngster together with his spouse, Lindsey Georgalas-Ward, whom he married in 2014. Based on The Patriot-Information, he has his son, Jaden, and daughter, Jordan, from a earlier marriage.
Jennifer Gray
Winner of season 11 (Nov. 23, 2010)
How might the main girl of the 1987 flick Soiled Dancing not win a dance competitors?
Jennifer Gray got here out of the nook and again into the limelight with dance associate Derek, regardless of opting to not carry out her star-making iconic raise on Dancing with the Stars.
Since DWTS, she’s accomplished scores of small-screen initiatives, together with voice work on Disney’s Phineas and Ferb collection, a tear-filled episode of Who Do You Suppose You Are? and recurring components on The Conners and Gray’s Anatomy.
In 2024, Gray starred within the award-winning drama A Actual Ache reverse Oscar-winner Kieran Culkin, and in 2025, had a job in Want You Have been Right here, directed by Julia Stiles.
Gray shares a daughter, Stella, with ex-husband (and Avengers star) Clark Gregg.
Nicole Scherzinger
Winner of season 10 (Could 25, 2010)
Scherzinger continued working in music and musical theater following her season 10 victory with associate Derek.
Since nabbing the Mirrorball Trophy, Scherzinger’s profession has taken off. Along with two solo studio albums, the previous Doll has starred in ABC’s remake of Soiled Dancing and took on judging duties for The X Issue UK and The Masked Singer.
She has additionally lent her voice to the character of Sina in Moana (2016) and Moana 2 (2024) and starred within the manufacturing of Annie Stay! reverse Megan Hilty, Taraji P. Henson and Harry Connick Jr. Scherzinger’s efficiency on Broadway in Sundown Blvd. earned her a 6-minute standing ovation and a Tony Award nomination in 2025.
Donny Osmond
Winner of season 9 (Nov. 24, 2009)
The identical evening Donny Osmond received with associate Kym, he additionally carried out his hit ’70s music “Pet Love.”
Donny underwent a profitable vocal surgical procedure in 2015, which required him to not converse for 3 weeks following the process. He has 14 grandchildren and has contributed to a number of showbiz packages (together with a 137-episode stint as a commentator on Leisure Tonight) whereas additionally injecting his signature “little bit rock ‘n’ roll” type) in gigs together with his well-known sister, Marie Osmond, who beforehand competed on season 5 of DWTS.
In 2024, Donny returned to the stage within the Webber-Tim Rice musical Joseph and the Wonderful Technicolor Dreamcoat. The singer, who performed the function of Joseph within the ’90s, took on the a part of the villainous Pharaoh on the Edinburgh Playhouse in Scotland.
“When Andrew Lloyd Webber says ‘leap,’ you say ‘how excessive?’ ” Donny instructed ipromiseyoumedia in an unique interview.
Shawn Johnson East
Winner of season 8 (Could 19, 2009)
Since bringing residence the Mirrorball Trophy alongside Ballas, Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson East retired from gymnastics.
Johnson East married NFL participant Andrew East in 2016. Following their marriage ceremony, the athlete tackled extra on-camera initiatives along with elevating their three kids.
She was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Corridor of Fame in 2017 and honored with induction into the Worldwide Gymnastics Corridor of Fame in 2019.
In 2024, the previous gymnast started offering sports activities commentary for Yahoo throughout the Olympics, per Dad and mom. Johnson East presently serves on the board of administrators for the 2026 Particular Olympics USA Video games.
Brooke Burke
Winner of season 7 (Nov. 25, 2008)
Since scoring the coveted Mirrorball Trophy with associate Derek (himself a daily Dancing with the Stars champ), Brooke Burke stayed near the ballroom, co-hosting DWTS from 2010 till 2013.
Throughout that point, the mother of 4 additionally married David Charvet, who stood by her facet as she struggled with thyroid most cancers in 2012. The pair introduced their plans to separate in 2018.
She is now engaged to Scott Rigsby.
Kristi Yamaguchi
Winner of season 6 (Could 20, 2008)
Following within the footsteps of her fellow determine skater Apolo Anton Ohno, Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi and her associate, Ballas, set a document for the best premiere rating and went on to dominate season 6 of DWTS in 2008.
The World Skating Corridor of Famer grew to become an all-time fan favourite, returning for a particular efficiency on the season 16 finale in 2013.
Except for elevating two daughters with former hockey professional hubby Bret Hedican, she additionally wrote a kids’s e book in 2011.
Yamaguchi has positioned herself as a literacy advocate and leads the nonprofit group All the time Dream, a charity she based in 1996 to advertise early childhood literacy.
Helio Castroneves
Winner of season 5 (Nov. 27, 2007)
Brazilian racing driver Helio Castroneves’ near-perfect rating in his final freestyle dance with associate Julianne helped him earn first place on season 5.
He returned for the all-stars season in 2012, making it to the third week with associate Chelsie Hightower, and has not misplaced momentum since.
Castroneves continues to be energetic in racing, balancing roles as a driver, workforce co-owner and racing ambassador. In 2025, Castroneves was inducted into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corridor of Fame due to his 4 Indy 500 victories and enduring impression on the game, per Indianapolis Star.
Apolo Anton Ohno
Winner of season 4 (Could 22, 2007)
Former short-track velocity skater Ohno, who had earned six Olympic medals earlier than taking the gold with Julianne on DWTS, received two extra bronzes within the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The athlete retired in 2013 and has since been noticed within the leisure trade, internet hosting the NBC present Spartan: Final Staff Problem.
A New York Occasions best-selling writer, due to his books Zero Regrets and Laborious Pivot, Ohno is a extremely sought-after motivational speaker. He additionally serves as a World Ambassador for the Particular Olympics.
Emmitt Smith
Winner of season 3 (Nov. 15, 2006)
“I’m so happy with this trophy, and I’m proud to share it with Cheryl,” Emmitt Smith instructed ipromiseyoumedia in 2006. “We labored our tails off.”
Since taking residence the Mirrorball Trophy with associate Cheryl Burke, Smith was elected to the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame in 2010.
The previous Dallas Cowboys working again has continued to construct his model all through the sports activities and leisure fields, in addition to different enterprise ventures, together with a restaurant in Las Vegas and actual property ventures.
He provides again to the neighborhood by way of Pat & Emmitt Smith Charities, which offers school scholarships and enrichment alternatives to underserved youth.
Drew Lachey
Winner of season 2 (Feb. 24, 2006)
After successful all of it with Cheryl, 98 Levels singer and Broadway star Drew Lachey has remained concerned with the present, embarking on the three-month DWTS tour and stepping in as substitute host throughout the fifth season.
The daddy of three and his spouse, Lea Dellecave, presently run Lachey Arts, a performing arts summer season day camp in Cincinnati.
He and his spouse created and directed the musical label•much less, which had its Off-Broadway premiere in New York Metropolis in March 2025.
The next Could, Lachey reunited together with his 98 Levels bandmates for his or her first album in 12 years, titled Full Circle.
Along with his many initiatives for the studio and stage, Lachey has hosted the house makeover present Date My Home on The Design Community since 2008.
Kelly Monaco
Winner of season 1 (July 6, 2005)
After rising because the present’s first-ever winner with associate Alec Mazo, cleaning soap opera star Kelly Monaco got here in third place alongside Val on Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars in 2012. The 2 then had a nostalgic minute-long efficiency on the present’s tenth anniversary particular in 2015.
Submit-DWTS, Monaco formally mentioned goodbye to Port Charles in October 2024 when her run as Sam McCall on Common Hospital ended after 21 years. In a since-deleted touch upon Cleaning soap Hub‘s Instagram, the actress hinted that the departure could not have been her determination. She then shared a submit on Instagram of herself sitting together with her costars earlier than deleting it.
“Final scene with the Davis women,” she wrote within the caption. ” 😘🥲🙏🏻 nonetheless would not make any sense to me.”



