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The full cast of celebrities and professional dancers will be announced on Sept. 2 on ABC\u2019s \u201cGood Morning America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cDancing With the Stars\u201d Season 35 will premiere on ABC and Disney+ in September, with episodes airing the next day on Hulu. Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough host the long-running dance competition series, which pairs celebrities with trained ballroom dancers to compete in themed choreographed dance routines. The judges are Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough, and the show is produced in front of a live audience by BBC Studios.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=2384\">Emmy Predictions: Writing \u2014 Where the Scribes Behind \u2018The Pitt,\u2019 \u2018Widow\u2019s Bay\u2019 and \u2018Love Story\u2019 Make Their Case<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tRobert Irwin and Witney Carson were the Season 35 champions, while social media personality Alix Earle and Val Chmerkovskiy came in second place. Olympic artistic gymnast Jordan Chiles and Ezra Sosa finished third, reality television personality Dylan Efron and Daniella Karagach wound up fourth and actress Elaine Hendrix and Alan Bersten finished fifth.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRodriguez worked at \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d for more than 23 years, going from a parking lot security guard to a fixture of the late-night talk show. 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