Dancing with the Stars Reveals Summer House’s Ciara Miller, Traitors Star Maura Higgins as First Contestants for Season 35! QT

The reality favorites are the first two celebrity cast members announced for the forthcoming season

Maura Higgins; Ciara Miller.

Dancing with the Stars has announced its first two celebrity cast members for season 35.

Ciara Miller of Summer House and Maura Higgins of The Traitors and Love Island will be hitting the ballroom and competing for the Mirrorball trophy when the next iteration of the competition kicks off.

Disney announced the new season during Hulu’s Get Real House event on Wednesday, April 22. The full DWTS cast of celebrities and pro dancers will be announced at a later date, with the show premiering in the fall.

Both women have appeared in The Traitors, with Miller, 30, starring in season 3 and Higgins, 35, placing second in season 4. The announcement follows a landmark 34th season of DWTS, which brought in 72 million votes in its finale and nearly half a billion votes throughout the entire season. Ultimately, Robert Irwin and pro Witney Carson came up victorious during the finale in November.

Elsewhere during Hulu’s latest event, the streamer officially announced Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro, which will feature Irwin as host. The series, which premieres on ABC on July 13, will feature “12 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” on season 35, per a synopsis.

DWTS standout Mark Ballas and his mother, Shirley Ballas, will judge the competition, which will feature a rotating lineup of guest judges and mentors.

As for the newest additions to DWTS, Miller’s casting comes as Summer House is in its 10th season on Bravo. In a new interview with Glamour, Miller opened up about her ex West Wilson and her best friend Amanda Batula confirming their relationship and addressed the scandal among her costars.

She also shared her thoughts on potentially joning The Bachelorette in the future.  “F— no,” she said. “I’m way too private.”

Both Higgins and Miller have made their rounds as red-carpet correspondents, too, with Miller taking on carpet duties at the Euphoria season 3 premiere for HBO and Higgins holding it down for A24 at the premiere of The Drama.

DWTS season 35 will premiere in the fall on ABC and Disney+. Episodes will stream next day on Hulu.