As season 34 of Dancing With the Stars wraps up, anticipation is building for the 2026 tour. Excitement peaked during the show’s finale on Tuesday, November 25, when it was announced that Danielle Fishel, Andy Richter, and Elaine Hendrix will join Emma Slater as cohosts for the extended tour next year.

The tour promises to dazzle audiences with appearances from special guests, including Alix Earle, Dylan Efron, Jordan Chiles, Robert Irwin, and Witney Carson, in select cities.

Buzz about the tour announcement began swirling on Monday, November 24, when the official DWTS tour Instagram account tantalized fans with a sneak peek. The post featured a photo of beloved cast members such as Slater, Val Chmerkovskiy, and Jenna Johnson, accompanied by a caption that read, “Big announcement tomorrow on @dancingwiththestars.”

The announcement was teased via social media on Monday, November 24. The official Instagram account for the DWTS tour shared a photo of the previously revealed cast members — including Slater, Val Chmerkovskiy, Jenna Johnson and more.

“Big announcement tomorrow on @dancingwiththestars,” the caption read.

Dancing With the Stars is officially hitting the road again in 2026. Announced during the Tuesday, October 7, episode of ABC’s ballroom reality competition, season 34’s Dancing With the Stars: Live! will see the return of pro couple Val Chmerkovskiy and Jenna Johnson as well as Alan Bersten, Brandon Armstrong, Emma Slater, Daniella Karagach, Hailey Bills, […]

Pros Brandon Armstrong, Alan Bersten, Daniella Karagach, Pasha Pashkov, Britt Stewart and Ezra Sosa will also be featured on the tour, which kicks off in January. Troupe member (and Johnson’s niece) Hailey Bills is hitting the road with the pros.

While fans are thrilled to see some of their favorite DWTS personalities on stage, Rylee Arnold won’t be joining the fun. Last month, the 20-year-old opened up about why she chose not to be involved in the tour.

“So sad I won’t be on the DWTS tour this year,” she explained via her Instagram Stories after the initial lineup of pros was revealed. “Being on tour the last two years was seriously the most amazing experience ever. I’ve made the best memories and met the best people.”

Arnold continued, “This year, I had to make the hard decision to sit it out and focus on my health, especially with managing my Type 1 diabetes, which can be tricky on the road. I’m gonna miss it SO much, but I’ll definitely be cheering everyone on and can’t wait to come watch.”

Sosa, 25, publicly supported Arnold at the time, writing in an Instagram Story upload of his own, “The decision you made to put your health first is such a strong and mature one, and I honestly admire that so much. It takes real courage to do that in this industry, and I hope you know how inspiring that is. … Love you always. 💖.”

Dancing With the Stars pros are waiting for casting news just like Us. “Typically, once we have a list of the pros that are gonna be on, we then, at some point, we’ll get the opportunity to hear who’s gonna be [on the show],” host Alfonso Ribeiro exclusively told Us Weekly in September 2025. “But […]

Since her elimination from season 34 with partner Scott Hoying, rumors swirled that Arnold won’t return to the DWTS ballroom at all — but she swiftly shut down the speculation.

“I definitely feel pressure, [and] I think every single dance I’m [choreographing] has to be good. I feel like I have to present myself,” she said on Julianne Hough’s The Morning After Show earlier this month. “There’s been a lot of things this year [and] people saying I’m not coming back next season … or people saying I don’t know how to teach or do these things. I’m trying to understand that [is] just noise.”

Rylee — whose sister Lindsay Arnold competed on 10 seasons of DWTS before her 2021 exit — explained: “We don’t know if we’re gonna be on the show until the summertime. I would absolutely love to do another season — if not a bunch of more seasons — if they want me there. I think hearing that noise from [different] sources that probably aren’t even true is super, super hard. … [I am] just staying in my lane, doing the very best I can.”