Dancing with the Stars Season 27: See Behind-the-Scenes Rehearsal Photos Before the Premiere

The season 27 Dancing with the Stars premiere is Monday, Sept. 24 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC
By Tomás Mier
September 21, 2018 05:45 PM

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KICKIN' IT: Evanna Lynch and Keo Motsepe 

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Evanna Lynch, 27, is most known for playing Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films.

The Irish actress is passionate about animal rights and shared a photo on her Instagram story of her dancing shoes for DWTS, which are vegan!

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COMEDIENNE-TURNED-DANCER: Nikki Glaser & Gleb Savchenko

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Nikki Glaser, 34, who will be dancing alongside Gleb Savchenko, hosted her own series Not Safe with Nikki Glaser on Comedy Central in 2016.

She also began her own podcast You Up? With Nikki Glaser on Sirius XM.

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IN THE AIR: Alexis Ren & Alan Bersten

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Instagram model Alexis Ren, 21, was featured on the cover of Maxim in August 2017 and has openly spoken about her eating disorder.

"Looking up to girls for inspo is a beautiful thing, but comparing yourself is what creates the anxiety and self-hatred," the model told Cosmopolitan. "It’s really important that young girls know the difference.”

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DROP DEAD DANCERS: Juan Pablo Di Pace & Cheryl Burke

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Agrentinian actor Juan Pablo Di Pace, 39, kicked off his career in European musicals and is known most recently for his role as Fernando in Netflix's Fuller House.

He also played Petros in Mamma Mia!

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DANCING WITH OLYMPIANS: Mary Lou Retton & Sasha Farber

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American gymnast Mary Lou Retton, 50, became the first American woman to win the gold medal in gymnastics during the 1984 Olympic games.

She was also the first female athlete featured on the Wheaties box. The Olympian will be dancing alonside Sasha Farber.

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DEFYING ODDS: Danelle Umstead & Artem Chigvintsev

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Danelle Umstead, 46, competed in the Winter Paralympics this year as an alpine skier. She suffers from an eye condition called retinitis pigmentosa, which caused her to lose her eyesight.

“Through the sport of skiing, I’ve learned that anything is possible,” she said in a 2014 American Profile story. “I can do anything; I just do it different from most people.”

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DROPPIN' IT: Milo Manheim & Witney Carson

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Milo Manheim is the youngest competitor on the show at just 17 years old. He rose to fame as the star of Disney Channel's Zombies.

“Once we started getting going, it was nothing like I ever imagined,” he said of training with partner Witney Carson. “It’s so much more difficult than I thought it would be.”

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MORE THAN A ROSE: Joe "Grocery Store Joe" Amabile and Jenna Johnson

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Joe "Grocery Store Joe" Amabile, who rose to fame as a contestant on The Bachelorette, told PEOPLE he was excited to join the DWTS cast this season.

"It's a good opportunity. Why not do it?" said Amabile, who will be dancing with Jenna Johnson.

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LOVEBIRDS: Joe Amabile and Kendall Long

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Amabile and his girlfriend Kendall Long, who met on Bachelor in Paradise, recently rekindled their relationship — and she's been supporting his DWTS journey every step of the way!

"Love is an odd yet wonderful mess that makes those effected do quite strange things but through it all I would do it again and again and again if it meant waking up next to this odd-ball of a human every morning. I love you mucho Joe!” she wrote on Instagram last week.

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