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Stephen Nedoroscik is the first contestant announced for season 33 of Dancing With the Stars.
The exciting announcement that the 25-year-old from Worcester, Massachusetts, will be joining the upcoming season was made on Good Morning America on Thursday.
Nedoroscik rose to national prominence at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, where he won two bronze medals as a pommel horse specialist for the U.S. men’s gymnastics team.
Nedoroscik’s pommel horse performance helped the U.S. team finish third and secured the men’s team its first Olympic medal in 16 years.
He also made history by becoming the first American to win a medal in the Olympic event in eight years.
An “excited” Nedoroscik said on GMA he hopes to bring some of his pommel horse moves into ballroom dancing. “I want to bring some of that gymnastics — maybe a backflip or a handstand. I want to have fun with it,” he said.
Some fans who followed his Olympic routine nicknamed the athlete “Clark Kent” after he took off his glasses shortly before his pommel horse performance – a reference to Superman’s signature clothing change.
When asked if he planned to dance with his glasses, Nedoroscik replied, “I might enjoy that – I’m afraid they’ll fly off… maybe we could make a gadget and keep them on. Maybe a new pair of glasses, to match the theme, right?”
The 33rd season of Dancing with the Stars is hosted by Julianne Hough And Alfonso Ribeirowith Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli And Derek Hough Return as judge.
The cast for season 33 will be announced exclusively on GMA on September 4, ahead of the show’s premiere on September 17 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+, with episodes streaming on Hulu the following day.
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