‘I’m so excited to be dancing with a girl!’ JoJo Siwa to make history as she joins Dancing with the Stars in same-sex couple…. and Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee signs on too
JoJo Siwa will make history on Dancing with the Stars as she’s set to perform with a female professional dancer, marking the first same-sex partnership on the long-running show.
Siwa, 18, admitted she was ‘so excited’ to be dancing with a girl in a clip shared to Twitter on Thursday afternoon.
Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee also signed on to star on the popular dancing competition show which pairs celebrities with pros in a quest for the coveted mirrorball trophy.
Ready for anything: JoJo Siwa will make history on Dancing with the Stars as she’s set to perform with a female professional dancer, marking the first same-sex partnership on the long-running show
‘I am so excited to be apart of this year’s Dancing with the Stars Season 30 and to be dancing with a girl … I think it’s so cool,’ she told her millions of fans.
‘It’s going to be the best ever. I can’t wait to just dance every single week, I can’t wait to meet my partner. Oh my gosh, there’s so many things I’m so excited for!’
JoJo was decked out in her usual vibrant attire with her bright blonde hair slicked back into a signature high ponytail.
‘It’s really special that not only now do I get to share with the world that] you get to love who you want to love, but also you get a dance with whom you want to dance,’ Siwa told Variety.
‘Bring on the sequins and the sparkles. We’re SIWA excited for this!’ the ABC show’s Twitter account captioned JoJo’s announcement
‘I am so excited to be apart of this year’s Dancing with the Stars Season 30 and to be dancing with a girl … I think it’s so cool,’ she told her millions of fans
‘There’s a lot of barriers that we’re going to have to break through — who leads, how do you dress, what shoes do you wear? But I think it’s all something that I’m looking forward to. It’s going to be tricky, but it’s going to give so much to people out there — people of the LGBTQ community, people who feel just a little different. It’s going to give them a sense of happiness.’
The ABC show’s Twitter account captioned JoJo’s announcement: ‘Bring on the sequins and the sparkles. We’re SIWA excited for this!’
And JoJo may have the upper hand on the floor as she rose to fame as the star of Abby Lee Miller’s Dance Moms with her mother, Jessalynn, who is a professional dance instructor.
She regularly shares routines and carefully curated music videos on her various social platforms, and also competed on Season three of The Masked Singer.
Back in the spotlight: Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee also signed on to star on the popular dancing competition show which pairs celebrities with pros in a quest for the coveted mirrorball trophy
Flipping Out: Suni, who recently returned from an award-winning trip at the Tokyo Olympics, took a break from practice to film a quick clip shared to @DancingABC
Suni, who recently returned from an award-winning trip at the Tokyo Olympics, took a break from practice to film a quick clip shared to @DancingABC.
‘I’m so excited to be joining Season 30 of Dancing with the Stars,’ she said. ‘See you on the dance floor!’
Lee returned home from the Olympics with three medals, including gold in women’s all-around, silver in the team final and bronze in uneven bars.
The ladies are just two of the many contestants who will be judged by a panel of experts, including Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough.