'Dancing With the Stars' Season 19 Cast: 'Duck Dynasty' Star, 'Pretty Little Liars' Actress, Olympian Among First Celebs Revealed [VIDEO]
The celebrities set to compete in the upcoming 19th season of ABC's Dancing With the Stars are gradually being revealed, and it seems like the show is following a similar formula as the past few seasons with their casting choices.
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Pretty Little Liars star Janel Parrish, soap opera actor Anthony Sabato Jr. and Olympian Lolo Jones are just some of the new stars who will be dancing on the upcoming season of DWTS, according to E! News.
Parrish is the second actor to participate in Dancing With the Stars after Brant Daugherty came in seventh place in Season 17 of the reality competition. Jones is the latest Olympic athlete to participate in the series, with Season 18 featuring eventual champion Meryl Davis, fifth placer Charlie White and paralympian Amy Purdy, who came in second.
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Sabato Jr. is also one of many soap opera stars to compete on Dancing With the Stars, dating back to Season 1 when Kelly Monaco won the very first Mirrorball Trophy.
Also joining the cast for Season 19 is Duck Dynasty's Sadie Robertson, according to a new report by Us Weekly. She is one of the youngest contestants to ever compete at only 17 years old.
Several stars from other reality shows have competed on DWTS in the past, from former Bachelors to Kate Gosselin to Kim Kardashian to NeNe Leakes, most recently.
ABC has not confirmed any of these casting reports.
The rest of the cast who will be competing on Dancing With the Stars next season will be announced live on ABC's Good Morning America on Thursday, Sept. 4.
Dancing With the Stars Season 19 begins Monday, Sept. 15 at 8 p.m. on ABC.
