The Best 'Dancing With The Stars' Contestants, Ranked

Updated October 3, 2019 7.3k votes 163 voters 14.6k views289 items

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Vote for your favorite DWTS Season 28 contestants here! This list includes all of the Dancing with the Stars main actors and actresses, so if they are an integral part of the show you'll find them below. You can various bits of trivia about these Dancing with the Stars stars, such as where the actor was born and what their year of birth is. This cast list of actors from Dancing with the Stars focuses primarily on the main characters, but there may be a few actors who played smaller roles on Dancing with the Stars that are on here as well.

This list features items like Julianne Hough and Erin Andrews

If you are wondering, "Who are the actors from Dancing with the Stars?" or "Who starred on Dancing with the Stars?" then this list will help you answer those questions.

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Zendaya
Shake It Up
Birthplace: Oakland, California, United States of America
Nationality: United States of America
Partner: Valentin Chmerkovskiy

Season: 16 (Runner-up)

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Shawn Johnson
Partner: Mark Ballas, Derek Hough

Season: 8 (Winner), 15 (Second Place)

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Jordan Fisher
Partner: Lindsay Arnold

Season: 25 (Winner)
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Bindi Irwin
Dirtgirlworld, The Crocodile Hunter Diaries
Birthplace: Buderim, Australia
Nationality: Australia
Partner: Derek Hough

Season: 21 (Winner)

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Melissa Rycroft
Partner: Tony Dovolani

Season: 8 (Third place), 15 (Winner)
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Kellie Pickler
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve
Birthplace: Albemarle, North Carolina, United States of America
Nationality: United States of America
Partner: Derek Hough

Season: 16 (Winner)

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Normani Kordei
Partner: Valentin Chmerkovskiy

Season: 24 (Third place)
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Meryl Davis
Partner: Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Season: 18 (Winner)
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Nastia Liukin
Partner: Derek Hough

Season: 20

Eliminated: Week 9

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Stacy Keibler
WCW Monday Nitro, WCW WorldWide
Birthplace: Rosedale, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Nationality: United States of America
Partner: Tony Dovolani

Season: 2 (Third place)

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Lindsey Stirling
Partner: Mark Ballas

Season: 25 (Runner-up)
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Erin Andrews
Partner: Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Season: 10 (Third Place)

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Paige VanZant
Partner: Mark Ballas

Season: 22 (Runner-up)

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Laurie Hernandez
Partner: Valentin Chmerkovskiy

Season: 23 (Winner)
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Amber Riley
Glee
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality: United States of America
Partner: Derek Hough

Season: 17 (Winner)

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Mario López
Saved by the Bell, Saved by the Bell: The College Years
Birthplace: San Diego, California, USA
Nationality: United States of America
Partner: Karina Smirnoff

Season: 3 (Runner-up)

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Sabrina Bryan
Pair of Kings, Mike's Super Short Show
Birthplace: Yorba Linda, California, USA
Nationality: United States of America
Partner: Mark Ballas, Louis van Amstel

Season: 5 (Week 6), 15 (Week 6)
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Alfonso Ribeiro
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Silver Spoons
Birthplace: Riverdale, New York City, New York, United States of America
Nationality: United States of America
Partner: Witney Carson

Season: 19 (Winner)

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Nicole Scherzinger
Partner: Derek Hough

Season: 10 (Winner)

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Riker Lynch
Partner: Allison Holker

Season: 20 (Runner-up)
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Gilles Marini
Switched at Birth, Brothers & Sisters
Birthplace: France, Grasse
Nationality: France, United States of America
Partner: Cheryl Burke, Peta Murgatroyd

Season: 8 (Runner-up), 15 (Week 8)
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Danica McKellar
The Wonder Years, Young Justice
Birthplace: La Jolla, San Diego, California, United States of America
Nationality: United States of America
Partner: Valentin Chmerkovskiy

Season: 18

Eliminated: Week 6

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Apolo Ohno
Partner: Julianne Hough, Karina Smirnoff

Season: 4 (Winner), 15 (Week 9)

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Evanna Lynch
Partner: Keo Motsepe

Season: 27 (Third place)

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Kristi Yamaguchi
Partner: Mark Ballas

Season: 6 (Winner)

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Jordan Fisher

Normani Kordei

Meryl Davis

Lindsey Stirling

Paige VanZant

Laurie Hernandez