Celebrities We Want To See On Dancing with the Stars‎

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Updated September 15, 2023 4.4K votes 880 voters
Over 800 Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of Celebrities We Want To See On Dancing with the Stars‎
Voting Rules
Vote up the individuals who should be contestants on the next season of Dancing with the Stars‎. Only add celebrities who have not been contestants on the show before.
Latest additions: Jenna Ortega, Xiaoting
Most divisive: Darci Lynne Farmer

Some actors and actresses are obvious triple-threats and some are not, but it's always interesting to see which stars can bust out the moves. This list of celebrities we would love to see compete on Dancing with the Stars contains both known terrible dancers and celebs who already know their way around a dance floor. Watching stars learn to dance and seeing dancing celebrities have a chance to shine are equally enjoyable.

What celebs would make great DWTS contestants? Lindsey Vonn would have to be near the top. The series loves a recently retired Olympian and Vonn's dedication to excellence will surely drive her deep into the competition. Ronda Rousey and Tiger Woods are other athletes who would be great on Dancing with the Stars.

Tony Danza is an accomplished tap dancer and it would be entertaining to watch him perform other styles of dance. Other enjoyable choices for DWTS contestants include Charlie Sheen, Jenny McCarthy, and Mark Hamill.

Who do you want to see two-step on up to Dancing with the Stars? Vote the best should-be contestants up to the top of this list and please add any good options we may have missed.

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  • Aly Raisman
    1

    Aly Raisman

    Gymnast
    47 votes
    • Age: 29
    • Birthplace: Needham, Massachusetts
    Alexandra Rose Raisman (born May 25, 1994) is an American gymnast, model and two-time Olympian. She was captain of both the 2012 "Fierce Five" and 2016 "Final Five" U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics teams which won their respective team competitions. Raisman is the 2016 Olympic individual all-around silver medalist and floor silver medalist. At the 2012 Olympics in London, she won gold medals in the team and floor competitions, as well as the bronze medal on the balance beam, making her the most decorated American gymnast at the Games. At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she won a gold medal in the team event, making her and teammate Gabby Douglas the only Americans with back-to-back team gold medals. Raisman also won silver medals in the individual all-around and for floor exercise. Raisman was also a member of the gold-winning American teams at the 2011 and 2015 World Championships. Raisman has also had a successful modelling career, appearing in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 2017 and 2018.
  • Grace VanderWaal
    2
    Grace Avery VanderWaal (born January 15, 2004) is an American singer-songwriter from Suffern, NY. At age 12, she won the 11th season of the NBC competition show America's Got Talent, singing her original songs and usually accompanying herself on the ukulele. Known for her distinctive vocals, she launched her first full-length album, Just the Beginning, in November 2017.
  • Mark Hamill
    3

    Mark Hamill

    Television producer, Film Producer, Actor
    53 votes
    • Age: 72
    • Birthplace: Oakland, California, USA
    Mark Richard Hamill (; born September 25, 1951) is an American actor, voice actor, and writer. Hamill is known for playing Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars films, which won him the Saturn Award for Best Actor three times. He is also known for his voice acting in animation and video games, especially for his portrayal of the Joker, beginning with Batman: The Animated Series in 1992.
  • Ronda Rousey
    4

    Ronda Rousey

    Mixed Martial Artist, Actor
    62 votes
    • Age: 36
    • Birthplace: Riverside, California
    Ronda Jean Rousey (born February 1, 1987) is an American professional wrestler, actress, author, and former mixed martial artist and judoka. She is currently signed to WWE, and performs on the Raw brand. Her longstanding nickname, "Rowdy", was inherited from late professional wrestler Roddy Piper.After becoming the first American woman to earn an Olympic medal in judo by winning bronze at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Rousey began pursuing a career in mixed martial arts (MMA). She won her MMA debut for King of the Cage before going to Strikeforce, where she became the last-ever Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion before the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bought Strikeforce in 2011. She was their inaugural female champion when she was named UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion. Rousey took part in the first women's fight in UFC history when she successfully defended her title against Liz Carmouche at UFC 157. After setting the record for most UFC title defenses by a woman (6), Rousey had her first professional loss in MMA when she lost her title to Holly Holm. In 2018, she became the first female fighter to be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.In 2018, Rousey began a career in professional wrestling, signing a contract with WWE. She debuted at WrestleMania 34, and later won the Raw Women's Championship, her first WWE and professional wrestling title, at SummerSlam. She then headlined the first-ever WWE all-women's pay-per-view event when she successfully defended her title at WWE Evolution. Rousey had her first WWE loss when she lost her title in the first-ever women's WrestleMania main-event to Becky Lynch in a triple threat match at WrestleMania 35; this left her reign as Raw Women's Champion as the longest in the title's history at 232 days. Rousey has also enjoyed success as an actress and author, appearing in the films The Expendables 3 (2014), Furious 7 (2015), and Mile 22 (2018), and releasing her autobiography My Fight / Your Fight in 2015.Rousey is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential female athletes ever. She is the only woman to win a championship in both the UFC and WWE, as well as the only woman to headline a pay-per-view event in both companies. Rousey was voted the best female athlete of all-time in a 2015 ESPN fan poll, and Fox Sports described her as "one of the defining athletes of the 21st century."
  • Ricky Gervais
    5

    Ricky Gervais

    Television director, Comedian, Television producer
    38 votes
    • Age: 62
    • Birthplace: Reading, Berkshire, England
    Ricky Dene Gervais (born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, director and writer best known for co-creating, co-writing and acting in the British television mockumentary sitcom The Office (2001–2003). He has won seven BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and the Rose d'Or twice (2006 and 2019), and has been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2007, he was placed at No. 11 on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups, and at No. 3 in their 2010 list. In 2010, he was included in the Time 100 list of World's Most Influential People.
  • "Weird Al" Yankovic
    6

    "Weird Al" Yankovic

    Television director, Record producer, Keytarist
    57 votes
    • Age: 63
    • Birthplace: USA, Downey, California
    Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic ( YANG-kə-vik; born October 23, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, satirist, actor, voice actor, music video director, comedian, and author. He is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts; original songs that are style pastiches of the work of other acts; and polka medleys of several popular songs, featuring his favored instrument, the accordion. Since his first-aired comedy song in 1976, he has sold more than 12 million albums (as of 2007), recorded more than 150 parody and original songs, and performed more than 1,000 live shows. His works have earned him five Grammy Awards and a further eleven nominations, four gold records, and six platinum records in the United States. Yankovic's first top ten Billboard album (Straight Outta Lynwood) and single ("White & Nerdy") were both released in 2006, nearly three decades into his career. His latest album, Mandatory Fun (2014), became his first number-one album during its debut week. Yankovic's success comes in part from his effective use of music video to further parody popular culture, the song's original artist, and the original music videos themselves, scene-for-scene in some cases. He directed later videos himself and went on to direct for other artists, including Ben Folds, Hanson, The Black Crowes, and The Presidents of the United States of America. With the decline of music television and the onset of social media, Yankovic used YouTube and other video sites to publish his videos; this strategy proved integral, helping to boost sales of his later albums, including Mandatory Fun. Yankovic has stated that he may forgo traditional albums in favor of timely releases of singles and EPs following on this success. In addition to recording his albums, Yankovic wrote and starred in the film UHF (1989) and the television series The Weird Al Show (1997). He has also made guest appearances and performed voice acting roles on many television shows and video web content, in addition to starring in Al TV specials on MTV. He has also written two children's books, When I Grow Up and My New Teacher and Me!.