Dancing with the Stars season 35: First celebrities revealed

Originally appeared on E! Online

Two Faithfuls are heading to the ballroom.

Traitors alums Maura Higgins and Ciara Miller are officially joining Dancing With the Stars as the first season 35 cast members, the pair revealed at Hulu's Get Real House Live on April 22.

"You've been manifesting this," cohost Julianne Hough told Maura at the event, with the Love Island alum noting, "I have. I'm a strong believer in manifesting. I had it on my vision board. And now it is happening, which I cannot believe, and I know it's going to be so, so hard, but because I really want to do it, I'm going to put my all into it."

Maura noted that her Traitors costar and DWTS pro Mark Ballas told her it would be "tough."

"I've got two left feet, though, so it might not go too well," she said, adding that the male dancers have "got their work cut out."

And Ciara is just as excited to compete for the Mirrorball Trophy this fall, sharing her reaction to the casting in a video message.

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"I had some unfinished business here in New York City that I needed to wrap up, but I am so excited to join season 35 of Dancing With the Stars," the Summer House star said. "I feel like this is the perfect moment. I feel like I'm opening a new chapter, and I'm so excited to share it with all of you guys. Can't wait to put my energy on the dance floor."

She added, "And Maura, I can't wait to share the dance floor with my fellow Faithful."

Last season had a record-breaking 72 million votes cast during the finale, which resulted in victory for wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin and pro partner Witney Carson. The 22 year-old, whose sister Bindi Irwin took the top prize on the show in 2015, went up against Alix Earle, Jordan Chiles, Dylan Efron and Elaine Hendrix in the final.

Robert left everything on the dance floor, hurting his rib ahead of his last dance, but he emphasized “no pain, no gain.”

Crediting Witney for her ability to adjust their final routine to accommodate his injury, he told Good Morning America after his win last November, “Witney was amazing at changing up some of the moves that we had to do in there. We had to change on the fly, but our last dance, that freestyle, was a way to say thank you to everybody who'd been on that journey.”

And though his time on the ballroom floor is over, Robert isn’t necessarily waltzing away from the DWTS family, as he’ll host the spinoff series Dancing With the Stars: The Next Pro, while Mark Ballas and mom Shirley Ballas will judge.

The new series, which is expected to air this summer on ABC and Hulu, will feature dancers competing to earn a position as a pro dancer on Dancing With the Stars, meaning the celeb contestants won’t be the only new faces on season 35.

Ahead of the cast reveal, Maura admitted it would be a daunting experience she’d look forward to.

“It’s something that’d be a challenge for me,” she told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published March 4. “I’ve never danced. I’d done a bit of Irish dancing when I was younger. It’d be a huge challenge, but I know I’d throw myself into it and all the looks and glitter.”

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