The Premiere Date for Dancing With the Stars Season 33 Unveiled
If a ballroom routine or two is in his future, Stephen would join a long list of Olympians-turned-Dancing with the Stars contestants. In fact, gymnasts are popular members of the pipeline. Team USA women’s gymnastics members Simone Biles and Suni Lee each competed on season 24 and season 30, respectively.
Former gymnastics greats like Shawn Johnson, 32, and Laurie Hernandez, 24, are among the youngest winners of the competition show’s history. Shawn—who now shares kids Drew, 4, Jett, 2, and Barrett, 9 months, with husband Andrew East—took the trophy in season 8 at 17 years old, and came back and scored runner-up for the show’s all-star season in 2012.
On the other hand, Laurie is currently the youngest person to ever win the competition, nabbing the Mirrorball in season 23 at just 16 years old.
Throughout Laurie’s time on the show, she captivated audiences and impressed the judges. At one point during her season, Carrie summarized why she was a frontrunner right from the start.
“You represent the American Dream,” the judge told her during a season 23 episode. “And you also represent the Dancing With the Stars dream.”