Mirrorball champs or not, Dancing With the Stars has featured some impeccable professional dancers in the years since the ABC competition series premiered in 2005. Derek Hough, Cheryl Burke and Maksim Chmerkovskiy are among the talent who have lit up the ballroom.
Some of the show’s stars went on to achieve major success in their careers while others opted to build thriving personal lives. Still, some maintain their roles as pros vying for the mirrorball trophy year after year, returning to their beloved job with their as-close-as-family castmates.
Julianne Hough, for one, is perhaps one of the biggest names to come out of the show. The actress won season 4 — her first as a pro — and season 5 with partners Apolo Anton Ohno and Hélio Castroneves, respectively. She left after season 8 to pursue other goals but returned as a judge for seasons 19 through 24 (with the exception of 22).
Scroll down to find out where every Dancing With the Stars pro is now:
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Alec Mazo
The season 1 winner earned his MBA from Stanford University after departing following season 9 and became the CEO of the Genesis Dance Sport studio. He runs a production company. Mazo is married to fellow former pro Edyta Śliwińska, with whom he shares two children.
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Charlotte Jørgensen
Jørgensen appeared on season 1. She is a board member for Dance 4 Health and teaches at Q Ballroom in Massachusetts.
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Ashly DelGrosso
She left after season 10. DelGrosso married Dancing With the Stars field producer Mike Costa in October 2006, and the couple have four children.
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Jonathan Roberts
Roberts exited after season 9. He was married to fellow pro Anna Trebunskaya from 2003 to 2013.
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Edyta Śliwińska
Śliwińska left after season 22. She married Alec Mazo in September 2007 and went on to welcome son Michael in January 2014 and daughter Leia in June 2017.
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Louis Van Amstel
He departed after season 21 and runs a dance fitness program called LaBlast. Van Amstel married Joshua Lancaster in January 2017, and the pair adopted son Daniel in December 2019. Van Amstel returned to the ballroom for DWTS season 31 alongside partner Cheryl Ladd.
