Through season 34 of the U.S. edition, Dancing with the Stars has crowned 34 celebrity champions, from Kelly Monaco in 2005 to Robert Irwin in 2025. Their paths after the show range from returning to sports and performance to acting, hosting, music and books. Here’s the season-by-season winner list, with career updates dated to the available reporting rather than presented as a live tracker.
Every U.S. ‘Dancing with the Stars’ winner, from season 1 to season 34
ABC News’ season-by-season roster identifies each celebrity champion and professional partner. The U.S. series premiered on June 1, 2005; Robert Irwin and Witney Carson won season 34, as ABC News reported on November 25, 2025. See ABC News’ complete winners list.
| Season | Celebrity winner | Professional partner |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kelly Monaco | Alec Mazo |
| 2 | Drew Lachey | Cheryl Burke |
| 3 | Emmitt Smith | Cheryl Burke |
| 4 | Apolo Ohno | Julianne Hough |
| 5 | Hélio Castroneves | Julianne Hough |
| 6 | Kristi Yamaguchi | Mark Ballas |
| 7 | Brooke Burke | Derek Hough |
| 8 | Shawn Johnson | Mark Ballas |
| 9 | Donny Osmond | Kym Johnson |
| 10 | Nicole Scherzinger | Derek Hough |
| 11 | Jennifer Grey | Derek Hough |
| 12 | Hines Ward | Kym Johnson |
| 13 | J.R. Martinez | Karina Smirnoff |
| 14 | Donald Driver | Peta Murgatroyd |
| 15 | Melissa Rycroft | Tony Dovolani |
| 16 | Kellie Pickler | Derek Hough |
| 17 | Amber Riley | Derek Hough |
| 18 | Meryl Davis | Maksim Chmerkovskiy |
| 19 | Alfonso Ribeiro | Witney Carson |
| 20 | Rumer Willis | Val Chmerkovskiy |
| 21 | Bindi Irwin | Derek Hough |
| 22 | Nyle DiMarco | Peta Murgatroyd |
| 23 | Laurie Hernandez | Val Chmerkovskiy |
| 24 | Rashad Jennings | Emma Slater |
| 25 | Jordan Fisher | Lindsay Arnold |
| 26 | Adam Rippon | Jenna Johnson |
| 27 | Bobby Bones | Sharna Burgess |
| 28 | Hannah Brown | Alan Bersten |
| 29 | Kaitlyn Bristowe | Artem Chigvintsev |
| 30 | Iman Shumpert | Daniella Karagach |
| 31 | Charli D’Amelio | Mark Ballas |
| 32 | Xochitl Gomez | Val Chmerkovskiy |
| 33 | Joey Graziadei | Jenna Johnson |
| 34 | Robert Irwin | Witney Carson |
Where some of the champions went after the show
Winning the Mirrorball Trophy did not lead to one standard next step. A November 26, 2025, Us Weekly retrospective highlights several different directions, including continued performance, books and work connected to the show. These are dated career snapshots, not guarantees about anyone’s current projects. Read Us Weekly’s winner-by-winner retrospective.
From athletic achievement to books
Figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi, the season 6 champion with Mark Ballas, published the children’s book Dream Big, Little Pig! in 2011. It is a later project from her career, not a book about Dancing with the Stars.
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Season 33 winner Joey Graziadei, partnered with Jenna Johnson, was identified in the retrospective as host of the official Dancing with the Stars podcast. The source’s November 2025 update is the date for that career detail.
Robert Irwin’s post-finale plans
After winning season 34 with Witney Carson, Robert Irwin planned to travel to South Africa to film a show and appear in select cities on the 2026 Dancing with the Stars tour, according to the November 2025 retrospective. Those were plans reported after the finale; they do not establish whether filming or tour appearances happened, or whether tickets are available now.
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What the Mirrorball win means
The competition pairs celebrities with professional dancers. ABC News describes the weekly elimination process this way: “The celebrity-pro couple who receive the lowest combined score between judges and viewers is eliminated, and this continues each week until only one remains: the champions, who win the coveted Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy.”
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In its 2025 announcement for season 34, ABC and Disney said the season would air on ABC and Disney+, with next-day streaming on Hulu. That describes the announced distribution for that season; it does not confirm where any season is available in a streaming catalog today. See ABC and Disney’s season 34 announcement.
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