Joey Graziadei Shares First Impression Of ‘DWTS’ Partner Jenna
Season 28 Bachelor star Joey Graziadei is among the celebrities competing on Season 33 of Dancing With The Stars. He shares his first impression of pro partner Jenna Johnson ahead of the season premiere. Keep reading to see what he had to say.
Season 33 Dancing With The Stars Cast
America’s favorite celebrity dance competition returns for another season this month. ABC released the official cast list on September 4. Many of the names had already been leaked online, but there was one that came as a complete surprise to everyone.
Jenn Tran was a last-minute addition to the Season 33 cast. The season finale of her Bachelorette season aired the night before the DWTS cast announcement. She was already headed to NYC to appear on Good Morning America when she found out that she would be competing on Dancing With The Stars.
The cast list includes controversial fake heiress Anna Delvey, who served nearly four years in prison for fraud. Check out the full Season 33 cast and their pro partners:
- Stephen Nedoroscik and Rylee Arnold
- Ilona Maher and Alan Bersten
- Brooks Nader and Gleb Savchenko
- Anna Delvey and Ezra Sosa
- Eric Roberts and Britt Stewart
- Joey Graziadei and Jenna Johnson
- Phaedra Parks and Val Chmerkovskiy
- Tori Spelling and Pasha Pashkov
- Dwight Howard and Daniella Karagach
- Chandler Kinney and Brandon Armstrong
- Danny Amendola and Witney Carson
- Reginald VelJohnson and Emma Slater
- Jenn Tran and Sasha Farber
Joey Graziadei Shares First Impression Of Partner Jenna
Joey Graziadei was heavily rumored to join DWTS and he was hoping his partner would be Jenna Johnson. He told Us Weekly that his sister is an avid viewer of the ABC dance competition.
Joey even suggested that Jenna and her husband, fellow DWTS pro Val Chmerkovskiy, could teach him moves for his wedding to fiance Kelsey Anderson.
Jenna Johnson was also happy to be paired with the former Bachelor. “He’s tall, he’s athletic [and] I was like, ‘Yes, yes and yes,’” she gushed.
Bachelorette Jenn Tran’s Partner Recalls Their First Meeting
Joey will compete against his ex, Jenn Tran. She was a contestant on his season of The Bachelor before becoming the Bachelorette for Season 21.
Her pro partner, Sasha Farber, recounted to Us Weekly his whirlwind first sighting of Jenn.
“[This] morning was insane. Like, I got a call, it was early in the morning saying, ‘You need to get on a flight in 45 minutes. I was flying down to get to the airport. I didn’t have a ticket. I didn’t even meet [Jenn and then] I see her running to security. I was like, ‘That must Jenn. God, I need to be where she’s going.’”
But they quickly bonded.
Season 33 of Dancing With The Stars premieres on Tuesday, September 17. Joan Vassos’ season of The Golden Bachelorette premieres on Wednesday, September 18. Joey Graziadei’s future father-in-law, Mark Anderson, is one of Joan’s suitors.
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