"Dancing With The Stars" Hopes for More Late Night Sidekick Success with New Cast Reveal

Perhaps hoping for a similar run to what happened last season, Dancing With The Stars has tapped another late night sidekick for the upcoming season.

What's Happening:

• As we get closer to debut of the next season of Dancing With The Stars on ABC, we're getting another addition to the cast this time around.
• The official announcement came via the official X account for the show, revealing that Guillermo Rodriguez, the security guard sidekick to the titular host of Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be in the upcoming season's competition.

  Someone call security, @iamguillermo is bringing his best salsa to the ballroom on the new season of #DWTS, this fall on ABC, Disney+, and Hulu! 🚨🕺 pic.twitter.com/808eB2mQaU

  — Dancing with the Stars #DWTS (@officialdwts) June 18, 2026

• Guillermo has long been a staple of the program, sitting off to the side and laughing at and adding comments to Jimmy Kimmel's monologues and interviews on the popular late night program.
• He is also sent on assignments, including his popular appearances on the red carpet at awards shows where he is hiding a bottle of tequila to do shots with the celebs as they arrive.
• Based on last season, Late Night sidekicks have the potential to do rather well on the show as we saw with Andy Richter, who had a similar role on the different late night programs hosted by Conan O'Brien.
• Guillermo joins previously announced cast for the season, including:
  • Savannah Banana's Jackson Olson
  • Love Island UK's Maura Higgins
  • Summer House star Ciara Miller
• The full cast of celebrities and professional dancers will be announced Wednesday, September 2, on Good Morning America.
• Dancing With The Stars will once again simulcast LIVE this fall across ABC and Disney+ and stream next day on Hulu.
• The new season will have a lot to live up to, as the hit series shattered records during its 34th season, all building up to the show's best season finale in 10 years.
• For the second season in a row, the 34th season stood as the number one entertainment series among adults 18-49 and over 35 days of multiplatform viewing, averaging 10 million total viewers.
• Additionally, the 34th season celebrated record shattering voting turnout, with 72 million votes during the finale, and nearly half-a-billion votes across the season.