The spouse of Dancing With the Stars professional Brandon Armstrong is shedding perception into the present’s chaotic casting course of.
Brylee Armstrong posted an explanatory TikTok on Wednesday, September 3, hours after Good Morning America revealed the roster of celebrities {and professional} dancers set to look in season 34. Brandon, 31, was introduced in a pairing with Fifth Concord alum Lauren Jauregui.
“I awoke this morning to my cellphone completely blowing up from folks so apprehensive that Brandon didn’t have a associate,” Brylee, 27, mentioned Wednesday. “As a result of GMA launched all of the solid images, all of the partnerships, and Brandon and Lauren don’t have [a photo].”
Brylee added, “I ought to say they don’t have one but.”
She known as the ABC dance competitors “Brandon’s principal gig,” and mentioned that he discovered he was coming again to the present “on the finish of July.”
“There have been years the place he’s gotten the decision earlier, and there have been years the place he’s gotten the decision loads later,” Brylee defined, including, “You may surprise why they take so lengthy to name the professionals and supply them a job. And it’s a very nerve-wracking factor as a result of, like I mentioned, no person’s promised a spot on the present.”
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She continued, “They need to get a bunch of celebrities which are gonna be accessible for an enormous chunk of the 12 months. It’s like three to 4 months, so it simply has to work out of their schedule. There’s loads that goes into the pairings for the precise partnership. A giant one is top, character.”
Initially, the present withholds stars’ identities from their dance companions.
“So when the professionals get the decision, that sometimes means, ‘Hey, we’ve a associate for you,’” Brylee mentioned. “However even once they get the decision, they’re not advised who their movie star is. As a result of like I discussed earlier than, it’s actually showbiz. Like, something can change.”
She mentioned that “for Brandon and I believe, most celebrities, they don’t care who they get so long as they’ve a associate they need to be round. It actually is sort of a household, a group. Clearly they might love a associate that would get them to the finale — as a result of who doesn’t need to win a Mirrorball?”
Brylee could be very happy with Brandon’s new DWTS companion, Jauregui, 29, whom she calls “superb.” The multiplatinum Cuban American singer-songwriter started her profession as a member of the pop group Fifth Concord earlier than going solo with a brand new album within the works for 2026.
Jauregui mentioned Wednesday that she “discovered that I used to be going to be on the present two days in the past. So I haven’t sadly gotten to get in [the studio] with Brandon but, however we’re gonna get there.”
Brandon and Jauregui be a part of a star-studded lineup that features Hilaria Baldwin (with dancer Gleb Savchenko), Alix Earle (with Val Chmerkovskiy), Corey Feldman (with Jenna Johnson) and Danielle Fishel (with Pasha Pashkov).
Dancing With the Stars‘ thirty fourth season premieres Tuesday, September 16, on ABC.
