“Dancing with the Stars” is returning for season 29 on Sept. 14 with a lot of changes. On Tuesday during “Good Morning America,” the series announced the premiere date, the lineup of professional dancers and a shocking coronavirus precaution measure.
The show is requiring the three married couples – Valentin Chmerkovskiy and Jenna Johnson, Emma Slater and Sasha Farber, and Pasha Pashkov and Daniella Karagach – to live separately for the entirety of filming.
All pros who are roommates must also live apart as a coronavirus precaution. The rule was implemented so that if one pro dancer gets infected, the other person’s fate in the competition won’t be jeopardized. "It's going to be bliss – I mean it's going to be terrible," Slater, 31, joked.