Sharna Burgess confirms Dancing With the Stars return

The 41-year-old dancer last competed on the show in 2021's season 30, but it has now been confirmed she will be back in the ballroom for the upcoming season 35 and is delighted to be "home" again.

A post on the official Dancing with the Stars Instagram account read: “A little birdie told us an absolute firecracker is back in the ballroom. Please give @sharnaburgess a warm welcome on her return as a #DWTS pro."

And Sharna - whose last celebrity partner on the show was fiance Brian Austin Green - added on Good Morning America on Monday (24.08.26): “I’m back! Some of you guys guessed it … I’m back on Dancing With the Stars, baby. I’m gonna be competing for that Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy. I can’t wait to be back in the ballroom with my dancing family. And mostly, it feels so good to be coming home. I’ll see you all soon.”

News of Sharna's comeback comes after fellow professional Witney Carson - who is pregnant with her third baby - confirmed she'd be part of the show when it returns to screens next month.

Sharna teased earlier this month she would love to return to Dancing With the Stars.

She told Us Weekly: "We actually discussed it last year, and it was by no means a ‘Please come back'. It wasn’t a hard offer on the table, but there was definitely a temperature check."

Sharna acknowledged that she wasn't ready at the time, as she was still revelling in the experience of being a first-time mother to her and Brian's four-year-old son Zane.

She added: "My son was not in school yet, and I was building on other things. I’ve been acting and doing a lot of other stuff, too."

But now, Sharna admits that she would jump at the opportunity to return to the dancefloor.

She said: "When I woke up that morning — like, a little over a year ago — and I was like, ‘I need dance back in my life.’ If they were to ask me this year, I would absolutely say yes.

Despite this, Sharna doesn't want her return to come at anyone else's expense.

She said: "The cast is incredible and I would never, ever, ever want to take someone’s spot. I would never want to get a position, which means someone else doesn’t have one. I love all of the women on that cast.

"They’re so powerful. They’re so different. I think they’re inspiring millions across the country, too. So, if there isn’t a spot that I could be extra, I will forever be in the audience cheering them on."

Sharna and Bobby Bones lifted the Mirrorball Trophy in season 27, and she has also previously partnered the likes of Andy Dick, Antonio Brown, Nick Carter, and Jesse Metcalfe.