The thing about Dancing with the Stars is that it airs on ABC, the same network that airs The Bachelor franchise. Naturally, the dance competition show has had a lot of celebrities from Bachelor Nation compete for the mirror ball trophy. The female stars from Bachelor Nation have done quite well and a couple of them have actually gone on to win during their seasons on the show. However, a lot of the male stars from Bachelor Nation haven’t done quite as well.
Some of the celebrities had dance experience before competing on Dancing With the Stars, while some did not. Nevertheless, the Bachelor Nation stars all seemed to have fun on the show, whether they were great at dancing or not. Let’s take a look at which celebrities from Bachelor Nation have graced the dance floor.
Updated September 2024: This article has been updated to reflect the most recent information regarding the Bachelor Nation cast that has participated on “Dancing with the Stars”. Season 33 begins in September 17, 2024, and Joey Graziadei and Jenn Tran will be competing on the show.
9 Dancing With The Stars: Sean Lowe
Sean Lowe was on Season 16 of Dancing with the Stars
Sean Lowe competed on Season 16 of Dancing with the Stars with partner Peta Murgatroyd. Sadly, he was eliminated in week seven of the competition.
Sean told Insider that if he could do things over again, he never would have signed up to do Dancing with the Stars. After getting engaged to his now-wife, Catherine Giudidi, on The Bachelor, she moved out to Los Angeles to be with him. However, Sean was in rehearsals for Dancing with the Stars for up to 12 hours a day, and at the time, he didn’t understand how hard that was on his fiancée. It almost ruined their relationship.
8 Dancing With The Stars: Nick Viall
Nick Viall was on Season 24 of Dancing with the Stars
Nick Viall danced with Peta Murgatroyd on Season 24 of Dancing With the Stars. The Bachelor star came in sixth place.
Nick did a vlog exclusively for People while competing on the show and said that he was “just trying to enjoy every moment that I can while I’m here.” He added that he and the other male contestants on the show that season were the underdogs and that they were all “going to try to win it with personality.”
7 Dancing With The Stars: Joe Amabile
Joe Amabile was on Season 27 of Dancing with the Stars
Joe Amabile was popular among Bachelor Nation fans, as he was adorable in more ways than one, so while he definitely had what it took to get a decent amount of fan votes on Dancing with the Stars, he wasn’t the greatest dancer. Joe lasted a lot longer in the competition than he should have due to fan votes, but ended up going home in 5th and/or 6th place on a double elimination night with his partner Jenna Johnson.
Thanks to owning his own grocery store, fans referred to him as “Grocery Store Joe.”
6 Dancing With The Stars: Hannah Brown
Hannah Brown was on Season 28 of Dancing with the Stars
Hannah Brown, the nice southern girl from Alabama, ended up winning the mirror ball trophy on Season 28 of Dancing with the Stars. Hannah won the mirror ball with her partner, Alan Bersten, who had never won before.
According to Insider, Hannah wrote about her partnership with Alan in her book, titled God Bless This Mess.
“We performed well together, for sure, but we weren’t really compatible in the rehearsal studio, either.”
Hannah also said that their communication styles were “totally different.” As such, it’s pretty spectacular that the non-compatible pairing ended up winning their season.
5 Dancing With The Stars: Kaitlyn Bristowe
Kaitlyn Bristowe was on Season 29 of Dancing with the Stars
Kaitlyn Bristowe had dreamed of being on Dancing with the Stars for a long time before she was finally given the opportunity. Thankfully, Kaitlyn’s dream ended up coming true, and she was offered a spot in Season 29.
Kaitlyn was partnered with Artem Chigvintsev and the two ended up winning the mirror ball trophy, which was Artem’s first.
Kaitlyn ended up joining the Dancing With the Stars tour after her season, since she loved being on the show so much. She told Variety that she was so thankful that the Bachelor Nation fans voted for her to win.
“It just makes me realize how supportive all of
The Bachelor
fans are.”
4 Dancing With The Stars: Matt James
Matt James was on Season 30 of Dancing with the Stars
Matt James was partnered with Lindsay Arnold during season 30 of Dancing with the Stars.
The first-ever Black bachelor didn’t last long in the dance competition, as he was eliminated in twelfth place. Lindsay was bummed to be eliminated so early on in the competition and expressed on her podcast with her sister, Jensen, that she felt the judges weren’t fair to Matt and that they never mentioned that he had no prior dance experience.
The two remain great friends to this day and hang out whenever they can. Matt gets along great with Lindsay’s daughter as well. Lindsay was thrilled to be partnered with Matt as she is a huge fan of The Bachelor franchise.
3 Dancing With The Stars: Gabby Windey
Gabby Windey was on Season 31 of Dancing with the Stars
Gabby Windey was a competitor on Season 31 of Dancing with the Stars, where she was partnered with Val Chmerkovskiy. She ended up scoring very well throughout the whole season and was definitely one of the best dancers the series has ever had on the show.
Gabby ended up coming in second place to ringer Charlie D’Amelio.
What many fans may not know is that Gabby was an NFL cheerleader for the Denver Bronco’s from 2016 until the end of the 2019-2020 season, which helped with her dance ability. Gabby received full support from Val’s wife, Jenna Johnson, who was pregnant during that season so wasn’t able to compete. Jenna even helped them in rehearsals when it came to Gabby and Val being sexy and romantic with each other in their dances.
Gabby joined the Dancing with the Stars tour as a co-host after her season and had the time of her life.
2 Dancing With The Stars: Chris Soules
Chris Soules was on Season 20 of Dancing with the Stars
Chris Soules competed on Season 20 of Dancing with the Stars and was paired with pro Witney Carson. The season started out rather rough for Chris, but he ended up placing fifth in the competition. Not too shabby.
During one of the nights of competition, a video was shown of Chris losing his temper in rehearsal with Witney, who ended up crying due to his outburst. Chris spoke to People about making his partner cry.
“It was tough to watch. It was tough to go through. We are working really hard and both doing the best we can. But it’s not like working with Alfonso. I’m not a dancer. She can get frustrated with me.”
Alfonso, who won the mirror ball with Witney the year before, came in to help out the pair that week and Witney and Chris were able to make amends and hug it out.
1 Dancing With The Stars: Charity Lawson
Charity Lawson was on Season 32 of Dancing with the Stars
Charity Lawson was paired with Artem Chigvintsev during her time on Dancing with the Stars. While Charity did well in front of the cameras and ultimately came in fourth place, it was behind the scenes that her mental health was suffering.
“Honestly I’m very surprised because quite literally, while ‘Dancing with the Stars’ was great, I literally went through hell and back with my mental health on that show.”
Charity went on to explain to Cheryl Burke on Sex, Lies, and Spray Tans podcast that the online bullying that she experienced on the show was somewhat “expected” she did not anticipate getting death threats.
“I was getting death threats for existing.”
Charity thought that she knew what she was getting herself into with coming from a reality TV background, but compared to The Bachelor, Dancing with the Stars, was “much worse.”