Paris native joins cast of Dancing With The Stars this season
Actor and Performer, D.J. “Shangela” Pierce, can currently be seen starring as a co-host of the Emmy-nominated HBO series “We’re Here” and is also premiering this season on “Dancing With The Stars.” A native of Paris, Texas, Pierce graduated with honors from Southern Methodist University and currently resides in Los Angeles.
Shangela recently announced her “Fully Lit Tour,” produced by Live Nation, the 10-city tour kicks off this October. Her last tour consisted of a massive 184+-city international run, where she performed her comedy and cabaret act to sold-out audiences around the world.
As Shangela, she has performed on six of the seven continents and is recognized as the first contestant to compete in three separate seasons of the Emmy award-winning reality series “Rupaul’s Drag Race.” Shangela has also guest starred on myriad network television series including “Glee,” “The Mentalist,” “X-Files,” and “Katy Keene” and has appeared in several feature films, including A Star Is Born with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. Shangela recently completed filming Lone Star Bull, which is scheduled for release later this year.
In 2019, Shangela was recognized as part of the prestigious TIME 100 Next List and named one of “The Most Powerful Drag Queens in America” by New York Magazine.
D.J. remains involved with various charities including his own Feed The Queens initiative. In addition, he was the keynote speaker and performer at the SMU LGBTQ Symposium, which provides a platform to spotlight the voices, experiences, research, and creativity of the LGBT community on campus and beyond.
Other cast members this year on DWTS include:
- Fitness model and actor Joseph Baena with partner Daniella Karagach
- Movie star Selma Blair with partner Sasha Farber
- Comedian, actor and singer Wayne Brady with partner Witney Carson
- Good Morning America contributor and WABC-TV New York’s weatheranchor Sam Champion, with partner Cheryl Burke
- TikTok star Charli D’Amelio with partner Mark Ballas
- Heidi D’Amelio (“The D’Amelio Show”) with partner Artem Chigvintsev
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Heidi D’Amelio (“The D’Amelio Show”) with partner Artem Chigvintsev
- Country star Jessie James Decker with partner Alan Bersten
- TV star Trevor Donovan with partner Emma Slater
- Daniel Durant (Oscar®-winning “CODA”) with partner Britt Stewart
- Teresa Giudice (“The Real Housewives of New Jersey”) with partner Pasha Pashkov
- Vinny Guadagnino (“Jersey Shore”) with partner Koko Iwasaki
- “Charlie’s Angels” star Cheryl Ladd with partner Louis Van Amstel
- Jason Lewis (“Sex and the City”) with partner Peta Murgatroyd
- Drag queen superstar Shangela with partner Gleb Savchenko
- Platinum recording artist Jordin Sparks with partner Brandon Amstrong
- Gabby Windey (“The Bachelorette”) with partner Val Chmerkovskiy
DWTS airs each Monday at 7 p.m. CST on ABC Network.
Courtesy – Dancing With The Stars