Meet the Adorable Kids of ‘Dancing With the Stars’: Jenna & Val’s Son and More
There’s more to the Dancing With the Stars family than simply the pros, contestants, judges, and hosts! After 34 seasons, there are so many DWTS kids! On December 2, Dancing With the Stars is starting its own holiday tradition with Dancing With the Holidays, bringing the core crew back together for a holiday special, just a week after Robert Irwin and Witney Carson‘s Season 34 victory.
During the Season 34 finale, DWTS cohost Alfonso Ribeiro told viewers, “Next Tuesday night, we are decking the halls and the ballroom for our first-ever holiday celebration. We’ll have exciting dances from our pros, surprise guests, and a performance from Pentatonix.” Dancing With the Holidays is set to feature pros Witney Carson, Val Chmerkovskiy, Ezra Sosa, Alan Bersten, Britt Stewart, Jenna Johnson, Rylee Arnold, Brandon Armstrong, Emma Slater, Pasha Pashkov, Jan Ravnik, and this season’s troupe, Onye Stevenson, Carter Williams, Jaxon Willard, and Hailey Bills. Slater’s partners from the past two years, Andy Richter and Reginald VelJohnson, will also be making an appearance.
The holiday season is all about spending time with your loved ones, so it’s no surprise that both on and off the dance floor, these pros are ringing in the holidays with their kids. Ahead of the special, Swooon is taking a closer look at the Dancing With the Stars pros’ families. Scroll to meet the adorable kids of the Dancing With the Stars pros and hosts.
Dancing With the Holidays, Holiday Special, December 2 at 8/7c, ABC
Jenna Johnson & Val Chmerkovskiy
Looks like Jenna Johnson and Val Chmerkovskiy‘s son, Rome, will be hitting the dance floor with them this holiday season. Rome, who is 2 years old, recently made headlines due to a health scare in October. However, Jenna assured fans that their son is doing well after spending a “rough night” in the hospital following a coughing attack. Leading up to their performance, Dancing With the Stars revealed on social media, “Don’t miss Jenna, Val, and little Rome perform together as a family during the DWTS Holiday Celebration.”
Witney Carson
Last week, Witney Carson took home the Mirror Ball with partner Robert Irwin. He wasn’t the two-time DWTS winner’s only partner in the ballroom. Her husband, Carson McAllister, and their sons, Kevin and Jet, who both made their DWTS debut, were there to cheer her on. These cuties, who also recently attended the Zootopia 2 premiere, are 4 and 2 years old, respectively.
Daniella Karagach & Pasha Pashkov
Daniella Karagach and Pasha Pashkov are a dynamic duo in life and dance, but every Ferrari and F1 Driver needs their pit crew! Daniella and Pasha share an adorable 2-year-old daughter named Nikita. Nikita made her red carpet debut at the premiere of Disney’s live-action Lilo and Stitch. Just look at those space buns!
Gleb Savchenko
This season, Gleb Savchenko was partnered with Hilaria Baldwin, who shares seven children with her husband, Alec Baldwin. But did you know that Gleb has two children of his own? Gleb has two daughters, Olivia and Zlata, who are 15 and 8 years old, respectively. While his daughters currently live with his ex-wife, Elena Samodanova, in Hong Kong, he calls them his “biggest achievement in life.”
Mark Ballas
Mark Ballas, who returned for Season 34 to dance with Whitney Leavitt, is also a father. While they keep his face off of social media, Mark shares a son with his wife, BC Jean. Their son, named Banksi, is 2 years old. During a recent appearance on Call Her Daddy, Ballas revealed some heartbreaking news, sharing, “We found out my wife was pregnant, and we ended up losing our baby before the [Season 31] semifinal.” After taking a temporary break, Mark returned to DWTS with the mantra, “I’m not going to be the dad who’s like, ‘I used to be a dancer.'”
Alfonso Ribeiro
The pros aren’t the only parents in the Dancing With the Stars fam! Cohost Alfonso Ribeiro is a father of four. During his first marriage to Robin Stapler, Ribeiro welcomed his daughter Sienna, 23. Now, he is married to Angela Ribeiro, with whom he shares three children: Alfonso Jr., a.k.a. “AJ” (12), Anders (10), and Ava (6).
