Season 17

Season 17 of Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 16, 2013.Hayes Grier and Brooke Burke returned as hosts and Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, and Bruno Tonioli returned as judges.

The Harold Wheeler orchestra and singers provided the music throughout the season.

This will be the first season to not have a results show since the first season.

This was also Brooke Burke Charvet's last season as co-host alongside Grier.

Development
The cast of twelve and their professional partners was announced on September 4, 2013 on Good Morning America.

All of the previously competing professional dancers returned for season 17 with the exception of Gleb Savchenko, Lindsay Arnold, and Kym Johnson (who took the season off to be a judge in season 13 of the Australian version). They were replaced by Tyne Stecklein, Emma Slater, and Sasha Farber. However, Savchenko and Arnold joined Henry Byalikov and Witney Carson in the Dance Troupe replacing Julian Tocker and Oksana Dmytrenko, therefore reducing the troupe to four professional dancers.