Shangela: 5 Things To Know About The Drag Entertainer Making ‘DWTS’ History

Halleloo! Shangela, 40, is acceptable to slay connected the creation floor! The iconic resistance performer, calved D.J. Pierce, volition beryllium taking connected styles of ballroom dancing successful hopes of winning the mirrorball trophy astatine the extremity of Dancing With the Stars play 31.

Shangela and DWTS pro Gleb Savchenko are 1 of the astir highly-anticipated pairs of play 31. Shangela knows a happening oregon 2 astir competitions, truthful beryllium prepared for this standout. HollywoodLife has rounded up 5 cardinal things you request to cognize astir Shangela.

Shangela is 1 of the personage contestants of ‘DWTS’ play 31. (Disney+)

1. Shangela and Gleb Savchenko are making history.

Shangela and Gleb volition beryllium the first-ever all-male brace successful Dancing With the Stars history. “I was perfectly thrilled and inactive am,” Shangela told reporters aft the casting quality was announced connected September 8. The brace follows Jojo Siwa and Jenna Johnson, who were the first-ever all-female pair to vie connected the show. They came successful 2nd place.

2. Shangela is the archetypal personage to vie successful resistance connected DWTS.

“I’m the archetypal idiosyncratic to ever beryllium capable to vie successful resistance on Dancing with the Stars successful the past of the amusement here, truthful I anticipation that we amusement radical that it’s each astir the bosom and psyche of who you are arsenic a person,” Shangela besides said. “It doesn’t substance if it’s 2 men dancing together, if it’s a antheral oregon a resistance entertainer similar myself dancing together. It’s astir the tone of creation and the fun, and the quality to link and to larn much astir different people’s worlds.”

Shangela added, “I’m not a technically trained dancer, but I’m not acrophobic to beryllium successful this abstraction due to the fact that I’m consenting to learn. I’m excited to larn from Gleb and anticipation that I tin thatch him a mates of things, too.”

3. Shangela is a RuPaul’s Drag Race alum.

Shangela archetypal appeared on RuPaul’s Drag Race successful play 2. The resistance entertainer returned to vie successful the 3rd season. Shangela besides appeared successful the 3rd play of RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars.

Shangela and Gleb Savchenko are ‘DWTS’ partners. (Disney+)

4. Shangela is simply a co-host of We’re Here.

Shangela has been the co-host of We’re Here since 2020. The critically-acclaimed bid follows Shangela, Bob the Drag Queen, and Eureka O’Hara arsenic they question crossed the United States to enlistee small-town residents to enactment successful one-night-only resistance shows. The amusement has won 2 Primetime Emmys and been renewed for play 3. Shangela has besides appeared in Glee, A Black Lady Sketch Show, and A Star Is Born.

5. The histrion and resistance performer grew up successful Texas.

D.J. was raised successful Paris, Texas. He graduated with honors from Southern Methodist University and serves arsenic an advisory committee member, according to his official website.