Stephen Nedoroscik, the pommel horse bronze medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics, will partner with Rylee Arnold in season 33 of Dancing with the Stars. The dancing reality show is set to premiere on September 17, 2024.
Nedoroscik, 25, earned 14.866 on the pommel horse at the Paris Olympics gymnastics men's team finals, contributing to the US team's bronze win. He also scored a stellar 15.300 in the individual pommel horse finals and won the bronze. Nedoroscik became an overnight sensation for his calm demeanor, Rubik's cube-solving skills, and resemblance to the fictional character Clark Kent.
He was the first celebrity to be announced for the DWS roster and will partner with 19-year-old Rylee Arnold. The latter was paired with the US actor and dancer Miles Brown in Dancing with the Stars Junior, which aired in 2018. The junior pair, mentored by Arnold's sister Lindsay, won the runners-up title that year.
After the pairs were announced for the 33rd edition, Arnold expressed her excitement to partner with Nedoroscik for the upcoming season on Instagram. She wrote:
"Truly got blessed with the best partner and I cannot wait for this season with @stephen_nedoroscik !!!! We all love Stephen but you are about to love him even more on the dance floor!!!"
Stephen Nedoroscik's dance partner Rylee Arnold's family
Arnold was born to Mindy Arnold on June 5, 2005, and grew up in Provo, Utah. She is the youngest of four sisters and besides Lindsay (also a dancer), her two sisters are Jensen and Brynley.
Other achievements of Rylee Arnold
The 19-year-old was a finalist at the WDC World Championship in Paris in 2014. She and her sisters run a YouTube channel named The Arnold Sisters, which has amassed 166,000 subscribers. Rylee also has 737,000 followers on Instagram.
Too Hot to Handle and OnlyFans star Harry Jowsey was Arnold's DWS partner in 2023
Stephen Nedoroscik's Dancing With the Stars partner paired with Too Hot to Handle alum, Harry Jowsey, in the 32nd edition of the reality show. The pair got eliminated early but seemingly formed a good bond with each other during the show.
In an interview, Arnold praised Jowsey for persevering in DWS and doing his best, despite being a novice.
"He's never done something like this before, and he's never danced before..He was super resilient the whole entire season," the 19-year-old told People.
After the show, Arnold also reportedly received a $14,600 Van Cleef bracelet from Jowsey as a token of gratitude.