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'Dancing With the Stars' Daniella Karagach Tests Positive For COVID

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By Kelly Coffey-Behrens on September 27, 2022 at 12:30 AM EDT

"Dancing With the Stars" is set to air tonight, Monday, September 26, on Disney+. Everyone is excited to dance to some of the most famous songs in history as the theme of tonight's episode is Elvis.

Unfortunately for one contestant, they will need to dance with a new partner last minute as pro Daniella Karagach tested positive for COVID overnight.

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Daniella Karagach Tests Positive For COVID

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"Dancing With the Stars" has just announced that pro dancer Daniella Karagach tested positive overnight for COVID-19. She is completely asymptomatic and is currently self-quarantining. This means that the 29-year-old will not be able to compete live on the reality show tonight and that her partner, Joseph Baena, actor and son of Arnold Schwarzenegger, will dance with fill-in Alexis Warr.

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Per the announcement, "Unfortunately, Daniella Karagach tested positive overnight for Covid. She is completely asymptomatic and is self-quarantining. Everyone who has been in close contact with her has tested negative. Dance troupe member Alexis Warr will step in and dance with Joseph in Daniella’s place tonight. Following our strict protocols, those considered close contacts to Daniella will be masked on tonight’s show."

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Baena will dance the Waltz to "If I Can Dream" on tonight's Elvis-themed episode of "Dancing With the Stars."

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"Dancing With the Stars" Season 31

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The 32nd season of "Dancing With the Stars" is currently airing on Disney+, having recently moved from its original home network, ABC.

Alfonso Ribeiro and Tyra Banks are co-hosting the new season of “Dancing with the Stars” with Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough as judges. The complete list of celebrities competing on this season, and their partners, are as follows:

  • Joseph Baena with dance partner Daniella Karagach
  • Selma Blair with dance partner Sasha Farber
  • Wayne Brady with dance partner Witney Carson
  • Sam Champion with dance partner Cheryl Burke
  • Charli D’Amelio with dance partner Mark Ballas
  • Heidi D’Amelio with dance partner Artem Chigvintsev
  • Jessie James Decker with dance partner Alan Bersten
  • Trevor Donovan with dance partner Emma Slater
  • Daniel Durant with dance partner Britt Stewart
  • Teresa Giudice with dance partner Pasha Pashkov
  • Vinny Guadagnino with dance partner Koko Iwasaki
  • Cheryl Ladd with dance partner Louis van Amstel
  • Jason Lewis with dance partner Peta Murgatroyd
  • Shangela with dance partner Gleb Savchenko
  • Jordin Sparks with dance partner Brandon Armstrong
  • Gabby Windey with dance partner Val Chmerkovskiy
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After night one, a handful of contestants stood out as they dominated the leaderboard. TikTok star Charli D’Amelio, “Lt’s Make a Deal” host Wayne Brady, Drag Queen Shangela, actress Selma Blair and “Bachelorette” Gabby Windey were the top five scores of the evening.

Some pro dancers are notably missing, including Lindsay Arnold, who announced she would not be a part of this season spend more time with her family. Jenna Johnson, who is married to pro dancer Val Chmerkovskiy, is currently pregnant and will not be competing against her husband, but hopes to return in a future season.

Season 31 of “Dancing with the Stars” continued tonight, Monday, September 26 at 8 PM ET on Disney+.

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