Britt Stewart has her answer for season 35 of Dancing With the Stars: Taylor Hanson is her partner, and she says the pairing feels right. Stewart said she met Hanson and immediately thought, “This is my partner,” adding that he wants to go all the way and that their shared goal could make this their season.
The timing matters because fans have already been speculating about Stewart’s next run, and the search around Taylor Hanson wife is now colliding with the reality of a new partnership on DWTS. Stewart said the response has left her overwhelmed with love, and that it pushes her to show up and bring the best out of her partner.
Stewart is not coming into the season as a newcomer. She has been a professional dancer since season 29 in 2020, and her best result came in season 31, when she finished fifth with Daniel Durant. That record gives weight to why viewers had hoped she would be paired with a contender, but Stewart is making the case that Hanson is exactly who she needs.
She has been here long enough to know how these pairings are judged before the first routine ever airs. Stewart was the first Black female Dancing With the Stars pro, and she said her dance career began with High School Musical, when she was 15 in the first movie. She was later scouted at a Disneyland 60 performance and asked to audition for the troupe, a path that helped shape the run she now brings into season 35.
That background also helps explain why the current pairing feels bigger than a simple cast reveal. Stewart and Durant are friends with Lucas Grabeel, and Monique Coleman and Corbin Bleu both competed on Dancing With the Stars, keeping Stewart linked to the same circle of names that helped launch her career. Still, the season now turns on a basic question that Hanson and Stewart have already answered for themselves: if they want the same finish and he is willing to work, the next step is the one that matters most.
