Sarah Jane Nader and Hailey Bills are bringing a rare pairing to season 35 of Dancing With The Stars, stepping in as the show's third same-sex couple and its second all-female duo in a 35-season run. The two have already turned rehearsal clips into a small early-season story, even before their live debut on DWTS.
That is why Nader's name is showing up now. She is a bisexual reality star and model, and Bills is her first-time pro partner, a combination that has pushed their rehearsals into the spotlight across Instagram and TikTok. Bills posted a video on Thursday, September 10, showing the two on the floor of a rehearsal space, with a caption saying they had officially met two weeks ago and already knew everything about each other.
The pairing matters because it sits inside a very short list. Jojo Siwa and Jenna Johnson were announced as the first same-sex duo in 2021, and Shangela and Gleb Savchenko followed in 2022. Nader and Bills are now the third such couple overall, and the second to feature two women, which makes their run on the show less a routine casting note than a rare marker in its history.
Nader has kept feeding that interest with more glimpses from the set. On September 13, she posted a video with Bills and Amber Glenn on the DWTS stage, and a day later she shared another clip of herself and Bills trying The Cup Song. A carousel on her Instagram account also included two photos of Bills wrapping her hand around Nader's waist, a small detail that said more about the pair's ease than any polished promo could.
The one thing viewers have not seen yet is the live performance itself. That gap is part of the intrigue: the pair has already built a public rhythm through rehearsal posts, but they have not officially debuted on DWTS. For now, the chemistry is being sold in fragments, and the next test arrives when the women perform on the show.
