<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← Previous Season 25 Next → Season 27 </Td> </Tr> <P> Season twenty - six of Dancing with the Stars, titled Dancing with the Stars: Athletes, premiered on April 30, 2018, on the ABC network . The four - week season, the shortest ever, features a cast of current and former athletes . </P> <P> On May 21, 2018, Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon and professional dancer Jenna Johnson were announced the winners, marking the first win for Johnson . Rippon is the first openly gay winner . NFL player Josh Norman, with Sharna Burgess, and former Olympic Figure Skater Tonya Harding, with Sasha Farber, were both announced as runners - up during the live finale show . However, it was revealed later that Josh and Sharna placed second, while Tonya and Sasha placed third . </P> <P> The professional dancers were announced on April 12, 2018 . The eight professionals returning from last season are Lindsay Arnold, Alan Bersten, Sharna Burgess, Witney Carson, Artem Chigvintsev, Keo Motsepe, Gleb Savchenko, and Emma Slater . The two remaining professional dancers were both in the troupe last season, and have previously been professional dancers on the show: Sasha Farber (last competed in season 24) and Jenna Johnson (last competed in season 23). The five professionals from last season that are not returning are Cheryl Burke, Mark Ballas, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Peta Murgatroyd, and Valentin Chmerkovskiy . </P>

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