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JoJo Siwa joins 'Dancing With the Stars' in first same-sex pairing

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<p>LOS ANGELES — YouTuber JoJo Siwa will join U.S. television&#x27;s &quot;Dancing With the Stars&quot; next month as part of the first same-sex couple on the show, producers said on Thursday.</p><p>Siwa, 18, who earlier this year said she was pansexual, will be paired with a female professional dancer when the show launches its 30th season in September.</p><p>It will be the first time the U.S. version of the dance show features people of the same sex dancing together and follows the first celebrity same-sex couple on the British version, &quot;Strictly Come Dancing,&quot; in 2020.</p><p>“I think it’s cool. I think it breaks a wall that’s never been done before,” Siwa told television reporters after the announcement.</p><p>“I think it’s really special that I get to share with the world that you can love who you love, but now you can dance with who you want to dance with.”</p><p>Siwa has more than 12 million subscribers to her &quot;Its JoJo Siwa&quot; YouTube channel and was named one of Time magazine&#x27;s 100 most influential people in 2020.</p><p>U.S. Olympic gymnast Suni Lee, 18, will also join the new cast in September, producers of the ABC television show said.</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1632472	" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

YouTuber JoJo Siwa will join U.S. television's Dancing With the Stars next month as part of the first same-sex couple on the show, producers said on Thursday.