Savannah Bananas' Jackson Olson Joins DWTS Season 35

Jackson Olson, a second baseman for the exhibition baseball team the Savannah Bananas, has joined the cast of Dancing with the Stars Season 35, producers announced Tuesday during Disney's upfront presentation.

Olson becomes the third confirmed celebrity contestant for the fall competition, alongside Maura Higgins, known from The Traitors and Love Island, and Ciara Miller from Summer House. The two women were revealed last month at Disney's Get Real unscripted TV event. The full lineup of celebrities and their professional dance partners will be unveiled September 2 on Good Morning America, according to Disney.

The series, which pairs celebrities with trained ballroom dancers for weekly themed routines, will simulcast live on ABC and Disney this fall, with episodes available for next-day streaming on Hulu. It airs before new installments of R.J. Decker and is produced in front of a live audience by BBC Studios Los Angeles Productions. Conrad Green serves as showrunner and executive producer, with Ryan O'Dowd as executive producer and Deena Katz as co-executive producer.

Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough return as hosts, joined by judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek...