“Dancing With the Stars” is back for its 35th season — and it’s leaning into the women who may have been wronged by men on reality TV.

The ABC reality competition series will return in the fall, they announced during the Get Real event on Wednesday. The first two cast members were revealed to be Maura Higgins, best known for her appearances on “The Traitors” and “Love Island,” and Ciara Miller, star of “Summer House.”

Their partners and the full cast list will be announced at a later date.

Higgins finished in second place on the latest season of Peacock’s “The Traitors” after she was blindisded by her best friend in the game, Rob Rausch, and he revealed he was a Traitor to win the game. Before competing, she became known for her part on “Love Island.” After participating in Season 5, she made history as the first UK cast member to cross into the U.S. series as host of both “Love Island USA: Aftersun” and “Love Island Games: Aftersun.”

Miller is a former ICU nurse who also competed on “The Traitors,” one season before Higgins. However, she is best known for her role on Bravo’s “Summer House,” a show she’s appeared on for the last five seasons. She’s made headlines as of late after it was revealed that her best friend, Amanda Batula, was in a relationship with her ex, West Wilson.

“Dancing with the Stars,” produced by BBC Studios, had a record-breaking Season 34, ending in the show’s best season finale in 10 years, with 72 million votes. The series averaged 10 million total viewers with nearly half a billion votes across the season.

Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough will return as hosts while Derek Hough, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli will serve as judges.

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