Ezra Sosa knows who he wants to see on Dancing With the Stars next season.
Sosa, 25, hilariously called out the celeb he wants to be paired with on season 35 of Dancing With the Stars while performing with Hailey Bills during the show’s tour stop in New York City on Sunday, February 15.
During a routine, which was shared via TikTok, Sosa and Bills, 19, turned their back to the crowd and faced a camera. He gave a hopeful smile while unfolding a sheet of paper that read, “Rob Rausch 4 DWTS.” Hailey put her hand on his shoulder and gave her costar a side eye. They both beamed for the camera and Sosa stuck out his tongue. Fans went wild and cheered in approval of seeing the Traitors star in the competition.
More fans agreed that they want to see the Love Island USA star on Dancing With the Stars in the comments section.
“Dylan Efron nearly killed me. Rob Rausch will put me in a grave immediately,” one follower quipped, noting that Efron, 34, also appeared on The Traitors before Dancing With the Stars. (Rausch is currently starring on season 4 of The Traitors).
A second person commented, “Put him with Ezra, idc,” while a third added, “I desperately want that man on this show.”
If Rausch, 27, were to be partnered with Sosa, they would be the second same-sex duo featured on the show. JoJo Siwa and pro Jenna Johnson made history on season 30 as the show’s first same-sex pairing. They ended up placing second in the finale.
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In April 2025, Johnson opened up about the experience during an episode of “The Squeeze” podcast. When asked by Taylor Lautner’s wife, Tay Lautner, if she had to change choreography to be suited for two female dancers, Johnson, 31, nodded her head and said it was “so scary” at first.
“Like you said, I knew what would make all of my male celebrities look good,” she explained, noting that some classic moves include “dancing around them, dipping on them [or] flipping on them.”
She continued, “When I was approached with a girl, I was like, ‘Oh man. I have no expectations of what I’m stepping into or how to choreograph or how to begin a dance like this.”
Johnson shared that it was “such a good challenge” for her because she was “depressed” at the time and felt like she had “done the show so much” that she was just “going by [her] routine and not enjoying every second of it or challenging [herself].”
She also shared that every week she needed to think about how to “approach” a new routine. “Sometimes I did the boy choreography and it ended up being one of my favorite seasons creatively. It was so much fun,” she gushed.
“It was the scariest thing,” she added. “Before it started, I was like, ‘Why did I say yes to this? I’m gonna fail.’” Johnson also praised her pairing with Siwa, 22, as a “big moment for the show.”
“I just didn’t want to let anybody down,” she said. “Or let this moment down, let JoJo down, let the show down, but it was the best. It was exactly what I needed at that moment in time for sure.”
