Britt Stewart says Taylor Hanson is her partner on Dancing With the Stars season 35, and the Taylor Hanson wife search around the pairing has only sharpened the attention. She said she felt overwhelmed with all the love heading into the new season. For Stewart, the public chatter is now part of the booking.
Britt Stewart on Taylor Hanson
“This year might be the season,” Stewart said of the pairing. She added, “When I met Taylor, I was like, This is my partner. He wants to go all the way. So if we have the same goal and he’s willing to work hard, why not put it out there that this year might be the season?” That is the clearest read yet on how she sees the partnership: not as a novelty, but as a run she thinks can last.
Season 29 to season 35
2020 is where Stewart’s DWTS run started, when she became a professional dancer in season 29. Her best result came in season 31, when she and Daniel Durant finished fifth. She also said Daniel Durant is now her husband, which gives this season a different personal backdrop than her earlier runs.
Stewart also tied the pairing to a longer arc in her career, saying High School Musical was the start of her dance career and that she was 15 in the first film. She said she was scouted at a Disneyland 60 performance and then asked to audition for the troupe, which helps explain why she can talk about this show like someone who has lived inside its machinery rather than simply appeared on it.
Reddit and TikTok debate
The pairing had already been widely discussed on Reddit and TikTok before Stewart spoke about it, which turned a casting note into a larger test of whether the show can still generate heat from its partnerships alone. Fans wanted Britt Stewart to be paired with a contender, and Stewart’s own words suggest she sees that expectation as fair pressure rather than noise.
The cleanest read is that Stewart is betting on chemistry, not nostalgia, and on a season 35 run that can answer the online debate with results instead of commentary. What Taylor Hanson says next will matter less than whether the pairing holds once the season begins.
