Adele Zaikman is dating Allen Genkin after the pair met on season one of Dancing With the Stars: The Next Pro. Genkin made the relationship public on Sept. 30 with a birthday tribute for Zaikman, turning a private connection into a social-media reveal.
Sept. 30 birthday tribute
Genkin marked Zaikman’s 25th birthday with a long Instagram post and wrote that he was 36. He called their connection “something really special” and said meeting her was the “best thing” that happened for him after DWTS: The Next Pro.
He also wrote, “Happy birthday to the most beautiful queen,” and added, “I want to wish you happiness, health, love and all the success that life has to offer, you deserve everything you dreamt of and more.” He followed that with, “I adore you with all my heart!!!”
Fire Chats: The Mindfire Pod
The public reveal came less than two weeks after Zaikman told Fire Chats: The Mindfire Pod on Sept. 19, “I will let you know if something happens,” and “I will let you know guys.” That earlier comment left the relationship status open while the show’s season one attention was still fresh.
Genkin’s post moved the story from speculation to a stated romance, and the comments underneath made clear the people around the pair had already picked up on it. Conner Leavitt wrote, “So I don't need to keep this a secret anymore?” while Selena Hamilton said, “Secrets out thank goodness,” and Hailey Bills added, “IVE BEEN WAITING.”
DWTS season one fallout
Zaikman won season one of Dancing With the Stars: The Next Pro, which gives the relationship a built-in audience among viewers tracking the show’s competitors rather than just a typical birthday post. The pairing now reads as a post-competition story with real social reach: the romance formed on the series, stayed quiet through mid-September, and then surfaced through a birthday tribute in public view.
The only unresolved piece is the start date. The public knows they met on the show, and Genkin has now attached a romance to that history, but the exact point when the relationship turned serious has not been put on the record. For readers following DWTS, that leaves one clean question hanging over an otherwise straightforward reveal: when did Adele Zaikman and Allen Genkin actually start dating?
