'Dancing with the Stars' Season 31: Valentin Chmerkovskiy teases fans with glimpses of Gabby Windey in rehearsals

Before the season premiere, choreographer Valentin Chmerkovskiy is having fun by teasing fans with glimpses of 'The Bachelorette' star Gabby Windey
PUBLISHED SEP 13, 2022
Valentin Chmerkovskiy is teasing fans with glimpses of  'The Bachelorette' star Gabby Windey in rehearsals (valentin, gabby.windey/Instagram)
Valentin Chmerkovskiy is teasing fans with glimpses of 'The Bachelorette' star Gabby Windey in rehearsals (valentin, gabby.windey/Instagram)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Valentin Chmerkovskiy is a renowned Ukrainian-American professional dancer who is also a fourteen-time US National Latin Dance Champion. Even though Valentin is an icon in the popular dance franchise 'Dancing with the Stars' since Season 2 in February 2006, he started performing as a professional partner with celebrities since Season 15 in September 2012. While 'Dancing with the Stars' Season 31 boasts of a stellar line-up of celebrities competing against one another in the dance reality series, Valentin is having a lot of fun, as he teases fans by giving glimpses of celebrity contestant and his partner Gabby Windey in rehearsals.

As a pro, Valentin is prepared to give jaw-dropping performances alongside 'The Bachelorette' Season 19 fame reality star Gabby. With tough competition, it will be fun to see whether Valentin and Gabby's team can leave fans awestruck with their performances in the reality dance series.

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Valentin teases fans with glimpses of Gabby Windey in rehearsals

Valentin took to his official Instagram handle on Monday, September 12, and posted a video in which we can see the choreographer welcoming his partner Gabby for the rehearsals in the room. He is seen zooming in the camera of his phone on Gabby who then greets him by saying, "Hi". Then Valentin is seen saying, "Good morning to all of you". We see Gabby's friend Mich Dibs trying to dance by showing her bums and irritated by this Valentin said, "Hate this".

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Valentin gave fans a glimpse of his partner Gabby Windey during the rehearsals for 'DWTS' Season 31 (valentin/Instagram)

Furthermore, in the next video story, he adds, "Unprofessionals." He asks Gabby, "Do you want a strep," for the mic, and in response to this, she replies, "Yes." Then Valentin is seen saying, "What's going on here. We're at Disney plus now. We gotta behave ourselves".

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Valentin is telling everyone to behave as they're at Disney Plus now (@valentin/Instagram)

In the next story, Valentin is seen doing a boomerang video with Gabby smiling and showing her teeth. The camera zooms in and out from both their faces. In the caption of the story, the choreographer is seen asking the fans for their team names. The story caption read, "Team name please. @gabbywindey @dancingwiththestars".

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Valentin is seen asking for their team names to fans for 'DWTS' Season 31 with Gabby in the video (@valentin/Instagram)

In the final story, Valentin posted a post-dance rehearsal picture with Gabby. he has finally revealed their team name after getting suggestions from fans. Their team name is 'Team Winskiy'. He has also asked global fans to vote for them in the dance reality show. The caption read, "Team Winskiy. You voting or nah @gabbywindey @dancingwiththestars @disneyplus".

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Valentin finally revealed their team name to be as 'Team Winskiy' (@valentin/Instagram)

'Dancing with the Stars' Season 31 premieres worldwide on September 19, 2022, at 8 PM ET on Disney+. While Tyra Banks will return as host, alongside Alfonso Ribeiro, Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Derek Hough will return as judges this season.

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