Colton Underwood wants to compete on Dancing With the Stars with male partner Mark Ballas: 'I hav...

Underwood and Ballas struck up a friendship while filming season 4 of &34;The Traitors.&34; Colton Underwood wants to compete on Dancing With the Stars with mal

Underwood and Ballas struck up a friendship while filming season 4 of "The Traitors."

Colton Underwood wants to compete on Dancing With the Stars with male partner Mark Ballas: 'I have tight hips'

Underwood and Ballas struck up a friendship while filming season 4 of "The Traitors."

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Colton Underwood at Hulu's Get Real House in April 2025; Mark Ballas on 'Dancing With the Stars'. Credit:

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- Colton Underwood revealed he and Mark Ballas became friends on *The Traitors*.

- *The Bachelor *star said he'd love to compete as a same-sex pairing on *Dancing With the Stars*.

- Ballas previously danced with Derek Hough for a special *DWTS* performance.

*Bachelor* star Colton Underwood went to *The Traitors* season 4 to sniff out the competition, and came back with a new friend in *Dancing With the Stars* pro Mark Ballas.

The 33-year-old TV personality, who came out as gay in 2021, opened up about his experience filming the new season of the Emmy-winning Peacock show among other reality stars, and he indicated that his bond with 39-year-old Ballas led him to consider a future run on *DWTS*.

"I would be so terrified. I would want to do it, because I love pushing myself outside of my comfort zone. But I have tight hips," Underwood told *Us Weekly*. "My mobility is not the best, but what I lack in my flexibility, I make up for in strength."

Colton Underwood at the Human Rights Campaign event in March 2025.

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He went on to say that, if he ever joined the cast of the dancing competition series, he'd love to participate as a same-sex dancing couple with Ballas.

"I want to dance with Mark, because I know him from *Traitors*," Underwood confirmed.

Past same-sex couples that have competed on *DWTS* include JoJo Siwa and Johnson, Shangela and Gleb Savchenko, and Nyle DiMarco and Keo Motsepe, who performed the American version of the show's first same-sex dance in 2016.

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Underwood explained that *The Traitors*' new edition "is, by far, one of the most exciting shows" he's "ever been part of" in his career.

"I remember when I first was getting ready to do it, I said to my husband, 'I'm too old to be fighting with *Housewives* on TV. I'm scared of them. They're a different breed. I don't know what to do,'" continued Underwood. "And he's like, 'It's fine, you've got this.' And it was. It is the most epic season. It was so much fun."**

Derek Hough and Mark Ballas on 'Dancing With the Stars'.

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Underwood and Ballas will contend on *The Traitors* against a bevy of reality TV staples and pop culture figures, including *Real Housewives *Dorinda Medley, Lisa Rinna, Candiace Dillard Bassett, Caroline Stanbury, and Porsha Williams; *Survivor*'s Rob Cesternino, Yam Yam Arocho, and Natalie Anderson; two *Big Brother* alums (Ian Terry, Tiffany Mitchell), as well as *RuPaul's Drag Race* *All Stars 4* winner Monét X Change, *Top Chef*'s Kristen Kish, and *Love Island *competitors Maura Higgins and Robert Rausch.

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In addition to *The Traitors*, Underwood is currently the host of his own reality show, *Are You My First?*, which tasks a group of virgins with finding love on a tropical island.

*Are You My First?* is currently streaming on Hulu.

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