These judges are cha-charging into a new season.

Judges on Dancing With The Stars Australia

The date for Dancing With The Stars Australia 2025 has officially been set, and you can expect to see some familiar faces from June 15.

DWTS veterans Craig Revel Horwood, Sharna Burgess, Mark Wilson and Helen Richey are all returning to the judges’ bench this season. Beloved hosts Sonia Kruger and Dr Chris Brown will also be returning to bring 12 new contestants to the dance floor.

Here’s everything you need to know about the 2025 Dancing With The Stars judges.

Craig

Craig on Dancing With The Stars Australia Craig Revel Horwood. Instagram.
Craig Revel Horwood is best known for being a judge on the British dance show Strictly Come Dancing. The Aussie-born has had a thriving career in UK theatre and was the associate director and choreographer of West Side Story, and choreographer of Calamity Jane.

On top of that, in 2024 he starred in the UK tour of the musical The Wizard of Oz as the Wicked Witch of the West.

As for Dancing With The Stars, he joined the New Zealand iteration as a judge in seasons three, four and five, before crossing over to the Australian version in 2023.

Sharna

Sharna on Dancing With the Stars AustraliaSharna Burgess. Instagram.
Sharna Burgess has been dancing since she was five, and worked as a professional dancing on the US iteration of DWTS from season 18 until season 30. During that time she’s been partnered with some very well known celebrities, including Nick Carter, Jesse Metcalfe and Brian Austin Greene, the latter of who is her real life partner.

The NSW-born dancer became a judge on the Australian version of Dancing With The Stars in 2019, and has remained on the panel ever since.

Mark

Mark on Dancing With the Stars AustraliaMark Wilson. Instagram.
Mark Wilson was a judge on the very first season of Dancing With The Stars Australia, way back in 2004. He stayed on in the role until 2010 and stepped away for seven seasons before returning in 2021.

Mark has a strong background in dancing and was crowned the Australian Dancesport Champion on five occasions – four times in New Vogue and once in Modern.

When he isn’t busy critiquing celebrities dancing on DWTS, Mark acts as a junior development officer for Dancesport Victoria and teaches students of all ages at his studio.

Helen

Helen on Dancing With the StarsHelen Richey. Seven.
Helen Richey was an extremely successful competitive dancer, and won the coveted Lily Ellison Award at age 15.

She went on to become the undefeated All England Latin Champion as well as the South of England Latin Champion and the Imperial Latin Champion and was Australia’s official representative in the World Championships in both the Ballroom and Latin Styles for over 10 years.

Helen joined DWTS Australia as a judge in season 18 ,19 and 21, and is now back again for season 22.