GOOD Morning America's Sam Champion has shocked fans by revealing his Dancing With The Stars journey actually began 10 years ago.
The meteorologist has joined season 31, but a resurfaced clip hinted he's wanted the gig for much longer.
On Thursday, the full star-studded DWTS cast was announced - the competition struts onto Disney+ on Monday, September 19.
The cast includes The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice, Arnold Schwarzenegger's son, Jersey Shore star Vinny Guadagnino, drag queen Shangela - actress Selma Blair and many more.
Fans were earlier furious when the first two dancers leaked were TikTok's Charli D'Amelio and her mom Heidi, so the exciting A-list-teeming announcement is welcome news to many.
That's especially the case for Good Morning America's beloved Sam Champion, who has hinted he's wanted to compete for a decade, it was revealed.
Sam's dancing partner this season, Cheryl Burke, shared a multi-slide Instagram post the day of the announcement.
"I am thrilled to announce my new partner Sam Champion for #DWTS Season 31!," she wrote.
"Sam has been a friend of mine for nearly 10 years and I cannot wait to bring our incredible friendship to you all this season."
Indeed, included was a moving video in which she rushed at the GMA anchor desk and put her arm around a younger Sam in 2013.
"That's Sam Champion, my new dance partner!" she joked 10 years before it would come true.
"Come on, don't start this!" Sam replied nervously and added, "Look at my sweaty palms."
In the 2013 segment from when Sam was GMA's in-house meteorologist, Lara Spencer jumped in and said: "We've been rooting for Sam to do this!"
The crowd roared in applause as Sam grinned, also revealing their longtime friendship including "dancing in Las Vegas" on a night out - all of this a decade ago.
It's clearly a momentous moment for the TV personality as he shared the clip of his reveal today, which took place on GMA.
On Instagram, he captioned his own post of the video introducing him after watching so many other casts be announced:
"This dance journey... started about 10 years ago!"
"That’s so awesome!!" one fan gushed under his share.
"This makes me sooooooo happy. We have begged Sam to dance for years," wrote another.
"Thought Sam should do the show a few years ago," wrote a third.
A fourth lamented: "Bummed DWTS went to Disney plus. I dont have kids, so I dont have Disney channel."
However most are extremely happy for the star who's clearly wanted this for some time.
Cheryl then posted the clip to her Stories and acknowledged how special this is: "Can you believe this was 2013 and now we're actually partners!?"
In an art-imitates-life moment, it was Lara who announced that he would be on season 31 today.
"We're going to start with a very special celebrity that is joining the cast. He is going to take the dance floor by storm, that is a clue," she said.
"He has a winning name. That's a clue. Everyone, please welcome to the cast of Dancing With The Stars, our very own Samuel Champion!"
Sam came out in his dancing outfit, twirling an umbrella.
"Wow. Props already," Lara joked.
Sam was absent from Wednesday's broadcast as the longtime ABC star teased he has "something fun up his sleeve."
Sam has returned to his morning show after years of being its meteorologist as the program’s current weatherman Rob Marciano remains off-air.
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