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Bindi Irwin will never dance around her support for Robert Irwin.
Nearly a decade after the Bindi the Jungle Girl alum won first place on Dancing With the Stars alongside pro Derek Hough, she couldn't help but gush over her younger brother joining the season 34 cast.
"Robert, you are going to absolutely shine in the ballroom," Bindi—who, along with Robert, are the children of late Steve Irwin and his wife Terri Irwin—wrote on Instagram April 22. "I wish I could express the magnitude of how proud I am of you and everything you have achieved."
"Can't wait to cheer you on each week as you inspire so many with your strength, kindness and determination," she continued. "Here's to an extraordinary journey ahead."
As the 26-year-old comes up on the 10th anniversary of her season 21 win, she also praised her former partner. In fact, she called Derek "the most remarkable human being."
Bindi—who is mom to 4-year-old daughter Grace with husband Chandler Powell—concluded, "So excited to be back in the ballroom celebrating my brother."
Derek also shared some love for her brother's exciting chapter, commenting on the post with heart emojis, "Another Irwin in the arena."
Meanwhile, Robert revealed that it was Bindi who inspired him to put on his dancing shoes.
"I remember so vividly," the 21-year-old told E! News at Hulu's Get Real event April 22. "I was 11 years old when she did the show, a decade ago. I just sat there watching in the crowd every night. I was so proud of her."
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"She described the feeling as flying," he continued. "I just thought, 'One day, that's gonna be me.' Now, here we are. It's a reality. It doesn't feel real yet, but I'm ready to hit the ballroom."
Although the wild conservationist admitted that he doesn't know how smooth his dance moves are, he emphasized, "I'm gonna give it 110 percent anyway."
It's a perspective that Bindi, then 17, also had during the dance competition. And it turns out, she didn't leave with just a trophy. Indeed, she credited her time on the show for her ability to jump on crocodiles for some of her research trips.
"Crocodiles can't actually handle sedatives," the zookeeper told E! following her 2015 win. "So, if we were able to give a crocodile a sedative, it would really get really sleepy because it's a modern-day dinosaur and it might drown."
"We can only jump on top of them to hold them down to hold them down to put tracking devices on them," she continued. "This requires some of the strongest people and after Dancing With the Stars, I never knew I would gain this newfound strength."
While Bindi and Robert were more than happy to make their way to the ballroom, not everyone was willing to. Keep reading to see all the celebs who turned down Dancing With the Stars.
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Nick Carter
Backstreet Boys Nick Carter finally got to show off his moves in season 21 after years of not being available. "I was approached for like 4 to 5 years in a row," he tells E! News. "Unfortunately, and fortunately, I was on the road with the Backstreet Boys touring and doing album cycles, so now that I have some time, that we're in between, I could take the advantage of doing it."
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Bindi Irwin
Bindi Irwin, Australian TV personality and daughter of the late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, also joined season 21. However, this wasn't the first time she had the chance to hit the dance floor. "I was approached once before, and I said, oh my goodness!" she tells E! News. "We were in the middle of our Crocodile research trip and it was all happening, so it worked out really well that we were able to join this season, so I'm thrilled to be a part of it."
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Demi Moore
After her daughter Rumer Willis won season 20 of DWTS, with her mom in the audience at almost every taping, Moore was close to joining the season 21 cast, sources told E! News, but she decided to turn down the offer.
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Caitlyn Jenner
Former champ Alfonso Ribeiro revealed to E! News that the show was interested in having the I Am Cait reality star compete for the trophy but that she said no, choosing not to follow in Kim Kardashian and Rob Kardashian's footsteps.
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Lindsay Lohan
The Mean Girls star was reportedly approached to do the show back in season 16 but said no.
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Paula Deen
The controversial celeb chef had previously turned down the chance to dance two times before finally joining the cast in season 21, as E! News exclusively reported.
"They did ask me," she told Extra in 2010, "and I said no."
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Tiffani Thiessen
Though several of her former Saved By the Bell co-stars have competed, Thiessen declined DWTS' offer. "I've been asked a few times," she once told The Huffington Post, "but my response to that is that I am an actor, not a dancer."
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Bobby Flay
Paula Deen isn't the only celeb chef DWTS has courted. Flay said he also turned down the show, with the Food Network star once explaining to Zagat that he didn't want to "be known as that guy on Dancing with the Stars." Another reason? "My wife told me that she would divorce me if I did it." (He and ex-wife Stephanie March have since divorced.)
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Geraldo Rivera
While sources told E! he said no to DWTS, he said yes to appearing on Celebrity Apprentice.
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Kirstie Alley
Though she went on to become a fan-favorite in the ballroom, the now-late actress originally said no to DWTS, tweeting she was "too chicken."
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Gayle King
The CBS This Morning host and Oprah Winfrey's BFF turned the the show down not once, not twice, but THREE times. "I think it's good to keep my public humiliation to a minimum," she told US Weekly. "I would never want to embarrass my children ever...or myself! I can't dance."
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Ricky Shroder
DWTS producers called in a favor to Alfonso when it came to the NYPD Blue star, asking the former champ to find out if he would join the show. Too bad it didn't work, as Ribeiro told E! News, his pal said, "Eh, I don't dance!"
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Jamie Lee Curtis
The Oscar winner has vowed to never do the show. BUT she did admit there is a way they could possibly get her to join. "I'll tell you how I would do Dancing With the Stars," she once told E! News. "If they gave me a million dollars to give to charity...I would only do it if there was a big charity component. "
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Queen Latifah
"No truth to the rumors of me doing Dancing With the Stars," Queen Latifah tweeted back in 2011. "Love the show though so I'll be watching just like you!" However, the Grammy winner has been a guest performer on the show.
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