• Paparazzi spotted a contestant leaving the Dancing With the Stars studio in L.A., spoiling the DWTS: The Next Pro finale before its August 24 air date.
  • Fans theorized this contestant won based on her presence at DWTS rehearsals weeks before the finale.
  • ABC and Hulu haven’t officially confirmed the spoiler, but social media users criticized the show’s loose security and suggested better precautions could have prevented the leak.

Dancing With the Stars has already found its newest pro dancer thanks to its spinoff reality competition series, DWTS: The Next Pro. Fans have been itching to find out who won the opportunity to hit some choreo with celebs in the famous ballroom, and while the season finale doesn’t air until Monday, August 24, they (seemingly) no longer have to wonder.

Though it seems like a tight race between fan-favorite contestants Allen Genkin and Adele Zaikman, the winner of DWTS: The Next Pro was possibly spoiled by paparazzi photos taken outside of the DWTS studio in Los Angeles, California.

If you can’t be bothered to watch a whole TikTok, allow me to spill the tea. The (rumored) winner of DWTS: The Next Pro is…

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Adele!

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At least, that’s what viewers theorize based on the recent paparazzi photos captured outside the DWTS studio on Tuesday, August 18. According to the person who posted ^^^ that video, they were at the rehearsal space and spotted Adele leaving in her car.

“It only makes sense that she is the winner of The Next Pro because she is still on the show,” he said. “There’s a couple weeks left, and what else would she be doing at the rehearsal space for the actual Dancing With the Stars?”

Of course, fans lost any ability to chill at the potential news.

“Damn not even trying to hide it lol,” one person wrote on Reddit, while another joked, “NDA for this show must’ve been a signed napkin and a pinky promise.”

Another added, “I mean we all knew it’s either Adele or Allen. But they could have at least had Adele and her partner go to a different studio in LA or something (or at least hide better).”

ABC and Hulu have not confirmed or denied whether the rumor is true, but we’ll have to find out who the actual winner is during the DWTS: The Next Pro season finale on Monday, August 24.