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Jordan Fisher gives the kids and mentors of Dancing with the Stars: Juniors a sweet surprise!

The DWTS: Juniors host treated the group to a Dippin’ Dots ice cream social to celebrate their hard work on the show.

He snapped pics with Sebastian Jozuka, Jake Monreal, Cody Bingham, Kamri Peterson, Elliana Walmsley, Reese Hatala, Lev Khmelev, Honey Boo Boo, and Tristan Ianiero.

Sophia Pippen, Jason Maybaum, Hayley Erbert, Emma Slater, Sasha Farber, Jenna Johnson, co-host Frankie Muniz, and guests like Maddie Ziegler were also in attendance.

Everyone enjoyed popular flavors like Cookies and Cream and Frozetti Confetti behind the scenes prior to filming.

ICYMI, watch Jordan and Frankie perform with DWTS: Juniors pros.

During the premiere of Dancing With The Stars Juniors last week, we got to meet Lev Khmelev, one of the many junior pros on the program.

After he and his partner, chef Addison Osta Smith, were eliminated, the 12-year-old dancer is opening up to Popcorn Talk’s To The Pointe with Kristyn Burtt about the process, his continued friendship with Addison and more.

“She was really upbeat the whole entire time,” Lev says about Addison during the premiere. “When we were standing on the platform and Keo [Motsepe] was there with us. She said it was OK if we get eliminated or if we go through. Anything is good because this show has done a lot of cool things for us.”

We love that Lev has a good attitude about it all – and so was Addison!

In fact, he also shared that since her time on the series, Addison actually started taking dance lessons.

“I am really proud of her. She was put on the dance team. It’s not just she just did the show and danced a little bit,” he shared. “It keeps going on [for her], just like the dance spirit!”

For Lev, now he’s back in college – yes, college.

“I am a freshman in college. I am turning 13 next week,” he shared. “I am taking online classes. I am almost done with my first semester. I am taking political science and I’m taking English 101.”

Dancing With The Stars Juniors airs Sundays @ 8PM ET/PT on ABC.

Addison Osta Smith and Lev Khmelev baked up one amazing cha cha on the premiere of Dancing With The Stars Juniors!

Airing tonight (October 7), the young team who was mentored by Keo Motsepe), performed their dance to “Burnin’ Up” by Jessie J featuring 2 Chainz.

Addison and Lev picked up 15 points out of 30 for their first ever performance.

Remember, you can’t vote from home as the show was pretaped, but def spread your love for the team on social media using hashtag #TeamKeo!

Watch their performance below!

The full pro and celeb cast of Dancing With The Stars Juniors made their official debut tonight on Dancing With The Stars!

Addison Osta Smith, Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson, Akash Vukoti, Ariana Greenblatt, Hudson West, Jason Maybaum, Mackenzie Ziegler, Mandla Morris, Miles Brown, Sky Brown, Sophia Pippen, and Tripp Palin were announced as the 12 celebrities competing on the spinoff series, which kicks off on October 7th on ABC.

Along with pros Kamri Peterson, Artyon Celestine, Rylee Arnold, Hailey Bills, Sage Rosen, Lev Khmelev, Brightyn Brems, Elliana Walmsley with Emma Slater, JT Church, Kami Couch, Tristan Ianeiro, and Jake Monreal, the cast heated up the dance floor for a second number after the pro-only one earlier in the night.

Watch the video below and check out all the promo pics, too!

The junior pros of Dancing With The Stars Juniors totally killed it on Dancing With The Stars tonight!

Kamri Peterson, Artyon Celestine, Rylee Arnold, Hailey Bills, Sage Rosen, Lev Khmelev, Brightyn Brems, Elliana Walmsley with Emma Slater, JT Church, Kami Couch, Tristan Ianeiro, and Jake Monreal took over the ballroom floor for a sizzling number before the celeb cast was announced.

If you missed it, check out the first poster for the series on JJJ now!

Dancing With The Stars Juniors kicks off on Sunday, October 7th on ABC.

How adorable is this pic of the Dancing With The Stars Juniors female pros?!

Hailey Bills (niece of Jenna Johnson, who is also her mentor on the show) shared the pic on Instagram this weekend after filming one of their first shows for the upcoming series.

Rylee Arnold, Brightyn Brems, Elliana Walmsley, Kami Couch, and and Kamri Peterson all wore shimmering blue outfits for what could be a group performance.

Later on, Artyon Celestine, who is being mentored by Brandon Armstrong, shared a pic from the show as well.

Check them both out below!

Sage Rosen, Lev Khmelev, JT Church, Tristan Ianeiro and Jake Monreal round out the junior pros.

Dancing With The Stars Juniors will debut in October on ABC.

The new junior pros for Dancing With The Stars Juniors have officially been announced!

The cast list was revealed, along with their pro mentors, on Facebook this morning (August 1). Check out the pairings below!

Rylee Arnold and older sister Lindsay Arnold, Hailey Bills and aunt Jenna Johnson, Sage Rosen with Gleb Savchenko, Lev Khmelev with Keo Motsepe; Brightyn Brems and Cheryl Burke; and Elliana Walmsley with Emma Slater.

Artyon Celestine with Brandon Armstrong; JT Church with Alan Bersten, Kami Couch with Hayley Erbert; Tristan Ianeiro with Artem Chigvintsev; Jake Monreal with Sasha Farber; and Kamri Peterson with Witney Carson round out the mentor/pro pairings.

Dancing With The Stars Juniors will debut in October on ABC.