Ilona Maher competes in the 'Dancing With The Stars' semi-finals on November 19 with Alan Bersten. She exclusively tells 'WH' her favorite self-care routines.

On November 19, Ilona Maher will compete in the semi-finals of Dancing With the Stars season 33. She tells Women's Health that she was "hesitant" to join the show because she would find it emotionally taxing.

In this harmful social media age of parasocial relationships and performative influencers, I try my best not to get attached to celebrities. However, one has proven to be an exception: Ilona Maher. I feel excited every time her Instagram and TikTok notifications pop up on my phone—and I’m not the only one.

Alongside the Olympian and Bersten, other contestants continuing their "DWTS" journey include Stephen Nedoroscik and Rylee Arnold, Danny Amendola and Witney Carson, Chandler Kinney and Brandon Armstrong and Joey Graziadei and Jenna Johnson. As for the upcoming episode, viewers can catch Week 9 on Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on ABC.

C onsidering Dancing with the Stars' Season 33 cast features a Bachelor and a Bachelorette, it makes sense that the internet is thinking about who could take over that mantel from

While the rugby union player, 28, is currently competing on the show with Bernsten, his former partner from a previous season called him out for how he 'yelled at' her.