ZAC Efron will finally be making an appearance on Dancing With the Stars next week to cheer on his brother Dylan, The U.S. Sun can exclusively reveal.
DWTS fans have been hoping Zac would pop up in the audience or backstage for weeks, and now they will finally be getting their wish.
Tuesday, October 14 will be Dedication Night, which is a special episode featuring friends and family members.
Dylan and pro partner Danielle Karagach will dance to Zac and Zendaya‘s song Rewrite the Stars from film The Greatest Showman. His dance will be dedicated to his sister Olivia.
“Zac will finally be in the ballroom at DWTS this Tuesday,” a source exclusively told The U.S. Sun.
“Producers have really wanted him to come for a while, but Dylan didn’t want it to take away from his own time on the show.
“Everyone felt this week made the most sense, and they are so excited it’s finally happening.”
Dylan previously told PEOPLE that it was his mom Starla’s dream 20 years ago for his older brother to compete in Dancing with the Stars, and she’s thrilled he’s now doing it.
She has been in the stands throughout the competition, along with his dad, David, and other siblings.
Dylan seemed to drop a hint about Zac’s cameo in a post-performance interview during Disney Night.
Dylan, 33, danced the quickstep to Cars theme song Life is a Highway on October 7.
“Everyone thought you were going to do High School Musical tonight,” host Julianne Hough admitted afterward, referring to Zac’s first hit movie.
“I couldn’t – yeah, I have something special for next week, if I’m still here,” Dylan responded.
His partner Danielle looked shocked he’d let the information slip and threw him a look, as Julianne replied, “Oh! Good to know!”
IN ZAC’S SHADOW
Dylan previously admitted he was always conscious of Zac’s career growing up and never wanted to do anything to mess it up.
During an episode of the Therapuss podcast, he said, “I’ve been hyper-aware of how I present myself and stuff like that from a young age.”
He was a freshman when High School Musical premiered in 2005, and he remembers being supportive of his older sibling.
“I knew my brother was gonna be on a Disney show, so it was so exciting to me. To me, [that] was already my Super Bowl,” he said.
“So I always looked up to him. So then, when everyone else started looking up to him, [it] was like, of course, my big brother. That’s kinda how it always felt. I was never surprised that he became what he is.”
Zac has always been supportive of his brother stepping into the limelight and following in his footsteps as a celebrity.
Dylan previously appeared on reality show Traitors, and was declared one of the four winners alongside Gabby Windey, Dolores Catania, and Lord Ivar Mountbatten.
During the explosive season, Zac told E! News’ The Rundown, “I hope he does [win] because he’s so good at games. He always has been since we were kids. He’s like the game master.
“I don’t care what game it is. It can be a luck game like Yahtzee and he always gets Yahtzee on the first roll.”
He added, “If anyone can do this, it’s him. I’m rooting for him.”
Dylan is best known for producing episodes of Netflix’s Down to Earth with Zac and was a production coordinator on 2018’s Ready Player One.
He also worked as an assistant on Get Hard starring Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart, along with A Star Is Born with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper.
