JoJo Siwa is set to make history on the upcoming season of Dancing With the Stars as the first contestant in 30 seasons to dance with a person of the same sex, BBC News reports.
The Instagram account for the popular ABC dance competition series shared a video of the 18-year-old reality TV star gushing about the news.
"I am so excited to be a part of this year's 'Dancing With the Stars' season 30 and I am gonna be dancing with a girl," she said.
"I think it's so cool. My puppy Buddy, are you so excited, boy? Yes, he is. He's so pumped up. It's gonna be the best ever. I can't wait to just dance every single week."
"I can't wait to meet my partner. Oh my gosh, there's so many things I am so excited for," she added.
While a same-sex couple will be the first for the American version of the show, other international versions have already done this in the past.
Back in 2010, Israel was the first country to feature a same-sex couple, followed by numerous other countries like Italy and Australia.
In 2019, a male duo not only competed in Denmark, but also won. Meanwhile last year in the UK, Olympic champion boxer Nicola Adams was paired with pro dancer Katya Jones - making them the first same-sex dance couple on the show.
Earlier this year, Siwa came out as part of the LGBTQ community while also announcing she was in a relationship with a girl.
In a recent interview with TODAY, Siwa said she was still figuring out how exactly she identifies, but that she feels comfortable with the labels "gay," "queer" and "pansexual."
Speaking on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon back in February, Siwa said of her decision to publicly announce her same-sex relationship: "If I lost everything that I’ve created because of being myself and because of loving who I want to love I don’t want it, that’s not what.
"If I can’t love who I want to love, that’s one of the most important things to me."