Here's What's Next for Shangela After 'Dancing With the Stars' 2022 Finale

Shangela may not have been crowned the champion on Dancing With the Stars but she has certainly won the hearts of fans across the world.

The Dancing With the Stars grand finale took place on November 21 and saw Shangela and Gleb Savchenko take on Gabby Windey and Val Chmerkovskiy, Wayne Brady and Witney Carson, and Charli D'Amelio and Mark Ballas in hopes of taking home the Mirrorball Trophy.

Shangela and Savchenko came in fourth place on the evening after putting on an epic performance which saw professional dancer Savchenko transform into his drag alter ego "Natasha" and earned the pair a perfect 40/40 score from the judges.

Ahead of the finale Shangela, 40, told Newsweek what it meant to have made it to the end of the competition, saying: "To be the first drag entertainer on the U.S. version of Dancing With the Stars, to be the first male-on-male partnership here, it's really special for us to now have this visibility and this moment in the finale."

Now that the Dancing With the Stars journey is over for Shangela, known as Darius Jeremy Pierce out of drag, fans are desperate to know where they can get more of the star.

Newsweek has everything you need to know about where you can see Dancing With the Stars finalist and Drag Race favorite Shangela next.

What's Next for Shangela?

We're Here

Shangela is reprising her role as co-host on the the third season of We're Here alongside fellow Drag Race alumni Bob the Drag Queen and Eureka O'Hara.

In the HBO show the queens, who have all competed on RuPaul's Drag Race in the past, travel across small-town America, "spreading love and connection through the art of drag," each meeting their own "drag children," or aspiring drag queens, and putting on one-night-only drag shows.

Ahead of We're Here's return, Shangela explained to Newsweek that the trio of co-hosts was motivated "now more than ever" to "share and highlight these important stories that deserve to be told across our country."

"Because of everything that's going on in America, the current political climate, [there's a] necessity of greater visibility and representation for us all. Especially in these marginalized places," Shangela said.

Touring

As well as her television gigs, Shangela is about to be very busy touring.

The star's "Fully Lit" tour is set to kick off on January 19, 2023, and will see Shangela travel to New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orlando and more across 11 dates.

Acting

Shangela boasts numerous acting credits already, including roles in Community, Broad City and Lovecraft Country.

The star also famously featured in Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's 2018 film A Star Is Born and was the first drag queen to walk the red carpet at the Academy Awards after attending in 2019 when the movie was nominated.

According to Shangela's IMDB, she will star in an upcoming project titled Lone Star Bull which is currently in post-production.

The projects synopsis states that the story will follow "a former military man and bouncer at a nightclub, where a medical student performs as a drag queen and when the club owner is shot, the two form an unlikely duo to find those responsible and seek justice."

More Dancing With the Stars?

Although we're sure fans would love it, Shangela won't be returning to Dancing With the Stars any time soon.

During the Dancing With the Stars semifinal on November 14 the show's head judge Len Goodman announced that he is leaving the show after 31 seasons.

Shangela was full of praise for Goodman, who has been a judge on Dancing With the Stars since 2005, when speaking to Newsweek after Goodman confirmed he would not be returning next year.

"All of the pro dancers, everyone associated with the show, is going to miss him. There's never going to be anyone like Len Goodman," the star said of the 78-year-old ballroom legend.

Shangela added that, although there will now be a spot free on the panel, they won't be joining the show as a judge, saying: "I know for sure that I am not yet qualified. No ma'am!"

We're Here Season 3 begins on Friday, November 25, at 10 p.m. ET on HBO. Episodes will debut weekly on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.