Steele Haugen is a TV News Reporter at Central Oregon Daily News. He grew up in Central Oregon, raised in the small rural town of Madras, Oregon. Over the years, Steele has spent nearly a decade working in the media business. He has a love for sports and shares that love on the station's High Desert Highlights sports show on Friday nights. Steele is the youngest of three and enjoys spending time with family and friends. He is an outdoor enthusiast who enjoys mountain biking, fishing, and archery hunting. When not outside, he enjoys playing almost every sport. While Steele is excited to be on Dancing with Central Oregon Stars, he will be coming in with no dancing experience. Steele participated in every sport ever invented growing up and hopes that this experience will translate to smooth moves on the dance floor.

Alex Reininger is a dancer, roller skater, and movement coach based in Bend, Oregon. With over 14 years of formal dance training—including ballet, jazz, lyrical, and hip hop—she brings both technical skill and a deep love of expression to the stage. She teaches hip hop, jazz, and ballet at The Dance Connection and leads all-ages line dance lessons at The Cross-Eyed Cricket. Alex also teaches roller skating and figure skating at The Pavilion and is the founder of Mindful Motion—a wellness practice that weaves together movement, music, mindfulness, and community. She performs with The Grand Ballet Academy and founded Roller Skaters of Central Oregon, the region’s only active roller skating club. Outside the studio and rink, you’ll find her dancing every Tuesday night at Bend Ecstatic Dance and attending Get Up and Groove—a monthly morning dance party held on the third Friday of each month. In 2020, Alex co-founded The Love for Life Foundation, a nonprofit supporting young adults with cancer and their loved ones. As the former caregiver of a partner with cancer, the mission of Sparrow Clubs hits close to home, and she’s honored to be dancing in support of such a meaningful cause. This is her first year with Dancing with the Central Oregon Stars, and she’s excited to bring heart, rhythm, and leadership to the stage as a Pro Hip Hop Coach of one of this year’s crews.