Dylan Efron has the vote of the entire Efron family as he competes for the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy on Dancing With the Stars Season 34, and that includes the support of his older brother, Zac.
“My dad is super excited,” Dylan told Us Weekly in September 2025. “He has little kids, four and five. They’re all super excited. My mom was honestly just shocked. She’s just like, ‘Where’d this come from?’ My brother is supportive.”
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As for whether Zac will be in the audience, Dylan revealed that his brother attended a Dancing With the Stars taping “a long time ago” and had a positive experience. “He’s like, ‘The best part is going to be those live shows.’ He was saying, like, it’s such a good feeling,” Dylan said before teasing whether viewers could see Zac in the crowd: “We’ll see.”
As for whether any of his routines on Dancing With the Stars could nod to High School Musical, the Disney Channel original that made Zac a household name, Dylan shut down the idea. “No,” he said before his partner and professional dancer explained, “We’re standing our own. We’re going to do our own thing.”
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In an interview with People at the time, Dylan also revealed that his mother, Starla Baskett, was originally rooting for Zac to compete on Dancing With the Stars two decades before Dylan’s own debut on the show. “My mom, her dream was Zac doing the show 20 years ago,” Dylan said. “So I’m really excited for my mom to be there.” (Dancing With the Stars premiered in 2005, a year before High School Musical‘s debut.)
Dylan continued, “But also, my dad and my little brother and little sister. It’s gonna make me tear up to see them in the stands.”
In an interview with People in February 2025, Dylan also explained how growing up with Zac positively affected him as an adult. “I was really shy as a kid,” he said. “I didn’t have social media until I was probably 25, 26. I was very private. And then every year, growing more and more confident, posting more on social and realizing that my life being posted on social media has led to reality [shows] being an option because I’m playing myself online.”
Dylan also confirmed that Zac didn’t give him any advice for Season 3 of The Traitors, which Dylan won along with Gabby Windey, Dolores Catania, and Lord Ivar Mountbatten. “Zac’s an actor. If I was going into act for something, he would be the first one to give me some tips, but this is a different realm,” Dylan said. “This is more towards social media, which I do. So Zac showing his support was all I needed, but he’s not going to give me tips because he has no idea how these shows work.”