On the mend. Over the years, Dancing With the Stars contestants and professionals have dealt with their fair share of health scares while participating on the show.
17.03.2022 - 22:45 / deadline.com
The Dancing with the Stars ballroom is about to get another makeover: Andrew Llinares is out as executive producer of Dancing with the Stars.
Though the show has yet to receive an official greenlight for the 31st season, Deadline hears that DWTS is already looking for Llinares’ replacement.
Llinares joined DWTS in 2019 but parted ways after season 30, which featured one of the most exciting finales in some time. Though JoJo Siwa was favored to win, Iman Shumpert became the first-ever NBA winner of the mirror ball trophy. Yet the season was still down 18 percent in viewers (6 million versus 7.3 million) and 25 percent in adults 18-49 (.9 versus 1.2) versus the prior year.
The show remains an important player to ABC though its days of raking in huge profits are over. Host Tyra Banks — who took over for Tom Bergeron before the 29th season — has polarized viewers with her awkward banter and indulgent gowns. Her grand entrances also replaced the traditional opening numbers, which didn’t go over well with the pros who were already miffed by Llinares’ decision to zhuzh up the performances with fancy lighting and busy backdrops.
“We’re not a music video,” one of the veteran pros tells Deadline. “We’re not the MTV music awards. We’re a ballroom dance show. The screensavers behind us are swallowing us. Like, this is not what ballroom dancing is. It’s an intimate sport. You’re missing the actual feeling from what we’re supposed to be giving the audience. You’re supposed to tap into our story and we’re supposed to tell it through movement. You lose the essence.”
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On the mend. Over the years, Dancing With the Stars contestants and professionals have dealt with their fair share of health scares while participating on the show.
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Tom Bergeron is reacting to a recent shake-up. ET has learned that Andrew Llinares is stepping down as executive producer of the ABC show after five seasons. was first to report this story.
Tom Bergeron is reacting to the news.
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