'Dancing with the Stars' champ Alfonso Ribeiro comments on Tom Bergeron, Erin Andrews exit: ‘Make a new show’

Dancing With the Stars pro Witney Carson was “really shocked” by Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews‘ recent exits as hosts — and had high hopes for who would take their place.“Tom has been around for so long. He is really the heart of the show,” Carson, 26, told Us Weekly exclusively on Monday, August 3.

Alfonso Ribeiro believes “Dancing with the Stars” made the wrong call letting go of hosts Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews.

Former "Dancing with the Stars" professional dancer Derek Hough will always have fond memories of working on the reality competitions series with former hosts Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews. The dancer, 35, spoke with Bevy Smith on her radio show "Bevelations" about the recent shakeup in casting.

Derek Hough didn’t see Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews’ Dancing With the Stars exits coming.“My initial reaction, I guess I was pretty shocked,” Hough, 35, told Bevy Smith on the Tuesday, July 28, episode of SiriusXM’s Bevelations. “Tom Bergeron is such a staple on Dancing With the Stars and he’s a good friend of mine.

Alfonso Ribeiro spoke out about Dancing With the Stars replacing hosts Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews. Spoiler alert: The season 19 champion is not happy about the move.“I’ve texted back and forth with Tom.

Peta Murgatroyd was completely caught off guard by the news that Dancing With the Stars hosts Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews would not be returning for season 29.The dancer, who has been part of the show since 2011, revealed exclusively to Us Weekly that she and other pros got on a Zoom call together a few hours after the hosts were informed of the changes.“To be honest, I was shocked.

“Dancing with the Stars” judge Carrie Ann Inaba revealed that she was brought to tears over the news that the show’s hosts will not be returning next season. ABC announced on Tuesday that Tyra Banks will be the new solo host of the competition series’ upcoming 29th season after news broke that Tom Bergeron and co-host Erin Andrews were not asked back.

Carrie Ann Inaba opened up about parting ways with Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews after Dancing With the Stars announced the hosts would not be returning earlier this week.“I feel like it was just such sudden news,” Inaba, 52, said during an upcoming episode of The Talk, which will air on Tuesday, July 21.

Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews took to Twitter after news broke that Tyra Banks was replacing them as the host of Dancing With the Stars.“I guess I won’t be getting back my monogrammed towels

ABC announced that Tyra Banks will replace Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews as the host of "Dancing with the Stars." The news comes just one day after Bergeron announced on Twitter that he will not be returning to the show for its upcoming 29th season after being its host since it debuted in 2005. In a statement provided to Fox News, a representative for the 65-year-old comedian explained that the move was ultimately the network’s call.

“Dancing With the Stars” is switching things up for season 29, as the dance competition show welcomes a new host.

Now that Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews are no longer hosting Dancing with the Stars in the new season, reports say that the show’s team is looking to hire a person of color in order to bring more diversity to the screen on ABC. In other words, amid the BLM movement, the producers are planning to replace the former hosts with at least one black host.

is switching things up for season 29, as the dance competition show welcomes a new host.ET has learned that Tyra Bankswill be hosting the upcoming season, taking over for Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews. She'll also be serving as executive producer alongside showrunner Andrew Llinares.«I've been a fan of  since its beginning,» Banks said in a statement to ET.

Dancing With the Stars cast can smize! Tyra Banks has officially been named as the host of the reality competition series, Us Weekly confirms.

let go from the show earlier this week. She will be the show’s first new main host since its premiere in 2005.“I’ve been a fan of ‘DWTS’ since its beginning … The fun mixed with raw emotion, seeing celebrities push past their comfort zones, the sizzling dance performances … it’s always transported me to my days of turning it up 10 notches on the catwalk,” Banks said in a statement.

Dancing With the Stars has found its new host, and she's ready to deliver some serious smize! Businesswoman Tyra Banks will replace outgoing co-hosts Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews as new host and executive producer of the ABC dance competition series.Dancing with the Stars fans were shocked when ABC revealed Bergeron and Andrews would be exiting everyone's favorite ballroom series earlier this week, but the network clearly wasted no time finding a worthy replacement. "I've been a fan of 'DWTS'

Tyra Banks is taking over hosting duties of Dancing with the Stars!