In June 2005, ABC launched the U.S. model of the U.Okay. sequence Strictly Come Dancing. Tom Bergeron served as the host of Dancing With the Stars, with Lisa Canning as his cohost in season 1. Samantha Harris changed Canning in season 2 for eight seasons. In season 10, Brooke Burke (who received season 7) took over as cohost till season 18, when Erin Andrews (who competed in season 10) took over.
Andrews and Bergeron hosted collectively till season 29 after they have been changed by Tyra Banks.
“As we embark on a new creative direction, he departs the show with our sincerest thanks and gratitude for his trademark wit and charm that helped make this show a success,” ABC and BBC stated in a press release at the time. “Erin will also not be returning, and we appreciate all that she brought to the ballroom. Fans have been rooting for her since she originally competed as a contestant back in 2010, and her signature sense of humor has become a hallmark of the show.”
Ahead of season 31, Alfonso Ribeiro was introduced as a cohost for the mannequin.
Each season, a star is partnered with an expert dancer. In season 12, the ABC actuality sequence launched the troupe, consisting {of professional} dancers who danced between numbers however weren’t paired with celebs.
Peta Murgatroyd, Brandon Armstrong, Lindsay Arnold, Alan Bersten, Sharna Burgess, Witney Carson, Artem Chigvintsev, Sasha Farber, Jenna Johnson, Keo Motsepe, Gleb Savchenko and Emma Slater all started as members of the troupe earlier than becoming a member of the essential solid of professionals.
Additionally, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Len Goodman have served as judges since the sequence’ debut, with professional dancer Julianne Hough briefly becoming a member of the desk for seasons 19-21, then once more for seasons 23 and 24. During season 29, Goodman was additionally changed, since he was unable to journey to L.A. as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Former professional Derek Hough grew to become the third decide.
Many former contestants or members of the dance group have additionally joined as a visitor host for an episode via the years, together with Paula Abdul, Nick Carter, Cher, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Jessie J, Rashad Jennings, Baz Luhrmann, Ricky Martin, Idina Menzel, Abby Lee Miller, Mandy Moore and Olivia Newton-John.
The hit present launched a by-product in 2018, Dancing with the Stars: Juniors. Val Chmerkovskiy and Adam Rippon judged the competitors and the solid was made up of superstar youngsters, together with Tripp Palin, Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson and Mackenzie Ziegler. The present was canceled after one season.
Scroll via the gallery under to see each star who has received the actuality present and the place they’re at the moment:
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‘Dancing With the Stars’ Winners Through the Years: Where Are They Now?
In June 2005, ABC launched the U.S. model of the U.Okay. sequence Strictly Come Dancing. Tom Bergeron served as the host of Dancing With the Stars, with Lisa Canning as his cohost in season 1. Samantha Harris changed Canning in season 2 for eight seasons. In season 10, Brooke Burke (who received season 7) took over as cohost till season 18, when Erin Andrews (who competed in season 10) took over.
Andrews and Bergeron hosted collectively till season 29 after they have been changed by Tyra Banks.
“As we embark on a brand new inventive path, he departs the present with our sincerest thanks and gratitude for his trademark wit and allure that helped make this present successful,” ABC and BBC said in a statement at the time. “Erin can even not be returning, and we respect all that she dropped at the ballroom. Fans have been rooting for her since she initially competed as a contestant again in 2010, and her signature humorousness has turn out to be an indicator of the present.”
Ahead of season 31, Alfonso Ribeiro was introduced as a cohost for the mannequin.
Each season, a star is partnered with an expert dancer. In season 12, the ABC actuality sequence launched the troupe, consisting {of professional} dancers who danced between numbers however weren’t paired with celebs.
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Peta Murgatroyd, Brandon Armstrong, Lindsay Arnold, Alan Bersten, Sharna Burgess, Witney Carson, Artem Chigvintsev, Sasha Farber, Jenna Johnson, Keo Motsepe, Gleb Savchenko and Emma Slater all started as members of the troupe earlier than becoming a member of the essential solid of professionals.
Additionally, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Len Goodman have served as judges since the sequence’ debut, with professional dancer Julianne Hough briefly becoming a member of the desk for seasons 19-21, then once more for seasons 23 and 24. During season 29, Goodman was additionally changed, since he was unable to journey to L.A. as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Former professional Derek Hough grew to become the third decide.
Many former contestants or members of the dance group have additionally joined as a visitor host for an episode via the years, together with Paula Abdul, Nick Carter, Cher, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Jessie J, Rashad Jennings, Baz Luhrmann, Ricky Martin, Idina Menzel, Abby Lee Miller, Mandy Moore and Olivia Newton-John.
The hit present launched a by-product in 2018, Dancing with the Stars: Juniors. Val Chmerkovskiy and Adam Rippon judged the competitors and the solid was made up of superstar youngsters, together with Tripp Palin, Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson and Mackenzie Ziegler. The present was canceled after one season.
Scroll via the gallery under to see each star who has received the actuality present and the place they’re at the moment:
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Kelly Monaco
Monaco received season 1 with professional dancer Alec Mazo, then went on to star in a burlesque act known as Peepshow. She additionally continued to star on General Hospital and returned to Dancing With the Stars to compete once more on season 15’s all-stars season. She got here in third place.
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Drew Lachey
Months after his season 2 win, the 98 Degrees singer hosted the Miss USA pageant in 2006. In 2010, he and spouse Lea Dellecave welcomed their second baby, Hudson. Lachey competed in season 15’s all-stars season however was despatched dwelling third. In 2019, he appeared on season 11 of American Ninja Warrior however was eradicated throughout the second impediment.
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Emmitt Smith
The former NFL star joined ESPN as a studio analyst one 12 months after profitable Dancing With the Stars in 2006. He additionally competed on season 15, coming in fourth place. In 2010, he and spouse Patricia Southall welcomed their third baby, Elijah.
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Apolo Ohno
One 12 months after profitable Dancing With the Stars, the Olympian received his first total World Championship title in 2008. He returned for season 15 of Dancing With the Stars and got here in fifth place. In 2013, the velocity skater hosted Minute to Win It on Game Show Network. In 2014, he served as a commentator for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi after which in 2018, the Winter Games in Pyeongchang.
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Hélio Castroneves
Two years after profitable in 2007, the race automotive driver received his third Indianapolis 500. That identical 12 months, he welcomed his first baby, a daughter Mikaella, with spouse Adriana Henao. He returned for the all-stars season and was eradicated throughout week three.
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Kristi Yamaguchi
Just days after profitable the mirrorball, the determine skater acquired the 2008 Sonja Henie Award from the Professional Skaters Association. In 2010, she grew to become a every day NBC Olympics skating broadcast analyst and went on to turn out to be a particular correspondent throughout the 2010 Winter Olympics for the Today present. In 2011, she revealed a kids’s e book, Dream Big, Little Pig!
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Brooke Burke
After profitable season 7, Burke grew to become cohost for seasons 10 via 17, earlier than Andrews took over. She had many internet hosting jobs over the years, together with 4 years of the Miss America pageants. She competed on The New Celebrity Apprentice in 2017. Aside from TV, Burke revealed a e book in 2011, titled The Naked Mom: A Modern Mom’s Fearless Revelations, Savvy Advice, and Soulful Reflections. The identical 12 months, she married David Charvet after relationship for 5 years. In 2018, they introduced their cut up. The longtime host additionally underwent surgical procedure in 2012 after being recognized with thyroid most cancers.
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Shawn Johnson
Two years after profitable in 2009, the gymnast joined the 2011 USA Women’s World Championships Team, then the 2011 Pan American Games Team, during which she received a gold medal in the staff competitors and a silver medal for the uneven bars. In June 2012, she introduced her retirement from gymnastics. Just a few months later, she competed on the All-Stars season and got here in second place. She has made a number of TV appearances and revealed three books. She married athlete Andrew East in 2016, and the pair welcomed their first baby in October 2019.
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Donny Osmond
After profitable season 9 in 2009, Osmond returned to the present a number of instances as a visitor performer and a visitor decide. He continued his Las Vegas residency for 11 years, wrapping in 2019. The singer dropped an album, The Soundtrack of My Life, in 2015 and 4 years later, in 2019, got here in second place on season 1 of The Masked Singer.
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Nicole Scherzinger
The former Pussycat Dolls singer continued her TV appearances after her 2010 win, turning into a decide on The X Factor in 2011 and cohosting Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris in 2015. She dropped her second solo album in 2014. She performed Penny in 2017’s Dirty Dancing, and in April 2019, Scherzinger joined Australia’s Got Talent as a decide for its ninth season. She has additionally been a decide on The Masked Singer because it’s 2019 debut.
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Jennifer Grey
The Dirty Dancing star continued along with her performing profession after her 2010 win. She starred in Amazon’s Red Oaks for 4 years. In 2019, she had a three-episode arc on Grey’s Anatomy and in 2020, she made a visitor look on The Conners.
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Hines Ward
Following his time on Dancing, he starred as a member of the Gotham Rogues soccer staff in 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises and appeared as a walker on season 3 of The Walking Dead. In 2016, he joined CNN as a studio analyst.
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J.R. Martinez
After profitable the mirrorball trophy in 2011, the former U.S. Army soldier went on to star on SAF3 and appeared on the season 6 finale of Army Wives. In 2013, the All My Children alum additionally started his personal radio present.
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Donald Driver
After profitable the mirrorball in May 2012, Driver formally retired from the NFL, asserting the information in January 2013. In 2017, he was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.
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Melissa Rycroft
The Bachelor alum first competed in season 8 of the actuality present however got here in third place. She returned for the all-stars season and took dwelling the mirrorball. She and husband Tye Strickland landed their very own actuality present, Melissa & Tye, on CMT 2012, nevertheless it solely ran for one season. She additionally went on to host CMT’s Redneck Island. The former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader additionally welcomed two extra kids after the present ended, sons Beckett, in 2014 and Cayson, in 2016, to hitch her daughter, Ava, born in 2011.
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Kellie Pickler
Following her win 213, Pickler dropped her fourth album, The Woman I Am. In 2015, she and husband Kyle Jacobs starred in the actuality present Love Kellie Pickler. From 2017 to 2019, she cohosted the daytime TV speak present Pickler & Ben with Ben Aaron. Since 2018, the American Idol alum has starred in Hallmark vacation motion pictures.
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Amber Riley
After the Glee alum received in 2013, she launched a vogue line, Rileyland Fashions, along with her sister, Ashley. In 2016, she led the West End’s manufacturing of Dreamgirls. One 12 months later, Riley launched an album, Songs from the Stage, with Beverley Knight and Cassidy Janson. In 2019, she emceed The Little Mermaid Live!
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Meryl Davis
The Olympian continued to skate with associate Charlie White after her 2014 win, till 2017, when she introduced her retirement. In 2019, she married determine skater Fedor Andreev.
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Alfonso Ribeiro
Months after his 2014 win, the actor was named the new host of America’s Funniest Home Videos, changing Tom Bergeron. In 2019, he started internet hosting “The 90s with Alfonso Ribeiro” radio present. His household additionally expanded after the present as he and his spouse welcomed their second son, Anders, in 2015 and a daughter, Ava, in 2019.
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Rumer Willis
Willis started doing much more performing after her 2015 Dancing win, starring in Empire, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and 9-1-1. In September 2015, she made her Broadway debut in Chicago. She additionally carried out on season 1 of The Masked Singer. In December 2022, the actress introduced that she is anticipating her first baby with boyfriend Derek Richard Thomas.
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Bindi Irwin
In 2016, Irwin — who received the mirrorball in 2015 —dropped her fourth album, Bindi and The Jungle Girls Bindi’s Island Dance Party. In 2020, the conservationist married wakeboarder Chandler Powell. The couple went on to welcome daughter Grace in March 2021.
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Nyle DiMarco
The mannequin, who received in 2016, has appeared in a number of music movies and on Hulu’s Difficult People and ABC’s Station 19. He additionally began The Nyle DiMarco Foundation, a nonprofit offering assets for deaf kids and their households.
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Laurie Hernandez
In 2020, Hernandez testified in opposition to her former gymnastics coach, Maggie Haney, who was suspended as a result of abusive conduct. Although the athlete has not competed since her time on DWTS in 2016, she has not retired and in January 2020, introduced she was coaching once more. In 2018, Hernandez cohosted American Ninja Warrior Junior and revealed a kids’s e book, She’s Got This.
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Rashad Jennings
The footballer introduced his NFL retirement months after profitable the present in 2017. In May 2018, he launched his first e book, The If in Life: How to Get Off Life’s Sidelines And Become Your Best Self. He is also the creator of The Coin Slot Chronicles sequence, following the journey of 11-year-old Arcade.
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Jordan Fisher
After taking dwelling the mirrorball trophy in 2017, he obtained engaged to Ellie Woods in May 2019 and landed a number one position in Fox’s Rent: Live. He additionally was solid in To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You the identical 12 months. Fisher was solid as the lead in Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway in 2020.
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Adam Rippon
Months after Dancing in 2018, Rippon introduced his retirement from aggressive determine skating. In 2019, he launched a memoir, Beautiful on the Outside, and appeared in Taylor Swift’s “You Need to Calm Down” video.
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Bobby Bones
After his 2018 win, Bones returned to The Bobby Bones Show. He additionally grew to become a full-time mentor on American Idol and served as a visitor host when Ryan Seacrest was out sick.
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Hannah Brown
The former Bachelorette has since moved to Los Angeles full time since profitable DWTS in 2019. She has been relationship mannequin Adam Woolard since early 2021, confirming the romance publicly for the first time on Valentine’s Day.
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Kaitlyn Bristowe
Six months after profitable alongside associate Artem Chigvintsev, Bristowe obtained engaged to boyfriend Jason Tartick.
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Iman Shumpert
The athlete grew to become the first-ever NBA star to win the competitors sequence when he took dwelling the mirrorball trophy in 2021’s season 30. The win was additionally the first for his associate, Daniella Karagach.
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