The countdown is on for season 32 of Dancing With the Stars — and Derek Hough is ready! The judge opened up to Us Weekly about what’s to come on the competition series.“I think this is gonna be it.
I think [they are] kind of realizing that three is the right amount. And what’s good about three is that it also allows space for guest judges,” the 37-year-old dancer exclusively told Us while promoting his partnership with Excedrin. “We did have Michael Bublé last season, but, like, five judges — that’s a lot.
I was like, ‘We’re good.’ I think there’s a lot more flexibility in that.”Hough will be joined by Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli on the upcoming season of the Disney+ show after Len Goodman’s departure.
Hough agreed with Us that scaling back to three judges gives each person more time to talk, joking: “Bruno [is] over there taking up eight minutes.”Maksim Chmerkovskiy, who last appeared as a pro on season 25 of DWTS, previously made his interest in joining the judges’ panel known.“I would love to see anybody that was on the show come join us as a guest judge for an episode or two,” Hough told Us. “We had a celebration [recently].
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