confirmed.Banks’ new gig comes after news broke on Monday that longtime host Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews would be departing the show.
Banks is set to be officially announced as the new host of the show Wednesday morning on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”News of Bergeron and Andrews’ exit came suddenly on Monday evening.
Bergeron has been with the show for 28 seasons, since its inception, and Andrews had been co-hosting with Bergeron since season 18.Bergeron tweeted that he was informed by ABC he would not be asked back to the show for the 29th season.
His tweet indicated that the shakeup came as a surprise. “Just informed @DancingABC will be continuing without me,” he tweeted. “It’s been an incredible 15-year run and the most unexpected.
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