Dancing With the Stars dance pro Cheryl Burke dropped a bombshell Monday on Good Morning America when she announced that this will be her last season on the popular ABC dancing competition.
Say it isn’t so!
“As of now, this is probably going to be my last season,” the two-time champion said on the day of the first live performance with her season 19 star partner, Antonio Sebato Jr.
For a decade, the dancing star has been a fixture on the hit ABC series for 18 out of the show’s 19 seasons.
“I started when was 20. I’m 30. I want to try new things and just see what’s out there,” she explained.
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The two-time mirror ball winner has appeared in the finals seven times and the semi-finals 10 times.
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The complete Dancing With The Stars celebrity roster for tonight’s premiere looks like this:
Olympian Lolo Jones; partnered with Keo Motsepe
Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong; partnered with Peta Murgatroyd
Duck Dynasty star Sadie Robertson; partnered with Mark Ballas
Actor Antonio Sabato Jr.; partnered with Cheryl Burke
YouTube star Bethany Mota; partnered with Derek hugh
Actor Jonathan Bennett; partnered with Allison Holker
MMA Champion Randy Couture; partnered with Karina Smirnoff
Pretty Little Liars star Janel Parrish; partnered with Val Chmerkoskiy
Fresh prince of Bel-Air star Alfonso Ribiero; partnered with Witney Carson
Designer Betsey Johnson; partnered with Tony Dovolani
Race car driver Michael Waltrip; partnered with Emma Slater
Actress Lea Thompson; partnered with Artem Chigvintsev
One of these teams will be eliminated tonight. Who do you think will have to turn in their dancing shoes?
Dancing With the Stars airs 8 p.m. every Monday on ABC.