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'DWTS' Could Replace Tyra Banks As Host Due To 'Huge Concerns'

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By Kelly Coffey-Behrens on December 5, 2022 at 12:00 PM EST

“America’s Next Top Model” star Tyra Banks has been the host of  “Dancing with the Stars”for the last few seasons after replacing Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews.

Over the last few seasons, fans of the reality competition show were not happy with the way Tyra Banks hosted, so when the show announced Alfonso Ribeiro (“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”) would be joining Banks as co-host, they were relieved. However, Banks still got plenty of air time, and fans were not happy about her continuous mistakes over this past season.

Now, "Dancing With the Stars" executives are hinting a "huge shakeup" is coming and they "could replace" Banks as host.

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"Dancing With the Stars" Executives Looking To Move In A New Direction

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A "DWTS" source is coming forward, spilling details on the upcoming season -- even saying Tyra Banks could be out as host. Producers even confided in the source, saying that the show "needs to be more adventurous, original and feature fresh faces."

According to The Sun, "Dancing With the Stars" producers may replace Tyra Banks as host as they feel "[she] has had struggles warming up to the team, contestants and certainly the audience."

"There seems to be a disconnect again with viewers which always raises concerns," they admitted. "We still get emails and comments about her performance and it is upsetting."

"The team works extraordinarily hard to deliver the best series every year, but the main focus of fans' upset is the host," the source continued.

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Tyra Banks Does Not Promote The Show

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The source continued to give details as to why executives are looking to replace Banks, saying the "America's Next Top Model" does not promote "Dancing With the Stars" as much as they want.

"There are also concerns that she has not been out and about promoting the show as much as we'd like," the source continued. "Other hosts do a wealth of interviews and promotion for their shows, but she has not been out at all in the public eye."

In fact, the source believes that because she is an executive producer on the show, that is the reason why she is still around. "It is upsetting," the source said. "If she did not have her executive producer role, some of us believe she would have already departed."

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Tyra Banks Calls Landon Barker By Wrong Name On Live TV

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Banks has made many mistakes over this past season of "Dancing With the Stars," but one moment in particular is still being talked about.

On the October 3, 2022, episode, host Tyra Banks gave a shout-out to Charli D’Amelio’s friends who were supporting her and sitting in the audience — including D’Amelio’s boyfriend, musician Landon Barker.

Barker, 19, is the son of Blink-182 drummer and Kourtney Kardashian’s husband, Travis Barker. But, when Banks introduced Barker, she called him “Logan” by mistake. “Charli’s friends Kourtney Kardashian, Travis Barker, and Logan Barker are here,” Banks said. “I know you guys are very proud right now.”

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Fans were quick to comment on Banks’s mistake, taking to social media to call her out. So, during the following week’s episode, Banks addressed the name mistake to D’Amelio after her dance on Disney+ Night — although, she once again, made the mistake.

“I called your boyfriend Landon Barker and his name is Logan,” Banks said during the live show. But then, D’Amelio corrected her, saying that she messed up Barker’s name again. “Okay, I just said it backwards again,” Banks added. “What is wrong with me with this? Why can’t I get this right? They said it in my ear last week, I got it wrong. Now that I’m reading it and I’m getting it wrong.”

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