After 31 seasons, Len Goodman is able to depart the ballroom for the final time. Throughout the Nov. 14 episode of “Dancing With the Stars,” Goodman introduced that he’ll be leaving the present on the finish of this season. He defined throughout the broadcast, “This shall be my final season judging ‘Dancing With the Stars.'” The gang gasped on the information. He continued, “I have been on the present because it began in 2005, and it has been an enormous pleasure to be part of such a beautiful present, however I’ve determined I wish to spend extra time with my grandchildren and household again in Britain.”
The gang gave Goodman a standing ovation as his fellow judges — Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Derek Hough — teared up. “It has been such a beautiful expertise for me, and I look ahead a lot to subsequent week’s finale. I am certain it’ll be completely sensible,” the 78-year-old added. The judging panel acquired as much as give him hugs as the gang and dancers cheered. Host Tyra Banks known as him a “residing legend.”
Giving the most important thanks to Len Goodman for being part of our #DWTS household for thus a few years! 💜 Wishing him nothing however the perfect as we rejoice his final season earlier than retirement! pic.twitter.com/ho1z65Dsa8
— Dancing with the Stars #DWTS (@officialdwts) November 15, 2022
“DWTS” is about to wrap up its thirty first season after 17 years on the air. The one seasons Goodman didn’t seem on as a choose had been seasons 21 and 29. Goodman additionally served as a choose on the British collection “Strictly Come Dancing,” which “DWTS” is an adaptation of. He started showing on that present in 2004 earlier than exiting in 2016. Goodman has additionally labored as a choose in nontelevised ballroom dancing contests, and Banks famous that most of the dancers, together with Hough, had been judged by Goodman throughout ballroom competitions as they had been rising up.
Earlier than his TV profession, Goodman was a dancer himself, beginning when he was 19 years previous. He nonetheless runs a ballroom dancing college in his dwelling nation of England.
After Goodman made his announcement, Inaba took to Instagram Tales to share photographs of herself, Goodman, and Tonioli through the years; all three had been on the unique judging panel. “Len Goodman. Head Decide. Expensive Pal. Household,” she wrote partially.
The season 31 finale of “Dancing With the Stars” airs Monday, Nov. 21, on Disney+.
