“However,” Burke added, “you have to know what you’re talking about, right?
They have to be able to back up whatever they say.
She danced as a pro across 26 seasons of the reality competition series.

Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough, and Bruno Tonioli on ‘Dancing With the Stars’.Disney/Eric McCandless
And she didn’t just level critiques, she offered solutions.
“I also think Derek should take his adjudicator’s exam.
Carrie Anne should do it.

Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, and Bruno Tonioli on ‘Dancing With the Stars’.Eric McCandless/ABC
I think that’s important, and why wouldn’t you wanna do that?
Or maybe they have, I don’t know.
I’m not them.”
Maybe that’s why there’s a lot more contemporaries, and all of that.
Like, last season, I only saw one or two sambas, and I love samba.”
ThepassingofLen Goodmanin 2023 also signaled the end of an era for both shows.
BacheloralumJoey Graziadeiand pro Jenna Johnson recently won season 33, after a lively cha-cha and tennis-themed freestyle on thefinale.