With Dancing With The Stars underway, Tyra Banks has taken over the host role from Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews. This is not Tyra’s first time taking over as host, as she also stepped in for Nick Cannon on America’s Got Talent from 2017-2018. In addition, she hosted America’s Next Top Model seasons 1 to 22 before returning as the host for ANTM season 24. As the new host of DWTS, Tyra has received her fair share of criticism due to the many mistakes that she has made during her time on the show. Does she really deserve all of the criticism that she gets?
During the first few weeks of hosting the dance competition, Tyra has been facing so much backlash in her new DWTS role. Despite being a host of many other shows throughout her career, mistakes have happened during her time on the hit ABC dance competition series. Of course, people have had things to say. Many fans have called for Tyra to be fired. They want Tom and Erin to return as co-hosts. Others think she makes the show too much about herself… and not enough about the celebrities. Despite all the criticism that she has received, Tyra has owned the mistakes that she has made, insisting that it is “live TV” and mistakes do happen.
The latest blunder that has made headlines is the bottom two announcement. During the October 5 episode of the series, host Tyra Banks announced the wrong bottom two couples that were facing elimination. This took many by surprise, including the three judges who were left speechless after the mistake. This is the first time in the history of the show that the wrong bottom two has ever been announced, and it left Tyra saying, “Again, we apologize for this, this is live TV, we’re all human” before ending the show. After the show ended, Tyra took to Twitter to clarify what went wrong and why the error had occurred.
Despite the clarification, Tyra Banks continued to get criticism. Many fans have stated that it never would have happened if Tom and Erin were still the hosts of Dancing with the Stars. However, Tyra does not let the criticism affect her. She has stated that mistakes happen all the time and not everything can be perfect.
As the new host of DWTS, Tyra does not deserve the criticism she is facing, primarily because this is a brand-new role for her. Despite hosting many other shows, this is her first time hosting in the ballroom, so rookie nerves are expected. Just like it’s a new adventure for celebrities, this is also a new adventure for Tyra, and she is doing the best job that she can.
DWTS airs every Monday at 8PM EST on ABC.