Alfonso Ribeiro & Bruno Tonioli Want a Bollywood Theme on 'DWTS' | Disney Upfronts 2025 - video Dailymotion

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Alfonso Ribeiro and Bruno Tonioli chat with THR at the Disney Upfronts and tease what to expect from the next season of 'Dancing With the Stars.' Plus, they share that they want to do a Bollywood theme this season.

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00:00Listen, we're Hollywood here.

00:01I love Hollywood.

00:02How are we planning on making this next season as Hollywood as ever?

00:07Well, I'm pretty sure that the producers will have an incredible cast.

00:11We'll be second to none.

00:13And we've already got a great one already announced with Robert Irwin,

00:16Bindi Irwin's little brother.

00:18He's been around the show.

00:19He went through the entire season with Bindi when she won.

00:22And I think he's going to be ready to rock and roll come the season starter.

00:27And 20 years of Dancing with the Stars.

00:2920 years of glamour, dance, glitz, fun, uplifting.

00:34I'm sure there'll be something.

00:37We don't know the details.

00:38We don't know any details yet, but they're planning some good stuff.

00:40The 20th anniversary.

00:42How are we hoping to celebrate?

00:43Does it make you nostalgic?

00:45Well, first, actually, it makes me grateful.

00:48Grateful to the American audience to be so supportive

00:50and being so nice to us for all these years.

00:54And again, as I was saying, we really love the show.

00:57We're always saying the same thing.

01:00It's like the old Hollywood of Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire and Cis Charisse.

01:06Glitz, glamour, fun.

01:07Inspiring, uplifting.

01:09Everybody can watch it.

01:11And everybody that works on it, also myself, all the cast and the crew put so much into it.

01:18And I think that's why the audience really responds, because they feel the passion and the love we put in.

01:24But not just the people on screen, everyone around it.

01:27The entire crew, everyone.

01:28That put this production on.

01:30And it's one of the few shows that still do that.

01:33So thank you.

01:36Yes, yes.

01:36Do we have the full cast confirmed?

01:39No, not at all.

01:40We're nowhere near that.

01:41But they typically won't.

01:43This is as early as they've ever announced anyone.

01:46So typically it's August.

01:48They start putting out some rumors.

01:51But they don't announce the cast until we go on GMA in September.

01:55So there are a couple more announcements coming.

01:57I know that.

01:58But we're a long ways from the full cast.

02:00We're going to have a look around tonight.

02:01We're getting pins and pin them on people.

02:05To use the little thing.

02:07To find them.

02:08To find them, yeah.

02:08To find my celebrity.

02:09To find my celebrity.

02:11What's a theme night that you would hope is a part of this season?

02:14Oh, my God.

02:16I want a Bollywood night.

02:17Oh, I'll be there for that.

02:19I want a Bollywood night.

02:19I think we did it.

02:20Did you do it a while?

02:21Not since I've been there.

02:22So I want a Bollywood night.

02:23We did actually a Bollywood dance number once.

02:27But not completely Bollywood night.

02:28Not a complete Bollywood night.

02:29A Bollywood night would be really kind of cool.

02:31I'm all for that.

02:32I'd be down with that.

02:33They're pretty astonishing.

02:35And the routines are pretty awesome.

02:37Stunning.

02:37I want to do a Bollywood night.

02:38I'm pitching that.

02:39I'll pitch it.

02:40I'll pitch it.

Alfonso Ribeiro & Bruno Tonioli Want a Bollywood Theme on 'DWTS' | Disney Upfronts 2025

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