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 Dancing With the Stars is set to welcome a new co-host on Monday night…and it’s definitely someone fans will know! E! News can exclusively reveal that Leah Remini will heading back to the ballroom to take over as Tom Bergeron’s co-host, while Erin Andrews takes a bit of a break from DWTS duties to cover the World Series as Fox’s MLB sideline reporter. (Andrews will return once the World Series is over.)

 Feeling déjà vu?We are, too, because we also reported on Remini filling in for Andrews last October during the Series, too!

 Remini, who currently stars on her own hit TLC reality show, Leah Remini: It’s All Relative, was a fan-favorite when she competed on the show in Season 17 with Tony Dovolani, who was forced to withdraw from the competition earlier this season after his partner Kim Zolciak-Biermann was unable to fly after suffering a mini-stroke. Remini won’t be season 21’s first guest host, however, as DWTS champ Alfonso Ribeiro filled in for Bergeron, who had to miss the Oct. 5 show to be with his sick father.

 And the King of Queens star won’t be the only famous face making an appearance in the ballroom on Monday night as Olivia Newton-John is set to serve as a guest judge for “Famous Dance” night. So which famous dances will the remaining couples be paying homage to? Check out the full list below:

 Alek Skarlatos & Lindsay Arnold: “Jailhouse Rock” from Jailhouse Rock
Alexa PenaVega & Mark Ballas: “I’m A Slave 4 U” by Britney Spears
Andy Grammer & Allison Holker: “Good Morning” from Singing In The Rain
Bindi Irwin & Derek Hough: “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” from Dirty Dancing
Carlos PenaVega & Witney Carson: “Pony” from Magic Mike 
Hayes Grier & Emma Slater: “You’re The One That I Want” from Grease
Nick Carter & Sharna Burgess: “You Should Be Dancing” from Saturday Night Fever
Paula Deen & Louis van Amstel: “Vogue” by Madonna
Tamar Braxton & Valentin Chmerkovskiy: “Rhythm Nation” by Janet Jackson

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[quote888]Meryl and Charlie teaching a class at Boch Ice Center. 10/16[/quote888]

Latest blog post from Derek Houghderek-julianne:
 
[quote888]Hey everyone!

 Thanks for your votes!

 How great was Switch-Up Week? I think this was one of the best ones yet. It was awesome working with Alexa and I’m so proud of her for getting that 40. It does not feel at all weird get a perfect score first with Alexa and not Bindi. It was important that whoever I got last week, I gave them my all. I had a very clear goal to get Alexa’s confidence level up and I think we did that. And in my eyes, Bindi always gets a perfect score!

 I thought Bindi did a terrific job in her cha cha. The routine was extremely difficult. Val pushed her and made her sharp. To get a 10 in cha cha is extraordinary. I think the cha cha one of the least impactful dances on the show. If you look at the record books of memorable dances, there are very few, if any, cha chas. There’s a reason we usually do them in the first week. I just loved watching her kill it. I agree with what Bruno said about her shoulders. We were trying to figure out why she moves them up like that. I said yesterday that when she gets excited and is smiling, she raises her shoulders. It was like a light bulb moment. So now that we know, we have to retrain that a little bit.

 It feels great to be back with my baby! Pun intended! We have the rumba this week to Dirty Dancing. Normally, we can do our own versions of these dances, but they told us they want us to reflect the original as possible. We still have some freedom with it. The tough part is the lift, of course. I don’t normally do lifts and I never really have done those on the show. And this is a really difficult lift to do. We try every day and we’ve gotten really close. Yesterday, we went to a lake – and I use that term loosely. It was more of a smelly bog. It was in the Hills. There’s a little reservoir and it was so gross. The silt was like 3-feet deep. When you stepped in it, the bubbles popped. Believe me, I did not choose that location! But it was actually really fun.

 And before you ask, yes, Jennifer Grey is giving us tips! She’s actually stopping by rehearsals today to check us out. We can’t disappoint her! I guess it was easy to give us Dirty Dancingbecause of my connection to Jennifer, but I think there are actually a lot of parallels between the movie and Bindi. Baby’s 17 in the movie and so is Bindi. Baby wants to change the world. That’s Bindi. Even Bindi’s laughs when she gets goofy are so Jennifer. She’s my Baby Bindi!

 Hopefully they won’t give us another lie detector this week! That was rigged! Ha. The whole segment was pretty funny, but for the record, I really don’t think I’m the best pro. I think that’s too broad a label. We’re all good at different things and different styles. We’re all the best in different ways. But I certainly do give my very best in everything I do.

 Thanks for reading! See you Monday!

 Derek[/quote888]
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