Bringing in a co-host is the first step to pushing out the permanent A list model/producer/host.

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Alfonso Riberio

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Alfonso Ribeiro to Join Tyra Banks as Cohost of Season 31 of ‘Dancing with the Stars’

Alfonso Ribeiro is heading back to the ballroom — this time as a cohost!

On Thursday, ABC announced that the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air alum, 50, will be cohosting the 31st season of Dancing with the Stars alongside current host Tyra Banks.

“I’m super excited,” Ribeiro, who took home the Mirrorball Trophy in 2014 with pro dancer Witney Carson, told PEOPLE ahead of the announcement. “For me to be asked now to co-host with Tyra, and be part of the great crew and dancers and friends … to be able to be on stage with them and to be part of that family again, is quite special for me. I mean, these dancers are friends of mine at this point now. We really do all hang out together, and talk outside of that show.”

“My goal is to bring back a sense of the happy and the fun, and the family atmosphere, that this show has always felt like for me,” he added. “I want to become friends with all of the contestants this year, and allow myself to kind of be able to really just sit and talk with them. And after their dance, I want to get honest, and true feelings from them and make people laugh and make people smile again. I feel like sometimes it gets a little serious and while it needs to be that also, it also needs to be light and fun and cheery.” – Source

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