Erin Andrews teases new game show hosting gig after ‘Dancing with the Stars' breakup
During the latest installment of the 'Calm Down' podcast, the veteran Fox Sports sideline reporter revealed she's going through a rollercoaster of emotions as she films a new Fox game show, '99 to Beat,' alongside actor Ken Jeong.
It's Andrews' first hosting gig in the game show space since she left 'Dancing with the Stars' in July 2020.
8 Erin Andrews opens up about her new hosting gig on Fox's new game show, '99 To Beat' during
the latest installment of the 'Calm Down' podcast on May 29, 2025.
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'I'm very nervous, I have a ton of anxiety,' Andrews, 47, said. 'But I'm excited to get back into that world. Obviously, it's been a minute since I got the boot from 'DWTS' with [co-host] Tom Bergeron.
'I affectionately love to tell that story. My agent is like, 'Don't say that! You weren't fired, you were replaced.' I was fired.'
Andrews, who laughed about her 'DWTS' exit, explained that she's excited to be back in the game show space and is looking forward to 'a fun challenge.'
'I'm excited to have this opportunity,' she said. 'But yeah, we'll see how it goes. It's going to be real interesting… It's with Ken Jeong, also a Fox family member. So I'm looking forward to it. It's going to run during the football season… really exciting.
8 Erin Andrews and Ken Jeong while filming the new Fox game
show, '99 to Beat.'
Instagram/Erin Andrews
8 Erin Andrews and Ken Jeong while filming the new Fox game
show, '99 to Beat.'
Instagram/Erin Andrews
'I don't know how much I'm supposed to share. It was a British game show. I've watched it on YouTube, it's hilarious and fun. And here's to the show and more season to come after that. I hope I crush. So it'll be a fun challenge.'
Taking to her Instagram Story, Andrews reposted a clip of her and Jeong backstage while filming '99 to Beat' — a show where 100 players compete in various games for the chance to win $100,000, while last place finishers are eliminated.
8 Fox Sports sideline reporter Erin Andrews during Super Bowl 2025 between the
Chiefs and the Eagles
Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images
Andrews cohosted 'DWTS' for 11 seasons with Tom Bergeron, from season 18 in 2014 through season 28 in 2019.
In July 2020, ABC announced Andrews and Bergeron's departures, saying the show was heading in 'a new creative direction — and they were replaced by Tyra Banks ahead of season 29.
8 Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews, cohosts of 'Dancing With the Stars' (left) alongside Billy Dee Williams and pro Emma Slater.
ABC
Andrews said she had been taking meetings to try and get back into the game show world.
'I liked the live element of 'DWTS',' This will be taped so it will be a little different… I was on [the show] 'Pyramid' one time with [Michael] Strahan… I love that whole vibe and had been really taking meetings and trying to get back in that world… I'm super pumped I don't have to wear a ballroom gown… I've also been very open about the whole morning show world, too.'
Strahan built a media empire after his NFL retirement following 15 seasons with the Giants.
8 Erin Andrews guest co-hosted 'Live! With Kelly and Michael' with Michael Strahan in April 2016.
The former Super Bowl champion defensive end joined Kelly Ripa as a cohost on 'Live! with Kelly' in 2012, and the show was renamed to 'Live! with Kelly and Michael' at that time.
Andrews guest co-hosted with Strahan on numerous occasions before he left to join 'Good Morning America' full-time as a morning anchor.
He is also a Fox Sports NFL analyst.
8 Michael Strahan at the 'Good Morning America' anchor desk on March 10, 2025 in New York City.
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'I had a blast,' Andrews said, referring to her time cohosting on the 'Live!' with Strahan. Those worlds are something I'm really interested in. I kind of live trying to be the female version of Michael Strahan.
… He has so much swagger and he is so good with everyone… his bank account wouldn't be bad to have either. But that's one thing we say about Stra, Stra works his ass off.'
Andrews announced that '99 to Beat' is coming to Fox at the network's upfronts earlier this month in New York.
8 Tom Brady, Erin Andrews and Michael Strahan during the Fox Upfront '25 presentation on May 12, 2025.
Ben Hider/PictureGroup for FOX/Shutterstock
That week, she cohosted 'TODAY With Jenna & Friends' with Jenna Bush Hager, which films at NBC Studios in New York.
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