LOS ANGELES — As “Dancing with the Stars” marked 20 years on the air on Nov. 11, the show pulled out all the stops to bring back favorites and celebrate the nine remaining contestants.

Six professional dancers who started with the show in 2005 were featured in the opening number, choreographed by judge Derek Hough. Later in the show, nine former Mirror Ball champions came back to partner with the contestants during the relay dance. Even Tom Bergeron was there as a guest judge, literally jumping up and down on stage after pal Elaine Hendrix’s salsa and telling her, “That was really good!”

“I am thrilled to be here tonight,” Bergeron said at the beginning of the show, which he hosted for many years until clashing with management over the 2019 casting of former Trump press secretary Sean Sp

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