“Dancing With The Stars” Season 22 will premiere on March 21. It has not been revealed whether judges Bruno Tonioli, Carrie Ann Inaba and Julianne Hough would return for Season 22. However, longtime judge Len Goodman is all set to make a return to the dance reality show, come March 2016.

Goodman announced his decision to come back during a brief package that aired as part of “DWTS” grand finale held on Nov. 24. The senior judge said that he would return in Season 22 and would not take any nonsense from any contestant. In the pre-taped version of his message, Goodman added that he had been watching the show from the UK.

It was announced in August that Goodman would not return for “DWTS” Season 21, due to his schedule as a judge on UK’s “Strictly Come Dancing.” But executive producer Rob Wade had said that the viewers would get to see “Len in the ballroom again soon.”

It’s unclear for now whether the show will stick with a four-judge panel. Before Season 21, Goodman shared the dais with Bruno Tonioli, Carrie Ann Inaba, and Julianne Hough. Also, pro dancer Mark Ballas will be back in Season 22 of “DWTS.”

Pro Derek Hough who won the Mirrorball Trophy along with his celebrity partner Bindi Irwin may not return for the new season. It was his sixth win and after the show when he was asked about his decision to return for Season 22, Derek said he was not sure, E Online reports. He added that his win with Bindi was “not a bad way to go out.”

Derek’s best friend forever, Ballas, was excited about Len Goodman returning to “DWTS. ”

“Len brings something to the show that I felt was a little bit absent this season – his grumpiness and his attention to tradition and you know, we need that,” he told IBTimes US.

Meanwhile, New York Giants and NFL running back Rashad Jennings said that he is in talks with the “DWTS” bosses to star in the new season, TMZ reports.

Season 22 of “Dancing with the Stars” will begin in March.

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