Tom Bergeron
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"Outstanding Game Show Host"2000 Hollywood Squares "Reality Host"2012 Dancing with the Stars

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"Thomas" ""Tom"" "Bergeron" is an American television personality and game show host, best known as the host of America's Funniest Home Videos (2001–2015) and host of the American Broadcasting Company/ABC reality series Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)/Dancing with the Stars (2005–present). He was also host of Hollywood Squares (1998–2004) and a fill-in host for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (U.S. game show)/Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. He is the winner of both a Daytime Emmy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.

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I did and we had a ball and it just took off from there. ... I thought from afar, 'Oh shoot. This is probably going to be a good show now. She's got some clout. She's got star power and can raise the bar for the whole show.'

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I think, number one, it has to be funny, ... We genuinely like and respect each other for what we cumulatively bring to the party. I think ultimately it boils down to the chemistry of the people involved.

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It's like, 'what can scare me now?'

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We can't forget that the contestants are the representatives of the viewers at home, ... and if we make it too much of a yuk-fest at the expense of the contestants, that turns off the viewer.

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That was a such a treat, ... because it was so unexpected given Regis' popularity. I did have a few lines prepared just in case, which I had just planned to tell my wife (Lois, a former TV producer) privately after I lost.

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In the tradition of the great rematches — Ali vs. Frazier, McEnroe vs. Borg, the Rolling Stones and father time — neither could resist the challenge of proving once and for all they are the best.

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I'm very rarely beyond words and I am right now, ... It's one of those quiet moments. It's as public as it is but it's as private as can be.

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