Exclusive: ‘Dancing with the Stars’ cutting costs AGAIN. Who’s being replaced?

Just in case you thought that “Dancing with the Stars” was done cutting costs, think again. In another dramatic move to shake up the show, which has seen repeated declines in the 18-49 demographic and is in desperate need of change, ABC announced sweeping changes to their roster of talent in a press conference today. Early indications are that this will save the show millions annually, and create a line of journalists out the door who were previously camped out watching singer sob stories on “The Voice.”

The first people to get the boot are the entire panel of judges, who have been there since the beginning. As a network source claimed, “Bruno Tonioli has also thrown out his hips way too many times dancing behind the judging panel, and we’re tired of paying his medical insurance. Since Robin Roberts did a great job judging without any dance experience, why not make the whole panel the voice of the people?”

ABC is set to make the following three people into the new judges for the next spring season, which starts up later than usual on April 1, 2015.

Kevin O’Leary of “Shark Tank” – Tired of promoting “The Bachelor” on “Dancing with the Stars,” producers want to promote another property on the show. Plus, they want someone who looks kind of lake Len Goodman from far away. At the end of every routine, Kevin either proclaims that they are “dead to me” or tries to attach a 10% royalty in perpetuity to the remainder of their performances.

Hannah Horvath from “Girls” – Every critique starts with Hannah complaining about how she had to spend two minutes focusing on someone else. Then, she defends herself as being a “great judge” before telling them that the “entire concept of sexualizing themselves with sequins and gyrations for a corporate complex is disgusting.” She then takes off her clothes.

Kenya Moore, Phaedra Parks … and the rest of the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” cast – They all either sit together on one chair, and the game is trying to see if you can actually catch any criticism in the midst of the shouting. They then rip up the scoring paddle before reading their score out loud, and the only thing they agree on is that they would have all be so much better contestants than NeNe Leakes.

Unfortunately, sources indicate that Tom Bergeron is no longer interested in hosting this new edition of the show, and since ABC doesn’t really want to pay him the big bucks, they have hired Richard Sherman to work alongside returning co-host Erin Andrews. He will be shown photos of Michael Crabtree prior to the start of every broadcast.

Finally, Maksim Chmerkivkiy is set to be promoted to executive producer for the show, with departing producer Conrad Green saying that since Maks believes he’s the star of the show, why not let him run it? The ballroom floor will be immediately replaced with a giant photo of Maksim’s abs.

This season to us sounds like a blast, and we’ll be covering it every step of the way!