Nikki Glaser Wants DWTS ‘Losers Season’ Return After Early Exit

Nikki Glaser was “immediately eliminated” when she initially appeared on Dancing With the Stars — but she’s pitching a unique way to make a comeback.

“[Getting voted off] was one of the most humiliating experiences of my professional career, but it was so fun. I love the show so much,” Glaser, 41, shared during the Tuesday, September 9, episode of Jenna & Friends. “I’m dying to go back on the show. Please do a losers season, but you gotta do it soon because my hips are hurting.”

Glaser was the first contestant eliminated alongside pro Gleb Savchenko during season 27 in 2018. (The mirrorball ultimately went to radio personality Bobby Bones and Sharna Burgess).

On Tuesday, the comedian noted that since her exit, the cast has gotten better year after year, “It’s kind of always a grab bag of Cameo’s $50 celebrities, but this time, these are some people you really want to see dance,” she joked of the upcoming season 34.

Glaser added that she was particularly excited to watch Savchenko dance alongside Hilaria Baldwin. “I feel like he might win it this time,” she continued, adding that her former partner “is so hot. Gleb Savchenko is as hot as his name is disgusting. That’s how hot that guy is.”

The season 34 pairings were announced earlier this month. Other notable match-ups include Alix Earle and Val Chmerkovskiy, Dylan Efron and Daniella Karagach, Robert Irwin and Witney Carson, Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas, among many more.

Glaser’s comments on Tuesday weren’t the first time she’s thrown out the idea of a “losers” season for DWTS. After getting eliminated in 2018, she joked to On the Red Carpet that she was the “first announced cast member” for the new season she “just made up.”

Glaser suggested that the losers season would involve a partner swap from their original pairings in hopes of sparking a well-intentioned “rivalry” among the returning celebrities.

“It’s going to be very interesting, a very dramatic season,” she joked at the time.

Glaser clearly enjoys being on the ballroom floor. Despite being knocked out  in round one, she returned for the season 27 finale to dance alongside Bones, 45, and Burgess, 40, for the freestyle number, which received a perfect score. After the duo secured their win, Glaser took to social media to send her congratulations.

Related: Sasha Farber Addresses Absence From ‘DWTS’ Season 34 Cast

UPDATE — 9/4/25, 03:30 a.m. ET: Sasha Farber addressed his absence from the Dancing With the Stars season 34 cast in an Instagram Story video on Wednesday, September 3. “It is a beautiful day today,” Farber, 41, said in the video. “Guys, the Dancing With the Stars cast announcement was today. Wow, so many good […]

“Huge congrats to @mrBobbyBones and @SharnaBurgess on their @DancingABC win tonight. I was honored that they asked me to be in their last dance, which no one forced them to do,” Glaser wrote via X. “I am not a good dancer and they didn’t care. That’s what makes them great.”

Dancing With the Stars season 34 premieres on ABC and streams live on Disney+ Tuesday, September 26, at 8 p.m. ET. Episodes are available to stream on Hulu next day.