What else could a gymnast be? One might say a long jumper, a swimmer, or a track and field athlete. But a TV show host? That feels exaggerated, right? Not when Stephen Nedoroscik enters the discussion. The Olympic bronze medalist was announced as the co-host for Dancing With The Stars 2025 live tour on November 27, 2024. Now, as the tour concludes in April 2025, Stephen announced his retirement from hosting and has been emotional. He has also confessed emotionally. What was that?

Stephen Nedoroscik took to X on Friday, April 19, to open his heart. He said, “What a privilege it is to be sad when something ends, thank you so much Dancing With The Stars“. As a star of DWTS, he partnered with Rylee Arnold to deliver a freestyle routine that began with Nedoroscik performing on the pommel horse, transitioning into a dynamic dance sequence. The finished fourth in the finale, and since then, Nedoroscik was with the reality show in their live tours, performing and hosting until it came to an end, leaving the star gymnast sad and heartbroken.

Even his Twitter bio highlights that man is nostalgic and is going to miss DWTS. It reads, “it’s all hitting me 😭 thank you everything DWTS, this was truly the time of my life 🕺🪩💃“. His Twitter bio kept changing during his DTWS era. In one hilarious incident e got nicknamed Doop by Nikita, who is the daughter of “Dancing with the Stars” professional dancers Daniella Karagach and Pasha Pashkov. He changed his Twitter bio to, “Nikita has named me. I’m ‘Doop.” Fans and the man himself are going to miss these moments, and how could we forget his partner, Rylee?

After the duo made it to the final of the DWTS, she said, “Stephen, I’m already crying because I just have so much love for you in my heart. I am so, so, so, so proud of you.” She further called him hardworking and inspirational. She highlighted, “It all started with you being the pommel horse guy… working so hard for your craft and now, you are here on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ stage.”

There is no wrong in what she said because the man was called Superman for the way he performed during the Paris Olympics. Nedoroscik, a pommel horse specialist, scored 15.300 in the individual event, surpassing his team’s final score of 14.866 and his qualification score of 15.200. The USA gymnastics team won the bronze, ensuring their first podium finish since 2008. Then, after that, he went to the DWTS.

Stephen Nedoroscik in DWTS

Fresh off the bronze in Paris, Nedoroscik joined season 33 of Dancing with the Stars. He made a memorable debut dancing a jive to Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now,” scoring 21/30. Fans loved his “Clark Kent to Superman” transformation, highlighted by his signature glasses removal — a nod to his gymnastics persona.

As the weeks went by, his performances kept getting better. On “Oscars Night,” he performed a Superman-themed Paso Doble, and during “Halloween Night,” he and Arnold earned their first 10 with a hauntingly dramatic contemporary routine. When the finale came, he decided to pay tribute to his roots.

The gymnast-turned-dancer did a freestyle routine that incorporated the pommel horse — a first for the show — earning a perfect score. Though he finished fourth, his journey is that of pure fun. He fund an amazing friend in Rylee and a great hosting talent in himself. Don’t you think?