Bones and Burgess won Season 27 in 2018, besting runners-up Milo Manheim and pro Witney Carson. When the competition show returned for Season 28, a new element was added that allowed the judges to save one of the bottom two couples every week.

In response to comments from Dancing With the Stars pros, Milo Manheim, the Season 27 runner-up to Bobby Bones, shared his own thoughts. That shocking season, Manheim and Witney Carson came in second, Evanna Lynch and Keo Motsepe were third, and Alexis Ren and Alan Bersten placed fourth.