The 41-year-old host and TV personality recently told Fox News, she's ready for a new challenge and the ABC reality competition series was the perfect fit. EXCLUSIVE: Jeannie Mai is ready to twirl across the ballroom floor on the upcoming season of "Dancing with the Stars." The 41-year-old host and TV personality recently told Fox News she's ready for a new challenge and the ABC reality competition series was the perfect fit. "I'm being thrown across the dance floor, which was my request, by the way," she joked. "And I also want to twirl underneath legs!" Mai said joining the cast for Season 29 was like crossing something off her wish list but, more importantly: "I want to just reconnect with people," she said.