If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it still may not be a duck if it is a video on America’s Funniest Home Videos, which are always full of surprises.
This Sunday, AFHV wraps up its season when the two $100,000 winners battle it out for the grand prize, and special guests Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy and Donald Duck join host Alfonso Ribiero when he announces who the winner is. Also joining Ribiero will be former host Tom Bergeron, who turned over the reins to Ribiero in 2015, but couldn’t pass up the opportunity to be part of the fun on this season’s final episode.
“I’ve had nothing but support from Tom, and he’s coming back to be in our finale and play Who Breaks It? with me, so that is a wonderful, very cool thing,” Riberio told Parade.com. “The finale’s going to be beautiful. It’s going to be great. We give away some great, great trips for our grand prize winner to the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and the Shanghai Disney Resort in China, so it’s been very cool, and we’re really excited.”
This year’s winner was chosen by audiences at the Walt Disney Resort in Florida, where they were shown both videos, and they then voted for which of the two they thought was the best.
Ribiero, who was a fan of the show before he took over as host, says his personal favorite when it comes to the videos are the epic fails.
“I love it when people try to do stuff that they really should not be trying, and they fail miserably at doing it,” he says. “I’ve also started to really fall in love with the kid videos. As a dad, you start to recognize some of those videos for what happens in your own house with your own kid, so you really do appreciate it. A lot of those videos are the moments that make you go, ‘Awe, I just want to hug my kid now.'”
And being a dad, Ribiero thinks family TV is important, which is why he is happy to host a show like America’s Funniest Home Videos, which he can watch with his own kids.
“This is the one show that’s still left on TV, where I feel like whether you’re 2 years old, like my son, or 90 years old like a grandma, you can sit there and watch the same show and find your own comedy or stuff that you might relate to. It’s there for everybody, so, to me, the greatest part of being part of this show, why the show has been so successful, and why I was excited about doing this, and yes, being a father, I love to be able to sit down with my kids and watch.”
America’s Funniest Home Video will be back again next season, and Ribiero, who won Season 19 of Dancing with the Stars, predicts it will be better than ever.
“We’re slowly making small adjustments to the show to try to update it a little bit,” he says. “I think there will be some more changes next season. We’re just making sure we continue to stay up with the times. I think the fans have been super positive, and it’s been great.”
The season finale of America’s Funniest Home Videos airs Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
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