Television After rising to national fame as a lingerie model for the
Frederick's of Hollywood catalog in the early 1990s, Burke was tapped to serve as the host of the popular
E! travel series
Wild On! from 1999 to 2002. In 2005, Burke landed her first primetime network hosting gig on
CBS's Rock Star: INXS (2005) and the subsequent
Rock Star: Supernova (2006), both produced by
Mark Burnett. In 2010, Burke became the host of ''
She's Got the Look'' on
TV Land, a modeling competition series for women over 35. That same year, she was named co-hostess of
ABC's Dancing with the Stars, where she remained for seven seasons (2010–2013). Burke served as the co-host of the
Miss America pageant in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2016. From 2016 to 2018, Burke hosted and co-produced the Saturday morning show
Hidden Heroes, a hidden camera television show developed for teenagers in which each episode reveals the widespread goodwill in our world by secretly capturing heroes in action. Her other television credits include hosting the digital series and network show
I Dare You on TV Land (2018) as well as a recurring role on
Melissa & Joey (2014–2015). Burke has hosted
Penn & Teller: Fool Us since 2023, replacing
Alyson Hannigan as of the 10th season.
Dancing with the Stars performances On November 25, 2008, Burke, with
Derek Hough as her partner, won the seventh season of
Dancing with the Stars beating
Super Bowl champion
Warren Sapp and his partner
Kym Johnson. Burke shares the honor of being one of only three contestants to spend eight out of ten weeks at the top of the leaderboard. The other two contestants to achieve this feat are
Kristi Yamaguchi and
Nicole Scherzinger.
Magazine appearances Burke has featured on the cover of many fitness, fashion, and lifestyle magazines, including
Fitness, ''
Women's Health, Redbook, and Ladies Home Journal''. She also has appeared in numerous men's interest magazines such as
Maxim,
Stuff,
Playboy, and
FHM.
Entrepreneurial ventures In 2007, Burke founded and launched BabooshBaby.com, the online store for her popular post-pregnancy belly wraps Tauts. Burke later developed Baboosh Body, a fitness product (belly wrap) made to trim the tummy. In 2011, she launched the online community for mothers, ModernMom.com, of which she remains the co-CEO. In 2012, Burke brought her own personal brand of fitness workouts to consumers via a DVD series with
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The four DVD series consisted of
Transform Your Body with Brooke Burke: Strength & Condition,
Transform Your Body with Brooke Burke: Tone & Tighten,
Brooke Burke Body: Sexy Abs, and
Brooke Burke Body: 30-Day Slimdown. Inspired by her dedication to promote women's awareness of the importance of physical and mental health, Brooke's next fitness project was to create her signature "Booty Burn" workout which she personally teaches in her hometown of Malibu, California. In 2017, Burke launched Brooke Burke Body, a fitness lifestyle app.
Books Burke wrote her first book, ''The Naked Mom: A Modern Mom's Fearless Revelations, Savvy Advice, and Soulful Reflections
, in 2011. In it, she reflects on motherhood, Hollywood, romance, and the challenges of creating a blended family. In 2016, she co-authored her second book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Joy of Less'', a guide to simplifying your life, with Amy Newmark.
Video games Burke served as the face and voice of "Rachel Teller" in
Electronic Arts' video game
Need for Speed: Underground 2, for which she won a
Spike Video Game Award. She is also the voice of "People and Places" in
Trivial Pursuit: Unhinged. She also voiced the character "the subservient chicken" in an early 2000s game called ''
Big Bumpin'. Burke was also a playable character in the game PocketBike Racer''.
Podcast Since January 2020, Burke has co-hosted an
iHeartRadio podcast titled
Intimate Knowledge with former
The Real Housewives of Orange County star Meghan King Edmonds and Lila Darville. ==Personal life==