United Kingdom, Oct. 18 -- Gleb Savchenko has dismissed Alan Bersten as "not up to the level" required to replace Val Chmerkovskiy during his suspension from Dancing with the Stars.

The 32-year-old dancer will step in to partner Jenna Dewan on this week's show after Val was asked to take a step back over a controversial social media post that referenced the infamous Oscars slap involving Will Smith and Chris Rock, but Gleb - who made his DWTS debut in 2013 but was not part of the cast this year - has questioned why Alan was chosen.

During a TikTok livestream, Gleb said: "Alan, I think he's Alan. I mean, he's just not up to the level of dancing. Like, period.

!Like, quality, technique - he's a good dancer, I guess, for TV. But if we tal...