Dancing with the Stars 2010, Season 10 – the Worst Idea of ALL
Of course, I say that knowing full well that it could get worse than this. 🙂 I also say this knowing this one is hopefully unlikely. I read another article that I can’t find right now that basically laughed this idea off – off the record. But you just never know. Anyway, I’m sure many of you have seen this one – let me know what you think of it. 😉 From the New York Daily News:
Levi Johnston would ‘say yes’ to joining ‘Dancing with the Stars’: ‘I could do just about anything’
Don’t worry ladies, Levi Johnston isn’t ready to bow out of the spotlight just yet.
The 19-year-old baby daddy said he would consider a stint on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.”
After a rather anti-climatic not-completely-nude pictorial in “Playgirl” magazine, the father to Bristol Palin’s son, Tripp, said he’d consider being part of the celebrity dancing series, which has featured celebs like Emmitt Smith, Joey Fatone and Toni Braxton.
While watching the Tuesday finale with “Entertainment Tonight,” Johnston said, “I think if my phone were to ring right now, I would probably say yes.”
ETA: Found it!! Thanks to the LA Times – love the response. 🙂
Johnston, the former fiance of Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol and father of her baby, and Jones claimed that he’s been invited to compete on both ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” and CBS’ “Survivor.”
We made a few calls and learned that Johnston was not telling the truth. We know this is hard to believe, but our sources are reliable. This is what they said: “Officially, we never comment about casting,” said an ABC representative.
Unofficially, we say, ”Ha! Ha! Ha!'”
A CBS spokeswoman did her own checking and replied, “This is completely false. Completely.”
Good grief! The only person that might be worse is *shudder* Jon Gosselin. Blecccccchhhh!
But I’m willing to put $$$ on it that ABC certainly isn’t clamoring for D-list celebs to do the show, when they have A-listers like Donny Osmond & Brooke Burke also wanting to do the show. The show has really come a long way since season 1, when we had a rather obscure sitcom actor (John O’Hurley), a yet-to-be-truly famous Playmate cum soap star (Kelly Monaco), & a former boybander who had been out of the spotlight for quite some time (Joey McIntyre). Sorry Levi, caught in a rather embarassing lil fib there – run on back to the Insider & your fauxmance with Kathy Griffin 😉
the guy needs some therapy for even thinking about it! 😀 what the hell, now anyone with a scandale thinks he’s a star! if they put him on the show i hope they add the new option of voting against someone, he’ll make history then by getting the top votes in that!! 😀 😀
i think both of you are off the mark. this should happen! it should happen because it is topical, controversial and ridiculous, and that draws in discussion and ratings.
I do not consider Levi as a celebrity. Apart from managing to mess up a girls life and thoroughly embarrass her family and mother during the election campaign, [I know, it takes two to tango]. What’s so special about him. He managed to do what thousands of guys do – get a girl pregnant. [Has he never heard of condoms!] Nothing clever about that. He should not even be considered to be on the show, it is an insult to all the men who have competed on Dancing with the Stars. They have all been exceptional in their careers for the title of Celebrity.
I love this show and would be disappointed to have him on it.
I’m with you on that Julie. Although, it seems like this was more Levi trying to do some PR work to get himself on the show. This has happened a number of times with other stars before. They drop a line like they’re going to be on the show to try and show the producers that there’s interest for them being on the show.
I’ll be really surprised if he is invited to be on the show.
Rooster, I can see where you’re coming from – controversy usually makes for high ratings and interesting content. But DWTS has always remained rather classy in comparison to other reality shows, and hasn’t resorted to inviting shady characters to participate just to boost ratings. The closest they’ve come to walking the line between classy & questionable is Tom DeLay – and he actually turned out to be rather likeable on the show and appealed to the older viewers. I don’t see Levi charming the pants off the DWTS audience (no pun intended, hehe) – he actually comes across as rather boring in interviews, as he doesn’t say more than maybe 10 words. If Mya was any indicator this season, personality is a must to really succeed on the show!
In addition (and maybe it’s just me being hypercritical), if he WAS actually asked to do the show (god forbid), I feel like it’s just condoning bad behavior – it’s like saying “Ok, you slandered the name of your child’s mother in the media, you posed naked in Playgirl to prolong your 15 minutes of fame – sure, we’ll pay you $200K to be on our (for the most part) family-friendly show!” I don’t think that’s necessarily good publicity for the show, and would likely mark the decline of the series – remember, resorting to scandalous celebrity guests is one way of jumping the shark! Well, so is having Ted McGinley on your show, and we’ve already weathered that storm 😉
I would love to see Robert Pattinson and Ellen Degeneres on Dancing with the stars for season 10!!!
Well, Francesca, if you’re going to dream, I say dream BIG. 😉 I’d love to see both of those as well.
My Ideas for Season 10
Sarah Bolger (Spiderwick Chronicles Star)
Hilary Duff (Actress)
Matthew Gray Gubler (TV Actor)
Skandar Keynes (Chronicles of Narnia Star)
Anais Lameche (PLAY Band Member)
Kimberly Leemans (Top Model)
Josh Peck (Actor)
i agree skandar keynes should be on their love him. um justin bieber taylor swift miranda cosgrove joe jonas jodie sweetin matt giraud or danny gokey. selena gomez should be there 2.
I don’t know if anyone from ABC will read this or not, but I also have some ideas for the celebrities:
Mike Roe (Dirty Jobs)
Any of the Mythbusters
From the various CSI series: Almost anyone from the various CSI or NCIS series,
That’s just for starters, but I’ve been looking for a way to suggest these.
Why not take those in 2nd place and have them compete. Most of them should have been the winners . Mel B. , Mario , Gilles , etc
Tomorrow’s The Cast Announcements
Please put
Sarah Bolger
Hilary Duff
Skandar Keynes
Anais Lameche
Kimberly Leemans
Josh Peck
Matthew Gray Gubler
on this season
Next Season My Ideas
Sarah Bolger (Spiderwick Chronicles Star) & Mark Ballas
Hilary Duff (Actress) and Derek Hough
Matthew Gray Gubler (Actor) and Ashly Costa
Skandar Keynes (Chronicles of Narnia Star) and Lacey Schwimmer
Anais Lameche (PLAY Member) and Damian Whitehood
Kimberly Leemans (Top Model) and Dmitry Chaplin
Josh Peck (Film & Television Star) and Julianne Hough