DWTS Season 11 Rumor…or Campaign? Antonio Sabato Jr
Okay – several qualifiers. I can’t tell if this is his real twitter or if it’s a fan-created twitter. It looks real but you never know. As for the Facebook campaign page – no idea who started that, but the Twitter page promotes the Facebook page. You guys be the judge – but I can get behind this hottie on the show. ๐
I wouldn’t mind and this isn’t the first time I’ve heard this rumor. Heard it a couple of seasons ago.
These are being rumoured in my local press-
Adam West, Hulk Hogan, Corbin Bleu, Brooke Hogan, Elizabeth Berkley & Faith Evans.
Here’s a little rumor.
http://www.tsn.ca/mma/story/?id=326980
“UFC ring girl Arianny Celeste could be following in the footsteps of Chuck (The Iceman) Liddell. The Maxim cover girl says via Facebook that she has been invited to join the cast of “Dancing with the Stars” next season.”
Ok, now I would be totally ok with Antonio being on the show ๐ Not only is he gorgeous (no joke – I’ve had a crush on him since I was 6 years old), but he’s a GH alum…if I can’t have a current General Hospital cast member, I’ll certainly take a former one! Haha.
It also makes sense time-wise – as far as I know, he hasn’t had really anything going on since his reality show on VH1 last year, My Antonio (it was only slightly more classy than Rock of Love). I could see this one having some possibility.
This is an absolutely TRUE Campaign initiated by fans of Antonio Sabato, Jr. to get him on “Dancing with the Stars”.
Apparently this is a necessary action, because it has been said that “somebody” over at DWTS did not Antonio on the show because he already won “Celebrity Circus” a couple summers ago. And this is an OUTRAGE because 1) WHO EVEN REMEMBERS “CELEBRITY CIRCUS”?!? 2) MELISSA RYCROFT WON another reality-competition show (“The Bachelor”), was ultimately & publicly DUMPED by said-Bachelor, then wound up in the cast of DWTS in less than a WEEK! (As well as the LATEST Bachelor); 3) DWTS routinely casts “Internet Porn Stars” on a FAMILY-FRIENDLY NETWORK SHOW (disguised as Reality TV stars! I won’t mention any names, but you all know who I’m talking about); and 4) The latest “Winner” of DWTS was a PROFESSIONALLY-TRAINED SINGER/*DANCER*!! (HELLO!! I thought the goal of the show was to take celebrities with NO PROFESSIONAL DANCE TRAINING & TURN THEM
INTO BALLROOM DANCERS?!?)
With all that being said, at least SIX SEASONS of DWTS went by BEFORE Antonio Sabato appeared on “Celebrity Circus”, and Antonio wasn’t even allowed on DWTS THEN!!….So what was the Excuse THAT time?? (There was none! But when “Celebrity Circus” came along & Antonio won it–THAT was the Excuse for keeping him off DWTS & that is all straight-up BULL****!!
Antonio’s fans are CRAVING for him to be on this upcoming season’s DWTS, so a brand-new Facebook campaign was launched (a la Betty White’s WILDLY-successful SNL FB Campaign), and even ANTONIO HIMSELF announced on his Twitter (and YES, that IS really him) that he WANTS HIS FANS & EVERYONE ELSE to HELP HIM get on this show…..However, the Powers That Be at DWTS will be selecting their final cast in less than 3 WEEKS & the FB Petition needs to grow NOW at a GEOMETRIC RATE for the people at DWTS to even TAKE NOTICE!!
I would ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT if everyone else out there helped out by joining the FB Petition–then REPOSTING THE LINK TO THE PETITION ON ALL YOUR OWN FB WALLS so everyone ELSE can see the petition & join as well–(then Repost onto all their own walls)–and so on & so on & so on & so on……LET’S GET ANTONIO SABATO, JR. ON DANCING WITH THE STARS FOR THIS UPCOMING SEASON so he can ROCK IT, and PROVE to The Powers That Be on that show that it was a MISTAKE for keeping him off the show in the FIRST PLACE, and their REASONINGS for keeping him off are straight-up *TRANSPARENT* BULL****!!!!!!
If you want to be taken seriously, and you want people to join you, you might consider Valium followed by a calmer tone of “voice”. Just sayin’.
With a “calmer voice”, nobody seems to Listen…..But it sure did get *your* attention, didn’t it?…..(Just sayin’.)
Funny thing, attention. It’s not always positive and it’s not always helpful. Often detrimental. The crazy always gets mine – especially since comments on this blog get emailed directly to my inbox. And now, I’m certainly not inclined to assist you in any way. ABC certainly won’t be impacted by your “style” – if they want him on, they’ll have him on. But you’re not helping. You’ve been trying/hoping for 10 seasons now? Well done.
Nice……..And why do I keep getting the feeling now that you are absolutely the WRONG person to be writing a blog on “Dancing With The Stars” then. It sounds like YOU need to keep up.
Do you REALLY wanna know what’s Rumor or not? Then maybe you should open your ears & open your mind & pay attention…. ๐
LOL! I guess you told me!! I’m so devastated. If only I could stop giggling. ๐ Too bad nothing is up to you.
“Princess Heidi”….Would you PLEASE stop bashing & being Hateful for ONE MOMENT to “Listen to the Message”?
Antonio Sabato, Jr. needs your help getting on the show. And even *you* say “I can get behind this hottie on the show”……So won’t you help by spreading the Word with your Blog?……Seriously.
I’m bashing and being hateful? Get a mirror, then look into it. It’s a little too late for you to be asking for my help now isn’t it? Re-read your comments again. I will post more on Antonio if something additional that is *real* comes to my attention – no, I will not be campaigning for him any more than I campaigned for anyone else to be on the show, such as Johnny Weir. And your religious over tone (Listen to the message) is a little disturbing.
(WOW! And you *still* can’t stop the Bashing or the Hate, can you?….That is remarkable)
Anyway—“Princess Heidi”—you know what? Never mind…..It’s VERY CLEAR now that your blog is a COMPLETE waste-of-time. I thought you would be about something—but you are not…..(And if you think “Listen to the Message” has *religious* overtones that you find disturbing, then–well—sounds like you got Issues that go far deeper than any of this. So, good luck with that.)
LOL. Um, okay. ๐
Oh my wow. I’m sorry I missed this exchange…I haven’t laughed this hard in quite some time! ๐
@D.B. – While I think it’s great that you’re giving such strong support for Antonio being on the show (like I said before, I definitely wouldn’t mind seeing him), I think you might actually scare some people away with the way you’re going about it. If there’s anything Heidi & I have learned from our adventures in blogging about DWTS, it’s that the fans spouting the “conspiracy theories” about everything from casting to scoring to showmances on any message board/facebook group/twitter account that will listen are often the ones that people dismiss as crazed “fangirls” and just tend to ignore. Not sure where you’re getting your information about “somebody” over at DWTS not wanting Antonio on the show due his appearance on another celebrity reality show (and I actually do remember Celebrity Circus, thank you very much – I wanted Wee Man to win), but as you mentioned, the fact that other reality stars have appeared on DWTS makes this rejection theory seem rather…flimsy. I would tend to venture a guess that this rumor was started by a disgruntled Antonio fan that couldn’t think of a logical reason for why Antonio wasn’t being allowed to do the show (such as a scheduling conflict, lack of suitable pro partner, arguments about payment, etc), and has no basis in reality. Secondly, if you’re going hate on certain “internet porn stars” that did the show in your attempts to gain support for Antonio, you may as well count out any support that you may have gotten from viewers who are also fans of the Kardashians – and they make up a surprisingly large demographic, lord knows why. You’re better off not dissing any former contestants – it just kinda makes you look petty and dashes your chances of gaining support from fans who would have otherwise probably supported you, had you not smeared one of their favorites in your attempt to bolster support for Antonio. And probably the best piece of advice I can give you – use caps sparingly, check your grammar, ease up on the multiple exclamation points, and get rid of any obscenities (symboling out part of the word does not count); these are all things that will quickly alienate people and get you dismissed as a crazed teenybopper so driven by emotion that they cannot be bothered to proofread their own work. And whatever you do, DO NOT take a page of the book of Johnny Weir fans and spam everyone remotely related to the show in order to try and get him casted. Thanks to the good-intentioned screaming of his fans, he will likely NEVER get to the show. This may all sound mean, but I actually consider it tough love – I actually would love to see you succeed and get Antonio on the show, but with the way you’re going about it, I think you may be doing more harm than good.
And that pretty much sums it up!
Thank you SO MUCH for responding to me with RESPECT, Courtney. And I really do mean that & it is much appreciated. Now….
Where am I getting all my information?…..Well, let’s just say I’m not *him*—but I’m probably about as close as you can possibly get. So THAT’S where I get all my information….
And pardon all the CAPS & exclamation points (English major over here, hahaaa)—but in *my* experience (especially nowadays with the proliferation of voices everywhere–some relevant, some not)—sometimes you DO need to “Raise Your Voice” to be heard—’cause a lot of times the “quieter” people ARE overlooked & dismissed……And you may not always like what is “shouted”–(or you may take offense to the “Shouting” in general)—-but when you look *beyond* that & actually LISTEN TO THE MESSAGE itself (hahahahaaaa)—-the Truth can be heard.
You can communicate your ideas and thoughts without putting others down. Remember the old saying,” if you have nothing nice to say then don’t say anything at all?” I can appreciate the enthusiasm that DB has and I do hope that Antonio gets on the show. The whole point here is to get more people to sign the petition to get him on the show. So are you in?
No, we are NOT in-unless Courtney is inclined to join privately. LOL! We do not “campaign” for any celebs on this site – and I suggest you don’t do much of it either. All we do is report what we find and occasionally comment on “good idea” versus “bad idea” – that is not going to change. Particularly not with the way this particular campaign got started, by insulting/attacking the show and several former contestants. Why would you want him on a show that supposedly did all those things anyway?
Honestly, while there are certain celebs I’d love to see on DWTS this season (Antonio included), I’m not actively throwing my support behind any campaigns. Why? Two reasons. One, as I stated above, is that many of those campaigning go about it entirely the wrong way, either by attacking the show itself or former contestants, or by relentlessly bugging everyone involved with it, rather than coming up with a well thought-out, well-organized, persuasive plan. Secondly, it almost seems like campaigning of ANY kind to get a certain star on the show seems to actually be counterproductive – I can’t think of a single instance where a “campaign” of any sorts to get a celeb on DWTS has actually worked. If anything, I feel like it deters the producers from casting that individual, as they may interpret it as an “unfair advantage” going into the show with such a large support system already in place, or they may just get out-and-out annoyed by all the fans spamming them, begging (or sometimes, commanding) them to cast their celeb of choice on the show (hello, Johnny Weir fans). I like to think of myself as an optimist, but in the case of DWTS – I just don’t think campaigning works.
HOWEVER – if a campaign were to come along for a certain celeb to be on DWTS that was as well-organized and logically executed as the campaign to get Betty White on SNL was, then I might actually consider hopping aboard. I was originally very much behind the idea of Betty being on DWTS, too, and there was a great campaign for it that was being backed by Extra – but since Betty has publicly stated that she has no plans to do the show, both that campaign and my support for it have waned.
I dunno, Court, Leslie Jordan is campaigning again. ๐ Remember him from last season?
And the Betty White campaign *was* the actual impetus behind this campaign. (Giving credit where’s credit)……HOW was that campaign able to catch FIRE the way it did? Was just the idea of Betty White hosting SNL enough to capture the imaginations of everyone who saw the Petition & *that’s* why they joined it??
The word is, Betty White herself wasn’t even *familiar* with Facebook at the time all that started…..But her campaign caught Fire *somehow*.
Princess Heidi,
Are your saying that campaigning for celebs on this site is not allowed? Sometimes you need to just take a stand and voice your opinion. Everyone has there own ideas and thoughts on how to go about it. What are yours? How would you go about organizing a campaign?
Courtney,
How would you go about organizing and logically executing a campaign? I’m not familiar with the Betty White campaign.
I have to say I am definatly for Antonio sabato jr on DWTS not just because of the recent campaign but because I believe he would make a great addition to a show .That except for last season has been very entertaining…I am disappointed in ABC because they judged his possible participation based on what?? Instead of that fact that A. he is handsome B.He wants to be on the show so he must really respect the Art of dancing C. Anyone who has followed his career know he puts his all in everything he does and that is what DWTS is all about. Stars from diffrent Genre getting together and learning a new skill “Dancing” and working to become the winner. This is pure Dancing with the stars so I ask heidi that you look at this campaign for what it is and that is a group of people supporting A man who respects DWTS as much as you seem too.. Thank you for hearing me out
I am saying that campaigning in the manner that the Johnny Weir folks (and DB) did/are doing won’t be encouraged on this site. You guys can write what you want in the comments as long as you don’t get nasty. But if you start spamming the site begging people to join, I’ll have to object and start deleting. I am also saying that WE – those of us who write on this site – do not campaign for particular celebrities beyond the occasional wish list. We have conversations about who we might like on the show. But that’s not campaigning. As for my thoughts on how to campaign to get someone on the show? I wouldn’t do it. I’m not interested in it. I don’t even campaign to keep my favorite pro on the show and lord knows I want to see him there.
D.B. – Antonio is not Betty White and this is not SNL, so I have no idea what point you are trying to make. Betty is hot right now, pure and simple.
Oh god, here we go. Spam time.
Do you guys have any idea how many people are currently campaigning to be on this show? Any idea at all? I believe we are into double digit territory. I’m certainly not going to pick one to support as one is not more “worthy” than the rest and, frankly, I don’t CARE. I want to watch, criticize, laugh at and ultimately enjoy the SHOW, regardless of who is on it. P.S. – I really liked Nicole AND Evan, so dissing them is no point in your favor as far as I’m concerned.
…………………..Who is Johnny Weir??
@Marina Dog – While I think I pretty much covered the DON’Ts of campaiging to get a certain celeb on DWTS in my initial response to DB, I assume you’re asking what I think the “DO’s” are…am I correct? If there is enough interest, I will do a post on the “Do’s & Don’ts of Campaigning to Get Your Favorite Star on DWTS”. I think that will be the best way for me to address everyone’s comments in this case. Is that something that everyone will be interested in?
Be advised that there will be ground rules in this “Do’s & Don’ts” post – this will NOT be a post where everyone can spam and attack the opinions of others who don’t share their views; in fact, that’s a site-wide rule. If things get nasty, you will run the risk of getting deleted and/or blocked; same goes for posting the same “Pro-[Insert celeb here]” propaganda repeatedly. IT WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. This is Heidi & I’s philosophy: we report, we offer our opinion. Feel free to comment or debate, as long as you abide by the above rules. We DO NOT “campaign” – that is, we don’t use this site as a sort of “launch pad” to repeatedly encourage the masses to vote for a certain contestant/pro or to get a certain celeb on the show. Of course, there is always an editorial bias – Heidi is a big fan of Derek, and I don’t particularly care for Maks, for example – but we always make sure that what we’re saying is clearly stated as OPINION. I hope I’ve made that distinction clear.
If anyone is really itching to campaign, and you are serious about it – I suggest you go register your own domain name to use to do it. Not only will it be more effective (“getantoniosabatoondwts.com” will be a better way to attract like-minded people to your cause than the comments section of a post on “puredwts.com”), but you are not spamming us and using the traffic that we’ve worked hard to generate to proliferate your campaign ๐
This is hilarious it really is. Ive been an Antonio fan since I was in middle school, I’m 28 now. I loved him when he was in his undies and when he was on GH. But,I have to agree with Courtney and P.Heidi though. I am following Antonio on his twitter and he posted a link to this site on his page. DB are you his friend Dean Mason? You stated that you weren’t “Him” but you were as close as we could possibly get.
This all started because someone wanted to know if this was a rumor or a true campaign. This is not a rumor but is a true campaign started by friends and fans of Antonio and Antonio would love to be on the show. You say the rules are not to attack the opinions of others but this ugliness exculated when Princess Heidi attacked DB by telling DB to take a valium and then called DB crazy. I think she should have just said from the get go that there is no campaigning allowed and stated the rules but instead she put DB down as a person. I think some good points were made by everyone. Thank you Courtney for the information, rules and your ideas.
I’ve never watched the show before but will if Antonio is on it. He would be great!;)
Peace out
Sweetheart, that wasn’t an attack but an honest opinion those with a sense of humor would probably find funny AND agree with. Read his/her original post again and tell me that it’s just okey dokey and not the least bit over the top, especially for a first time visitor. It deserved the response it got at the VERY least – it sounded crazy. He/she didn’t actually break the rules with just one post – one post does not a campaign make. It’s the relentless CRAP that will do it. And yeah, telling me over and over how great Antonio would be on the show is getting there for sure. We got it the first three or four times, thanks.
You do know that the first sign of fangirlie-ness is a lack of a sense of humor, right? Sense of humor is critical on this site. Particularly since it ain’t no democracy.
Hahaaa!!…..And I’m laughin’ at U right now, Princess. ๐
Well, you’re finally getting a clue, DB – unless of course it’s the laughter of the clinically insane, then pretend I’m ignoring you.
By the way, thanks for all the hits on the site.
Well I am definitely CRAZY for continuing to *respond*, your Worshipfulness, but—you’re welcome.
And also—-Thank YOU as well! (Hahahahaaaa)….
In my opinion it would be great if Antonio was on the show because he’s gorgeous. Lol I’ve never watched DWTS and was brought here via his twitter page. This site is indeed getting a lot of hits now because he has a lot of fans following him. Maybe he should post a link to the official DWTS page/message board OR getting a domain like Courtney stated would be even better and probably a lot more successful than posting here because all its doing is generating traffic for the site and its more than likely not going to make the DWTS gods change their minds. But I don’t know. All I know is he is hot and I would watch for that reason alone. BTW the Jay Leno skit he was in last night was pretty funny. ๐
Oh and what does it mean when you put * before and after certain words? Just curious.
I think he’s gorgeous too, wowie, but we get crazy fans on this site often enough that they have the ability to make me root against a certain celebrity. I’m not there yet, but if D.B. is typical of the man’s advocates…well, nuff said.
I also hate to break it to you, but we got *11* hits off of Antonio’s tweet yesterday – we got that many hits from me re-tweeting the Pimping Post tweets. The * is added emphasis, btw. Our traffic has not increased but by 95 hits from the day before I posted about Antonio to the day I posted about him so don’t get too excited. We love an additional 95 hits, but it won’t win you DWTS. Particularly when half of them are from the same people hitting the site over and over to see what is being said. ๐ But like I said, keep them coming. We love it.
Heidi (Sweetheart),
Heidi: “Sweetheart, that wasnโt an attack but an honest opinion those with a sense of humor would probably find funny AND agree with.” “You do know that the first sign of fangirlie-ness is a lack of a sense of humor, right? Sense of humor is critical on this site”
Just because I don’t find your actions funny doesn’t mean I do not have a sense of humor. I don’t think DB’s original post was as you say “over the top.” That’s your opinion which your entitled to. I’m entitled to mine and everyone has their own opinion on what is funny. So now because I find your actions for others opinions offensive I’m a fangirlie? Nice.
Heidi: “And yeah, telling me over and over how great Antonio would be on the show is getting there for sure. We got it the first three or four times, thanks.”
I only said that once.
I will pray for you, “sweetheart” ๐
Confirmed. Fangirl. ๐ Thanks for playing. Hey, I’m one too – I just admit it.
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