Ali and Roberto from Bachelorette on Dancing with the Stars Season 11
Well, as you know Heidi is all about the Dancing with the Stars rumor control. She found this one too, but is otherwise tied up in the job that helps her put food on the table. So, she gave me the honors.
This rumor comes from a pretty reliable source since he’s been pulling out ALL the Bachelorette spoilers for a while now (Heidi is a big fan of his). His name is Steve over on Reality Steve. You’ll want to skip over his whole Bachelorette spoiler and near the bottom he says that Ali and Roberto from the Bachelorette have both been asked to be on Dancing with the Stars season 11. Here’s the section that matters:
It was announced yesterday that the new cast of “Dancing with the Stars” would be announced on Aug. 30th during the 4th episode of “Bachelor Pad”. The only other time DWTS has announced their cast during something relating to the “Bachelor/ette” franchise, was last season during Jake and Vienna’s “After the Final Rose” show that Jake would be a contestant. So I don’t think it’s too hard to conclude that there will be someone from this franchise next season on DWTS. I can tell you that Ali and Roberto have both been asked to be on DWTS next season. I’m guessing they will both accept. That’s going to be the worst kept secret for the next 28 days.
Certainly sounds reasonable to have Ali on the show. They have made that kind of a tradition. Why, I’m not exactly sure, but they certainly have a large number of fans after being on the show. That said, it seems like a bit of a stretch to have both of them on a season. Why tie up 2 star spots? Although, I’m guessing they don’t pay them very much (relative to the other stars) and the head to head of an engaged couple could be interesting. I for one find Ali incredibly attractive, so on that note I’d love to have her on the show.
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She seems lovely (I don’t watch the show, so I haven’t seen much of her, but she seems fine.) I just…I mean, it seems silly to have the same type of contestant on “tying up two star spots” like you said. I would also think they might split each other’s votes and both go home earlier than either would have alone.
More bothersome, to me, is that I don’t want this to become “Dancing with the Bachelor(ette)s.” It would just be tiresome. These reality show people are almost by definition less interesting (to me, anyway) than people who are actually famous for doing something entertaining, or extraordinary, or unusual for a living (or even just being related or adjacent to interesting people, as in the case of Kelly Osbourne or Ashley Hamilton.)
So…yeah. This isn’t particularly exciting news for me. I did love Melissa Rycroft though, so maybe these two will turn out to be more like her than like Jake, who I didn’t especially care for.
I agree. I don’t want it to become “Dancing with the Bachelor(ette)s” Seems like it might be too late though.
On occasion is fine, but generally, no.
I agree with John. They should look for people who are known for their talent. I don’t think the Bachelorettte, bachelor or partner are “stars”. I would think it would be a negative draw for the real stars. It is insulting. I can understand if there is a last-minute replacement, but 2 spots is horrible. Many of us don’t like the Bachelor and Bachelorette. Don’t like to have it jammed down my throat. Hated watching it last season to find out who was on DWTS. I know I am not alone!
Oh GAHD…not again! While I don’t find Ali to be anywhere near as obnoxious as Jake (and thankfully, neither of the two guys left could come close to out-bitching Vienna), I just need a break from Bachelors and Bachelorettes…and Ali looks like she’s 12 to me. Roberto seems cool enough. But having them both on the same season seems like potential for relationship disaster – granted, both Jake & Vienna seemed like rather unstable individuals, but still – falling in love on national television, and then spending another unspecified amount of time on another reality tv show has got to take its toll on even the strongest relationships.
Whooooaaa nelly, if this one is true…Tony’s head very well might explode. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, check out Did He REALLY Say That?! The Tony Dovolani Edition. Tony has some pretty strong opinions about former contestants on both The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.
Don’t get get me wrong there nice but I’m tired how ABC keeps wanting us to have people from the Bachelor/Bachlorette people on the show. It would be nice season without reality stars. There not stars to me.If they do the show there putting there romance in jeporady. All realtionships on DWTS end after being on the show. Come on Ali and Roberto don’t do it and be happy with being each other and make it work.
Really hope this isn’t true. We want newwwww people.
I mean, I understood Melissa being on there because she was already under contract pretty much and ABC did her a little dirty in my opinion. She was just a filler though so its not like they went out and got her.
KC,
Melissa was just a fill in at the time for the injury. My guess is they looked at the numbers for Melissa and saw the impact that she could have on ratings/votes and so they tried again with Jake. I’m guessing it went well with Jake too and so they’re going to ride the Bachelor ride as long as they can.
I agree it’s not as interesting, but I bet at the low cost for these new found “stars” I think DWTS probably loves having them on.
I absolutely could not stand the obnoxious personalities of Jake or Melissa when they were on the show. Having said that, I actually quite like Ali, even though I saw exactly one show of the Bachelorette, the finale, and I got that true love Trista and Ryan vibe from Ali and Roberto. These two are dam cute together, and according to one blogger, Roberto can Salsa dance he apparently Salsa danced on the show? That’s encouraging. He’s quite a looker too, and wouldn’t it be fun to see an engaged couple compete against each other?
Also, they were asked on one of the shows, Inside Edition maybe? Ali is all for it, and Roberto said he would have to give it some thought vis a vis his own work, but Ali if asked is going for it.
ABC is going to cross promote the crap out of their shows anyway, so we might as well get used to a Bachelor or a Bachelorette or some combination of the two to be on dwts.
The problem is these people aren’t even “celebs”. I personally would rather see someone trying to get their career back or get a different sport out there than to have two people who went on a show supposedly for love. That is 2 people that we’ve already seen on ABC, its just too much (and this coming from someone who doesn’t want Bachelor/Bachelorette).
Not to mention thats two REAL celebs that they take up the spot for.
That was suppose to say doesn’t WATCH the Bachelor/ette.
Kim Kardashian was on the show, she’s nothing more than a lazy big butt who whines more than she danced. Kate Gosselin is famous for her womb? Jeffery Ross is a good comedian? Steve Wozniak a genius, but a celebrity?
So there’s lots of NON celebrities cast. The bachelor franchise is ratings for ABC so they’re here to stay. They were on season one with Trista Sutter, and then Melissa and Jake, and the saga continues
Andie, I agree with you up to a point. However, I think part of what I really like about DWTS that differentiates it from shows like Survivor, or The Real World, or The Bachelor, is that the people on the show are all unusual or entertaining outside of being on television. Having six children at once is unusual. Being a billionaire is unusual, and Steve Wozniak is a huge celebrity to a certain group of people. Even Kim Kardashian, who I agree is one of the least interesting people that’s been on the show, was a Los Angeles socialite frequently featured in tabloids. Again, she might seem boring and stupid and ridiculous to you (and I’m not really disagreeing with that assessment at all), but to a certain group of people, she was already famous before she ever got her TV show.
The people on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette are chosen, as far as I know, for their normalcy. They are desirable, but basically attainable (sort of the boy- or girl-next-door type), which is part of the appeal of that show. They are not expected to be unusual or exceptional, which is fine.
However, that’s not the type of contestant I get really excited to see on DWTS, and it’s a little disheartening to me to see that it looks like they are going to have at least one person from this one show on every season. It’s dull seeing the same type of person on over and over (whether it’s football players or reality stars) and double-dull when that type of person is the most boring type of person (to me) that they have on the show.
Wow, I have to disagree. Kim Kardashian and her ilk only contribute to the dumbing down of society, they give nothing of substance, I don’t buy anything that she hawks, I don’t think she’s particularly intelligent and I find her discourse mind numbing. Famous for being a daughter of a lawyer who was a friend of a murderer is not even almost famous and yet she gets cast.
I think it’s endearing that a relatively “normal” person like Ali and Roberto want to be on television. But they’re not “normal” They’re impossibly gorgeous and photogenic, and any handsome latino who already can salsa I want to see him dance. And really, normal people that we can relate to are also appealing in their own right. How do explain that mouthpiece Niecy Nash otherwise? I had no idea who she was, I found her rather obnoxious, but people seemed to “like” that “normal” act.
Andie, first of all I know there are alot of non-celebs but your missing my point. But Ali & Roberto went on a show for love (or did they just do it for 15 minutes of fame). My point about Melissa is that she was already under contract wtih ABC and they needed a quick replacement (a few days before the premiere I believe).
Yes I understand that there are alot of non-celebs. Do you think ABC would be able to afford “real” celebs or celebs that don’t really need a show to further their career? I think of Chuck Wicks as a celeb, I think he went on the show because people didn’t truly know who he was (even though he was Juliannes boyfriend, I think he realized it would help get his name out there) and now he is in the top 20s every week and people request his music more and more.
Lil Kim is a celeb but she was a fan of the show in jail and that may be a reason she went on there.
The reason you see alot of reality stars is because they are just that, reality stars trying to get their 15 minutes of fame and they don’t expect alot of pay. I don’t like Kim Kardashian or Kate Gosselin but you have to admit they at least have their own shows. Ali and Roberto, together – one would be enough in my opinion. And then it’d be all this “blah blah blah” about them competing against each other every week on the show. BORRRRRRRING!
All im saying is celeb or not, star in your opinion or not I want to NEW people on the show. Not someone that was already on ABC for 3-4 months. If I wanted to watch Ali & Roberto or if someone is a fan of them, they can watch the Bachelorette re-runs. Ali might be in it for the fame, im not a Jake fan but its funny to me she was able to get off work for her to be the bachelorette but didn’t wanna stay for Jake who she supposedly loved (3 other girls there or not).
The point is anybody who can bring in ratings and create paparazzi around them is a celebrity these days.
The people I mentioned have no artistic quality at all, especially Neicy Nash, and yet she gets to be on the show.
ABC is definitely going to have a big splashy wedding for Ali and Roberto just like they did with Trista and Ryan, again for huge ratings. These kids seem to be as genuine as they were. And ABC would like nothing better than to cross promote whenever and wherever they can. The little Salsa I saw Roberto do on a youtube, this guy is as hot as Mario Lopez dancing latin, and I’m all for it. You could even say Roberto is a minor celebrity having played Major League Baseball. ABC could do a helluva lot worse.
Honestly if they are really on I will not be watching this season. They could just give us one. Not both. Put Roberto on there.
This is how it will be every week:
Ali & Roberto a newly engaged couple competing against each other. Its so boring. I want new faces, thats all im saying.
I don’t think it’s boring, it’s at least a twist on the casting of the cast-off bachelorette or bachelor who was popular enough to get their own series of the show
I wouldn’t object to it at all. I don’t find this particular couple boring, I think they could be quite competitive.
what about scot disik for dancing with the stars season 11
i love ali and roberto i do hope they do dancing with the stars i wwould defenitly would vote for them both
I know i’m late to the game but i adore Ali and Roberto. It would be fun to see a newly engaged couple compete against each other! Ali would be great with Maks and Roberto with Anna!
for dwts design a dance jake pavelka wih kate gossling doing the paso doble ina figro costume