DWTS Season 11 Rumors – Bristol Palin in, Kirsti Alley out!
All this according to E!’s Watch With Kristin:
It’s the Dancing With the Stars casting that no one saw coming!
We can report to you exclusively that Sarah Palin’s 19-year-old daughter Bristol Palin has been cast on the 11th season of DWTS, set to premiere Sept. 20, according to sources.
As for the reports that David Hasselhoff, Audrina Patridge, The Situation and Brandy will also be part of the cast, here’s the deal:
All true, according to sources.
However, from what I’m hearing about those other rumors, Kirstie Alley won’t be there–and neither will anyone of Bachelor or Bachelorette fame (sorry, Ali and Roberto!), unless there are a few last-minute switcheroos
Um, didn’t the Palins give Levi Johnston all kinds of crap for going Hollywood?? Hypocrites much? I hope she doesn’t get Derek, cause I sure as hell ain’t voting for her. Not even Derek can get me to do that.
I could see them pairing her with Mark, for some reason.
Eh, I’m at the point now where even if they put someone on the show that I’m not fond of, if they at least TRY to dance (unlike Kate) then I’m okay with it. Then there’s at least some potential for watching them improve. But if it’s someone who is all “I’m gonna go on this show and try to last as long as I can on my name alone, screw the performance/technique aspect,” then that’s not cool.
Does she have any dance background at all?
I hear ya! If Bristol is indeed on this season, I will not vote for her, even if she has Derek as a partner. I so hope she isn’t his partner. The message board on ABC sure wouldn’t be complaining if they were paired though.
UGH. I can’t decide if this is better, worse, or about the same as the Rachel Uchitel rumor. Teen mom vs. homewrecker…decisions, decisions…
…I won’t vote for either one. What the hell are they gonna bill her as when she’s coming down those glittery stairs? “Former first daughter of Alaska & tabloid teen mon, Bristol Palin, and her partner, Mark Ballas!” Or “Famous Tiger Woods mistress Rachel Uchitel and her partner, Tony Dovolani!” Oh the irony. Hehe. But seriously…is ABC really stooping to this level? Because they really don’t need to. Stick with the Jennifer Greys, Kurt Warners, and Ryan O’Neals of the world, casting directors…steer clear of anyone that smacks of scandal.
I am still holding hope for Ali and Roberto. This is KNOB casting Palin. The kid has the personality of a fencepost
EW.com says Ex-NBA star Rick Fox and comedienne Margaret Cho are being rumoured. Excited for the reveal!
Has E! been accurate with casting rumors in the past? Even Ryan Seacrest tweeted this as Confirmed. Last night they did a story on realty star salaries and it seems they heavily inflated Kate Gosselin’s salary based on what we learned during her divorce.
More rumors from Annie Barrett
http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/08/26/dwts-cast-bristol-palin-hasselhoff-season-11/
This is getting weired. I’m wondering…. would they hold a press conference if this is the lineup?
Is this a normal pre-season? Do you normally have a fairly concrete idea of who will appear or do you get jerked around a lot no matter what?
Jerking around is what ABC is famous for.
Wow, the rumor mill is working overtime. I am not excited at all about Bristol Palin. What is she famous for anyway, being an unwed “teenage” mother. Even worse, we will all be subjected to her camera hungry mother. Talk about your 5 minutes of fame. What are the producers of DWTS thinking. I can’t believe there aren’t any true stars out there who are willing to do this show.
Rick Fox, now I wouldn’t mind seeing him on the show but that probably will not happen because, guess what, he’s actually a star.
She’s not even a celebrity. Uck. I won’t be voting for her either. You’d think they could do better than that.
This is normal, Jay, and I would BET that at least part of it is engineered by the producers. That is, they have someone call and “leak” something to Ryan Seacrest. Just look at the uproar it caused – in ONE HOUR after Bristol was announced, there were 720 tweets containing the words “Dancing with the Stars” – and that’s NOT counting all the tweets that have just “DWTS” in them. That’s an incredible number – I need to check to see if any of it is trending. Okay, I checked and Bristol is trending in the US. Mission accomplished. 🙂
Here’s an old interview ( last season) and Deena talks about Bristol Pailin.
http://www.etonline.com/news/2010/03/84624/index.html
Ya know, I’m not a Palin fan (in any form) but Bristol’s young, really, fresh out of high school, right? She might surprise us? My first thought upon hearing this rumor is “Mark’s a goner, again (and since he’s my fav, it bums me out).” But then while talking to my husband we began thinking it might be Derek’s time to handle what isn’t his usual partner (at all!). He just won and if anyone can make something of this potential mess, it’d be him, right? No one would EVER see it coming!!! AND he’s a nice guy who by all evidence has a girlfriend he’s really into, so no possible yucky showmance to convolute things. I know you’ll be dying Heidi but it could happen and it might be worthy viewing? Now, if this Jennifer Grey rumor is true and Louis get’s her, I’ll be fit to be tied!
A lot of these rumors are making me nervous! Can it please be Monday already?!
You know, in my head, and on some message boards, I “asked” ABC that if they have to cast Reality Stars, keep it down to one MAYBE two. We have Audrina and “The Situation” as the two reality stars, if this is true. Bristol, in my opinion, is pushing it. To my knowledge (I don’t have a t.v.) she has not been on any reality show. So, I hope they don’t cast her as “Reality Star Bristol Palin” I know she has acted before on “Secret Life” so are they going to announce her as an actress, or political figure? She might fight in that role for the likes of Tom Delay, and others that don’t come to mind at the moment. I don’t know about Bristol. The word, star, doesn’t come to mind, since she hasn’t done any political runs and has acted only once to my knowledge. Of course, when Gilles Marini competed, he was marked as an “actor” even though I think he had only been in one scene in one movie. Bristol might fill in the “acting” role on DWTS. I hope not. She is just known for being Sarah Palin’s daughter. Does that make her a star? I don’t know what to think.
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So far, the “cast” is disappointing. AND I LOVE BRANDY! But I think she’ll get lost in the cast because Brandy isn’t the most interesting, energetic person, which is partly why I love her. She has no scandals, other than the car crash. I love her music and she is one of my favorite singers of all time, but I hope this gives her a good light. And I am looking forward to Audrina of The Hills. That will be interesting, to say in the least.
Well, Gilles had movie roles in France and some small roles in Soaps and Nip/Tuck as well as modelling for Armani before signing on to DWTS… his experience was light but it was far more entertainment based than whatever the Palin girl has.
This article made me chuckle, especially what Jimmy Kimmel and Kathy Griffin had to say about Levi.
http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-bristol-palin-dancing-with-the-stars-levi-johnston-proceeding-with-mayo/
Thanks, Andie for clearing up the Gilles thing. I kind of figured there had to be more, so thanks!
No problem, any chance I have to talk about Gilles I’m happy to do so. 🙂
I’m honestly not THAT surprised. Maybe it’ll be like “charity campaigner” Heather Mills, and they’ll say something like “abstinence speaker” since I’ve heard that she’s paid to do so now, and that would sound reasonable, though I just can’t wrap my head around this idea for right now…
I don’t see Bristol being part of the cast as any different than Heather Mills being part of the cast. Heather was definitely only famous as being Paul McCartney’s ex. While her mother is definitely a divisive figure, I don’t think we’re being very fair by refusing to vote for her without even knowing how well she does. The idea that the show is purely a dance competition is already known to be untrue, but I think to make these prejudgments without even having seen her dance is just perpetuating the issue.
Joan Davidson makes an interesting point. Bristol is not Mark’s type either. Is Bristol anyone’s type? I can see them putting her with Derek since he just won. No one can complain he never had a dud now, can they? Wait, if they get past like week one, people will still say he needs the old lady partner. Bristol seems like a nice enough kid but she is doomed because of her mother. She is polarizing.
Ah, but the problem with Derek, if you can call it a problem, is that he has routinely taken people to the final five who were expected to leave early. Joanna is the most glaring example of this – the woman was essentially unknown and Derek said she couldn’t even walk properly when he met her. I can easily see the same thing happening here – people assume she will suck, Derek works her into shape and they go far – and the morons scream “ringer” and “They like Derek best!!” just like always. I mean, it happens every season. The ONLY way it won’t happen is if he leaves in the first 3 weeks, period. He could take Florence Henderson to week four and they would cry foul – “Derek even gets the in shape old lady!!” Yes, they are that stupid. 🙂
Heidi, that will happen. Famous for talent or not, Bristol is a huge name leaked. What big name is the show keeping under wraps?
Entertainment is what we viewers say it is by tuning in. Signing Bristol would be polarizing but a lot of people are polarizing. She makes me sad because she’s just a young kid, with a kid, and parents who are phoning it in. If she appears on DWTS it’ll be one more big step away from a normal, healthy life. I can’t imagine a pro wanting to get matched with her but I’m wrong all the time…
I find this casting to be so dumb. What is Bristol even going to billed as?
“And now dancing the samba; unwed teenage mother Bristol Palin!”
I’m thinking that half of the leaked names are correct and the other half are a smoke screen. But I could be wrong.
Personally, if she wants to get something positive out of the show she should be paired with Louis. Seriously. A gay man with Bristol Palin? Maybe she would learn something. But Louis is kinda short – how tall is Bristol??
Popeater says Bristol wants to be paired with Maks. That would be a disaster. Aside from the terrible Russia/Alaska jokes we would have to put up with, I don’t think she could handle Maks. I could see her paried with Mark. Her with Louie is a really interesting idea.
Somehow I don;t think Bristol will be on DWTS.
On another note: I’ve heard that it’s not Rick Fox but Eliza Dushku on DWTS. Anyone else heard this?
Eliza Dusku just straight up said she wanted to dance with Derek – said he’s got “moovvvvvveess”. Since she’s talking about it I don’t know if it’s a possibility. I didn’t read her feed to see how she got started on the subject but someone said they saw her with Tony or Derek and she chose Derek. That might be where that rumor is coming from.
I could see Briston being billed as a “motivational speaker,” to make things more “PC.” People would be up in arms about her being billed as a speaker promoting abstinence, especially since she has a kid herself. But, she IS motivating teens, or trying to, to show them the true difficulties and realities of teen sex. I don’t know who would be best for her, but I could see them pairing her with Mark…. Unless they wanted to throw Derek into the fire, like they did in season 10 when they paired him with “the ringer” Nicole, and season 9 when they paired him with “the hated” Joanna who swore on TV at Terrell Owens, and season 8 when they paired him with “the convict” Lil Kim who had been in prison. Not meaning anything by the names that I used, I really came to like all of these women, just trying to make my point.
Mark said he got good news. He probably already knew he was in so maybe he was told his partner. But I thought pros go and meet their pros, not necessarily knowing who they are. Is that true? He seemed happy so maybe he got a good partner.
Aha! Thanks Heidi. She’d be great with Derek. She’s tough and he’s sweet. They’ll balance each other perfectly.
Oh, don’t count Eliza in, Jeniffer – she was probably just chatting. But they would be awesome together. And she’s very much his “type” that he excels with.
You make your point very well, Lori, and it’s one I’ve made several times. Derek has, in the past few seasons, been given serious challenges (and the producers acknowledged Nicole as a very different challenge and Derek said he was “terrified” by it), not easy partners by any stretch.
I’m actually cool with Bristol being on. The show is masterful at producing a splash and exposure and Bristol will get them all sorts of exposure they wouldn’t normally get. They’re going to be mentioned on a bunch of news shows now. Plus, she might just be good and fun to watch.
The only thing that does scare me about her being on the show is that young kids have never done very well on the show (dancing wise). They generally look a bit out of place next to the older star. At least for me.
I sincerely hope that Bristol Palin is not going to be on this season’s DWTS. I have heard rumors about Kirstie Alley, “The Situation” from Jersey Shore, some chick from The Hills. I am fine with Kirstie Alley, but “The Situation”, not sure I would watch if he was on. Well these are rumored “celebrities” so I will have to wait and see if I want to watch after they give the official announcement next week.
I almost didn’t watch season 8 because of the cast. At that time I didn’t know who Gilles Marini was, but I am so glad that I watched. Season 8 was the best because of him. Though Gilles didn’t start acting until he came to the US. He did modeling for photographer Fred Goudon in France and worked as a model when he first moved to America. Before the Sex and the City movie Gilles did several commercials and had bit parts in TV shows and soap operas such as Criminal Minds, Ugly Betty, Dirty, Sexy, Money, The Bold and the Beautiful, and Passions. He did a two episode stint on Nip/Tuck which was filmed prior to being on DWTS, but wasn’t aired until after his appearance. He was also in a campy horror flick called Screech of the Decapitated and was in scenes that they used on a ride at Universal Studios.
As I said above, I will wait for the official announcement next week before I decide if I am going to watch. I will probably watch no matter what because I love DWTS. The only time I probably wouldn’t watch is if Heidi or Spencer from The Hills were on the show. I can’t stand the two of them. I hope they don’t have any trained dancers on this time like Nicole. I want to see people who don’t have dance training.
@Princess Heidi, apparently Bristol is 5’5′
Hmmm….at 5’5″ she can barely dance with Louis, who is the shortest at 5’7″ or 8″ – I have a feeling that if the Jennifer/Derek thing is accurate, she’ll end up with Mark.