Dancing with the Stars Season 12 – Speculation and Rumors, Nastia Liukin
…and Vera Wang. Shout out to Heather in the comments for the Vera Wang observation.
So, people really, REALLY believe that Derek gets all the good partners? Puh-lease – if this is even remotely close to true, it will be popular Olympian NUMBER 3 for Mark Ballas and win number 3. I will be very, VERY curious to see how people (including the other male pros) continue to believe that Derek is the favored son with a straight face if this comes to pass. Let the rending of clothing begin….
…because Nastia Liukin is now following Mark Ballas on Twitter. And we all know what that often means at this time of year. Of course, she is also following Cheryl and Julianne, but gee whiz – she apparently started following Mark in the last couple days. Those of you crying for “fairness” should be shouting now about Mark and how Nastia should go with Louis. I won’t hold my breath. 🙂 I can’t wait to see the spinning that commences. 😉 Who wants to go first?? 🙂
For those of you unfamiliar with Nastia – she is the 2008 All Around Champion Olympic gymnast. And you thought Shawn Johnson had a fanbase?? LOL
Vogue Editing to Add this snippit from Access Hollywood last summer for what Nastia said about doing the show. Special thanks to PureDWTS reader @Upclose22 (Dee) for this link.;
In related Nastia news, the gymnast said she hasn’t decided yet whether she’s going to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but if “Dancing with the Stars” came around, she might be interested in that opportunity.
“It’s a great show and I think it’s fun to be able to go outside of your element and do something that you have no idea what you’re doing,” she laughed. “A lot of people think the Olympians have an advantage with ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and I think that the only advantage that they have is to be able perform in front of a live audience.
“Everything else is so out of your element,” she continued. “I’ve never taken a dance class in my life.”
As for Vera, I normally wouldn’t think much of this tweet she posted the other day, but the thing is – we have seen many instances where people are rumored in previous seasons before they finally show up on the show. She was in the audience often supporting Evan Lysacek and I do believe she is a fan of the show. It would just not be a shock to see her finally on the show as a contestant. We’ve reported rumors regarding Vera in previous seasons. Is it her time??
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*spins right on in*
Well, obviously, if Derek had been back this season, HE would have gotten the cute and flexible little Olympian!
*ducks and runs*
(Personally, I would like to see a new pro champ this season. Maks is obviously my first choice, but I’d be real good with another first-timer.)
Wow another gymnast? And she is a lot more of a finesse performer than Shawn Johnson, who was more about the power. I can see Nastia doing REALLY well. I actually would have been curious to see what Louis could do with someone like her, since I can pretty much predict what Mark’s routines will look like with her. I would have loved for them to get a MALE gymnast on the show, like one of the Hamm boys or something. But I guess Nastia is a bigger name anyway.
I suggested Vera Wang after season 10, glad to see they listen to me (joking). Can I get one of your wedding dreses, Ms. Wang?!
Yikes! Nastia is following Mark huh? That is usually a sign. And no, I doubt she would’ve been paired with Derek. Mark usually gets the Olympians.
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Oh man,…things just got very veryyyy interesting again!! GOOD FIND HEATHER and HEIDI!!
LOL Fig, I want some of Vera’s wedding shoes too. LOLLL
What a refreshing choice this will make for Mark after Bristol last year if he gets Nastia. I just hope Maks gets a beautiful blonde like this too!! I want Maks to win this year in the worst way or Damian (if he’s dancing).
I think Nastia would pair nicely with Mark, however I can’t believe they would give him two olympic gymnasts. I hope it’s true though.
Mark was “excited” on facebook a couple of days ago…could it mean that Nastia was confirmed as his partner?
You forgot, Evaine – it’s Derek’s fault that Mark is up for ringer number 4. The producers love him so much that he MADE them give a fourth ringer to Mark. 🙂 Three olympic gold medalists and Sabrina Bryan – I continue to be shocked that people complain about Derek. Maybe it’s that Mark only does well with ringers?? Is that it? Sounds like a Mark flaw, rather than a Derek one.
Nastia would be awesome. If she gets Mark that would be interesting to see and he probably could get win number if there isn’t a natural dancer or early favorite on the show (hopefully that would be kendra since it would be good to see her prove she is more than just a pretty face with a strange yet loveable laugh lol). Vera Wang if she does the hsow i could totally see paired with Tony or Jonathan or maybe even Dymetry.
I want season 12 to be like season 10 where it is competitive and you do not know who is going to win. I do not want season 12 to be like the past few seasons where there has been a dead cert from week 1.
If Derek was actually doing this season, I seriously doubt he’d get Nastia – she’s only 5’3″, which is perfect “Mark height” – just barely short enough in heels so that she doesn’t overtower him. Most of Derek’s partners have been on the average-to-tall side: Jennie is 5’5″, Shannon is 5’9″, Brooke is 5’7″, Joanna is 5’7″, Nicole is 5’5″, & Jennifer is 5’3″. Lil Kim was only 4’11”, but that was the same season that 4’9″ Shawn Johnson was on and they gave Mark the shorter one of the two lil ladies they had. Sometimes I think the celeb-pro pairings are little more than a question of who will “look good” dancing together – takes height & age into account. And look what happens when either one of those elements get thrown out of whack – Rick & Cheryl were a very pretty couple, but poor Cheryl was on tiptoe the whole season; Michael & Chelsie looked more like an estranged father & daughter than a believable “couple”. I guess the point I’m trying to make is that “Derek getting all the good partners” may have more to do with dumb luck than anything else – he’s the right height and has the right “look” for the young, pretty, slightly willowy ladies (or well-aged cougars like Jen). Everyone on the show has their “niche”.
However, I do find it a bit fishy that they’d give Mark ANOTHER Olympic gymnast. It’s almost becoming a cliche for him – short, spunky Olympians in slightly artsy sports. Didn’t Nastia & Evan date for awhile? Or am I thinking of someone else? I just remember Evan & Mark being super bff’s during season 10, and Evan & Nastia being close – I could see both those things coming into play in order to “broker” a deal whereby Mark & Nastia compete together this season.
Ahhh, Vera 🙂 I want to believe this one, but I think she’s turned down DWTS multiple times in the past. I’m still holding out for Betsey Johnson!!! 😀
Wow, I would love to see her on the show. Heidi, I’m also interested to see what backlash comes to Mark if he is in fact given Nastia. This would be his 3rd Olympian of which two were gymnast, unbelievable. Anyway, I do like her but talk about favortism.-LOL Hopefully there will be some other contestants that could actually compete with her if she is on the show otherwise the show will not be as good.
Here’s my take on the whole Derek/favoritism/other pros shafted situation. This is only my opinion, and I am not looking to step on anybody’s toes or make anyone angry.
I agree that Derek is one of the best choreographers and dancers on the show. He’s fun to watch, he seems like a nice kid. In fact, I think all the pros seem to be nice people. Sure, some have had their moments, but doesn’t everybody? We’re all human.
Derek does seem to get the better partners a lot of the time. I know that a lot of the other pros have gotten great partners too, which has been mentioned here. But getting the good partners isn’t my argument. It’s getting the bad partners. Derek has yet to receive someone like Bristol, Kate, Cloris. so on and so on. Out of all the partners he’s had, I’d say Joanna was the closest to him having a challenge, because she was so disliked prior to appearing on DWTS. But what is probably one of the number one reasons she did well? Because Derek was her partner. He has the fan base that is probably about the same as the one consisting of teeny bopper girls who kept Sanjaya and the like on AI for so long. Is this Derek’s fault? No. He can’t help who likes him.
But none of this is my biggest issue. I love this site. I like to come read what everyone else thinks, love the commentary and think the bloggers do a great job. Princess Heidi. I think you’re a pretty cool chick most of the time. You’re hilarious and I enjoy your snark. But when it comes to Derek, you get way defensive. Aren’t we all entitled to our opinions about the show, the pros, and the stars? If anyone says one word about Derek, you tend to be very snappy, and a little cruel. I have no noticed this from anyone else. My favorite pro is Tony. He gets bashed here a lot, and on lots of other sites too. But hey, that’s those people’s opinions, and it’s not my place to trample on that, regardless of what I think.
Case in point-there was a comment on another post where you were wishing Julianne would join DWTS12 b/c you wanted the fans of the other pros to not think they would win since a Hough would be around. What is the sense of that? Why would you want to alienate so many people who are fans of others? It just doesn’t seem very fair, not to mention nice, to me.
Okay, that’s it. I’ve said my peace.
How tall is louis? maybe he will be paired with Nastia if she does the show. She does seem like the perfect Mark height though lol. If she gets paired w mark it would be cool though. Didn’t anna get not one but two popular football players (the hysterical jerry rice and fan fav. Kurt Warner) so its plaudible 4 mark to get two popular gymanists. I would think damien would be height apropriate for Nastia as well but I just can’t see them pairing her w him and to be honest I want damien paired with Kendra (two seasons on the show and he gets Pam Anderson (whom was a very good dancer) and Kendra…….I doubt the producers would pass the oppurtunity up lol).
Nastia isn’t as short or as young as Shawn, so hoping she’s paired with someone else if she’s on (though the Twitter thing is suspicious). She and Damian would be a pretty couple. He’s kind of short isn’t he?
@vin – Louis is about the same height as Mark – 5’6″-5’7″ish. But I have a hard time seeing him with Nastia just due to age – Louis is pushing 40, while Mark is gonna be 25 this year. Nastia’s only 21. Unless there’s a serious dearth of older, shorter female contestants this season, I doubt Louis would get Nastia. Now Damian, on the other hand, I could see possibly getting Nastia (he’s about 5’7″ as well), but I would prefer him with Kendra – if Derek’s partner “type” is the young, tall, pretty girls, and Mark’s type is the young, short, cute girls, then maybe Damian’s could be the saucy, former Playmate sexpot 🙂
Oh Aubie, why don’t you let me worry about who I alienate or not? Do you know how many times we’ve had Derek haters come in here full on bashing?? That is why he gets strenuously defended – because he gets more of it than any other pro (for asinine reasons and jealousy)and much of the bashing is irrational and stupid. I have a VERY low tolerance for both, in case you hadn’t noticed. Anyway, these people come in here and we argue with them and they vow “I hate this site and I’m never coming back!!!” Yeah, right, we should be so freakin’ lucky. Here’s a clue – THEY NEVER GO AWAY. It’s not in them to leave.
As for snappy and cruel? Eye of the beholder, but don’t expect any behavior changes from me – the people who get mad at me? Well, I ain’t exactly fans of them, either. 🙂
As for Derek not getting bad partners – how do you know?? Jennie, Shannon, Joanna – all of them could have been (and probably were in the case of Shannon and Joanna) absolutely horrible until Derek worked very hard with them. Shannon got ripped up one side and down the other for her hips (or lack thereof), Jennie was a frightened mess most of the time, Joanna (per Derek’s dad) could not even walk when he met her…and Lil’ Kim often made Derek wait for 3 hours or more – most days – while she took her time getting to rehearsal. Jennifer is 50 years old, with screws in her neck, a bad foot – the list goes on. So I do not see how anyone can sit back and say Derek’s never been challenged – I think that is the most idiotic thing I have ever heard in my life. And THAT is what I argue about. Stupidity and revisionist history – it annoys me to no end. And still I see no one complaining about Mark’s 4 ringers! This sort of double standard is what drives me nuts. So he had Kim Kardashian – so what?? And you don’t get to count Shannen – she was no worse than Jennie Garth was, she just had her own baggage that Mark couldn’t overcome. Because someone leaves early doesn’t mean they were doomed with bad partners. Maybe, just maybe, Derek knows how to make Lemonaide out of Lemons better than anyone else.
You see, this is just my issue. You seem to be incapable of having a mature conversation about it without getting defensive to the Nth degree.
I don’t come here to be bullied. And that is what you are. I am a grown woman, and I don’t put up with it. As for those other “bashers” who don’t know how to leave? Guess what. I do. So, maybe you should worry about who you alienate. That’s your perogative.
And before you make a snide remark about how I should not let the door hit me on the way out or something else of that nature. Don’t worry. I won’t.
As for the rest of you, I hope you enjoy the season. I know I will, and I will not be getting Derek Hough shoved down my throat even though he isn’t even a part of it.
Later.
You thought THAT was defensive and immature?? Oh boy. From where I sit I gave very solid reasons for thinking and arguing the way I do. I actually took the time to explain to you why I react the way I do and this is the response I get? See, people wonder why I get bitchy – here you go. This is just ridiculous. I think you were expecting snark so you were prepared to read everything as snark.
Talk about defensive!!
Who wants to bet if Vera is on she gets Louis? Idk i can just really see them together she seems like the right age and height. Lol if they were together it would be Louis second person of Asian decent in a row. Just a little fun fact :). I have to say im really getting excited now!! NICE WORK ON THIS POST VOGUE AND PRINCESS HEIDI! Nastia would be great with Mark but honestly i wont either a first time male pro winner or any of the girls. 🙂
Thanks Zach!
Thanks too Zach!! 😉 I’m getting so excited too.
As for Vera and Louis. This pairing is a big possibility. She lives in NY, right?…and he’s been there all week. Hmmm…
I agree with you Zach, if Vera is on, I could see her with Louis as well. In regards to Nastia, I would love her on the show and she is a perfect choice for Mark, but he’s already had 2 Olympians. He would sure be in good running for a third MBT. I would love to see Maks or any of the female pros win though.
Great job ladies! Love reading all the posts.
Vera’s 5’2″, and if she was already talking about this mysterious “appearance” on Tuesday, it’s possible she was one of the early sign-ons – which could explain why Louis was one of the first to find out whether he’d be on the show or not. It’s the strongest possibility thus far for Louis! 🙂
I think Vera and Louis would be a GREAT pairing! And maybe we wouldn’t be subjected to a ’cause’ dance that will blow up in his face if that’s the case. 🙂
Yep, I can see them together in my mind’s eye. And Louis would definitely need new rehearsal clothes if he was about to rehearse with such a fabulous designer!
Yeah, I like this one!
Whoa, you guys seem to have this figured out – right down to the new clothes. Veeerrrrryyy interesting. Hope it’s true.
That’s so funny! I was wondering about Vera and you all had it figured out before me. It totally explains why Louis would announce his spot first. This could get interesting…
Eh… Shawn and Nastia are chummy again and just saw each other at a national team camp. Mark also just choreo’d Shawn’s new floor routine. As far as I am aware, Nastia is back training. If she were to do dwts now, it remove virtually any shot of making the Olympics again. I think she’d be great on the show and she has been asked to do it in the past, however I think adding Mark on Twitter might just be coincidence.
Hope you’re right, KJ – I really do.
Vera and Tony would be good together.
Nastia has one of the best names ever.
I’d love to see Nastia on the show, but I’m not sure how I feel about her being paired with Mark. He’s choreographed some really great routines in the past, but he also has the tendency to over do it, especially lately. I don’t want to watch routines full of nonsense when he has a potentially great partner. Based on height and age, Mark would be her best match though.
I agree with Heidi. I also hope KJ is correct.
I do hope Nastia EVENTUALLY will be a contestant, but I don’t think it would be right to pair her with Mark.
LOL Who is the favored son?
If true, I’m sure that she will be the best dancer. But hard to say if she’ll win. I think that it all depends on who they cast.
We know that Mark can do well with the Olympians, but can he do good enough if she gets a horrible edit like Derek’s last two partners got? It is. after all, in large part a populariaty contest.
Not sure how much I’ll watch this season, but I might wait until they hopfully weed out the bad celeb dancers.
Agreeing with everyone that Nastia would be fun to have on the show but not with Mark. I agree we know what his routines will look like with Nastia. I would rather see what other male pros who have not had any Olympian would do with her. We already saw Mark with both Kristi and Shawn. Also Sabrina. I hope KJ is right that Nastia is training for the Olympics so she cannot do the show.
Anna has had several athletes but the difference between Anna and Mark getting another gymnast is huge. Even a popular NFL player is not a guarantee good dancer. With a gymnast and figure skater, Mark got a final 3 spot from the start and with Kristi, a trophy the moment she was announced and he was her partner. Derek’s had pretty girls but none of them were wins even Nicole who was competing against other good dancers who were also popular.
Vera and Louis seem very likely.
If Mark ends up with Nastia, I am thinking she requested Mark. Shawn and/or Evan probably fawned over how great a partner he would be for her. BUT, it will annoy me to no end to see Mark get ANOTHER Olympian. I would pair Nastia with Damian or Louis if I were in charge. Give her to anyone but Mark. I guess we’ll see. =p
I’m also super annoyed at how people say that Derek gets great partners all the time. Ever think that he’s just that good at his job and he just knows how to bring out the best out of his partners? So many people discredit him for what he has done on DWTS. Honestly, I thought Lil Kim and Joanna would crash and burn before the mid-point of the competition. I thought they would be very unlikable. Derek fans were all up-in-arms when those partnerships were announced. But Derek has a special way about him where he knows how to present his partners and endear them to the audience. Not to mention he produces the best choreography for his partner that makes them look competent on the dance floor. I think Derek just knows how to read people and his partners want to win, so they work their butts off. I bet if her was given what we would consider a “dud” or a “bad partner”, Derek would find a way to bring out the best from that person and they would last longer than if that dud was paired with a different male pro. Then Derek would be accused again of getting favortism from the producers.
Elmari, I think there are a lot of jealous people out there about Derek. They’d rather say all of his partners are ringers, etc., than accept he’s just that good at what he does.
NAS!!!! We will most likely be having a watching party at WOGA on Mondays and Tuesdays if she is on the show this season. Would have loved if Derek was on the season though.. Because their personalities would have been perfect for one another.. I know for a fact she will not get Louis because their personalities. If she gets paired with him I will be shocked… But NAS has my vote… Bout time she signed onto the show… NAS!!!
I saw Vera at the RISE documentary premiere in NYC last Thursday and at one point was standing right next to Evan standing at almost the same height. They were literally about 10ft in front of my seat. So I think she is way taller than 5″2′.
Also, Evan did not date Nastia. She went to People magazine after the Olympics and said they were dating and he immediately denied it and hasn’t really been seen much publicly with her since.
I’m kind of curious if Nastia will endear to the audience the way other contestants have. She doesn’t engage very much with her fans on FB and twitter but rather just posts content.
Well, that’s kinda weird, Heather. She’s a beautiful girl – what’s the story there, I wonder? I can’t imagine a man having a negative reaction to a claim they are dating. Unless he’s dating someone else, or wants to date someone else. Weird.
Nastia? What’s to complain? They could do the pairings in many ways. There seems to be some patterns but also mistakes-Chelsie and MB was mentioned. They could have a random lottery or the stars get to pick in order after choosing lots. What ifs are fun. What if Nicole S had been paired with Tony? Would she still have won? What if Chelsie got a great partner; could she carry the day? And so on. It does seem like Louis VA gets less talented folks who need coddling and I think he brings a lot out of them. He probably understands his role on the show. I think Derek and Cheryl do well because they are good dancers, charismatic and also have sound personalities. Cheryl realized Rick Fox would only go so far and accepted it-look what DWTS has done for her-she appreciates it?
I won’t say anything negative about Derek and I won’t disagree that Mark has gotten some dream partners. However, I will say that the difference between the two is that Mark has also “paid dues.” For every partner with great natural ability he has gotten (Sabrina, Kristi, Shawn), he has also gotten a partner with lesser natural ability (Kim Kardashian, Melissa Joan Hart, Shannen Doherty). Last season, he was given the challenge of teaching a complete performing newbie and having to deal with all of the negativity and controversy that came with having a partner who happened to be the most controversial contestant ever on DWTS.
Mark’s last win was 4 seasons ago, so if the rumors are true, as a Mark fan I say…go Mark!!
Okay, I’m not going to go into this again in the comments, I’m going to write an entire post on the absurdity that Mark has “paid dues” that Derek hasn’t paid and this whole fallacy about “Derek always getting the good partners”. The only thing I will say now, beside the fact that I am sick of revisionist history and people calling ME biased (LOL – pots, kettles, we’re all black), is that the duration of someone’s stay on this show is NOT indicative of either natural ability or dues paying. If that were the case, Sabrina would have gone to the end and Bristol would have left in week 5. So, just because Derek manages to get his partners to stick around longer doesn’t mean they were all talented and simple to teach (look at Bristol in the final 3!!) – it very likely means Derek is a better teacher than Mark is. Hell, I would call Maks a better teacher than Mark is.
And you know what? I would rather Maks win this season, if it’s going to be a male pro.
AL, I respect what you are saying to a degree. This nothing against Mark or anyother pro but I do feel,however, it’s unfair that people think that just because Derek has taken his partners far in the competition or because they’ve been cute/thin, etc.,-LOL that he has not “paid dues” or had his fair share of challenges along the way. He’s had just as many, if not more.
Mark had his challenges with Bristol, no doubt, but so did Derek with Jennifer. She was twice his age and had many injuries he had to be mindful of and choreography around. Not to mention the high expectations that were placed on both of them because of a scene in a movie she did over 23 years ago. I think he did an amazing job with her and does deserve more credit for what he has accomplished with his partners.
Personally, I feel that Melissa J. Hart was pretty good and as a matter of fact she received 10’s for one of her performances with Mark, she just did not go that far in the competition for whatever reason. Shannon D. had great potential as well but maybe they just did not connect with the audience. I would not categorzie them as having any less dance ability then Joanna Krupa or Shannon Elizabeth. These two just connected more with the audience and viewers, thanks in great part to Derek’s abilities and charisma.
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I’m starting to get a little excited about Season 12 now, of course it won’t be the same for me because my favorite pro will not be on but still it sounds as though it will be quite entertaining.
I hope season 12 is a good one.
When you think about it, Mark has never had a partner that was considered the ‘dud’ prior to the first show. Each of his partners (sans Bristol) had high potential to do well because they were all relatively young, fit, and had a fanbase going into the first show. I think at first people were very curious about Bristol. She didn’t have the technique, but she had people voting for her. But you also can’t take away that she was 19 yo, pretty, sweet (at first). . . so you know, likable (at first). So if one is saying that Mark has ‘paid dues’ because he and his “bad” partners have gotten voted off early and Derek hasn’t, it’s not because of who Mark’s partner was. . . it’s because that partner failed to have a connection with the DWTS audience and the audience just didn’t vote for them. That could have something to do with the dancing or the perception of the celebrity. But the show gives the celebrity a chance to change public perception about them and gives them the tools they need to ‘become a dancer’. Every single pro dancer has faced challenges in teaching their various partners to dance, Derek is no exception. Actually, both Mark and Maks have always been given ‘good partners’ on paper, IMO. But Derek is the only one that is picked on because he has the best track record, which is because he is the best male teacher. =)
While Mark has partnered the majority of female Olympians, he hasn’t partnered them all. Natalie Coughlin was partnered with Alec a few seasons ago. I don’t think that Mark was given the “ringer” Olympians, but rather the shortest females those season.
Oh, Kristi is likely the biggest ringer to ever be on the show – not just based on suppose ability, but on fanbase. It’s not just that she’s an olympian, but that she’s an olympian in one of the most popular sports – as is Shawn. Both of those sports get huge numbers of young girls as fans and those kids vote like CRAZY. Maurice Greene was an Olympian and I never figured he had a shot at winning. Natalie likely could have been a contender if paired with a different pro, but I don’t think her sport gets the same sort of rabid fans.
I also called Shawn the winner from day 1 – not because I thought she had dance training, but for the reasons stated above. She almost didn’t make it because Gilles was a huge shock in terms of ability, not to mention HOTNESS. 🙂 But he got injured and did a not great freestyle – and I do think the two go hand in hand. Say what you want about Mark, he came up with good freestyles for both Kristi and Shawn and sometimes that is the deciding factor.
I think that horrible American Woman Paso was Natalie’s demise – or at least, a decent part of it. Funny, I just watched Josie Maran’s short stint on DWTS from season 5 (I think she’s pretty much the most gorgeous woman ever) and she and Alec were funny, likable, and the dance was cute. But it was a foxtrot and that whole season was weird so I guess I can see why they were eliminated first (she was definitely one of the lesser known stars and a model). I just forgot that Alec can sometimes show a personality.
I think Natalie Coughlin just didn’t connect with the audience. I remember her saying something after getting eliminated about how she really cared about being on the show, but she felt it didn’t come across that way.
Kristi was also a huge ringer because she didn’t have much competition. No one else that season was close to her level.
I remember her saying that about herself on the show and I definitely agree it was also a huge part of her elimination. If people don’t look like they are having fun fans don’t want to watch them (unless they are a train wreck ala Kate).
Yeah season six there was no one even close to Kristi. At least with Mya she was up against an Osmond and Nicole had to contend with Evan. Plus even though Jennifer Grey was the frontrunner right away, Brandy certainly had the ability to give her a run for her money.
I am a fan of Nastia Liukin and resent Heather’s claim that it was Nastia alone that went to People magazine. Both Evan and Nastia gave exclusive quotes to People about how close they had become in the past year and I believe the People story was mutually agreed upon by their agents. Whether People magazine jumped to the wrong conclusion with the help of Nastia is another matter but there is just no evidence to categorically state that Nastia alone sought out People magazine. I don’t know if they are still dating or ever dated but I know they are still good friends. They were most recently seen together at Nastia’s birthday party in November: http://beautifuldayphotography.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/nastias-21st-birthday-party-at-the-london-hotel-in-west-hollywood.
Thanks Dana, I was wondering about the whole People magazine thing.
And wow, cupcakes with M&Ms on them?? Amazing. 😛 Sorry, off topic.
Oh… Nastia tweeted: One month!
Looks like her gymnastics comeback has been cast aside…
I’m not sure what that People article about Nastia and Evan was about. Neither of them said “We’re dating!” they just said nice things about each other and the article was written to make it sound like they were a couple. I don’t know if they’re dating, or if they ever dated, but they are at least friends right now. I know that Nastia was at the finale during season 10 with Evan’s family, so either way it would make sense if he encouraged her to do the show. Same goes for her being friends with Shawn. I’m sure she’d do the show if the opportunity came up. And I guess we’ll find out if it did on Monday. 🙂
Mark will be the best match for Nastia, if we consider height, age, speed and agility, but Olympic gymnasts and figure skaters should be given somewhat of a handicap by pairing them with someone who is not a perfect match for them…I think Jonathon or Tony should be her partner. It is not fair that at the very start everything is skewed in their favor while everyone tries to play catch up.
Here is the People article:
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20346012,00.html#facebook_comment
I fam a big Evan fan so I read his press on a daily basis. The headline of this article originally said “Dating” and had quotes from Nastia only and within 1 day it was updated. I believe there are still some comments on the page alluding to this.
Also, if you google Evan and Nastia, you will only find speculation of them dating not confirmation.
Courtney, Your post number 23 id very true!! Is it Monday yet??? Whoever lied to Heidi about April 1st can u please lie to me NOW??? 🙂
Hey its that was me above but on a diffrent computer. Let me change it back to Zach. Lol ive benn in TX all weekend. 🙂
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