Dancing With The Stars Season 13 “Design A Dance” (Which Dancers Are You Voting For?)
For several Seasons now, Dancing With The Stars, has been holding a “Design a Dance” Contest. This is where fans can “craft” a dance routine for the show. ABC is asking everyone to vote on their favorite male and female professional dancers, as well as the type of dance (the “Paso Doble” has been chosen), the song, and the costume. If interested, fans can also submit a drawing of their “costumes”. For information on how you can participate and VOTE, go to the official site of Dancing With The Stars >>>>HERE. You can vote for your favorite dancers as many times as you wish. Voting ends for your favorite female and male professional dancers on Friday, Oct. 28th at 5PM PT. Do it now and make it a daily ritual if you want to see your favorite dancers picked. Promote it at Facebook and Twitter to remind everyone.
So, which male and female pros are you voting for? VOTE in our Polls below as well so we can get a feel for who might win the Design a Dance Contest. Thanks to PureDWTS reader Eavan for the Poll idea.
I’m voting for Peta for the female Pro. For male pro, I’ll be throwing votes to both Tristan and Val…and maybe some to Derek and Maks as well. In the PureDWTS Polls, I’m going to vote for Peta and Tristan.
I voted for the paso – so really happy about it being chosen. 🙂
As for the dancers – I’ve voted for Karina and Derek. I think thay would come up with an amazing paso.
#Gitte
I second that: Paso was my choice too. male pro – Derek is always my only choice!! female pro -Karina. they are both on fire this season and i do think they will end up doing the hottest paso ever! one can only hope! 😀
Derek will always be my choice for male pros. For female, I am thinking Karina this time.
I voted for Tristan and Karina. I thought its time we through a new pro into the mix. Sort of an initiation, you might say.
@Vogue – Peta had a stinker for a partner that may have led to her early departure. But I must say, I was underwhelmed by her….I wanted to love her… Maybe next season will be different.
Derek and Karina. Derek already did an Emmy nominated paso with Joanna and Chelsie. Imagine what he could do with Karina.
For female pro, I’m going with Anna because I’ve always had a girl-crush on that fiery, funny redhead. Kym would work for me too. I want Karina to concentrate on JR.
For male pro, I’m alternating Tristan and Val because I want to see what the new boys in town can do. Although that said, if Derek or Maks are chosen I certainly won’t complain 🙂
I am voting for Derek and Karina. =)
For female pro, I’m vote-splitting (don’t kill me!) between Anna and Karina. For male pro, I’m all the way for Tristan!
Derek and Karina for me! I might have voted for Anna if it had been a different dance, but Karina and the paso just go together for me. 🙂
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Wow, Karina is getting a lot of love for DAD! 🙂
Im voting for Cheryl and either Maks or Derek
Peta and Val
So much love for Karina on this site. I wonder if the average viewer feels the same? I hope so, its way overdue.
Female, umm Anna, Kym, or Karina. Male, Derek, Maks or Mark. You never see them dancing together
Voting for Anna and Tristan. Maybe we can do a poll like last season? It was pretty accurate in predicting the actual results, I think our poll had Maks and Chelsie in the lead and they were both in the DAD.
Anna and Derek. I love watching Anna dance, and I think Derek has shown he is the best at working with a partner and choreographing to strengths.
For female pro Karina and Anna. For male pro Maksim
Maks and Anna!
Eavan, thanks for the POLL idea! Two Polls have been added to the post. Be sure to vote All!!! 😉
After those three amazing Paso’s Derek danced/created with Nicole, Chelsie & Jennifrey Grey, I’m definitely choosing him as male pro for DAD. He’s the Paso King!-LOL I am also choosing Karina for the female pro. I think these two can produce a very sexy/powerful, yet skillful Paso Doble.
The Paso is one of my favorite dances! Go Derek & Karina!!!
Male – Tristan. Female – Karina.
Too bad the Marksie shippers won’t be able to vote their package deal of Chelsie and Mark this season. LOL.
Derek + Karina = the perfect match
Karina and Derek. Love that it’s a Paso and to me, Karina and Derek do the best choreography.
@Deena LOL forever at your comment about the Marksie shippers!
Derek & Karina. Maybe Anna. I am going to vote everyday for Derek
I am voting for Anna for the female & Tristan for the male!
Love that Tristan is winning this poll too, I think we need a new male dancer to enjoy in this dance & Tristan is a cutieee pie! OMG hottest male this season the show & that says alot from me cause I am a Derek girl bigtime!
I wanna see the best dancers.
Derek and Karina!
I love Mark the best. The design a dance he did with Sabrina Bryant was fantastic. I vote for Mark and Karina.
I voted for Anna and Maks!
The best dancers:
Karina and Derek
At this time, Anna and Tristan are leading….and by a good margin. Interesting!!
Tristan also killed the comp in a hottest male pro this season poll.
He won by like 46% lol as Tom Bergeron said, don’t let Maks or Derek hear that, then he said they may end up swan diving off the third floor balcony lol
Go Tristan! But Tom is always tops with the great lines…”don’t let Maks or Derek hear that…” LOL
Are we sure this poll is accurate in that only one vote per user counts, and it can’t be manipulated? I mean good for Tristan. He’s got the curiousity factor of being new, is cute, and has a cute accent. But I just don’t believe he’d be winning this poll by these huge margins. And Anna either, I don’t think she’s the most popular pro at all. Good for them, but something smells fishy to me. 60% of the vote – I don’t believe that.
It’s pretty accurate DJ. Only one vote and IP per person.
I voted Tristan and Anna. They may not be the most popular pros overall, but Anna is hugely popular right now and has been for a while. She’s also never done DAD. Tristan has generated more interest than any new pro in a long time – I think people just want to see more of this guy. I love all the pros, but these 2 are a hot ticket right now.
Wow, Tristan is in the lead. Interesting. I have to agree with you Jeanne that Tristan seems to be generating interest on the male pro side that we have not seen for a few seasons now. Last time would probably be when Derek and Mark joined the show. Tristan is sure a charmer and I love his Irish accent. I still voted for Derek though. Go Derek Go Derek!
Pretty accurate, Vogue?? I think that’s a bit of an overstatement. There are ways around EVERYTHING and the behind the scenes data is rather…indecipherable. Odd. Not to mention that only the people who regularly visit this site is the likely voting population – Derek, Mark and Maks fans ALL have dedicated web sites that will give them the info they want on their favorites without having to go anywhere else. As do Cheryl fans.
Not to mention that I tweeted a link to the post and, like ONE person clicked it (and I have over 3k followers). I’m starting to get the feeling that perhaps that I’m not the only Derek fan that wishes he would move on to bigger and better things. I’m tired of voting on every damn thing.
Are you talking about the Wet Paint poll?? Yeah….we don’t like that site, to say the least. Winning in a poll that no one is voting in isn’t exactly…well, winning. 🙂 Lot’s of complaints about that poll after they published the results….people saying they never even saw the poll.
I’ll wait and see if Tristan actually wins Design a Dance. 🙂 But even then, it’s about dedication, not about number of fans.
Heidi, sorry…I should have explained better about our Polls. I meant my reply “technically”. DJ asked if they could be “manipulated”.
Let me put it to you this way. I voted in the poll 3 times. 🙂 I could vote more. I bet I’m not alone in this one. Of course, I didn’t share this info – I would rather people vote in the ACTUAL DaD, if they’re going to be voting.
The wet paint poll was actually spammable. Which is what you would do as a site owner if all you wanted was hits to the site.
Well, crap. I swear I fixed it so people could only vote one time. You are right then…it is inaccurate. Sorry guys!
Oh, technically, you should only be able to vote one time – you did it right, Vogue. But that’s what I was saying – there are ways around all those fixes to prevent multiple votes, if one is clever and motivated. 😉
Oh ok. I see what you mean. 😉
Princess Heidi, Tristan may not win cause Derek has more fans still imo which is only natural he has been more famous for a number of years now BUT do not underestimate how popular Tristan is becoming….
Yeah all polls can be corrupted lol but I have tried to vote on here a few times & know how to change it but it did not work for me, so some may be able to but I doubt many are in reality.
Also I think some will just be jealous that Tristan won a poll over Derek & Maks & claiming it was all fixed or the website made it that way is sounding a little like some Derek fans are getting a little annoyed at the buzz Tristan is getting.
Lisa, if you are insinuating Heidi is jealous or annoyed of Tristan’s popularity, I don’t think that’s true. She’s often commented she loves Tristan (as well as Derek) and even mentioned of making a site for him one time.
Also, I’m not sure how others are voting, but, when I placed my votes in these Polls, I wasn’t necessarily picking my favorite dancers. I was picking who I’d like to see dance in the “Design a Dance” Contest. There is a difference….well, atleast in my case there was.
I love Mark!
Somebody must be voting for Mark because he has won twice, and made the finals two years in a row!
I went on the design a dance to vote! I voted 15 times for Mark and Anna. They still have the same amount of votes! This is bullshit.
Thanks for the info. I still think Tristan has a small group of fans that have figured out a way to manipulate these polls. No matter how cute or popular he is, he hasn’t gained 60% of the vote over Maks and Derek in a few weeks on the show. Them also voting for Anna would explain her numbers, and she definitely doesn’t have that kind of popularity over Kym, Cheryl, and even Karina. I’m not jealous or annoyed that Tristan’s leading. lol! I don’t care who wins it, this and Wetpaint and other polls are for fun and don’t count for anything. (The Wetpaint poll is totally a joke anyway. It allowed unlimited votes for whoever wanted to sit there and vote all day. On the day it was first posted and had only a couple hundred votes, Derek was in the lead, followed by Maks and then Mark. After a few days, suddenly Tristan was winning by a landslide and then Mark fans, who also care about polls like this, started voting hard to try to get him back up there. But most fanbases don’t waste time on spammable polls)
But for this poll, I was just pointing out that logically it looks very manipulated to me even if it’s designed to try to prevent it. I mean even among the comments on this post about who ppl are voting for, Tristan and Anna are far from in the lead but yet dominate the poll. And I can’t remember exactly what the number was, but I think Tristan has gained like a hundred votes since I posted very late last night. Hmmm…..
@Rhonda – I wouldnt call it BS. Its called Change. Tristan is fresh and new, adorable, HOT, sexy, and has a an accent that makes me weak in the knees.
Yes, Mark did win twice and do DOD before. BUT, the past few years Mark has been a stinker with a somewhat bad attitude on the dancefloor. He overdances his partners and wears silly costumes. Frankly, I wouldn’t care if Mark took a few seasons off.
Guys I highly doubt someone can manipulate this to keep Marks votes down & raise Tristan’s that much lol this is not some wide conspiracy as some seem to believe lol
Also some seem to just assume it’s fans spamming if their fav is not leading, we shall see ….
DJ, imo, I don’t think it’s abnormal that Tristan has received 100 more posts since your last visit. We’ve promoted this post at Twitter and other places several times. There are also people out there RTing this post.
Also, there are a lot of people that “read” and visit the site, but, don’t necessarily comment. So, I’m not sure you should base your opinion on the comments either?
Oh yeah, I’m sure Derek fans are horribly jealous of Tristan. Maks fans too. :::rolls eyes::: Because it is impossible to like more than one person at a time, as Vogue (who loves everyone) will tell you.
I am simply pointing out that there are irregularities in the poll and that it’s not IMPOSSIBLE for someone to get around it if they want to. Mark used to regularly beat the crap out of Derek in polls, yet he doesn’t regularly beat him where it counts. I’ve told Derek fans time and again not to waste their time on polls because they’re only there to generate hits from diehard fans. Hits are often tied to MONEY
Tristan may well win and good on him – but the fact remains that any time a poll or voting is spammable it is NOT a gauge of actual popularity but of the passion of those doing the voting. I have been saying this for YEARS now, not just recently. If you have 20 people willing to vote all day every day, you are likely to beat the person who has thousands of voters who only vote ONCE. This is simple math.
So here’s the thing. I voted for Tristan. I RT’d & emailed to many others, who did the same. None of has the time nor the inclination to buck the system. So I figure my friends and I and their friends who also got RT’d & e-mailed probably accounted for a big chunk of votes. It’s not hard to get 100 people to vote for Tristan – he is a breath of fresh air on DWTS; we love him & are all ready for change & we aren’t the only ones. So 1 vote per person is fine with me. It’s not a big deal to come up with this number of votes. No magic. No going around the system. Nada. If anything the DWTS site is where you can manipulate things and vote as often as you want. I’ll do DAD voting when I can but I’m not going crazy with it. It’s not that big of a big deal.
Barbara – I did the same thing for Derek fans….and I have more than 3000 twitter followers for purederekhough. That’s what I”m saying. It’s entirely possible that Tristan fans care very much and Derek/Maks/Mark fans don’t care at all which counts for the disparity – this would not surprise me at all. I myself am suffering from DWTS fatigue when it comes to voting. But, scientifically, considering the fanbases of Derek, Maks AND Mark, I’m skeptical. I can’t help it….I write about the math of DWTS every week. It’s how I’m wired. 🙂 Call me Scully.
The DWTS site is the worst offender when it comes to letting people spam – that’s what they WANT. There is likely some sort of revenue source tied to clicks on that site, the greedy bastards. 🙂 That’s why I always laughed during Bristol’s season when people were complaining about people creating new accounts to vote with. First off, all pro fan groups have been doing that for YEARS, and secondly – they don’t CARE. They want you to spend hours a day on the site voting your little heart out. It makes them happy.
I agree with you, Princess Heidi! I don’t even know how Design a Dance results will even ever be accurate, but since it’s all in fun as are these polls, it doesn’t matter to me at all. I think because Tristan is new on the scene, he’s causing a big hoopla – it’s exciting, refreshing, and fun. A lot of us voted for him just for those reasons. In fact, he may not be our favorite pro but he IS the one we would like to see in DAD. It’s kind of interesting because in the various writers’, educators’, etc. groups I belong to, some of us are huge Derek fans. A lot are Maks fans. But the vast majority just fell a little bit in love with Tristan and want something different on DAD. We kind of also felt it was important to get – and keep – his name out there to let people know we do like him and want to keep him around. That probably explains the relatively large number of votes on here – although something like 500 votes is hardly a random sampling. It’s fun and entertaining. Nothing more. Nothing less. No conspiracy to manipulate polls because they are all in fun anyway. In other words, if he wins one, that’s fine. If he loses one, it doesn’t matter in the least. And thanks for letting us offer our input. 🙂
Hello Sandy, All I am saying is that I have voted for Mark like 15 times and the poll stayed the same in the count. Another thing is you mistake Mark’s attitude with Passion! Where you get he has been a stinker for a few years I have not at all seen that. Fustration yes but that is normal! Mark is very creative when he puts together a dance rountine, and I for one loves what he creates! His dances last year were refreshing, and I think added to the already boring same old routines that everybody does season after season. Also 3 of his dances last season with Chelsea were nomimnated for a emmy. I say somebody loved them! I met Mark a couple times and he is very kind,warm,humble,and loves his fans. He is a great singer,songwriter, and performer. All the pro dancers get fustrated and that includes Mark. Mark puts so much passion in everything he creates on that dancefloor. You say he outdances his partners I say he makes his partners shine because he knows each week they will improve.I don’t think he needs any time off the show because if that were the case then all the pros would!
rhonda, what poll are you talking about? the one here? That one only allows ONE vote, unless you know the multitude of tricks to get around it.
They all have a lot of passion and Mark was nominated for ONE Emmy. The following pros have also been nominated, some more than once – Derek, Julianne, Chelsie, Cheryl and Louis. I may be leaving someone out. But Mark is far from alone in that accomplishment.
Hello Princess, I was just saying that from all the huff with Mark’s dancese last season that put everybody in a uproar! He was nominated for a emmy and I said emmy. I was not talking about nobody ever being nominated from the show! I go on the design a dance where it says vote fior the pros and you can do it over and over if you want too.
Rhonda, I agree with Sandy. I think Mark has ego issues these past few years. I wish I could see the passion like you do, but, can’t. I do agree that his dances are creative….but, his “timing” is often off somehow. He also has a tendency to show off (IE: last week at the end of the dance!) which turns people off of him.
Hello Vog, Well to each his own! I thought the dance was great, and I am 100 percent sure that if Maks or Derek ended their dance like that they would be praised. Sorry but Derek outdanced Ricki Monday Night! I don’t call it showing off I call it adding something new!
@Heidi (Comment #53) – Yeah, I’ve been meaning to say something about that Voguerista…. she’s just not nice to anyone, waaay too judgmental; just really snarky…
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! JUST KIDDING!!!!!!! Love ya, Vogue!
And GREAT job, gang, with all the videos, pics, lolzDWTS, ans especially the Cheesecake! This site just makes my day! 😀
LOLLLLLLL!!!! I’m innocent. I’m innocent!! 😈
😉
Vogue loves everybody, and everybody loves Vogue.
OK, no fair, Vogue…yet another adorable smilie…give us the goods on the little devil and nobody will get hurt.
Yeah, Vogue – Cough up the devilish smiley face!!!!
LOL!!! Love you guys too!!! Thanks and try this and see what happens when you put this all together; : twisted :
testing, one, two, three… 😈
YOU DID IT! 😉
I was trained by a pro. 8)
Newbie at this and just testing…. Thanks for your patience.
:8) 🙄 😛 :8O 😈 🙂
Hope I got them right!! fingerscrossed.
Dang it. Don’t you need a : in front of them all. I will take it out and try again.
8) 🙄 😛 😯 😈
If they don’t work I will need a smiley for HELP!… LOL
By George, I think she’s got it 😛
Seems to me the way it works is…you need the : to bracket the ones made with words, but not in front of the ones where the “eyes” are made with the number 8, and of course not when the : or ; are the eyes.
LOL!!! You Guys crack me up!!! Good job!! 😉
8) 🙄 😯 😈 😛 🙂
Remedial class for me!
You are a great teacher Vogue! Thanks!
YW!! 😉 (not sure why Mr. Green isn’t working, but, otherwise looking good!!)
I also learned (the hard way) that the tag has to stand on its own. You can’t butt it up against another letter. So always space before and after. Is that right, Vogue?
OK, as long as we’re trying smileys –
🙄 😈 8) 😯 😀 😉 😛
Oh, I hope that worked!!! Vogue, you are SOOOO COOL with these!!!
Cidra, that is exactly right!!! I had to learn that the hard way too.
Sally, you DID IT too! Good Job!!!!
Thanks Vogue – You are awesome!! Do we have an “awesome” smiley…. LOL
Cidra and Sally seems like we have passed our smiley lesson for today…. 🙂
Yeah, we’re quick learners which is a good thing because I’m sure we’re driving some people crazy 😈 but everyone’s being very gracious about it. There are a couple more I want to learn, but I’ll choose my moment.
LOL!!! Sounds good, Girls. You are too funny!! (lolllllll)
Well, rhonda, you were making it sound like these attributes were exceptional to Mark – I was saying they’re NOT. They’re not unique at all. And his dancing, while often overshadowing his partner, was not as big an issue as his attitude.
Princess, That’ was not my intention at all. I was just trying to point out the good things with Mark because some seem to put him down alot. I don’t think he has a attitude problem at all I believe they all get fustrated from time to time. When you hear him speak with Brooke he is always kind ,and speaks good of all his fellow pro’s. I know he is young but he is still in my eyes a very sweet man. I think he makes his partners look great and he adds so much to the dances. Did you know that Mark goes around to schools helping young kids and young adults with suicide prevention? That to me sounds like a person who cares not a person who thinks he is better then everybody else with an attitude!
Why when I read all this Mark “stuff” I get a migraine?
There goes my appetite 🙁
Anyway 🙂
It’s possible Tristan’s popularity comes from Nancy’s fan base–he’s on her show frequently, and she seems to have loyal followers. I’d vote for him! He is a breath of fresh air and as long as he doesn’t “talk back” to the judges and break the rules of the dances (cough MB cough)…I’ll continue too like him.
Sheery, I hadn’t thought of that but you might be right. He is on her show a lot.
He’s also in his honeymoon phase. 🙂
Sherry, you have something to say about what I wrote reguarding Mark, you can say it too me!
Rhonda, not everyone sees, likes, and/or respects Mark the way you do and that’s ok. Remember everyone has a right to an opinion.
But none of that is mutually exclusive, rhonda – and you can have an attitude problem at work and still do nice things for others. No one is that one dimensional.
And take it down a notch – I didn’t see anyone attacking you, just disagreeing. That’s allowed.
When I see a cough, cough, to me that’s somebody making a smartass remark! All that I said was say something to me about it and in a mature way. I love Mark but I also like Derek,Maks,all the pro’s really. Mark had that one attitude problem last season and my god he has been paying for it ever since. I don’t see him being rude this season at all and I really never have. Fustrated yes a total scumbag, NO! Well ladys enjoy the season and have a great day!
Wasn’t talking “directly” to you, Rhonda ….the folks in general. 🙂
Take care 🙂
I am voting for Tristan and Peta. I saw their Paso and it was great!. Anna is a good dancer, biut she has no personality.
It’s always interesting to see how subjective attributes like personality and charisma are. To me, Anna has tons of personality. I’d enjoy seeing her do the Paso with Tristan.
How come the voting numbers never change? Even after voting for 3 days.
You can only vote ONCE. Unless you know tricks to get around the blocks. Which most people don’t.