DWTS13 End-of-Season Award Winners – What Was the Biggest Controversy?
Other responses (lots of paraphrasing here…and some in-line commentary):
Hope being rude about getting three 7’s in the semifinals – 1 (One of the dangers of overscoring: bad dancers expecting good scores all the time…)
The Kadrashian’s voting tweets/Kim tweeting Rob’s voting # as Justin Bieber’s – 2 (Kadrashian, Kardashian, Cardassian, Klingon…whatevs)
Awful scoring by the judges – 1 (In other news, fire is hot & water is wet…)
Maks, “This is MY show!” – 1 (Ehhh…I think this kind of falls under the same category as “Maks fighting with the judges”)
Anything to do with Hope – 1 (Lemme guess: Maks was the innocent bystander?)
Carrie Ann telling Maks not to smile – 1 (Again – this is kinda the same thing as “Maks fighting with the judges”)
Carrie Ann being an awful judge – 1 (Again, nothing new – but it ain’t just Carrie Ann…)
Kym’s comments – 1 (???…Are you talking about her calling Roethlisburger a DB? Cause that was just funny…;-))
The continued presence of Maks’ evil clone (bring back the Maks that danced w/Kirstie) – 1 (Preaching to the choir…)
Both/all of Maks’ controversies – 2 (I’m thinking I should have just put “Maks” as one of the responses…)
The continued inability for Brooke to do her job – 1 (Not so much a controversy as a source of comedy…)
Derek & Maks rivalry – 1 (Seemed like more of a one-sided thing to me…)
Rob, who still cannot dance, coming in 2nd – 1 (Lemme guess: Ricki fan?)
Courtney: The biggest controversy category is always a bit amusing (and simultaneously, a bit of a headache) for me, as it tends to reveal a bit of the rivalry between certain fanbases – and also seems to invite a TON of write-in responses, as some people want to hone-in on one very specific aspect of one of the previously listed options. And somehow, Maks’ name always seems to come up. *sigh* I’m honestly a little surprised that there weren’t more votes for “Maks vs. Hope”, because the “shove heard ’round the world” seem to really strike a nerve with people – and boy, were lines drawn! I guess I’ve come to expect the perennial “Maks vs. the judges” controversy; and in retrospect, after watching some older episodes of the show, I’m starting to wonder if some people were a little hypersensitive about the Chaz issue, as I’ve noticed that Bruno has always tended to use animal analogies to describe some contestants’ dancing…not saying that Bruno was right, but I’m wondering if those comments would have evoked the same response had they been directed at another contestant…say, Rob or Chynna. Definitely not the most sensitive choice of words on Bruno’s part, but I don’t think they were as fat-phobic/insulting/condescending as some were some were making them out to be. Bottom line: Bruno’s an idiot, but I don’t think he’s a cruel idiot…unless you name is Hope. But that’s another story 😉 The Kardashians started out strong as the antagonizers, but as the season wore on (and Rob actually started doing well, and stopped running his mouth to the press), the hype kind of died down. Hehe…”Nancy’s nudism” was actually a half-joking nomination on my part, as I think I wanted to have 6 responses. So for those 19 of you that voted for it, I have to ask: were you really that perturbed about catching a peek of Nancy’s nipple or underwear, or at the prospect of her *gasp* passing gas on live tv? Cause I certainly didn’t lose any sleep over it 😉 As for the write-ins…I find that the majority of the responses kind of fell under some of the nominees we had already, although some of the nominations make me curious about the demographics of those doing the nominating…but I’ll just leave it at that 😉
Heidi: I didn’t think Maks yelling at the judges was that big a thing. So what? At the end of the day he’s comes off looking like an unprofessional jerk and it’s not the first time. Anyone following my private twitter account even saw where I was agreeing with him…up until the point that he just wouldn’t STFU. He couldn’t stop with just having his say out on the floor, he carried it upstairs, then he carried it to the media like a petulant child. For me it was the Hope versus Maks thing – that was very painful to watch. He went way too far this time. It was just disgraceful.
Vogue: I voted for the “Maks vs Hope” on this one. The “shove” to this day haunts me. As most of you know, I’m a big Maks fan and I was never more disappointed him as I was in all my time watching him dance. On one hand I understood how Hope was bringing out the worst in him and vice versa. She was in no way innocent…and yet, no one deserves to be physically abused. No, it wasn’t full out physical abuse, but, it was still a shove/yank, or whatever you want to call it. Do I still love Maks and am I fan? Yes, because none of us are perfect, he’s acknowledged the incident, being wrong, and he’s a constant work in progress….and, in the end, aren’t we all? His comments to the judges were over the top too at times, but, sometimes I think they are necessary to keep them more balanced and to cool it. So, I can’t fault him all the way on that one. IE: Bruno’s over the top nasty comments to Chaz.
*photo courtesy ABC/Adam Taylor
I watched season 4 last night. And one of the things that really jumped out at me, was that the judges… all three of them… haven’t really changed their tune in their comments (except for a few notable exceptions), but their demeanor, their tone, their whole attitude was quite different back then. They sounded nice even when they were saying not so nice stuff. They sounded kind. I think, as I’ve heard someone say before, somewhere along the line they started believing their own press and these days, the comments they make aren’t so much for the celebs and their pros, but to make a stir with the audience. In other words, they’re not coming from a good place and it seems to make a world of difference – at least to me.
Maks has been despicable since S10 – either a bullying jerk or an attention whoring jackass who makes himself the center of attention. Whatever happened to being the frame that let his partner shine?
I hope he takes off S14 to give everyone a chance to step back and start missing the old Maks who used to be so much fun to watch. But since the best Lizzie Grubman can do is get him an appearance on H8R, I’m doubting that’ll happen since he needs the exposure and the paycheck.
“In other news, fire is hot & water is wet…” LMAO!
Brooke’s inability to do her job-LMAO
We need a new post to talk about rumors. 🙂 I love rumors. 😛 I’m that kid that always would try to find his present before Christmas morning and i’m fine with that. 😀 I’m seeing more and more stuff about Tebow and Paula. Examiner has a new story just talking about how TPTB are courting them to join the show. To me it seems like great picks, along with Jwoww! What do you guys think? Yea for some reason i got DWTS on the brain. 🙂
I am just so over Maks…. Time for him to go.
Boy, the Maks haters are in full bloom on this post! I always get nervous about people who are so full of hatred towards another person – reminds me of Jimmy Swaggart syndrome. So often, we tend to hate most the thing that reminds us too much of ourselves – the thing we don’t like to face and like to pretend doesn’t exist in ourselves. When we start to take so much pleasure in hating someone else, it’s sometimes good to take a step back and look at ourselves a little more closely.
I’m gonna say this as nicely as I can, Sandra – you’re coming across as kinda preachy and judgemental. It’s ok to disagree with us and express your opinion, but avoid criticizing those who don’t share your opinion. As strongly as you feel that people shouldn’t put so much energy into hating Maks, there are people who feel just as strongly that his behavior this season was downright appalling.
Dial it back ten notches, Sandra. As soon as you start talking about other people on the blog and how they post or how they feel about other pros, you in danger of getting deleted. Not to mention that I don’t care for sanctimonious.
I definantly feel like Maks vs Judges/Maks and Hope gate was the biggest controversy this season. That got down right ugo. 🙂 I hope ” no pun intented ” that the situation ” pun intented 🙂 ” next season is better with Maks’ attitude. Like he was with Kirstie. On a season 14ish note I have a question for one of the bloggers. How good a source has the Examiner proven to be in the past? They are not confirming anybody but just more that Jwoww has been asked and seems to be strongly considering it. I think someone said that earlier. They also report on Tim Tebow, Regis Phlilbin, Taylor Armstrong, and Herman Cain as people who have received offers. Thoughts!! 😀
http://examiner.com/reality-tv-in-new-orleans/jersey-shore-s-jwoww-being-wooed-for-dancing-with-the-stars