Mark Ballas Performs At Feinstein’s, Talks Of DWTS 14 Unknown Partner, The Partner Reveal, and More
Last night, Mark Ballas performed at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency Ballroom in New York City. Photographer Astrid Stawiarz of Getty Images was there to capture some shots from backstage which you can view more of at Zimbio. Olympic skater, Sasha Cohen, was at the event to watch as well which raised my eye brows a little for the way they were tweeting back and forth afterwards. Wouldn’t it be fun to see her dance on Dancing With The Stars? You can see a sweet picture of the two of them together here.
Mark also gave ABC7 an interview before performing at Feinstein’s where he talks about his music and dancing on Dancing With The Stars. If he had to choose between the two, he couldn’t. They remember his time with Bristol Palin on the show and how Mark is still friends with her to this day. At the end of the interview they ask him straight up who his partner will be for Season 14 (without asking him if he’s dancing). Mark smiles and answers that he doesn’t know who his partner will be and that they will find out who they dance with the day before the revealing on Feb. 28th. Does this mean Mark is officially dancing? You be the judge below. He also plugs Jennifer Aniston again.
If you’d like to watch Mark sing, he will be performing a free show at the Mohegan Sun on Friday, Feb. 10th. For details, visit their official site.
ADDING and back to Sasha, below is another tweet she made this morning after this post as posted. Hmmm….
"@Markette88: @SashaCohenNYC Handsome couple! I want you to dance with Mark on DWTS!" Me too!
— Sasha Cohen (@SashaCohenNYC) January 30, 2012
Thanks Sheery! 😉
OMG Jennifer Aniston again.. Honestly, I don’t even know how she ever made it in Hollywood. To me, she has Zero appeal. I would much rather have Courney Cox.
I am pretty sure Mark will be back this season, and most likely without Jennifer by his side.
Sandy, I agree. I’ve never seen the big deal about Jennifer Aniston either.
I would love to see Sasha Cohen on DWTS. Such a beautiful skater. Mark would be a perfect choice for her.
Aniston is definitely one of the most overrated in Hollwood!
Sasha and Mark? Ringer and favoritism cries will come out. First, he knows Sasha. Has known her for awhile. There is a familiarity that other pros would not have with their celeb. Evan knew Cheryl and it was nice he got paired with Anna it would have been unfair for Cheryl to get someone she knew already. Louis was friends with Jennifer so again unfair if Louis got Jennifer Grey as a partner Then another figure skater? Kristi was the biggest ringer along with Donny in terms of fans. Then it would be his third athlete where the sports fan base overlaps with show. Talk about unfair on many levels. Sasha will probably be a prop again for Mark to do more dances to try to add to his Emmy tape. It was obvious the best interest for Chelsea was second to Mark trying to get a nomination. Then to peg it as being risky and young? Then sulk when the judges complain when he knowingly went against the rules?
Sasha and Tristan would look great and give him a ringer to see what he could do choreography wise.
I think Mark always says Aniston because she is a safe answer. It is like saying George Clooney for the female celebs.
Sasha replied to Mark’s fan’s tweet that she’d like to dance with Mark. Hmm? LOL…anyway, Cheryl knew Rob (and went with mark to Kim K’s wedding an hung out with Rob there), and they were paired up…never know.
But Rob was not a ringer. Sasha had some attitude as a skater. Actually those two belong together. But her balletic style does not match with Mark’s style.
Sheery, I hadn’t seen that new tweet yet (which I better add to the above post, thanks). It makes you wonder even more. lol
Oh yes, Mark definitely needs another Olympian guaranteed a Mirror Ball. :::rolls eyes::::
Somehow I sense that it will still be all on Derek for getting “ringers”. What a load.
I think if she were on dwts she would be really good. I think she would request mark and would disappointed if she didn’t get him. I follow mark on twitter and they always tweet each other. They seem to be really close. So i don’t think the producers will go and pair her up with someone besides mark. Just my opinion.
If they’re that close she doesn’t need to do the show and she certainly doesn’t need to be paired with Mark. A new level of ringer. Can he win without one?
I meant to add that I doubt she’s doing the show – if she is she’s an idiot for talking.
So what if she did the show with Mark? Even if they weren’t friends she’s totally Mark’s partner type.
I didn’t like Sasha Cohen to begin with – her doing DWTS and doing it with Mark would just give me another reason to dislike her. Talk about a ringer…
Yeah, she’s Mark’s type if his type is now Olympian Guaranteed a Mirror Ball. LOL
You know, I wouldn’t care about Ringers at all if ALL the pros who had a good number of them got shit for it, and not just Derek. :::cough:::Maks:::cough:::Mark:::cough:::
Heidi-you are so right, on all counts !!
Yes,she is 5’2″, an Olympian, a friend of Mark’s and she just happens to decide to go to a “Mark Ballas” concert or whatever, when I am sure she has plenty of other options for entertainment. LOL !
I don’t care how many times someone says, “Oh, Mark and Derek are bros, look out for each other…….etc.” I don’t think Mark will rest until he has matched Derek’s wins and he will do whatever he has to to accomplish that.
Heidi, I’m wishng the word “ringer” would have never been invented. LOL I’ll never understand why fans go on about Derek getting ringers every time and not the other dancers? Jealousy I guess since he’s so good at what he does.
While Derek was busy sweatin’ it out with the models and a couple of other rhythm-challenged people, it seems to me that Mark had partners with some form of ringer status with the exception of Shannon Doherty. Yet she was well-known, just not liked, I guess. And Maks has had singers (like Nicole S.), a Bond girl and someone who had appeared on Broadway, I think (Debi Mazer).
And yet, never a word. Mark won with 2 big ringers and Maks, I guess he’s just not as good at taking potential and winning with it.
re-post #17-Debi Mazur, she appeared on a hip-hop tv show (one of the dancers) and in quite a few videos (Mostly w/Madonna)..perhaps not “on Broadway”.
By my count, Maks is actually the most blessed pro on the show when it comes to great partners – he just can’t get a win. But not getting a win does NOT mean that he’s never had great partners, just like Derek winning three times and finishing well every time except once doesn’t mean he always get great dancers. But people are simple. They don’t think critically. It’s much easier to just point fingers and whine.
Mark doesn’t always get great people, but when he does, they are seriously great.
Should Sasha do DWTS, I don’t think she would necessarily win. Yes she’s graceful and will probably pick up dance choreo quickly but in my opinion she doesn’t have the same likeability factor like Kristi or Shawn. Size wise she would be perfect for Mark but after realizing he had (and won with) two previous Olympians, it would’nt be right if he got another.
I have no clue who Sasha Cohen is (not a figure skating fan to be honest) but she would be a cool fit for Damien, Mark, Derek, or even Val.
Actually, give her to Louis or Thristan. Wanna see either with an Olympian as a partner.
I really don’t think Sasha Cohen is a really popular Olympian/figure skater. I remember thinking that she was a spoiled brat and she was pretty inconsistent. She is certainly no Kristi Yamaguchi or Michelle Kwan, who I think are really beloved american female figure skaters. I think it would be awesome if they got Oksana Baiul to do the show. She would def be named a ringer though because she is so graceful and balletic on the ice (she just was never consistent with her jumps). Oksana is also quite fiery and scandalous, but i believe she has toned down… i used to follow her, but not so much anymore.
@Elmari – I agree with you there – Sasha is no Kristi or Michelle. In fact, many skating critics have gone on record as saying that she is indeed “inconsistent” and “hasn’t skated 2 clean programs in a row”. She also came across to me in interviews as a bit of an entitled little princess – not exactly gracious. I didn’t like her in the Olympics, and I don’t really care to see her on DWTS.
I wasn”t a huge fan to Sasha, Michele, or Kristi either. My fave ice skating women have been Oksana Baiul and Katarina Witt.
^^ I was crazy about Oksana. After the 1994 Olympics, I got really into figure skating ( not myself, but watching the sport and following my fave skaters). Oksana could move her arms like she had no bones in them! LOL! But I was sad that she was inconsistent in her jumps and then she kind of became rebellious and sort of went down hill. But man… could you imagine Oksana and Maks being paired up together??? I could just picture them constantly arguing in Russian.. haha! I would actually love to see that! haha! Even though they would definitely be called ‘ringer’, I would like to see Brian Boitano or Kurt Browning do the show. Heck… knowing this show, they would probably get Tonya Harding… =/
YES to all the above. I’d love to see those choices as well. I love Brian Boitano and Kurt Browning,…and then there is Johnny Weir too. But, I doubt he will dance now since he’s back in serious training for the Olympics again.
And I agree…please don’t let them get Tonya Harding. That would be seriously scary. lol
I know this is an odd choice but if they want a figure skater how about Michele Kwan. I think she is taller than Kristie Yamaguchi is and would be a good fit for Tony or Thristan or Val.
I was at both the Landmark and Feinstein shows and spoke with Mark and Sasha after Feinstein’s. Sasha is a student at Columbia and enrolled this semester, so I don’t believe she will be doing DWTS. She might love the idea, but she is a full time student at the moment. By the way, it was a great show. Loved Mark’s new material and watch out for his new guitar player-Dylan Chambers is a talented guy and I expect us to hear lots from him in the future.
@Michele: I have seen people take semesters off when I was in college (not too long ago since I graduated in December/fall semester lol) so she might do that if she is seriously wanting to be on the show.
I don’t think they will EVER give Tony an obvious ringer like Michele Kwan. He’s not popular enough.
Saying that, in no way am I supporting the idea of taking a semester off in college. It is just a terrible idea since the people I know that did aren’t going to graduate in 4 years and will have to take another whole semester worth of classes.
@Vin. I was meaning she wouldn’t do it this season. She is definitely in school and I don’t see her dropping in the middle to do the show. Now a later season…anything is possible.
@Michele: I thought you meant this upcoming season. I could see her doing dwts soomewhere down the road though.
@Princess Heidi: I think that he had a ringer once with Stacey Kiebler becuase she was an athlete and at the time VERY popular with WWE fans, which is sad now because all she is know for now is being George Clooney arm candy/girlfriwend of the year, (since athletes always tend to do well on the show that aren’t named Ron Artest/Meta World Peace or the tennis player Jonathan had as a partner).
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