Ryan Seacrest Says Dancing With The Stars Does Not Have A Full Cast Yet
According to Ryan Seacrest today, Dancing With The Stars isn’t fully casted yet. Below is some audio. Ryan says he’s tried to get Derek Hough to tell him something, but, he won’t. LOL!!
Thanks to Lori for this news!
One thing I hate about Ryan & Julianne dating is that Ryan now seems to think that he has the “inside track” on DWTS, and seems to make attention-grabbing claims like this when in reality, he probably doesn’t know a whole lot more than you & I do. I remember when he made the claim last season on the morning of the finale that the winner “had already been determined based on the voting” before the final 2 dances had been done, and it threw some folks into a tizzy. Do I think Ryan really knew that for a fact? NOT A CHANCE. As for this claim – um, DUH. The same can be said of several casts from previous seasons – there’s always a celeb or 2 that holds out till the last possible minute to sign the contract, so they may not “officially” have a full cast yet, but I’m willing to bet they have verbal commitments from the bulk of them. Hell, Carson didn’t sign on to season 13 until a few hours before the cast announcement! Try harder, Ryan 😉
Well said, Court!!!
I’m not a fan of Ryan’s one way or another. The good news is that people/media are talking about DWTS!
Yeah, Ryan seems like he is flaunting his supposedly special “insider” status with Derek/dwts now that he is dating Julianne. So annoying.
Im more intrigued that Ryan mentioned Gulianna. She hasn’t denied it, has she?
When Jr & Karina won, and handed their trophies when posing for “official” pics, their names were already engraved on the trophies. I remember Kym tweeting a pic of her trophy when it was sent in a “terrible towel”. She said it had to have her name and Hines’ name put on it. That’s the only thing that made me kind of believe Ryan last season. JR might have been the guy to pass Hines in total finale votes 🙂
I just don’t think Ryan is in a position to actually KNOW that information. He’s not connected with the show in any way – and he certainly can’t claim Derek as a source cuz that boy guesses just like anyone. Derek is pretty sharp about how the show works and he seems to read it in the same way many of us do, so it could be that he told his theory to Ryan and Ryan spewed it out. But I don’t think either were in a position to know for sure.
@sheery – Good catch, but this past season they very well could have gotten smart and just had engraved plates made up for all 3 finalists and just used the actual winner’s plate. Kinda like they do for Superbowl shirts – they have thousands of shirts made up for each team as the winner, and then only use the shirts with the winning team on them. The ones for the other team get sent to charity.
I’m just highly skeptical that ANYONE other than the audit firm that counts the votes and maybe the highest high-ups at the show could know the winner that far in advance – let alone Ryan Seacrest, the boyfriend of a former pro and someone who works for a rival network. He is neither that important or plugged-in, IMO.
And I’m still wondering where everyone is getting the idea that Hines got the most votes ever in DWTS history. Never have they revealed either the total number of votes, nor the individual vote counts for each of the couples – and I doubt they’re ever going to. It’s all part of the mystique of the show…so whoever started that rumor is probably just taking shots in the dark. 🙂
I thought about that too, Maddy. That is about him mentioning Guiliana ” An E! employe “. Im probably grasping to straws though. Heidi/Courtney/Vogue/John what do you guys think? 🙂
If you look closely in the pics of Hines and Kym holding their trophy on GMA the morning after they won it has both of their names on it.
Court, whoever said that was probably a Hines fans. 🙂
As for the plates on the Trophys – have you guys ever been to a large TV or movie studio?? They have EVERYTHING they need there, including machine shops to build sets, build props…and do simple engraving. 🙂 The explanation is probably that simple. They likely know the score that a particular couple would have to get in order to overtake another couple…or if voting was such that the winner would have to get straight 5’s to not win…all they do is call the machine shop and give them the names. Voila – it’s probably a 15 minute engraving job tops. They hop in a little golf cart and drive it over to the set.
And really, if you remember my discussions about voting versus scoring, once all the votes are counted on Monday night it is pretty much decided – the final two dances would have to seriously SUCK to change the outcome significantly. And since it’s the final that’s not going to happen. The math isn’t that difficult.
Zach, it’s interesting, but, then again…lots of the rumored celebs now and in the past won’t say one way or the other if they are dancing. For example: Johnny Weir. I remember thinking he was dancing for sure since he wouldn’t deny it in the seasons he was rumored to dance and nada. So, I’ve kind of learned not to get my hopes up if someone hasn’t denied it.