Suspicious A Little: Could Kelly Monaco Be Dancing On DWTS All Star Season?
So, we have something to report that we’re not sure we can let slide? Yesterday afternoon @PureDWTS received a tweet from fan @_DayDreamer325 that she’s read some recaps from a fan event that Kelly Monaco will need the fans help….
An hour or so later @DWTSGossip tweets out this post at her twitter account making it TWO fans now tweeting that Kelly Monaco will soon need her fans help….
https://twitter.com/DWTSGossip/status/227135681007321090#
And here is where it gets a little more suspicious (then again, my suspicious nature is off the wall sometimes, lol). Doing some digging at Kelly’s twitter account, we found this tweet that Kelly made on June 30th that makes one’s eye go up a little?
Interesting too how Kelly and Cheryl Burke were seen together in Las Vegas in December. Remember this previous posting?
And I don’t know if this has any merit, but, Kelly was also a part of TV Guide’s Dancing With The Stars All Stars Dream Cast for which they asked their readers to submit their cast wishes and comment on. Remember this post that we speculated on?
So, what do you think? Could the first Season’s Dancing With The Stars Champion be dancing in the All Star Season? It wouldn’t surprise me. Kelly loved dancing and the exposure would still be great for her career.
Let’s get our Miss Heidi’s thoughts as she knows 
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Heidi: Well, my memory goes back to a time in the not too distant past when Kelly was sitting in the audience….was it during Donny’s season?? Anyway, I remember that she looked like she was being held hostage – fer instance, her contract made her be there if asked. Tom goes up to talk to her and she was pretty bitchy…my memory is a bit sketchy on it, but I remember talking to, I think, Courtney about it and we both noticed it. I seem to recall that Tom even moved away from her quickly when he realized that she was…um…unpleasant. The reason I am mentioning this is that I can’t believe she would go back to DWTS after her very obvious lack of desire to even be in the audience. Maybe she’d had an off night? Or has she become unemployed since then?? I’m not an expert on Kelly Monaco and I didn’t watch her season…but after all that, do you think she would come back and possibly get her ass handed to her by someone far more popular?? This ain’t the same show anymore, after all.
UPDATE: Soaps In Depth asked Kelly on the new rumors of her dancing for the Dancing With The Stars All Star edition. Below is what they are reporting. Thanks to PureDWTS reader DJ for this news….
“I’m not confirming or denying,” she teases, “but if I happen to do it, and I happened to have Derek [Hough as a dance partner], that would be amazing. It would be a lot of work, I have to tell you.”
Competing in DANCING while working five days a week on GH was a grueling routine for Monaco the first time around, but now she knows how to approach it. “If I were to do it this time,” she explains, “I would make sure I had Mondays and Tuesdays off from GH because I can’t be in two places at the same time. I think that’s the only way I could do it.
“If I were to do it,” Monaco adds with a smile, “I’d talk to my executive producer and ask them not to have me talk so much. I don’t mind showing up, but having to memorize everything at night is the problem. If they just had me shut up for a little bit, it would be okay!”
To read the full article, visit Soaps In Depth.
Putting the clues together: Kelly Monaco mentions that she’ll need viewers help. Tom Bergeron just tweeted an hour or so ago that during the July 27th cast reveal all of the stars will be revealed except one, that’s when you go to work. Clearly, the final slot will be selected by fan votes. ABC will offer a choice of several stars, and viewers will select the winner. This ties in with Kelly Monaco saying that she needs her fans’ help.
It’s very plausible Kelly Monaco will be involved in some way, as ABC always looks to get its own network celebrities involved. Since Kelly won Season 1, it would be justified to have her back.
Ugh. I hope you’re wrong.
Heidi… I remember that time she was in the audience being interviewed by Tom and she had absolutely nothing nice to say about Alec Mazo. I think that was the most uncomfortable I’ve seen Tom because she went on non-stop and he couldn’t get a word in.
It would be interesting to see if she’s returning. I would imagine they’d like someone from that first season. I’ve also thought the timing of John O’Hurley joining twitter to be a little of an eyebrow raiser.
What the first comment said does make very good sense. I really hope it doesn’t work out like that. Not only will it create a flurry of “OMG! Why didn’t so-and-so get voted into the all stars season? You people are all stupid!”, but I also worry if some feelings will be a little hurt or hopes will be crushed. Say if a celeb that REALLY wanted to do the show again just didn’t get the votes, they would probably be pretty disappointed and depending on the person, they may get a bit saddened by it.
But there are other reasons that could be a bad idea too.
I just saw this posted on another site, Fans Of Reality TV. I have no idea if it is in any way true, just heresay. Maybe this means that whoever is the “voted on” contestant would get Derek as their pro? That’s the only way I could figure that she would say it was a “possibility” that she is coming back, but know that if she did, he would be her partner. But why would they choose their (arguably) most popular pro to have their partner voted on? So my gut is telling me this is BS. Who knows. I’m just ready for Friday.
RE: Who would you include in the DWTS All-Star cast? **Speculation For Now**
Just an FYI–
Kelly Monaco had a fan event at GH’s fan club weekend today, and according to recaps, she doesn’t know if she has been chosen for the cast, but it is a possibility.
Apparently she also said that if she is chosen, her partner will be Derek.
I don’t know any of the people who posted this, so grain of salt and all that. Makes sense though, because GH needs some PR badly.
Here’s a link to the page I saw in on:
http://www.fansofrealitytv.com/forums/dancing-stars-14/92651-who-would-you-include-dwts-all-star-cast-speculation-now-7.html
If they are looking for people to vote for a partner for Derek and Kelly isn’t “sure”…it must be a multiple choice type of vote..Like who do you want partnered with Derek 1.Jenny Garth 2. Cloris Leachman 3.Kelly Monaco (JUST an example) ????? All I know is I’m really getting fed up with this show.WTH can’t they just give the audience what most want, to be entertained with some good dancing, no politics and less “manufactured drama”?
Don’t fall into the trap of thinking that we, on the internet is the main audience. I don’t believe for an instant that it is. Most of the audience wants drama, wants over the top, wants water cooler talk. And the network and show want numbers.
And boy, do I apologize for my terrible grammar in that post! YIKES!
It sounds crazy to me that they would use Derek as their “who do you want partnered with this pro” question, if that is what they are even doing. That was just the only thing that made sense when I read that Kelly Monaco said it was a “possibility” she was coming back, that if she did, Derek would be her partner. If she didn’t know she was for sure coming back, how would she know who her partner would be? It’s just nuts. I’m trying to find an actual recap (yes, I’m bored at work), but I’m coming up empty. That link was just to another message board where a poster wrote that they read it off a recap or heard it off one or whatever.
This makes a weird kind of sense – I think. Based on things Derek said, and when he said them, I’m almost positive that he was going to be Johnny in Dirty Dancing. The timing was WAY too coincidental – a reporter asked him if he had other acting projects in the works and he said, “yes, and something fell through just today!” – that was the same day they announced that they had pushed DD back a year. If, when the majority of the cast was in the works of being signed, TPTB thought there was a better than even chance they wouldn’t have Derek, they could have come up with this to have a spot for him if he became available. Maybe.
Who knows. I do think that they had a good idea on who the cast was going to be or at least that they had enough celebs willing to sign up when Tom announced it last season.
All that said…seriously, I’m sick and tired of the voting crap and all the other gimmicks that they come up with over the course of the season. Now they’re getting a several week jump on the crap? Fantastic. Just. Fantastic.
All THAT being said – as soon as I saw the rumor about Kelly, Derek was my first thought as a partner. Mainly because I don’t know of any of his partners who are available or “big enough” to be considered all stars.
Try as I might, I could not find the cheese where Heidi & I talked at-length about how bitchy Kelly came off at the 200th episode celebration (which was back in season 11, so not terribly long ago) – nor could I find a clip on YouTube. But I do recall the word “Iceman” being used by Kelly when referring to Alec, and Heidi & I did indeed speculate that the only reason she was even there that night was due to some arcane contractual obligation to the show. But yeah – she certainly wasn’t waxing sentimental about her time on DWTS at that time, and Tom actually seemed a bit horrified at how harsh she came off when asked about her season of DWTS. So yeah, color me awfully surprised that she suddenly wants back on the show, and that TPTB would actually entertain the notion of asking her back. Then again, it has been almost 2 years, and the game has changed for Kelly: soap operas seem to be in their death throes (although GH has been experiencing its greatest ratings boost in years, likely thanks to the inclusion of some OLTL characters and some new writers); her reality TV side project, Dirty Soap, was cancelled after just 1 season; and she recently (within the last year) split from her boyfriend of EIGHTEEN YEARS. I’m thinking about the timing, and it’s quite possible that when Kelly gave that interview, her relationship was on its way out, and perhaps things weren’t so rosy in her life – hence, the more negative perception of DWTS. Who knows. But even if she is back (or has the opportunity to come back through this wacky voting development), I daresay it won’t be easy for her. I still consider her the least-skilled MBT winner in the show’s history, so unless she picked up some serious moves during her time in Peepshow in Vegas (with Mel B), I think she’s gonna be a bit in over her head, if she’s up against stronger dancers like Gilles or Mel B. And the Derek thing sounds like complete bull to me – likely just some attendee misinterpreting her response…or just not listening very carefully.
I think you’re definitely right that they knew who they would have before it was announced. After all, how embarassing would it have been to announce an All Star season, and then not be able to get anyone to sign up for it? That makes me think they had all their irons in the fire well before any of us knew about it.
If there is going to be a voting contest to see who partners Derek, it will for sure be interesting. And IMO, boy it will cause a ruckus. I have no problem with it…but I can hear other fanbases now…how come people get to choose Derek’s partner but I don’t get to vote on so and so’s partner. Oh brother.
[...] to do something secret, but now says she is definitely not taking part in the all-star season Kelly Monaco – hinted at a GH fan event that she was “going to need fans’ help with something [...]
It would be bitching from ALL sides, Violet. Fans of other pros bitching that they want to vote for who Maks/Mark/whoever dances with and what makes Derek so special AND the Derek fans bitching at each other and campaigning at each other (and making me fucking nuts asking me to officially pick a side) for one partner or another. Jesus. This has serious nightmare potential. I may have to ignore my twitter for a while.
So, because it’s all about me – I hope this isn’t true. But what if TPTB know it will be Derek’s last season and they want to raffle him off and make a production out of it?? Jebus. No.
Vite for Derek’s partner? I can see fans of other pros voting for who they think would be the ” worst” partner for him. Yeah, that will work out well. /sarcasm
Maybe Kelly was misunderstood by those In attendance because this vote for his partner seems ridiculous. In general, Kelly has a demeanor of being annoyed IMO. Though the whole dance off thing was ridiculous. Even Tom said that multiple times. While she seems off annoyed, I would take her over John O’ Hurley who came off entitled during that whole dwts run and whole dance off thing. I say get Rachel Hunter and Jonathan back for season one. She has no chance of winning but she really had a good attitude and wanted to learn to dance. Jonathan’s best personality and not a head case partner.
Lordy, Court, it’s coming back to me now…”Iceman” did the trick. I think Tom was caught totally off guard. Did we put it in a cheese or did we just talk about it on Twitter?? Wait…did a search on “iceman” and “alec” and found it – Season 10 Finale cheesecake. Here’s what we said:
Biggest “Oh no you didn’t!” Moment: Kelly Monaco calling Alec the Iceman
Heidi: Geez, maybe it’s true but can you be ANY more unprofessional, bitch?
Courtney: My guess is that ABC cited some obscure line in her contract from the original season that forced her to attend – because she made it abundantly clear that she really didn’t have any desire to be there. Maybe she was cranky cause her character’s boytoy on General Hospital just got sent to prison. No sex scenes for Sam McCall for awhile…I’d be cranky too! But I gotta give her props for saying out loud (on national television) what we’ve been saying all along – Alec is totally blah.
Raffle him off…LOL. It seems just like something they would do. And you’re right. It will be an absolute nightmare for everybody. Like you said, his fans will be divided on who they want to partner him. And just like Melissa said, other fanbases will probably be voting for the “worst” partner for him. See, it’s times like this when I’m grateful I’m not a Derek/Maks/Mark fan (don’t get me wrong, I like all of them, but they aren’t my favorites). I can steer clear of this drama (if there even is any. Of course we’re all just guessing here).
Damn, I’m losing my touch – could have sworn it was the 200th episode celebration in season 11. But alas, you are correct – and now that I’m rehashing GH storylines, it does make sense. I just wish we could find a video of it somewhere, because it came off totally hostile when she said it…far more disdainful than we can convey via text.
IMHO (Humble) we can speculate and hold our collective breath, but the Big Guys are going to surprise us after all. Anticipation IS half the fun- like when we used to wait with breath taking excitement for the circus train to unload march through town to the grounds where they actually put up tents and set everything right before our eyes the night before they opened- LIVE. The Big Guys have their pick of FUN POSITIVE talent no matter whose agent is trying to get them a job. Rule out “POOR MEs…naming no names, There’s gonna be some surprises there…….DWTS the Greatest…..Evaine and Violet: you IS thinkin…
I remember Kelly taking a shot at Alec during that “past winners” comments segment during a finale show. It surprised me but hey… they managed to win even if they didn’t get along.
I am not so sure her attitude had anything to do with being in the audience that day. I think her issue was Alec…sorry to say.
Kelly and Val! Thats what I think is going to happen
I can just see it now…like Heidi said, I think TPTB thought Derek would be off doing DD and now that that did not happen, and Nicole, especially is not available, they can start a great big twitter war,LOTS of DRAMA letting the viewers think they get to have a say…..You, the audience gets to decide who gets to dance with the 3-time champion !!!!Maybe they’ll throw Brooke in as one of the choices.
Yeah, Heidi, you should probably just get all new accounts and sites. With all the Derek haters voting for the worst possible choice for him, it’s gonna get UGLY!!
I wouldn’t be so sure that they’ll throw any “bad” choices Derek’s way, if this happens. He’s still Derek and they wouldn’t do this if they didn’t think it would stir up interest. I doubt they’re going to throw someone in there that will be gone the first week. But you never know. I have a feeling it will be ugly, but not in the way you think. It will be far uglier if they say to “vote for who Derek should dance with” and then list Brooke, Kelly and, say Mya or some such thing.
I think you always have to consider that, if they give him someone bad, there is a very good reason for it. And the more I think about it, the more I think that Derek doesn’t have anything to do with it.
For Dereks sake I hope this isn’t the plan. He has already gotten bad press for being the “Golden Boy”, and this would only fuel that fire.
#Sandy IDK, I can’t imagine them thinking he is the “golden boy” if a couple of poss. all-stars are included in the list. I can see a couple of other pros fanbases voting like crazy to get him the worst possible choice. If certain other ppl get Mel B, Kristi Y. and Giles, he will have a pretty tough go.
But Kelly was pretty bad right? not like Bristol or Kate levels, but certainly not even half of a Mel B or Nicole. Just basing that off what I’ve read, I didn’t watch season one.
It was a little hard to tell at first back then, not being used tto the show, and just getting familiar with some of the pros. But I think a lot of Kelly’s nerves and problems(when she had them) were a lot to do with Alec’s attitude, teaching method and as I recall the judges kinda hammered her at first. She’s older, prob more sure of herself and if Derek is in the kind of mood he’s been in the last couple seasons, especially…and she really wants to do it..I think it will make a big difference. I think I remember her being a pretty hard worker, too, so the key will be if she really wants to do it. If she and Derek clash..wooo, could get spirited.
The only “bad press” Derek has is from jealous fangirls. And them? Fuck ‘ EM.
With the possibility of General Hospital being cancelled, Kelly might want to get back on DWTS for the $$$.
As the old saying goes “If it doesn’t make dollars, it doesn’t make sense.” IMO, the celebrities are going to get very nice paychecks for participating in DWTS All-Stars.
Check this out. And I remember this magazine being very reliable in the past of breaking the news that Susan Lucci and Cameron Matheson were gonna be on the show well before the cast announcements came out. Kelly sounds like she is definitely doing it (or at least will be part of this stupid fan vote) and again hints that Derek will be her partner.
http://abc.soapsindepth.com/2012/07/will-monaco-be-a-dancing-all-star.html
It makes me sick that they’re doing a fan vote for Derek’s partner, if that’s true. He gets enough flack and drama from all the haters without the TPTB adding fuel to the fire with this gimmick. But I guess they know it will attract a lot of attention, so they’ll use Derek for that. UGH! I hope there are better choices than Kelly. While they will look gorgeous together, she doesn’t have much dance skill or fanbase. And she was on the season that most people didn’t even watch and will not have any passionate DWTS fanbase like all the other All Stars will. Poor Derek….. And you can be assured that fans of the other pros will all be voting for the worst choice for him.
DJ thanks for the link. Post updated!!!!
Actually, this fan of another dancer won’t be participating in the voting..don’t really care who Derek dances with. He’ll do fine with whoever. Always does. Like him or not, he’s a fabulous dancer, and unless he gets any of the DWTS jokes like, Kate Gosselin,Wendy Williams, Briston Palin, or Cloris Leachman he’ll be ok. I think this idea of voting before the show will probably have the desired effect. Drama. I refuse to play their silly game.
Kelly seems awfully sure of herself, or at least, it’s coming across that way to me. If there is a “vote-off” for Derek’s partner, and she is in it but loses…she might end up a little embarassed!
Why would they have a “vote-off” for Derek’s partners?
I don’t believe for a minute that Friday’ announcement has anything to do with pros including Derek. It would be ethically wrong to single out just one pro.( JMO)
My thoughts are that we will be choosing the celebrity All-Star to fill that last spot.
@Alicia- Exactly!!!
@maddy…see discussion above. Yesterday a few of us were just speculating based on some things that were supposedly said at Kelly’s GH event Sundy.
Alicia, it does seem sort of weird to me, too. I’m not mad about it (if it is legit, which I said in my first post on this subject, I think, that I think it’s probably BS). It would just be sort of nuts.
I’m really thinking that they haven’t necessarily allocated all of the all-stars to certain pros yet – and I’m fully expecting the partnerships to not be announced until sometime long AFTER the cast announcement, especially in light of the whole “Chose the last all-star!” scheme they’ve concocted. I think a lot of it will depend on who we get to vote on – if it’s a combination of guys and girls, then obviously we aren’t voting just for Derek’s (or some other male pro’s) partner. But if it’s just females, and they’re all of roughly equal height – then I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that they’re gunning to find a partner for a male pro added at the last minute, and in light of Derek’s rumored participation in the Dirty Dancing remake (which then got pushed back a year), I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to assume he was the last-minute addition. However, if that is the case, I highly doubt it was the intention of TPTB to market the voting as “Vote for Derek’s partner!” and Kelly Monaco probably wasn’t supposed to let the cat out of the bag. And really, reading what she said in Soaps in Depth, it’s sounding more like wishful thinking on her part that she gets Derek as a partner. I’m also a bit skeptical about her allegedly saying “If I get on the all-star season, Derek will be my partner” at her fan event, especially since we haven’t seen any video footage of it – we only have accounts from people who attended. Not saying they’re lying, but people often tend to interpret things differently based on their own desires – so to someone who would LOVE to see Kelly on the all-star season (like someone that might attend a fan event), Kelly saying “I’d like to do the all-star season and I’d love to get Derek as my partner” could easily become “I’m doing the all-star season and Derek is my partner!” We often hear what we want to hear
I’m just hoping that this last-minute “Vote for the last all-star!” nonsense isn’t going to result in some wackadoo partnerships – when things don’t go as planned (i.e. we end up with an all-star that TPTB didn’t think would win the voting, a pro drops out at the last minute), it seems like they scramble to repair the damage…often to the disadvantage of the couples. Just think of the fallout from when Edyta abruptly quit – we ended up with a painfully awkwardly-matched couple (Michael & Chelsie) and a ridiculous height difference (Rick & Cheryl). The only couple that seemed to really benefit from that mess was Kyle & Lacey. Just imagine if we’re given the choice of 3 decent choices and one dud for this all-star voting – say, Kelly Monaco, Jennie Garth, Audrina Patridge, and Kate Gosselin – and by some fluke, the dud (Kate) wins. Is the sole unpartnered male pro just stuck with her? Or do they shuffle up the partnerships to try and match her with someone else? I’m just hoping TPTB have some failsafes in place to prevent any truly HORRIBLE partnerships.
Honestly, Court, in that scenario I think you could be fairly certain that Kate Gosselin would be a shoe-in. The regular viewing public loves a train wreck – up until it’s actually on their TV screens for a couple of weeks.
I really don’t believe that this season is actually going to be an All-Stars in any way, shape or form. I think it’ll be more an alumni season with whoever they can get back and whoever among those will create the most buzz. Actual All-Star calibre dancing is way down on the list, IMHO. :/
In that scenario, then I think, yes, the unpartnered male pro should be stuck with her. It would be TPTB’s fault in the first place to even include her in any kind of “vote for the all star” scenario. But if it backfired and she were picked, why shuffle the partners? Obviously the hypothetical intent would have been to get a partner for the unpartnered pro. What makes it fair to stick her with some other pro who already has a partner, just so the one who didn’t have a partner to begin with (no matter who he would be) doesn’t have to dance with her? That would be blatantly unfair.
I agree they probably won’t announce the pairings for a while. And it will drive me nuts.
I just think it’s strange for Kelly to keep mentioning Derek as her potential partner unless she knows something we don’t. Why would she ever assume she has a shot at getting him otherwise? I just think there has to be a reason she’s bringing up his name in particular.
IF the intent is for Derek to be partnered with the winner of this vote, I wonder if Maria will be an option. Not that I particularly want him with Maria again, but to give Derek someone as random and unpopular as Kelly Monaco when Maria is begging to be on the show again seems odd. Unless Maria ultimately decided she couldn’t do it for personal reasons. Maria’s boyfriend did delete his twitter last week after Howard Stern seriously made fun of him when the beach pics of Derek and Maria came out. I guess we’ll find out soon enough….
I meant shuffling the partnerships in order to create more compatible, relatable couples, Violet – not giving a leg up to the pro who should have gotten her but doesn’t want to dance with her. That’s what happened in season 11 – Edyta was originally supposed to have Rick, Cheryl was supposed to have Michael, and Chelsie was supposed to have Kyle. When Edyta quit, the simplest solution would have been to just call in another pro to replace Edyta as Rick’s partner – but they didn’t do that. They brought in Lacey, gave her Kyle, bumped Chelsie to Michael, and then tapped Cheryl, the tallest of the 3, to partner Rick. Why? I guess they were trying to create the most “compatible” partnerships they could. Partnerships that fans could grow to like, and hopefully keep tuning in to see. I think they failed miserably with Michael & Chelsie, did ok with Rick & Cheryl, and just got very lucky with Kyle & Lacey. What I’m saying is that they might have a vague idea of what all-star is going to be paired with what pro, and they probably have a decent prediction of who will win the voting for the last all-star position – but if there’s some unexpected result in the voting, I wouldn’t put it past them to shuffle some of the partnerships to get a better overall outcome, especially if they don’t announce up-front that “the winner of the all-star voting will be [insert pro here]‘s partner”. We may never know if any shuffling went on, and for that reason I don’t think they’re going to be framing this voting with the understanding that we’re voting on one specific pro’s partner. They’d be sacrificing some of their power to create good pairings – and I think the greater good of the show itself trumps any sort of obligation the show feels towards being “fair” to any of the pros. I doubt Joe Schmoe casting director is as concerned about Joe Schmoe male pro feeling slighted as he does about creating the next Mel/Maks, Gilles/Cheryl, or Kyle/Lacey power couple that will keep viewers voting & tuning in week after week.
I see what you’re saying, and I knew about the wacky casting for season 11. I was responding to the hypothetical of Kate. Either way, swapping partnerships at the last minute seems unfair to me, barring something they can’t control, like Edyta quitting. If there is truly a “vote for the last celeb” they should only use celebs who would match up with the unpartnered pro, to avoid situtations like that. But like I said, I do understand what you are saying.
I can not wait until the cast announcement. I really hope we don’t have to hold out too long for the pairings, either. All this “what if this, what if that” is getting confusing!
My questions are:
Why go through all that fans voting trouble and sacrifice a potentially good couple.
Why a celebrity would allow herself/ himself to be subject of this while the others are already in?
Is there a chance that the last spot be reserved for a fan?
I think those are good questions, Maddy. However, I will be highly upset if there is a vote on a fan, if we are choosing from pre-selected fans. I would have liked that chance, and I never heard of a way to dance on DWTS!
Maddy -
1.) Hits for the official website, and buzz. Even if the fans managed to vote a dud onto the all-star season, just the fact that they feel they’ve gotten to have a say in the season and will likely tune in to see their choice in action is probably worth the trouble.
2.) Because they’re desperate.
3.) Why the HELL would they ask a FAN to be part of an ALL-STAR season of “Dancing with the STARS”?
LOL – I’ll say it again: why do you assume that there will be bad choices in this “vote for” thing?? I’m telling you, the hate will be far worse if all are good dancers. In any case, we don’t even know for that they are doing this for Derek in particular. It could well be that Derek only gets a partner if Kelly wins…and that someone else, like Dmitry, is on the show if another celeb wins. I doubt very much that they would set it up such that Dmitry is on and Derek isn’t – but you know it’s also very possible that Derek became available at the last minute and may not get to be on.
And this could be my wishful thinking at work.
As for “poor Derek” – again, I have to laugh. SO many times I’ve read gloating (or despair from Derek fans) over Derek “finally getting a crappy partner” only for him to go to the semi finals. Why would this time be any different??
LOL – “ethically wrong”. Bwahahahaha….this is DWTS. They don’t know the meaning of the phrase.
Another crazy phrase thrown out in this discussion – “blatantly unfair”. Hello? Welcome to DWTS, home of the “winner take all Cha Cha”.
Maybe TPTB thought they had their line-up set but additional celebrities were still asking to be considered…lke Kelly Monaco, Joey Lawrence, Jake Pavelka, Jennie Garth, Maria Menounos..and they are gonna give voters the option to fill one more spot…?
I think, too, they will wait to announce the pairings…you know create more buzz. Friday it will start a whole thing about who the additional celbrity should be and all the things that spring from that, like if Kelly is voted on she’ll prob get Derek or if Joey L. is voted for will he get Chelsie or Lacey DRAAMA.And of all the rest announced, like if Kirstie and Mel B come back who’s gonna get Macs DRAAAMA Then a month from now they’ll announce the pairings and there will be another whole month of bitc….,I mean, conversation.
Since there was the “controversy” about who won Season 1 (Kelly or John O’Hurley), I wonder if TPTB will have us vote on which “Season 1 Champion” gets to compete???
I’ve been thinking about this and actually there could be another possibility.
I was thinking maybe fans vote for the last star to compete and they get to choose their partner perhaps?
Repeating what several others have said, I don’t think they have it totally done on who is paired with who yet, so I could see it as a possibility. Maybe the person who is voted in gets the first pick for a partner and the rest are selected by TPTB? I don’t know, I guess it’s a possibility.
The problem I see if they did that though, is that there is the possibility of the star’s pick for a partner throws other couple possibilities out of whack, leading us to a similar scenario of the one Courtney mentioned above. Just my thoughts on this. I really hope it’s not the Derek thing though. But who knows? I wouldn’t say TPTB have been predictable lately when it comes to the crazy schemes such as American Week, Rock Week, WTA cha-cha, etc. The only predictable things about them seems to be 1) It will create buzz and 2) It has the high potential to tick people off. Both of those leave a LOT of possibilities for craziness
All you have ro do is SEE Kelly and she has an advantage – the lady is beautiful and has kept in great shape. Also works out hard like crazy…I think she would have a great chance. I have met her in person several times and she is the nicest celeb I have EVER met!!
I think Derek is the partner most celebs want, so maybe HE is the draw to all of this.
Oh, and someone mentioned drama with Maks if Kirstie or MelB come back…those were seasons we had calm Maks.
Though the way Val and Kirstie have been tweeting back and forth, I almost have a hunch Val might get her.
I’m just wondering about the lesser pros…like who will Chelsie get, unless they bring back Louie? Or what about Anna? And….Tristan… Wah….a season without our Lucky Charms???
I think that the only certainty that we have about this season, is it’s going to be the MOST uncertain season ever! Tom did say during the last season, that they plan on throwing a lot of surprises onto the celebrities (and in turn, the pros) so…..
I do think that they’re starting by how and when they’re announcing the celebrities, and the whole “vote for the last one” bit. I think that they will surprise everyone with the celeb/pro pairings they will decide… Maybe the first twist they’re giving is that no one will have their original partner? (and I do think that’s fair) That way, some of the newer, popular pros will still have a chance in the season. ?????
But some of the twists and gimmicks and plots during the season? Who knows! I hope they don’t do anything too stupid…. (HA! Easy to say, this is OUR producers….. They frequently do come up with things that seem good on paper but isn’t really when it pans out…)
I realize I dont post as frequently as some others so i’m not as in tune to the topic at hand but I just really hope this show can become more enjoyable for me again. I loved seasons 10 and 11 and 12 and really likeed 13 alot except for a few small things but it was a great season but season 14 was just not as enjoyable. It just bored me. Donald was awesome and I liked everybody but it was just not an exciiting season at all and right now im not positive that this all-star season is gonna be all its cracked up to be either. We shall see though and i’m hoping for the best.
Lots of twists and surprises to jeep tge dancers on their toes. I remember Tom saying that. I peedict tge word if the season will be whack-a-doodke-doo. I hope I’m wronh, but twists and surprises might not br a good thing, these are tge people whi thought of the WTA cha cga.
I apologize for my last post, cringing as Im reading it. Return of the Queen of typos!
just b/c they do things unfairly doesn’t mean I have to like it or won’t express my disdain for it.
@DWTSfreak, claim autocorrect….. Even though it wasn’t…. But, typing on a mobile device can be tricky! Or on the computer, I sometimes get one hand off a little, and that makes VERY creatively spelled messages!
Got your meaning just fine!
Who said otherwise, Violet? I also have the right to laugh my ass off when people comment on an aspect of this show potentially being unfair. It’s always been unfair, so why would they start being fair now??
I actually love the idea of the crazy fans voting for Derek’s partner. Those that always say he gets a ringer can vote for the least ‘ringerish in the choices (thinking they can saddle him with a loser) and he’ll get that person to the finals, like he always does.
tee, hee. this could be fun…
I’m thinking now the choices might be Kelly M., Laila Ali and Mya, …and Bristol P. IF it is strictly about picking a partner for Derek. Or maybe it’s which pro do you want to dance this season? Peta or Derek ? and then give lists for potential partners? Whaddaya think ??
Wow just looked at my post again and realized, if that’s the case…guess we know who he’ll get. Between all the Bristol supporters and all the Derek-haters, they’ll be voting til their fingers fall off.
If it were a controversial character that the fans got to vote on, then Carson Kressley as a same-sex option could make it interesting. (Unlikely, though.)
I think you’re worrying unnecessarily, Mimi. We could be way off base. Besides, Bristol came in third with serious help from the judges. I think her voting base might be over estimated, especially now. Their stock has dropped.
Why would SID(JID) comment on anything KeMo, they are all about Jiz.
Sans Maria, which I really didn’t think would happen…I’m kinda interested in a Derek?Kelly partnership. First, they would be so gorgeous together asa pairing and he always talks about liking a challenge and after what he was able to do with Maria, it could be pretty good. It was a long time ago but I think Kelly had quite a bit more natural rhythm than Maria. As far as chemistry and how they’d get along….it is hard to say because it was hard to know what Kelly was really like because Alec was soooo off-putting and the show was so new. I know she worked hard and Derek likes that. Might be very interesting and kinda appropriate to have the very first MBT winnerdance with the only 3x champion
[...] EW reports viewers will be able to vote for their favorite out of three former contestants — Carson Kressley is rumored to be one — to get the final spot in the new cast of veteran dancers. According to PureDWTS.com, a “Dancing With the Stars” fansite, Kelly Monaco has been coy about involvement in the “Dancing With the Stars” all-stars season and recently hinted to fans that she’ll need their help for something in the near future. [...]