DWTS SEASON 15 ALL STARS – NEW PHOTOS OF THE TITLE SHOOTS!!!
Whooo Hoooo!!!! I’m getting excited now, kids!! They look fantasic – you can see all of them at Zap2It. Vogue found these and got so excited that I had to post for her.
Be on the look out for WHO WORE IT BETTER in the very near future. 🙂 (Hey…is Peta wearing a real dress this time?? 🙂 )
ETA: Have you ever noticed that Tony’s promo shots all look *exactly* the same?? 🙂
ETA2: Just adding things as the thoughts occur to me…I guess we can see which Cheryl is going to be present this season. 😉 And wow….Tristan and Pam look steamy. Or PAM looks steamy….Tristan looks normal but the steamy is wearing off on him. 😀
ETA3 Vogue here with an UPDATE: You can find the individual pics at BuddyTV. THANKS GITTE! Also, you’ll note that there are no pics of Kirstie and Maks yet. Stay tuned. She tweeted they will be taking their title shoot pics next week.
I didn’t see a photo of Maks and Kirstie when I went to the site you mentioned. Am I just missing it?
OMG I am so excited, I’m a wreck and I couldn’t type or do anything. lolllll Thanks Heidi and Court too.
Anyway, they are gorgeous. I’m especailly loving Kelly and Val, ….and Peta and Gilles. I’m loving (shock horror) Bristol and Mark’s pic as well. The look on their faces is hilarious.
Wondering why there’s no picture of Kirstie and Maks…
My favourites are: Shawn & Derek, Drew & Anna and Kelly & Val.
Hmmmm….no, I didn’t see it either, now that you mention it. Weirdness.
I’m with you, Vogue. All of Tony’s look the same!
Bristol is much prettier than I remember, but Mark and those friggin’ glasses and shoes…Pick ONE as an accessory, not both.
I’m also loving Kelly and Val. They look HOT together! Also love Chelsie and Helio, Apolo and Karina, and Shawn and Derek. I have to be honest, I don’t love Tristan’s and Pam’s. There’s just something very “prom” about the pose. I wish they had used a “dancier” one. (I think I just made up that word, lol!)
Bristol has had work done – believe I read that somewhere.
And that was me saying that all of Tony’s look the same. 🙂
And, since this is the top post, remember when we were talking about Cheryl and Karina buying twitter followers?? Lookie what Maks tweeted – he knows the score too. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/23/fashion/twitter-followers-for-sale.html?_r=1&smid=tw-nytimes
I think kirstie has been overseas so maks was doing stuff on his own lol shes back soon according to her twitter 🙂
Isn’t Kirstie still in Italy? I know she was headed there about the time of the announcements.
PH, that is probably at least the 2nd comment Maks has made about buying twitter followers.
My bad, PH. I’m in zombie-mode for some reason today… 😉
I know, Winter, but this time he backed it up with a news article. It’s so blatantly obvious that Karina and Cheryl did it that even he noticed. 🙂
OMG Kym’s boobage!
Wow, These are Fabulous! Okay, its official now I am excited…
Drew and Anna’s excitement shows even in their photos, Tristan and Pamela, HOT!!, Peta and Gilles, everyone looks great, well almost everyone, Not Tony…. He is so predictable.
Please where are you finding all the available promo pictures? I know Maks and Kirstie wound be missing. but where are the rest? HELP. Thank You
Click the link in the post & use the arrows to scroll through, Annette.
I just saw these on Facebook, and I have to say I didn’t think they were that great. I’m excited to see the pics of the pairs, but…meh. IMO, Apollo and Shawn both look stiff. Cheryl and Peta look like they’re trying too hard. Melissa and Kym have fake smiles kind of. Bristol doesn’t look like Bristol and Mark looks goofy. And yes, Tony does look the same in every picture, you’re right about that!
I like Kelly and Val the best. I like Drew and Anna but I don’t really like Anna’s outfit. Gilles Tristan, Karina, and Derek look good but I don’t like the way their partners look.
Okay, done whining, lol. 🙂
Love Shawn and Derek’s pic as well as Anna and Drew. Kelly and Val look good but that picture of Pam is not flattering IMO and Tristam has lost some steam, lol. Karina looks great too.
Wow, why is Urkel dancing with Bristol? Oh wait, it is Mark. Either he really does not care or does not get that is 1) not a flattering look for him and 2) he looks like an a**hole with that look. It is not even a good look ironically. Sadly, do not think he think he was even going for the ironic approach.
There’s too much pretty and hotness in Peta and Gilles’ picture. Also, I saw the picture of Hélio and Chelsie on the official site. They look so awkward together.
Dang, hit send too soon. Kelly & Val look hot, but she looks so short! Even in those heels! I’m actually loving Shawn & Derek’s picture. No awkwardness (for me anyway). Say what you will about Tony’s pro pictures (I didn’t notice it until the ladies pointed it out) but I’m excited for Melissa & Tony. =)
Can someone post the link because I don’t see these arrows!?!
Doesn’t Maks have bigger worries than who is “buying” followers on twitter. Why does he care?
Wow, Kelly & Val stand out to me. But then Derek & Shawn…..love how he’s looking at her. Drew & Anna are adorable. IMO
Good grief, this is not rocket science!!!
http://www.tvovermind.com/dancing-with-the-stars/dancing-with-the-stars-season-15-partner-photos-released/
Look above & to the left of the picture of Bristol & Mark. If you still have trouble, tough.
Wow Shawn Johnson is all grown up! Her and Derek Hough looks soo good together! Seriously!!
Maybe Maks finds it as stupid as I do.
Everyone looks great 🙂
Courtney, you crack me up!!
Woot! Promo pics. Thank you PH and Vogue. Yeah, some look better than others, but overall a big improvement over last season’s for me.
LOL PH, don’t know if I’d call what Peta is wearing a “real” dress, 😉 but at least she doesn’t look like a Victoria’s Secret model. Don’t know if it will translate to the ballroom, but they stand together “real purdy”.
Bristol and Mark…oy! Looks like he’s finally letting his inner nerd out of the closet; or maybe he plans to “win hearts and minds” as this season’s comedy couple. 🙄
I agree with Magnolia that Pamela and Tristan’s photo isn’t what I hoped it would be, but I know they’ll look much better moving together on the dance floor.
Shawn and Derek are lovely. Like the tilt of Derek’s head; it gives the pose a softer, more intimate look.
Apolo and Karina look a tad awkward to me, but like Pamela and Tristan, I think they’ll move better than they stand.
Love Drew and Anna’s beaming smiles. They look very comfortable. Hope that happiness and ease translates to great things on the dance floor.
I was just thinking: how about doing a post comparing these pictures to the ones from their original seasons?
I just looked at some of them and the difference between Bristol’s pictures is actually frightening – she looks like a totally different person.
Gitte – it’s coming 😉
Courtney – I should have known 😉
Oh my, Derek looks beyond incredible. Val looks great with and without Kelly. Helio and Chelsie look cute together.
LOL Princess Heidi! Have you heard of the “Fake Follower Check?” A developer created it to flush out the fakes. (Digital Times covered it this week: http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/fake-followers-fabricate-false-figures/ )
According to Fake Follower, Cheryl has 13% fake, 63% “inactive” accounts and 24% good. 🙂
PS In all fairness, accounts could be “inactive” for any number of reasons. And I didn’t run anybody else’s for comparison.
Holy Hannah. (Sorry for 3 posts in the row). I’ll leave it to you guys to check out Karina on “Fake Follower.” Um. Wow.
Yes, but they said in that article that accounts being fake or inactive doesn’t mean you bougght them – there are spam bots out there. But when you see Cheryl’s and karina’s numbers shoot up dramatically over a day or so, they have to be buying them. Cheryl went from a 20k lead on Derek to an 80k lead in one day. Karina was way behind Derek, maks….and maybe even mark to being ahead of Derek in a day or so. That is abnormal. She bought at least 60k, maybe much more than that. I wasn’t watching her that closely BECAUSE she was so far behind the leaders.
Agreed!
You’re right, PH. Bristol said she had surgery to correct a misaligned jaw, but she really looks quite different, at least to my eye. She does look like she’s lost some weight and gained some confidence though IMO. That’s a short dress, and is it backless?
http://www.popeater.com/2011/05/11/bristol-palin-admits-jaw-surgery/
I’m getting exciiiiiiiiiiited!
Kelly and Val, what a hot couple!
Shawn and Derek great chemistry already.
Bristol has so had some work done. Her face looks different. Perhaps she will be able to have an expression on her face when she dances this time lol. She def looks thinner and more attractive.
Pamela and Tristan will be hot but that photo wasnt the most flattering. Too tan.
Gilles and Peta- HOT HOT HOT.
Drew and Anna- adorable, love this couple
Apolo looks a little chunky! Or perhaps its muscle? LOL. Looks bigger.
Emmitt/Cheryl Joey/Kym no surprise.
Melissa/Tony and Helio/Chelsie are already failing to stand out for me 🙂
Kirstie is overseas. She tweeted her photo shoot is next week.
Wow! These look better than last season’s.
I like Drew & Anna, Shawn & Derek, and Kelly and Val the best.
Karina looks good, Apolo looks slightly tense. Chelsie and Helio look awkward. Gilles and Peta look like they’re trying too hard. Emmitt has a great smile but it doesn’t work when Cheryl is trying to sex it up. Pam and Tristan look a bit awkward too. Tony looks the same and Melissa like a cheerleader. At this point, they can probably get Tony’s old promos and cut them out and put his partner somehow in there. Joey has a hunch, and Bristol looks unrecognizable.
Cheryl is trying too hard even in the pictures. I actually said “Eww!” out loud when I saw the Tristan and Pam pic. Drew and Anna look cute. Still iffy on her, but I’m excited about him.
All the individual pictures are here (without watermarks): http://www.buddytv.com/slideshows/dancing-with-the-stars/dancing-with-the-stars-allstars-the-official-cast-photos-52500.aspx
Wasn’t it possible to find dresses for all of the ladies ? Too much lace and lingerie for me this season !
All great looking couples!
Gitte, thank you. We’ll get the link to those added to the post too. BEAUTIFUL!!
LOL for Cheryl’s picture. Her and Emmitt don’t match at all. Val and Kelly look hot as well. I think the lace dresses were to over the top and made the girls look like they were trying to hard to be sexy.
Is it just me or are there shades of Johnny and Baby in Derek and Shawn’s picture? It all I can do not to think of the “tickles” scene when I look at them. *melts with fond memories*
Gilles looks like he’s trying to get away (no buddy contact) and PETA is trying hard to keep him there.
What’s up with Derek always trying to smell his partners hair? At least Shawn is short and it doesn’t look ackward.
Mark looks adorkable.
Heidi- you are 100% right…Cheryl and Karina bought followers…Cheryl was 20k ahead of Derek, but that was even dwindling the last i looked, it was getting closer to like 15k or so and now she is 50k+ more than him…Karina had about 125k or so….no where near where she has now….another person who i could see buying people is Maria Menounos…she has a 100k lead over derek and when she started DWTS she didn’t even have 200k followers.
and Cheryl made a note to say something about thanking everyone to getting to 300k followrs and i remember thinking how is that even possible…she had like 270k users yesterday!
As much as many decisions of the All-Star season has let me down, THIS MAKES ME SO EXCITED!! They all look so good. I’m even excited to see Bristol/Mark. Can they just compete for points for the first 3 weeks and then dump the lowest 3 total scorers? Some of these eliminations are gonna be tough and I wanna see everyone dance for a while!!
From what I’ve seen on twitter, Apolo works out like a fiend. That’s probably why he looks bigger.
I like all of them, especially Derek and Shawn!!! My fave so far.
Mark’s not embracing his inner nerd; he’s embracing his inner hipster. lol
I agree with Steve #39 I also like the photos of Drew & Anna, Shawn & Derek, and Kelly and Val the best. Apolo does look tense; I wonder if he is missing Julianne as a partner. Chelsie and Helio show no chemistry; I wonder if he is also missing Julianne. I think Gilles and Peta look hot, mostly Peta, as Gille looks slightly uncomfortable. Cheryl trying to look sultry with Emmit just looks silly to me. As someone else commented, I guess we know what type of routines she’ll do this season, yawn. For some reason, I’m getting a kick out of Pam and Tristan’s photo. She is super sexy and he looks unsure what to do with her, but I agree with PH that Pam’s steaminess is rubbing off on him as well. Tony’s pose is boringly the same and I agree with Steve #39 that Melissa looks like a cheerleader. Joey and Kym look like the big galoomph and the beauty. Mark & Bristol’s photo, imo, is a joke, but maybe that was the intent. Too bad though, because Mark could’ve looked cute with longer hair, no glasses and no spats. Bristol’s surgically altered face just looks weird to me.
For all the talk about followers, Mark also had a huge jump in followers in season 12 too. Some jumps make sense see a lot of the olympians. They went from like 30k to like 400k which makes sense since they were on a global stage and succeeded. But I do suspect all those pros mentioned who had huge jumps in a brief period of time without a huge platform like the Olympics. Either way, I think it is stupid to buy followers and as stupid to tweet about others buying followers.
Bristol looks different but based on interviews, it is the same Bristol when she opens her mouth. Those two are good fit!
@EL, I also saw shades of Baby and Johnny in Shawn and Derek’s picture. Love it.
The Ladies: Kelly & Val look HOT, best photo out of the female celebs. Bristol looks too tall for Mark – I think she would have fared better with a different partner (height notwithstanding). Pam & Tristan, while I’m looking forward to their dancing, this photo does little for me, hope what we see is less than what we’ll get. Mel & Tony – meh. Poor Melissa, I think Tony is burned out and is going to stick with the same old tired formula that has gotten him nowhere. Shawn & Derek look cute together and she looks very comfortable. I expect her to outlast all the other women on this Season.
Well, Maks gained a lot in Season 12, but they normally DO gain a lot during the season, particularly if they last a long time. Both those guys gained them over the course of an entire season and it seemed pretty organic to me.
Hmmm…so you can buy twitter followers, huh? Is buying Facebook friends next? 😉
Gorgeous photos. You can see the chemistry with some of them already, others not so much. Time will tell.
I am looking forward to seeing the past and present photos!
I don’t know what everyone saying Chelsie and Helio look awesome!!! My favorite couples are hello and chelsie Bristol and mark Shawn and Derek Gilles and PETA Kelly and Val Apolo and Karina and hopefully Lacey and Kyle / Sabrina and Henry
PH, i do not remember if it was during the course of the season or not so trust your memory. I always thought it was bacause he was paired with Chelsea who has a younger fan base who are more likely on twitter and follow her and then follow him. That is most likely what happened. Then the buying followers talk came out and tbh, I see Mark as a type who would do that so thought maybe he bought followers to look more popular for his music aspirations. But yeah going back to my initial thought that it was from Chelsea fans since he never had that type of bump again with his other partners.
Since Maria was mentioned, who knows but similarly to Mark, Maria’s jump in followers did not surprise me given it was during the show’s season. Derek is pretty popular and pretty sure a lot of his fans started following her. I just do not think her fans, which include a lot of guys who dismissed Derek a lot, followed him. Though he had the usual increase during the dwts season.
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I find Gilles photo disappointing. It is like he is just wearing a t shirt. Also have to wonder if this is Pam and Tristan’s best shot, their other ones must have been horrible.
I think Mark and Bristol are reviving the BristolthePistol vibe, Kelly+anyone would look hot, but surprising to me they look the most awkward height wise.Tony?Melissa. both MEH 4 me. Karina-OMG, I wonder if that bulk is gonna hinder Apolo?Drew a sweetie, will B a contender if she can do memorable enuf dances.Joey-can’t believe he still carries that much weight dancing daily? in Vegas, but a charmer always.Giles+Peta, unless they have NO chemistry, gonna B hard 2 beat. He’s a stunner+can dance. Pam?, !!!, but she always looks better when she’s not posing and Tristan…well,never gotten what everyone else sees.Emmit has lots of football fans but his dancing will not stand out. Kirstie/Maks-they get their own photo shoot day, photo will be released-alone, probably published in mnay places- alonewith comentary about JUST them…..Derek, I want scientific studies. He’s GOTTA have hybrid genes, can’t think of one other man who gets hotter with every day that goes by+ if Shawn can do “intense”+sexy, along with everything else she can already do…these 2, too, will be hard to beat. IMO
I can’t tell if Joey is actually caring extra weight or if the outfit is just very unflattering. It’s especially noticable in his solo pic. Geez, it looks like they didn’t do any tailoring at all.
Did not like Bristol and Mark’s pix. Too silly. She probably won’t be the first out, but I’m hoping she’s gone by week 3. Tony’s is the same old, same old and I think that’s going to transfer to his choreography and they will be gone early. His routines just don’t have the spark, fun, or difficulty that other pros do and I tend to not pay much attention when he’s dancing. Kelly and Val’s pix was great. Cheryl? Ugh! Please, not another season like the last one. If she starts down that road again, I hope Emmitt puts a stop to it. Joey does look big but I’ll bet he’s in great shape. Gilles looks uncomfortable. I like Anna and Drew. They look at ease with each other which hopefully translate to great dances. I’m looking forward to the premiere. I just hope the judges don’t overscore from the start like last season. I’m hoping they’re fair and realistic and keep the 10s for later in the season.
Loving the photos, especially Shawn & Derek!
EL,
Re: Johnny & Baby comparison: I said the same thing about Derek & Shawn even before the photos were posted. He’s definitely going to bring out the softer more mature side of her! -This is going to be a great season.
Thanks for the posting ladies and for all that you do. You are appreciated.
They will probably do 2 weeks without eliminations, don’t you think? but like someone else said…I wish they’d go 3 or 4 with these couples and then do a couple of double elimin’s just so we can see what should be mostly, good, entertaining dancing. Also think that would give those not with original partners, time to settle in.
Interesting would be to do three weeks and then a double elimination 🙂
#Mimi
You are so right about Derek! He gets hotter every season… I also agree with your comments about they’re pairing.. If their chemistry can match their dancing/choreography, they will definitely be a tough couple to beat.
Overall, I’m getting really excited about the new season,
Gilles and Peta’s picture is awkward to me also, I feel she will be like Cheryl soon and bring the sex which I like to see dancing not stripping. Love Kelly and Val’s photo, looks great! Shawn and Derek make a cute team, surprisingly I like Bristol and Mark’s pic it’s cute!
My, my, my. Shawn is looking GOOOOD!!! All grown up, in shape and ready to steal the show.
Derek and Shawn are my preseason favorite couple, with Apolo and Karina a close second. Both Derek and Karina have LOTS of tricks up their sleeves, and Shawn and Apolo will be able to do anything they ask. I predict greatness and lots of jaw-dropping moments from these pairs.
I’m also really looking forward to seeing Melissa and Tony again. Their AT and Lindy Hop are two of my all-time favorite dances. I know most people think that Cheryl and Gilles’s AT was the best of their season, but I actually preferred M/T. I hope Tony pushes Melissa to the max, and we could see some really great stuff from them, too.
The only sour note I see: I don’t like Bristol and her big fat middle finger personality, but I would try to enjoy the dance routines she does on the show, just as I do with every contestant. The effect is totally ruined from Day One, however, because Mark is too small for her! I really wish they had given Bristol to a bigger male pro, for pure aesthetic reasons. This pair has no chance of creating pleasing images for me, same as their first season together.
I’m super excited now! Can’t wait for the season to begin.
Woodrose – exactly, the first thing that popped into my head when I saw Bristol & Mark’s photo was that she was too big for him and they don’t look well matched, at all. Plus, I have a feeling Mark is less than pleased and so I predict (LOL, the premier is a month away and I’m already predicing) an early out for these 2.
@mimi, I think there is a results show slated for week one! Looks like they are starting eliminations soon and I think Tom mentioned double eliminations. I wish they did not do that for all stars.
I must say, of all the men, Val Chmerkovskiy’s pic is the sexiest for me. He doesn’t even seem to be trying to be sexy, yet the picture has that subtle quality. Pam looks a bit like a waif in her picture – I don’t get steamy from it. All-in-all, nice pictures.
I didn’t even recognize Mark and Bristol at first. I thought it was a stock photo. He looks schmucky with those nerd glasses – why on earth would he go for that kind of look for this kind of promo picture – is he passive-aggressively trying to express his displeasure?
@Sandra77 – Either that, or he’s trying to tell us he doesn’t give a sh*t about this season and is consequently going to act as nincompoopish as he possibly can 😛
If there are 13 dancers they have to have an elimination the first week AND a double elimination at some point along the way.
I believe I heard Conrad said there was going to be no elimination show on election night, so there will need to be at least two double eliminations.
I enjoy the photos and everyone’s comments, but gotta say the glory days of costuming seem to be over judging by most of these. Is that due to Randall’s absence, budget cuts, or poor judgement by them that choose the outfits?
Apollo looks stiff. I didn’t find him all that great in his season. They won because Juliann Hough. Tristan and Pam are going to be great together. Pam was really good in her season a little wild lol but she was surprisingly good. If Tristan can contain her they could be really good. Val and Kelly look good in their pic. Kelly look like she still got it. Drew and Anna look adorable and a perfect match.
Wetpaint is a bad word around these parts, Jeff 🙂
With all the hype surrounding this season you’d think they would have gone all out with the promo pics, but they look a bit bland to me. I’m with Faby, I think they should have splurged a little on the costumes.
Their biggest name is in Italy? Haha, that’s interesting. Bet the producers were thrilled to hear that.
This is off-topic, but has anyone heard if or when we’ll get to see a Season 15 poster? Just curious.
Faby – I think Randall’s absence has been missed the minute he made his exit. I’m willing to keep Brooke if they’d bring Randall back LOL, although I’ve got to admit Brooke’s growing on me. A little. (Familiarity breeds fondness?)
Keeping this short and sweet bc it is echoing many others’ comments:
Val and Kelly: HOT!!
Derek and Shawn: A close second, but Derek is hot enough in his own right! 😉
Pamela and Tristan and Kym and Joey: Disappointing!
Drew and Anna and Chelsie and Helio: Cute!
I know I have mentioned EW’s coverage before, but Annie Barrett posted her take on the photos and I think they are hilarious as always if anyone wants to check them out. She compares Tony and Melissa’s pic to an awkward cello stance. teehee
Agree about Randall, his costumes were one of the best things about the show, IMO.
Sally, no word on the poster. I’m dying to see it too. I wonder if they can top last season’s poster as that was the tops so far imo?
Guess there’s no point in me doing the side-by-sides now…
I guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery??
Court, please still do it!! xxxxx
Plus, your commentary will be so fun to read on it too.
i agree, Vogue! No one can beat Courntey’s commentary, who is tied with PH in that department! Ying and Yang! Well, sometimes Ying and Ying! LOL Please do it. Courtney!
THIS^^
Hope I’m not repeating but did you see Anna’s tweet regarding her costume….leotard in one end of the room & boa in another…instant costume. Randall come back.
And yes, Courtney, we need your side by sides. Nobody does it better!
I rated each of them individually:
Shawn and Derek: 9. Liked the pose but it looks like a romance nocel cover.
Joey and Kym: 8 I gotta be honest. I really wasn’t blown away by it. Kym looks awesome though.
Helio and Chelsie: 8. It reminded me of a prom photo. not a bad thing though.
Emmitt and Cheryl: 7. Emmitt is always full of personality. I don’t get why Cheryl is trying to be all dramatic while Emmitt is all smiles though. Purple is defiantely his color.
Apollo and Karina: 10. This looks efortless and full of chemistry.
Peta and Giles: 8. Like that Giles is dressed like that and Peta looks like an old hollywood star. I just hope Giles and Peta have great chemistry becuase I can’t tell from the pic.
Tristan and Pamela: 8. He looks thrilled and she definaely looks awesome. Wish it was a different pose though.
Drew and Anna: 9. Anna reminds me of the duster from “Beauty and the Beast” cuz of that outfit. Luckily, I love that movie. I am calling them team season 2 🙂
melissa and Tony: 9. Looks kinda the same to the other shoots he has done. But I guess he is going with it since you shouldn’t fix what isn’t broken. She looks INCREDIBLE.
Brsitol and Mark: 6. So I have three things to say: 1) The glasses and the spats?! Ugh 2) Bristol without a doubth as lost weight/toned up but that dress isn’t helping her. 3) That pose…….WOW (and not in a good way). So I guess an 6 becuase Bristol looks legitametly happy and fit.
Kelly and Val: 10. Val always reminded me of an upbeat/personable version of Alec and she looks INCREDIBLE. I think that if she gets along with Alec as much as she got along with Val (and I think they will gel perfectly since they are both fun) we have a contender.
Sorry – didn’t mean to “steal” any ideas – I had the idea to do a comparison before I knew you were going to do it too.
And just because one person does it – doesn’t mean someone else can’t do it too. 😉
Anyway I look forward to reading your analysis of the pictures Courtney.
We do it before every season, Gitte – it’s not an original idea. We’ve probably done it for five seasons now.
I don’t care if you do it too, Gitte – just maybe have enough respect to not plug your own blog on someone else’s.
I know it’s not an original idea – I never claimed it was.
I just didn’t want you to think I “stole” it from you.
But anyway I’m sorry – I didn’t even mean to plug my own blog. I don’t care if anyone reads it or not.
Can we just forget about it? and I’ll promise not to post any links to my blog in the the future.
I’m with everyone who’s said the costuming has definitely come down several notches since Randall left. His were all so well thought out, original, and had real flair. The new crew definitely likes to hit the “easy” button. Some of the costumes are still good, but there are definitely more ho-hum ones than before. I think a lot depends on how hard the pro pushes for something creative instead of cookie-cutter.
It gets worse. I just noticed Peta is wearing the same dress she wore for one of her dances with Donald last season. And, Shawn’s get up looks somewhat familiar to me too.
@Katarina they always reuse costumes Karina is the 3rd person to wear the one she is wearing in the title shoot Kym wore it in season 11 with David Hasselhoff and Anna wore it for season 12 promo and Kym, Shannen Dorhety and edyta wore the one that Kym is wearing in the title shoot and i believe melissa was worn by a trope member
Yikes, Jeff – what amazing recall!
Ya i have a pretty good memory thats something a lot of people say but I’m not 100% sure on all just 90% sure
and they need to fire the spray tan crew! Karina & Peta look like the head doesn’t go with the body – it’s kinda eerie looking. Looks like several departments have hit the “easy” button.
Yay, we get a season where pretty much everyone is a decent dancer and all bodes well for a great season, but costuming and make up will be lack luster at best. I guess we can’t have it all or we’d have to give up our right to b*tch LOL
Not so sure about that “good memory” of yours, Jeff – especially since the bulk of what you said could have easily been found in our “Who Wore it Better” series, which we’ve been doing for 2 years now. Just sayin…
Courtney i didn’t even check the who wore it better for the costumes i’ve said
WELL, KARINA just got another 40,000 followers for last 3 days. She’s passed 300 k now. 90,000 in 1st 3 yrs, but how the heck she got 200 k in last 2 months?
Not even Justin Bieber or Kim K get that many followers in a day.
Supposedly, there’s a web-based application that will tell you what percentage of someone’s twitter followers are fake. It doesn’t seem to be working right now, though.. 🙁 It’s called “StatusPeople”.
Yeah, I posted a link to an article talking about buying twitter followers. Those aps that tell which are fake and inactive are 100% – you kinda have to watch their numbers move to be sure – and Karina is definitely making some purchases, as did Cheryl.
@Sandy, I just checked “StatusPeople”. Karina’s twitter account showed 75% fake, 25% inactive, and 0% good.
I doubt very much that is accurate, Lisa. I know she bought 200+K, but she should have more a good number of “good” ones.
I second that “0%” number being inaccurate. After all, I’m following Karina, so I know she has at least 1 real follower… 😉
Yeah, plus, the numbers change if you run it a second time. That’s not a good one. I didn’t try the other aps that did the same thing.
Okay, did a bit of research cuz I’m weird like that. It turns out that the Status People app that checks for fake followers was only accurate up to 5k followers and it tends to only check very recent activity – that’s why so many followers appear to be “inactive”. That particular app just updated so that it now is accurate up to 100k followers. What it does is scan 10% of your followers to give you an idea of how many fakers or “spam” accounts are following you. The problem still exists with it reflecting recent activity, which is why the “inactive” numbers tend to be so high on some accounts.
Obviously, when you get famous people with WAY more followers than 100k, the accuracy of those numbers goes way down. The articles I read said that fakers tend to have little to no followers, but follow lots of people. Watching for huge jumps and looking at who is following someone the hard way may be the only accurate way to know if someone bought fake accounts.
ETA: The reason why Karina might appear to have 0% good followers is because it only checks recent activity. So, if she recently bought 40k followers, those MIGHT be the ones that get scanned, hence the appearance of 0% “good” followers. Conversely, if Cheryl gets a steady stream of people following her, and hasn’t bought any followers for a couple weeks, her “fake” number may appear way lower than Karina’s.
Yes, I am a nerd. 🙂
Don’t a lot of spam accounts automatically follow big celebrities, though?
I don’t doubt that they both bought fake followers, especially if they had big spikes in one day.
However, I don’t think that going by how many percentage are fake or inactive can ever really be accurate (even if they did have great methodology), because a lot of fakes follow you even if you don’t buy them.
Also, what does inactive mean? Because I rarely use Twitter, but I did follow some celebs when I first signed up. Does that make it any less real because it’s inactive? I think I read some of the articles posted, but I don’t remember them getting too much into the inactive thing. I’d think that being inactive alone doesn’t indicate anything. Tons of people sign up for services but then end up not using them, or getting bored quickly.
Again, though, I don’t doubt that they have bought followers. It seems obvious, with the big jump in followers off-season.
It is strange to me, though, that Karina or Cheryl would do it again after being called out publicly (however subtle…but it’s still obvious who the other dancers are referring to).
Is it possible that sometimes it takes awhile for follower counts to be accurately updated?
Because I can see someone like Karina picking up a lot of followers in this off-season, simply because Apolo is a popular contestant, and his fans may have started following her upon hearing the news. However, of course it wouldn’t happen all in one day.
On the radio today, there was a news item that the President of the USA has 72% of his twitter followers showing up as “fake followers”….guess a lot of people do it lol. I can see celebs doing it cuz it helps with product endorsements (getting them), but the PREZ? Cheryl & Karina have been getting/doing a lot of endorsements, as has Kym.
BTW, why is Maks so concerned about Cheryl & Karina’s twitter followers? Why would he check their accounts?
Some of you actually need to read my longer comment before responding. Read it carefully before commenting because I don’t feel like explaining it again every time you use the app and then claim the president has so many fake followers.
And no, DWTS ( pick another name, please), if what you were saying were true, then Derek would have seen a similar or larger jump…and he didn’t.
Since I’m REALLY late to the party here and have yet to make it to any of the “previous dance experience” threads, I’ll post my impressions on both the pictures and partnerships.
Apolo and Karina: He’s got amazing work ethic, athleticsm and energy for her to capitalize on and hopefully enough lightheartedness to keep it fun. I do recall him having some sloppyesque lines at times which perfectionist Karina will surely look to improve upon.
Bristol & Mark: Hey, they had fun with it. Always though she was a tad tall to partner Mark. Up against it in competition (and not sure of fanbase at this point), but both her improved look/shape and performance experience should at least be a personal improvement over their last outing.
Drew & Anna: These two drip of enthusiasm and ambition. They’ll likely have the moves, not so sure about the level of showmanship and fan support as others though.
Emmitt & Cheryl: Complete disconnect in this picture. I miss the Cheryl of earlier seasons and hope we can see her again because they were a fun, charismatic pair in the day. I could see this them potentially getting lost in the mix – technically they’ll probably not be as up to par as some others and it’ll be interesting to see if his football fanbase is as fervent this far out from retirement. No doubt he’ll still be plenty likeable and entertaining however!
Gilles & Peta: Here’s hoping his body relates better to hers in the dance than this photo. I have no doubt these two are going to look amazing out there with their Hollywood looks and long, elegant lines that just scream Argentine Tango. He’s a humble, hardworking guy…but perhaps too serious at times? Also not sure about the combined fanbase here up against some other powerhouses in that regard.
Helio & Chelsie: Rather straightforward photo, expect the same from dances. Another pair I could see getting lost in the shuffle and question fanbase of.
Joey & Kym: Not crazy about the photo, but this pair was full throttle fun and entertainment. Liken him and his chances to Emmitt in a lot of ways. p.s. Good to see the delightful Kym comfortable with a partner again.
Kelly & Val: Hot shot, and I expect they’ll go for dances to match, but that size difference may be a factor (is Val bigger than Alec?). She’s got an ardent online fanbase, curious to see if the general audience takes to her in this crowd. Regardless, I can hear the showmancers already…
Pamela & Tristan: Looks as if she’s about to knee him in the groin. Not normally one to swoon over Tristan physically, but there’s a certain magnetism to him here. Looking forward to see what he can do with a at least somewhat younger partner. Could see them lacking and lagging though…or maybe they’ll surprise and the Tristanites and horny male viewers will keep them in.
Melissa & Tony: These two may be too much and not enough at the same time. Very exaggerated pose to the Anna extent from her yet his usual looks better with her in it. At least Tony has someone he can work both talent and personlity wise.
Shawn & Derek: Love Derek’s expression and Shawn looks more shapely (in a good for dancing way). I could see these two pulling off some amazing physical feats. However, being the team probably saddled with the highest expectation combined with the physical and style difference, I don’t think it’s going to be a complete cake walk. But I’ve no doubt Derek will make it work and them likely having the biggest combined fanbase probably won’t hurt. Not necessarily my fav pair, but the one I’d early wager to win.
p.s. Courtney, once all the promo photos are released, please proceed with the then v. now photo comparisons. It’ll make for an interesting post with this the only place many of us will see them side-by-side and the view is always so unique through your eyes!