Dancing With The Stars All Stars: Las Vegas Odds Going Into Week 3
Once again, the odds makers in Las Vegas are placing their bets for who will win the Dancing With The Stars All Stars Season. Going into Week 3, Sports Bovada is reporting an even tight race for 1st place between Emmitt and Apolo. Note how Shawn has made a move up the board to fighting Gilles for the 3rd position. Also, take note for how the odds makers had it completely wrong on Joey last week….
New Las Vegas Odds going into Week 3:
Emmitt Smith 2/1
Apolo Anton Ono 3/1
Gilles Marini 5/1
Shawn Johnson 5/1
Helio Castroneves 9/1
Sabrina Bryan 10/1
Kelly Monaco 22/1
Kirstie Alley 22/1
Melissa Rycroft 25/1
Drew Lachey 30/1
Bristol Palin 75/1
Last week’s odds to compare:
Emmitt Smith 3/2
Apolo Anton Ono 7/2
Gilles Marini 11/2
Helio Castroneves 11/2
Shawn Johnson 8/1
Joey Fatone 15/1
Kelly Monaco 20/1
Kirstie Alley 20/1
Sabrina Bryan 25/1
Drew Lachey 30/1
Bristol Palin 50/1
Melissa Rycroft 50/1
So, do the odds makers in Las Vegas have it right or wrong?
I’m kind of surprised to see Emmitt still at the top with such strong numbers? After last weeks dance, I thought he’d be placed in second or third. Then again, he’s got the football vote…and he’s also so “likable”. I thought Helio would be more to the bottom. In fact, I think Sabrina and Helio should switch places. Oh well, just please let them be right about Bristol!!!
Let’s get Miss Heidi’s and Court’s thoughts and please let us know your thoughts too in the comment section.
Courtney: I still don’t understand why they’ve hung their hat on Emmitt to win the whole thing – say what you will about the football vote, but I still think that every football player that has won has been one of the top 3 dancers on their respective seasons. I can’t say the same about Emmitt this season – I feel like Gilles, Apolo, AND Shawn have all cumulatively outdanced him so far, and it’s going to take a combination of votes and good dancing AND likeability (which I think has diminished a bit on Emmitt’s part, due to his comments this week) to win. And I still think the Olympian vote will likely dwarf the football one. Also, as much as I hate to say it, I don’t think Bristol’s odds are THAT bad – if anything, I think this week we were shown that she obviously is getting votes, no matter how badly she dances. I can’t say the same for Drew in week 1 or Joey this week. There’s still plenty of time for all of this to shake out – but I daresay the picture of who’s hot and who’s not is going to become quite a bit clearer after this week’s double elimination.
Heidi: Actually, I think Sabrina is right where she should be, if you take into consideration the likely power of her fanbase against the likes of Shawn, Apolo, Gilles and Emmitt. Remember, Helio likely landed in the bottom two because his lower score. Last time Sabrina was eliminated it was the very first time she fell out of the top three on the leader board. If she has a single bad night, she could be gone. Same for Melissa. I think the top 4 MIGHT have better odds against an off night. But I thought Joey was doing better, so what do I know? 🙂 I think Bristol is too low and I think Emmitt is too high…and everyone else is about right.
hmm
i think Emmitt is about right. He’s charming, right fanbase (we’re not talking about bengals fans, we’re talking ‘america’s team’ cowboys fans), a legend, and has rhythm. I think he has a good cushion, but if he keeps having foot-in-mouth moments like last week, that could deminish.
only changes I would make would be to swap Kirstie /sabrina and melissa/bristol
– kirstie got her worse dance out the way. so while kirstie can only go up, I think sabrina can only go down- she’s not going to be at the top of the leaderboard every week. additionally, with the combination of shawn having derek and kirstie having maks, i think they are going to be the final two women.
– i think tony’s choreography is going to be the death of melissa. If he doesnt come with some ingenious spark, i think melissa will be gone this double elimination
Quite honestly I cannot predict who will win. There is still too much dancing to be done. Of course Bristol should be gone. I think Kirstie shoukd be gone. But any of the rest of them could win.
I think Shawn, Apollo and Gilles will be in the finals. I don’t think Emmitt may have the juice to go all the way like last time. But Bristol Should be gone next week and possibly Kirstie. Hate to see good dancers go and lost in the shuffle like last time.
I agree with most of the bottom. But there are a lot of factors in play this season. Unless Drew has a stellar dance, he’ll likely go in the double elimination next week. And i agree with Yo’s comment above: Melissa is technically a better dancer than Kirstie, Bristol, Kelly and probably two or three of the men, but if tony can’t come up with better (less stale, less balletic) choreography, she will easily get lost in the midpack scoreboarders, and that is a bad place to be if you don’t have rock solid fan support. Kelly and Val I can see coasting on their chemistry for a few weeks longer, eclipsing some stronger dancers. I do not agree with Emmitt as a shoe in to winning the whole thing. He’s got a football loyalty vote cushion, but CA was right, the other fellas are better, and charm isn’t going to win this as the scores get tighter. If Gilles doesn’t lighten up, he might not make it to the finals either. My money is on Apolo, Shawn and Sabrina for final three at this point.
Think that Bristol and Kristy should go Tues 10/9…altho have a funny feeling that it won’t b Bristol Emmitt’s best dance has always been his chacha, i guess u would call it his signature dance n most likely the only hi score dance he’ll have.
I have absolutely no idea who will win. This season has been so unpedictable and its only week 3. People I thought would do really well have been okay and the people I thought would be alright are doing better than I expected.
As an Emmitt and Cheryl supporter I am happy that they are at the top. However, their dance last week was not the best, it was good but not all stars good. I really think Cheryl needs to step up the choreography especially the ballroom routines because that is Emmitt’s weakness. I also think Cheryl needs to be tougher on him when it comes to technique. It seems like ever since Chaz made those comments about being scared of her she seems to have become soft. The comments made by Emmitt was taken too far. Knowing who Emmitt is as a person and knowing that he loves and respects everyone in the competition, I truly don’t believe he said it to be mean spirited or disrespectful. Most athletes talk smack. Its used more as a challenge to the other competitiors than being a jerk. I think his comments were a mix between being competitive and joking around.
Anyway, hope they can step it up for week three and I look forward to seeing how all the other couples will do.
“Melissa Rycroft 25/1” and “Kelly Monaco 22/1” baffles me. They are doing really good (I think better than Emmit and Helio) and I think ould be dark horses if they continue at this pace.
Considering Monday night’s scores, I’m surprised they still have Emmitt at the top as I would have put him behind Shawn. Besides that, I pretty much think the odds makers have it right.
As for Emmitt’s comments, I really didn’t feel like it was anything mean spirited. He didn’t say he didn’t respect his competition, he said he wasn’t intimidated by them and, I would hope they feel the same way about him. After all, if you feel intimidated by your competition – then you shouldn’t be there competing. In the first hour Tuesday night when they replayed his comments, they also showed him yelling out to them, “You know, I love you guys.” It’s all a part of the game. No big deal.
I’m sticking with my original predictions that it’s going to come down to Shawn, Apollo and probably Gilles. I think both Shawn and Apollo are going to continue to improve and the best for them is yet to come.
I agree with you Courtney, after the upcoming double elimination, we’re going to get a much better idea of who’s hot and who’s not.
I would not put Emmitt at the top based on his last week’s dance and even his first week dance for me was not the best of the night. I liked him his season, but for me he is not shining this season.
@Margaret I agree completely with your statement. Please let Bristol go in the double elimination week. I hate to see good dancers go and lost in the shuffle as well.
Helio and Drew will be eliminated tonight.
Sharna/Cotta/Willy/Traute/Terri, I’m done with your repetitive anti-Bristol rants. Consider yourself blocked.