And the First CONFIRMED Contestant on DWTS Season 16 Is…
Jacoby Jones of the Baltimore Ravens. Just announced during a commercial break from the Oscars.
I will update here if they announce any more. π
EMA: Thanks to Nathan and in case you missed it, here is the promo announcing Jacoby during the Oscars. THANKS NATHAN! -Vogue
Not meaning anything bad about her, but I hope he isn’t with Peta.
Fingerscrossed that he is paired with the lovely Karina Smirnoff. Cheryl just had Emmitt and Peta had Donald.
YAY! I am so excited.
Also, if ABC really wanted more viewers than usual of the Oscar’s, they should have announced ALL the contestants like they did Jacoby Jones (one contestant every commerical break). Just my opinon though…
Geez, I step away for 5 minutes and I missed the ad. figures lol Anyway, I see Jacoby with Cheryl or Peta.
Keep in mind that Cheryl’s only 5’4″…and Jacoby is 6’2″. Karina & Peta are both taller than Cheryl, and I think Sharna might be as well.
Yeah, Jacoby – may as well mark that one down in the win column. Bet they hand that one to Cheryl…or hell, maybe will Derek will get him since he’s so clearly the golden child.
He probably got Cheryl! I could see him working well with Sharna. I hope she got him so she can show us we she can do.
If so, How many footballers would that be for Cheryl? I am still pulling for Karina.
Imagine if one of the new females lands Jacoby, talk about a touchdown!
Of course it’s a good “get” for the show, but I’m just not excited about a high-profile footballer. Since we’re stuck with him, I hope he’s a “Donald Driver” rather than a “Chad Ochocinco”.
I hope he gets paired with Sharna! Was watching an interview with her on youtube today to see more of what her personality is like and I really like her.
He’s gonna be fun! Good get for the show too. Haha, Cidra, I was just gonna say, Jacoby seems alot like Chad Ochocinco. π We shall see though. I love the days building up to the cast reveal, it’s so exciting, esspecialy when we get little teasers like this.
has karina ever gotten a football player? if not, thats surprising….if not her, i can see him going to one of the newbies to help keep them around. i think he could be fun with sharna
Being on DWTS is not a good move for football players. They don’t last long in the NFL after putting on their dancing shoes. None of them are still playing. C’mon DWTS, pick on another sport. I know they’ve had a few basketball players, but they’re usually too tall to be good dancers.
Agree with others in hoping he’s paired with Karina. Peta and Cheryl both recently had footballers, and I think newbies should pay their dues… π Jacoby was pretty vocal about wanting to do the show, so I too am hoping he’s more Donald than Chad. Wonder if he’s ever actually watched the show.
@yo Comment 12 Karina has been paired with an athlete twice(Floyd Mayweather Jr and Apolo Ohno) but not a football player.
According to IMDb Sharna is 5’5″.
Just because someone is an athlete doesn’t mean they will put in the effort…..Mayweather.
Remember the interview KS did and she said, “I finally got an athlete…” speaking of Apolo. She herself didn’t count Floyd lol.
Only Peta fans will be happy if she gets another “vote ringer”. If she gets him, that’ll be three athletes in four seasons…plus Gilles. Hmmm?
Perhaps a newbie will get him, Peta did get Donald after all.
I know Kym had Warren Sapp and Hines, but she would have been a good match for Jacoby height-wise. π
Peta paid some dues her first season with Metta World Peace. LOL And IIRC, Donald requested Peta because she was an almost newbie. He wanted her to have a chance.
Hopefully Peta will get Sean Lowe so her underwhelming choreography can be used on a contestant I don’t give a damn about. lol
I’ll just say that I hope he gets either Cheryl or one of the two new pros and,
I hope it’s not a slam dunk as someone mentioned in one of the earlier comments. It would be nice to have an unpredictable season.
#mmc, Peta paid her dues because she had one bad parter in 3 seasons and had 2 ringers the other two? Karina’s gotten stuck with Steve Wosniak, the Situation, Billy Ray Cyrus, Mayweather, Rosco DiSpirito and Gavin Degraw. Half her partners have sucked, and most could have been predicted to suck before they did one rehearsal, so the show has knowingly stuck her with two left-footers over and over again. She deserves a ringer before Peta does.
I have to say I didn’t know anything about Jacoby besides football player so I just watched a couple of interviews and he does seem to lean more in the Ochocinco direction in personality type (a little cocky and not too deep) than Driver (dedicated and humble). So maybe JJ won’t be a shoe in. At least I’ll get to know more about him when he starts that may change what I’ve seen so far.
I was wondering if DWTS would air a promo during the Oscars like they did two years ago. Season 12 promo was soooo cool, because you just saw the DWTS studio, mirror balls, and the DWTS logo while hearing the entire cast say something like “You’ve been wondering…who the new cast…of DWTS will be…and you’ve been listening to them…all along. The new cast of DWTS…announced on GMA Tuesday!” Or something like that and we were all trying to make out the voices. I specifically remember saying “I heard an accent!” and sure enough, it was Petra Nemcova. Problem was ABC never aired that promo ever again, except during the Oscars. And not ONE person got footage of it, and I said “Uh-uh, NOT this time!!” LOL. So excited that we have a confirmed cast member.
YES! As a Ravens fan I’m thrilled!! Jacoby is wayy more like Donald than Chad, he just wants to have fun!! but he’s definitely got moves & he’s tough as nails.
NancyM, I only said that Peta paid SOME dues her first season before getting Donald (in other words, she didn’t get lucky right out of the gate). And further up the comments, I said that I hoped Karina would get Jacoby rather than Cheryl or Peta.
Karina just tweeted his name and the word “touchdown.” Barf.
Dunnow any thing about football. But i hope if he dances w Cheryl, really hoping he would not turn out to be another Chad in the making. Cheryl have had enough of partners that famous from being spoiled brats, egotistic, and arrogant. Thank god she knows how to tame them.
But even she can tame them, they come across boring becz they couldnt be thenselves . Just hoping for a genuine nice and fun guy for Cheryl to dance w. She never had a ringer, but i have so much respect for her great teaching ability so, anyone but a pompous arrogant guy again. Nice if a guy can dance, but i just want a partner for Cheryl that she can just genuinely get along well and have fun w. Cheryl can easily get turned off by her partners attitude, and when she does, she checks out unfortunately.
Think Karina may get the boxing guy again? The men rumored seems to be all quite sexy and pretty good lookin fellas and pretty tall. The boxing guy is latino so i wouldnt mind having him for my favorite pro. He should have the rhythm.
Well, sounds like Karina just got the famous nfl athlete. At least no annoying showmance for her and Jacoby.
Did Karina delete her tweet? I didn’t see anything.
I wonder if Cheryl having on her twitter about the BIG Surprise last night is just a decoy to make people think that she has Jacoby.
You may be reading too much into Karina’s tweet. It’s still there, but I think most of the pro’s mentioned Jacoby last night. Even Sharna used the word touchdown.
Agreed, Winter.
I can’t see one of the new girls getting Jacoby. If his management have any brains, they’ll have written into his contract that he gets a previous winner. Also, DWTS will want to hang onto their high-profile star as long as possible. So they’re not going to risk him with an untried pro.
Cheryl never had a ringer??? LOL!!!
I know I’m probably wrong but I can see him paired with Peta or Karina.
Just anyone but Cheryl lol
Thats fine. Im gonna respect the fact that cheryl is not too popular on this board. It just my opinion .
Sick of football people & olympians, and i wish they have different line of celebs this time around, but excited for new dancers. π
I hope Sharma gets the football guy. She seems interesting and always hear something great about her. Dont really care much who gets who, but just lookin forward to amazing season for everyone and the show! Go s16!