Dancing With The Stars Season 19: More Celebrity Rumors And Troupe Info
Sorry for being late with this report. Charlie’s team of Angels have been really busy today working and travelling. Anyway, below is TMZ with more celeb leaks…
Famously eccentric designer Betsey Johnson is bringing her brand of crazy to “Dancing with Stars” … along with the much younger YouTube fashionista Bethany Mota.
As we told you … ABC had been looking to sign a big social media star … and found her in 18-year-old Mota … who’s amassed more than 7 million fans with her YouTube tutorials on fashion, hair and makeup.
Sources close to the show tell us … producers have also tapped “Back to the Future” actress Lea Thompson, Jonathan Bennett from “Mean Girls,” Janel Parrish from “Pretty Little Liars,” and Sadie Robertson — granddaughter of “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson.
Fascinating, let us know what you think? I love Lea Thompson especially!
Also, Gossip Cop is reporting Tommy Chong is going to dance. Good job Heidi who found this rumor on the 19th. Too fun!!
Just remember nothing is 100% until the official cast announcement on September 4th.
Last, but, not least, Kristyn Burtt reports Henry Byalikov, Jenna Johnson, Lindsey Arnold and Sasha Farber as this season’s troupe members. (what about Gleb? π )
I’m super bummed about Gleb too! But I’m happy to see Jenna and Lindsay back π
As far as the celebs go, I think Lea Thompson might be a good partner for Derek..I hope that ends up being the case.
I’d put some money on Jonathan. He literally just followed almost every single pro.. only females he doesn’t follow is Sharna, Karina & Emma.
It also looks like Witney’s mom just followed a chunk of the Duck Dynasty clan.
On the way home from work I was listening to Pharrell’s “Hunter”. What a perfect song choice for Sadie to dance to (if it’s true she’s dancing). lolll
@Lauren Ha ha, saw that too!
The TMZ link says “still missing a major hollywood star”. Hmmm.. Must be a Male celebrity for some lucky lady pro.
Have to say that so far I’m pretty dissapointed about the cast. Of all the names I’ve seen mentioned I’ve only heard of maybe 3 or 4 of them and Betsey Johnson is probably the only one I really know anything about. I would usually have guessed her to be Tony’s partner but she’s not very tall (5β² 4β³ I think) – so maybe Derek or Mark.
She’s well known for her cartwheels and splits so she can definitely move. Let’s hope she can dance too. π
The partnerships aren’t as easy to guess this season, because I don’t think height will make much of an impact, with the exception of Lolo, all the female celebs are under 5’6.
So rumour has it our female cast is: Lolo, Sadie, Betsey (she’s CRAZY. New Cloris perhaps?), Lea, Janel and Bethany. Not so keen on it now but they may surprise me with dancing.
Here’s how I’d probably pair them now: Lolo & Keo, Sadie & Artem, Betsey & Tony, Lea & Derek, Janel & Val and Bethany & Mark!
Aaron Samuels from Mean Girls has got me all nostalgic! I saw some rumours that he could be with Witney because she followed him on Twitter (and maybe unfollowed him?)
Has anyone heard if Emma heading to Atlanta has anything to do with her partner?
So I’ll just write some of what I wrote on the other post, on this post..
Excited about Bethany and Lolo. Don’t know the other ladies but it seems like Betsey is gonna be quite a character so she should be fun. Don’t care so much about Janel, Sadie and Lea. Meh.
Very excited for the male celebs so far though!
I’ll also write my prediction of pairings here too just for fun:
Bethany/Derek, Janel/Val, Lea/Artem, Lolo/Keo, Sadie/Mark and Betsey/Tony.
Jonathan/Peta, Antonio/Emma and Tommy/Cheryl
Ahhh!!! I’m so excited for this season!!!
So this is how the cast is shaping up
Female Stars (This looks pretty solid)
Lea Thompson (Paired with Tony)- BTW she has dance experience
Sadie Robertson (Paired with Mark)
LoLo Jones (Paired with Keo)
Betsey Johnson (Paired with Artem)
Bethany Mota (Paired with Derek)
Janel Parrish (Paired with Val)
Male Stars
Antonio Sabato Jr.
Tommy Chong
Jonathan Bennett
Randy Couture
Tim Howard???
Which leaves two male stars. This may be far fetch but maybe Nick Carter and Jordan Knight will be the final two male celebs? They have a collaboration album coming out and maybe the producers want a battle of the boy bands rivalry?
Just saw the Instagram pic they put up of Emma and her partner hiding behind her… HE DOESN’T LOOK OLD! π
Partnership for the females
Lea – Val
Janel – Derek
Bethany – Artem
Sadie – Mark
Betsey – Tony
Lolo – Keo
Calling Lea as a dark horse. Professional ballerina as a young girl and danced with the American Ballet Theatre. I think she’d be a great Derek partner.
I’m hoping Sadie ends up with Mark or Derek and Janel with Val!
Don’t know who Emma’s partner is but he has some nice thighs. π
Finally she gets a younger partner. What if Witney gets an older one since she got such praise with Drew. It would be a funny dynamic.
Some people think Emma’s partner might be Randy Couture. If it is Randy then.. something tells me Emma might have a short season yet again :/
I guessed Jonathan Bennett and boy do I hope I’m right…
I AM SO FRIGGIN EXCITED ABOUT BETSEY JOHNSON!! I’m sure she’ll design her own costumes lol
I’ll be rooting for Janelle & Bethany looking for at the cast list so far. More for Janelle than Bethany though. I’ve always thought Bathany Mota was super cool so I’m happy if there absolutely had to be a Youtuber. This cast list is pretty disappointing so far besides that. @13- I hope Emma sticks around for awhile this season!
Vogue, just a question, how often has tmz been right when it came to dwts rumors? I know we have wait until the official announcement, but in general have their dwts leaks in the past been generally correct?
I don’t want to speak for Vogue of course but to answer Jenna’s question, TMMZ have good reliability for DWTS leaks and they’re known for really being one of the best around for it. They’ve sometimes even given us full casts or at least very near to that.
However, I know they’ve occasionally made slip-ups in the past. They did tell us Queen Latifah and Tiffani Thiessen would be dancing one season, as well as Lorenzo Lamas and Donna D’Errico.
I’m looking forward to seeing Tommy Chong dance. He should be entertaining!
Jenna, Joanna is right. TMZ didn’t use to be reliable, but, for the past several seasons, they’ve gotten better. Though there is always that element of caution. In my opinion (and I could be wrong, curious for what Miss Heidi and Court think?), I’d take this TMZ report a little more seriously than the one before this one for the way it’s worded. The last TMZ report they were careful with their wording and called it “producer wish list”. It was like a little hint for what ‘might’ be coming. Then again, maybe it was the real thing? Again, you have to take it all with a word of caution until the cast announcement. And right now, I think anything is possible with Rob Wade leading the way. Sure seems like he’s into surprises…that we’ve seen. So, I wonder what kind of surprises will we see next?
It makes total sense that Jonathan Bennett would do the show, he was in the audience once last season supporting Danica, and he looked like he was having the time of his life just watching the dances. I can’t wait to see him, if he’s on, and hoping he’s paired with karina rather Witney.
And I’m so excited about janel Parrish, as a teenager myself, I’m such a huge fan of pretty little liars and her
Thanks for the replies! I can’t wait to find out next week!
Oh I hope they don’t put Sadie Robertson with Derek. I cannot STAND Duck Dynasty!! Especially after the Phil Robertson debacle earlier this year, was it? I know that’s not Sadie but he IS her grandfather and she IS on that show. I’m thinking TPTB are trying to go after the Christian demographic after it worked so well with Candace Cameron Bure last season BUT Sadie Robertson is no Candace, that’s for sure! Plus, the girl is only 17 and I really don’t think they should have minors on the show.
Kinda sounds like TPTB are grasping at straws for celebs this season. Almost sounds like Maks was right! Going after YouTube Channel ‘stars’ now? I had to look half of the female cast up as I had NO IDEA who they were and that included Sadie Robertson. I don’t watch PLL. The only ones I knew were Betsey, Lea and LoLo. :/
I actually really like Sadie. She has written a lot with her family and she’s very wise for someone so young. I feel like she’d think before she speaks…..Something her grandfather doesn’t care to do. I hope janel, Sadie, and Bethany are as young as they’re going to get…. They need people with a little more substance.
I agree about minors being on the show….. This sort of puts them at a disadvantage considering they’re still uncomfortable in their own skin and they can’t do some of the more sexy dances. I know the pros were that young when they danced, but dwts is a bit different.
I am like Kelly, I had to look so many of these so called stars. The show is really trying to attract the younger audience. We will see if it works. I, too, am disappointed Gleb, did not make troupe but it is a great group. I hope it will be a good season, it will be hard to top Season 18.
@Julie W. What you said about topping season 18… Totally agree.
In my opinion, season 18 had the best cast to date. Ok, maybe that isn’t the case. I have been watching since season 11 but last season’s cast was the best one to me. Lots of recognizable names and fun people in general.
So far, with the rumored celebs, I give this cast a 5/10. Maybe they’ll have better male celebs? We shall see. To be honest, I just hope these people are entertaining enough to watch dance.
Ok, I know I’m reaching but…….
What if Witney got Sadie’s father or grandfather from Duck Dynasty, a family affair.
Other posters said Witney’s mother followed all of the Duck Dynasty family on twitter and Witney posted her partner was KILLING it, in all caps, in rehearsals and we would NEVER guess who it was. It certainly isn’t Sadie. I’ve never seen the show and don’t know what their shooting (besides hunting) schedule is but it wouldn’t be unlike tptb to add the father v. daughter angle for a storyline. And Duck Dynasty was rated #1 of the top 100 cable tv programs of the 18-49 demographic as of last month.
I had no idea. But I guess if you wanted to pull in a demo from a certain voting block, Sadie wouldn’t be it by herself. But throw in her father and you’ve got a storyline and some very loyal voters.
Random speculation over. My apologies.
I’m agreeing with most of these posts; would rather not have minors competing, rather not have you-tube and reality folks. They just really aren’t “stars” in the sense this show touts their competitors. I sure hope they don’t have “the grandfather” Phil on. It sends a message that I can’t abide, really. His racist comments got him suspended from the show last December, and I’d hate to think ABC is okay with that. Sigh, so many of these producers seem to care more about the drama than the quality. That said, I’ll watch for sure. And if he IS on, I’ll just have to deal with it…like all the other things we must deal with in life. But I am happy to see Antonio Sabato, Jr. I watched General Hospital back then, and he is fine.
Unless I’m reading it wrong, dwtsgossip is reporting Cheryl and Antonio Sabato Jr. are in Memphis. This isn’t the worst thing because Cheryl did amazing with Gilles and then we saw what an a** he really was with Peta. So Cheryl will know how to bring out the best in him and hide any personality flaws, I hope.
If Peta gets Tommy Chong then I might have a slight crush on Rob Wade for mixing things up.
I mean seriously, could you imagine something different and fresh like that. And Emma gets a stud, Witney gets an older father figure, Mark gets Betsy Johnson, Tony gets a teenager…..Give me something unexpected and at least that would be a helluva fun time.
And Keo’s partner is reportedly blonde. Holy Moly. Keo could have Lea, Betsy or Lolo (with highlights).
The TMZ link says βstill missing a major hollywood starβ.
How about a “major hollywood star”, period? None of these names are making me want to watch. Maybe Maks was right. Maybe they are running out of people. They had to go after a Youtube “star”? Come on now.
If producers want to attract younger viewers, they need to paired Derek with someone young (preferably not Sadie-not because I don’t like her but because she probably won’t do too much sexy moves). I don’t want Lea with him because some crazy fans already saying Lea had ballet training. I know Derek love challenges and don’t mind Betsy but I think he’s one of the lead attraction for younger viewers so to paired him with Betsy isn’t going to be a great idea.
@Ashley L – Lolo Jones height is reportedly 5’9″, with heels that would make her height just shy of 6’0″. I believe the only two male pros that could accommodate her height would be either Keo or Tony. I hope it’s Keo that has been paired with Lolo. Besides it just has a good ring to it. LoLo and Keo!
I believe with Betsy being all around so tiny, she would need a smaller pro.
Looks like LoLo has recently changed her hair color to a blonder color.
Aug 23
@lolojones LOVE the hair color!
Hopefully she is the blonde that Keo is dancing with.
I’m excited about Lolo. Love her…and her name too!!
The good:
Tommy Chong
Lolo
Betsey Johnson
Lea Thompson
The meh:
Janel Parrish
Johnathan Bennett
Antonio Sabato Jr.
The who??:
Bethany Mota
Randy Couture
The just hit me on the head really hard with a shovel and get it over with:
Sadie Robertson
Not so much for the young lady herself, but because her family will be in the audience every week looking “comically” befuddled over all the sequins, men with waxed chests, Hollywood razzmatazz and how girly dancing is. After all, you can’t be a real man unless you grab a gun and blast into smithereens any wild animal that happens to cross your path while growing your beard down to your navel.
Nice to see Sasha’s name on the list for troupe.
I’ve been watching DWTS since season 2 so I always look forward to the stars even if they are not “stars” in the sense of the word. Many I knew nothing about and then did my research and found out who they were. I never thought I would like people like Snookie or Jack Osborn or Amber and they were my favorites. I thought I would love Leah R. and Elizabeth B. but ended up not enjoying them at all! So I’ve learned to just sit back and enjoy every ones journey learning to do the dances and how they get excited/stressed for show night. Can’t wait for season 19; GO DWTS!!
Hey everyone Emma just tweeted a spoiler of her in a car with her partner, the problem was that she left the location Identification on and it says she is in Atlanta, you know who is rumored from Atlanta. Josh Murray.
Amy Purdy started following that youtube girl Bethany. Hmm..she’s my guess to be Dereks partner this season.
Ashley L #17: Last season, when Witney danced with Drew, they called it a father/daughter dynamic of sorts. Actually, that was one of my favorite dances of the year. Witney did well with Drew.
Vogue #24: I actually love surprises, so Rob’s style is right up my alley!
@ette #39, I agree. We’ve had surprises in the past, so I think that we should wait until both the cast announcement and the first week to really judge.
Amy following Bethany is a pretty good sign of her being Derek’s partner. Bethany is crazy popular with the kids. All the girls on my block are obsessed with her. She also has 1.9 million followers on twitter, and 7 million Youtube subscribers.
@Ananya- that’s a good catch!
Amy is also following Voguerista……Vogue are you keepin a secret from us? LOL π Are you Derek’s partner? π π
I think Gilles tuned into an ass after dwts because he got really full of himself. I don’t think he was one before.
Lex, you’ve just ruined Derek and I’s secret!! dang!!! lolllll
Oops, sorry lol π
Well, you would qualify as an online/social media celeb π
My lips are sealed on this until the 4th. loll
Too funny.
I didn’t know anything about Bethany, but now I’m hoping she’s paired with Derek. She’s got an interesting story. Was home schooled until middle school, but quickly went back to home schooling due to cyber-bullying. The enterprise she’s built (starting at age 14) came about because she was bored being at home — one of those “What if life isn’t happening to you, but is happening for you” situations. She’s incredibly down to earth and I think Derek would be the perfect person to bring her out to the public eye. I feel very excited for her — assuming, of course, that she’s Derek’s partner. Now I really, really, really hope she is.
@lex- I normally don’t think much about who is following who, but amy doesn’t follow that many people. And to have her following somebody that has nothing to do with her career and is a rumored dwts celeb says a lot to me.
Re: Gilles – Amazing how fame changes some people. Sad.
@Aviva #43 Yes, I thought Witney was great with Drew which is why I like when they mix up the typical pairings. You never know what you’re going to get and, good or bad, I find that exciting over the expected age/personality pairings.
Shake it up Rob Wade, shake it up.
Ashley, like was said earlier, or maybe on another thread, Rob Wade likes surprises. So I have a feeling we’ll be surprised this year!
Okay, I just read somewhere that DWTSGossip could be giving clues in their titles… Is this true?
So they left Gleb out in the cold? Shame on you producers :/ I really would have loved to see more of him. Is it unlikely he’ll be back season 20? π
Based on the rumored cast list, I’m kinda surprised the producers haven’t gotten more stars that are well known. In the past, even if they were has-beens, they were quite popular. Could it be that TPTB’s manipulative ways have made celebrities more reluctant to do the show? Too many of these names seem pretty weak on the “star” scale.
I’m so happy to see the regular troupe back (especially Henry, I love him!) I’m kinda meh about Gleb so I don’t really mind that he’s not back, honestly I’d prefer to see Julz back in the troupe instead, he was only in the troupe for 1 season (s16) and I’d like to see more of him dance, oh well, Sasha’s good enough.
The reason I’m focusing so much on the troupe is because the cast this season is so disappointing for me, I’ll only be watching for the troupe, Sharna & Val this season.
Linda, how can you know this season is “disappointing” when you haven’t even seen them dance, etc yet? lol Oh well.
I find the cast lineup disappointing, I don’t know any of the “celebs” nor do I care about any of them. At least in the last 5 seasons I’ve watched, there were always some celebs in the lineup whom I know or like…this season’s lineup is just blah to me. Then again, unless I REALLY like a celeb, I usually pay more attention to the pros & troupe anyway, because I love the pro dancers on the show (my favorite pros are Sharna, Val & Henry, but I like all the others too). For me personally, all the pro dancers on the show are the cake for me, and the celebs are usually just the icing…and if there’s celebs in the lineup I know & like, then that’s the bonus icing for me, if not then I’ll just have the cake. In all the past seasons I’ve watched, there was always the icing on the cake…however season 19 looks like there’s only going to be the cake for me.
I know that the celebs should be the center of attention because the show should be mainly about them and see how they improve & grow each week, but everyone watches the show for different reasons, and I personally mainly watch it for the pros & troupe.
We heard you the first time – but perhaps this sort of post would have been a better start, eh Linda?