Dancing with the Stars Season 19 – Who’s Dancing What….and When? (Song Spoilers)
Ahhh…here we are again. Who’s dancing what, when and to what song?? We do have song spoilers….but I’m going to make you wait for most of them. 🙂
Note…the order listed below is NOT the dance order. As soon as a number (order and phone) appears below a couples name, then you know the order they are dancing in. Even though I suck at guessing dance order, the order below is my guess as to how Monday night will shake out. Also, until you hear the song on Monday night, we have to caution that something could change. And we might have one song reversed with another song. 🙂
ETA: Does Tommy have the perfect song or what?? BTW, Just Jared, if you’re going to take all our spoiler info and post it, the least you could do is hyperlink. Lord knows we’ve done the same for you a million times.
ETA2: How much to I LOOOVE Lea’s song? Very muchly. 🙂 Jonathan and Allison’s? Like that one too – not sure I’ve heard it before.
ETA3: Heh – that song totally works for Betsey, right? 🙂 But…what are they trying to start with Cheryl and Antonio’s song?
ETA4: Assuming that the phone numbers coincide with the dance order – I called Tony and Betsey right!!
ETA6: I have to note, here, that usually the phone number coincides with the dance order on the first night – but we have a new executive producer and sometimes things change after blocking. So, we’re making some assumptions here. For Betsey and Antonia – they gave their phone numbers. We’re assuming that is also their dance order.
ETA7: So Lizzie (Maks’ publicist) just told everyone to tune in tomorrow night for a surprise. AND Lacey is in the ballroom and is doing something for DWTS tomorrow. Interesting. If not for the Lacey angle, I would guess that the squeaky wheels got some grease. Wonder who else we might see in the ballroom…
ETA7: We already have our first instance of the dance order not matching the phone number. See Antonio and Cheryl.
ETA8: Vogue here and we now have a phone number for Emma and Michael.
ETA9: Some clever people in the comments figured out last night that the phone numbers were handed out alphabetically. So, working on the assumption they are right, we’ve now got all the call in numbers. New producer has found a way to mess with us. Me likey. 🙂 Of course, this means the only actual dance order we know is Antonio and Cheryl dancing first.
ETA10: Appears we have one song slightly wrong. I say slightly because it’s still being used in the show (Likely the opening number), but not for Bethany and Derek’s Jive. Their song is now shown below…
ETA11: And Sharna tweets their dance order.
Antonio and Cheryl – Cha Cha Cha (Song: “Tonight (I’m Loving You)” by Enrique Iglesias
Dancing 1st
Vote: 1-800-868-3402
Tavis and Sharna – Foxtrot (Song: “Pride & Joy” by Marvin Gaye
Dancing 6th
Vote: 1-800-868-3412
Bethany and Derek – Jive (Song: “Over” Tove Lo)
Vote: 1-800-868-3403
Sadie and Mark – Cha Cha Cha (Song: “Birthday” by Katy Perry
Vote: 1-800-868-3411
Betsey and Tony – Cha Cha Cha (Song: “Material Girl” by Madonna
Vote: 1-800-868-3404
Janel and Val – Jive (Song: “Bang, Bang” by Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj
Vote: 1-800-868-3405
Jonathan and Allison – Jive (Song:”Dance With Me Tonight” by Olly Murs
Vote: 1-800-868-3406
Lea and Artem – Foxtrot (Song: “This Will Be” by Natalie Cole
Vote: 1-800-868-3407
Lolo and Keo – Cha Cha Cha (Song:”Tell Her” by Rizzle Kicks
Vote: 1-800-868-3408
Michael and Emma – Cha Cha Cha (Song: “Born To Be Wild” by Steppenwolf
Vote: 1-800-868-3409
Randy and Karina – Foxtrot (Song: “The Way You Look Tonight” by Frank Sinatra
Vote: 1-800-868-3410
Alfonso and Whitney – Jive (Song: “369” by Cupid feat. B.o.B)
Vote: 1-800-868-3401
Tommy and Peta – Cha Cha Cha (Song: “Drop It Like It’s Hot” by Snoop Dogg
Vote: 1-800-868-3413
This girl is so cute…
I thought Lea was dancing Cha Cha? If Betsey is doing Cha Cha, then that means no woman is doing Foxtrot…odd.
Yes! The new season is on a roll! Just a few sleeps left. Thanks for this spoiler, Princess H!
Lea isn’t doing cha-cha. Some bozo on Instagram jumped to conclusions based on one of the captions on her pictures…trust us, she’s doing foxtrot. She’s even wearing a long skirt in most of her rehearsal pix. And Betsey is definitely doing cha-cha…our intel is good. We trust our source.
Janel and Val last so that they can get a higher score by the judges, part of TPTB strategy for the mirror ball for Val? 🙂
I hope they save Alfonso for the end of the show and start with Bethanny and Derek so they start strong and end strong.
OMG…. I’m sitting here not only twiddling my fingers but also my toes waiting in anticipation to find out what song Bethany & Derek will be dancing their Jive to!!!! Can Monday, the 15th get here any sooner???? BETHANY & DEREK ALL THE WAY!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Thanks for the spoilers! Love this posts!
I have been wondering what Jonathan and Allison’s dance may be.. was thinking ChaCha at first but I think their Jive will be loads of fun.
My guess is they’ll off start the night with Jonathan and end with Janel. Btw, the picture she posted earlier with Val dipping her and looking into each other’s eyes all… deeply. Ugh. Ughhhh. I am already fed up with those two.
Oh how I love “The Way You Look Tonight” 🙂 Such a lovely, lovely song. Can’t wait to see Randy be all elegant. Can’t wait for Monday night! 5 days! Woohoo!
What is Peta folks dancing to …Foxtrot?
READ THE POST, terryn.
Um….Lea is doing Foxtrot, Trent.
Thanks for posting this – I’m spoiled beyond belief, in a good way.
Only 3 foxtrots is low (it’s been 4 the past few seasons, and more before that). I wonder if they’re trying to phase it out…
*to clarify, I meant 3 foxtrots on opening night only, not the entire season overall.
Love that Karina and Randy for Sinatra. I love that song.
I meant ‘got’ Sinatra. Ugh!
Agreed Ashley L! It’s an awesome song!
Wuuhuu, ladies at PureDWTS did it again, spoiling us so much 🙂 Thank you, thank you, thank you! 🙂
I’m still not sure how I feel about jive for a week 1…hmmmm.
I love ‘Bang Bang’, but to dance a jive on it? It seems very weird to me… However, I can’t wait to find out which song Bethany and Derek got 🙂
Monday can’t come fast enough, I have a feeling this season it’s going to be very good 🙂
Yeah, I think Bang Bang is a crap Jive song.
I’m glad they’re not wasting jazz or contemporary on any couples during the first episode this season. That always bothered me, because I feel those end up being better saved for later in the shows after they’ve had some ballroom/live performance experience.
On another note, as excited as I am for this season, is anyone else sick of all the countdown picture posts on Instagram? Can’t say I’m a fan of that particular marketing ploy, and it makes me want to unfollow them all until the season actually starts. It’s overkill from 27 different accounts (with many like Janel and Val) posting the countdown multiple times a day.
Yeah Bang Bang for a Jive song? Were TPTB smoking Weed with Chong when they came up with that idea? lol
It makes me wonder if they scrapped contemporary for Keo, to be honest.
Or unless they just wanted to include jive in week 1 and move contemporary to a later week?
“Get your motor running” lol! I can’t wait to see Michael&Emma’s Cha Cha!
I’m pleased to see no Contemporary. I’ve always thought everyone should do ballroom, especially the first week.
That’s a killer good song Karina&Randy got. Good for them. I was wondering yesterday if we’ll see Karina’s Randy in one of their packages. I’d love to see a “Randy meet Randy segment”.
You all really spoil us with the all the spoilers! I love it. Thanks so much!
Lovely song and dance spoilers, thank you ladies!!
Question: I like “Born to be Wild” and naturally can see why they chose it for Michael, but I never thought of it as a Cha-Cha song. Is it a good match?
Love the choice for Randy and Karina — both the song and the dance style.
Glad they’re holding off on Contemporary and Jazz for now. They might be saving them for sob-story week so we don’t end up with half-a-dozen dreary, teary rumbas for the dead.
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It doesn’t seem like a good fit to me, Cidra, but Courtney is the one who can match music to dances. As I’ve told all the Pure folks on several occassions – I suck at the music. 🙂
@Cidra-Eh, not so much but remember Emma did make a descent Tango out of Cheeseburger in Paradise for Billy. You can have a not so Cha-Cha song but the choreography can save it. We’ll just have to wait and see Monday! 🙂
It ain’t a very good cha-cha song, but I think it suits Mike well 🙂 They’ll make it work.
Thanks, PH, Cher, and Court. Like PH, I “suck at the music” which is why I wanted a second opinion. 😀
I have faith in Emma, I just wish TPTB wouldn’t make it more difficult than it has to be. It just gives The Stooges more ammunition to use to shoot down the couples.
Thank goodness they decided to get rid of contemporary for the first week!
anyways, loving the song choice for Karina and Randy. I do love the song in general that Janel and Val have but for a jive? I guess we’ll see.
Oh .. My… God…
I cannot stop laughing at Tommy’s song choice! “Drop It Like it’s Hot”… LOL!!!
Poor guy couldn’t have gotten a worse song.
I mean, I guess Tommy’s song is perfect for him and for Peta and the fact that they are both crazy…
but for a ChaCha? Ermm.. lol
Holy…COW. I daresay Tommy will have the most talked about dance of the night just based on that song!!! LOL. Oh boy, I’m preparing myself >_<
I had an ex-bf from college that was a bit of joker, and he and his roommates bought one of those singing Christmas trees with the eyes that open and the mouth that moves to whatever song you have plugged into it. It came preprogrammed with various Christmas songs, but it also had a jack where you could plug in a discman, iPod, etc. and make it sing along to anything. Their favorite song to make “Douglas Fir” sing? “Drop it Like It’s Hot”, which had just come out at the time. So every time I hear that song, I think of this, and my bf & his roommates cracking up for hours on end.
Gotta love that song choice lol. I remember it was played at my twenty first birthday party and my uncle was pretty tipsy and was dancing to it…..oh and he is 80 years old lol and looks a little like joe Pesci….that’s an image for ya.
Sidenote have they given any hints on what the big group dance might be to yet? They keep using that taylor swift song in the commercials and on gma but i really hope it’s not in the season premiere too
hahaha I’m sort of looking forward to Peta and Tommy’s dance now with that song. I hope they just have fun with it because I mean, what else will they do?
Loving Lolo and Keo’s ChaCha song! 🙂
As a matter of fact, I am loving everyone’s songs so far. Just that I think a couple of them don’t go with their respective dances buuuut otherwise the songs I like a lot!
Thanks again for all the song spoilers! I refresh this post every now and then hoping to see some updates and I get all happy when I do 😛
Sorry a bit off topic — just went to DWTS site and one of the two featured videos is “Val’s Perfect Partner.” (The other one is about the Mirrorball Tour.) Whaaaaaat? I couldn’t bear to watch it — plus I didn’t want to give it a hit. But that’s gross.
Does anyone have any guesses for the scores? These are just my guesses:
Jonathan and Allison: 30 (8,7,7,8)
Tommy and Peta: 22 (5,6,5,6)
Randy and Karina: 29 (7,7,8,7)
Betsey and Tony: 26 (6,6,7,7)
Lolo and Keo: 31 (8,7,8,8)
Bethany and Derek: 31 (8,7,8,8)
Janel and Val: 32 (8,8,8,8)
Alfonso and Witney: 32 (8,8,8,8)
Sadie and Mark: 30 (8,7,7,8)
Antonio and Cheryl: 30 (8,7,7,8)
Tavis and Sharna: 25 (6,6,7,6)
Lea and Artem: 31 (8,7,8,8)
Michael and Emma: 28 (7,7,7,7)
Just listened to Lolo and Keo’s song on Spotify, loved it! So much fun and I think it’s gonna fit their dynamic very well. Thanks for the updates 🙂
“Bang, Bang” had the potential to be an AWESOME jive song, IMO. But, there’s a beat that’s missing from it to be jive worth, again, IMO. In fact, I had a “big” (see: long) discussion of how that song could have been so much better. Especially when that drum kicks in, I, personally expect this big dance-worthy beat, but instead, we get a beat more worthy of rolling down the windows in your car and driving at 5 MPH while blasting it to make you look “chill”. Now, we know DWTS has sped up songs (Corbin’s Quickstep?) and slowed down songs (Maria Menounos’ rumba)in the past, so I’m wondering if they will add that beat that will make it more jive friendly. If they do, they will make that song even better than it is.
@Emma, I am currently listening to Lolo & Keo’s Cha Cha song, and color me intrigued. I can’t wait to see these two specifically will bring to the dance floor. But of course, I’m still Team Bethany/Derek 😉
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Do correct me if I’m wrong but I think Jonathan’s Jive song is the one that Ingo danced to in his trio routine with Kym and Lindsay back a few seasons ago? I’ll have to go look it up and check.
Love Lea’ song! Although it reminds me of those eHarmony commercials. Even more excited for her Foxtrot now though!
Jonathan’s song has been used on the show before – back in season 16 for Ingo, Kym, & Lindsay’s Jive trio. I like it, very fun and upbeat.
LOVE Team Joker’s song! I remember first hearing it on S14 week pro dance since then it’s been one of my all time faves
Vin, if I were to guess the scores, I’d go with what you predicted this time.
So Lea has a perfect song. It is actually on my iPod (as is the song Jonathan has)….which might be odd for a twenty four year old but Natalie’s voice and that song are perfect together.
Before I wasn’t too sold on jive in week one….I really think that waltz should be in week one but that’s another story….but now i kinda am loving the idea. As long as I never see a tango in week one I will be happy.
I love Jonathan’s song! LoLo’s is pretty good too.
I know I’m “old school” and suck at suggesting music for the dances, but I know what I like when I hear it, and Lea and Randy have great songs that I think will suit them and their dance style. Jonathan and Allison’s works for me too. I hope they really bring it on Monday.
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Here are my predictions for the first dance
(CAI-Len-Julianne-Bruno)
Jonathan & Allison- 31 (8-7-8-8)
Tommy & Peta- 21 (5-5-6-5)
Randy & Karina- 27 (7-6-7-7)
Betsey & Tony- 24 (6-6-6-6)
Lolo & Keo- 27 (7-6-7-7)
Bethany & Derek- 32 (8-8-8-8)
Janel & Val- 32 (8-8-8-8)
Alfonso & Witney- 31 (8-7-8-8)
Sadie & Mark- 30 (7-7-8-8)
Antonio & Cheryl- 31 (8-7-8-8)
Tavis & Sharna- 23 (6-5-6-6)
Lea & Artem- 27 (7-6-7-7)
Michael & Emma- 26 (6-6-7-7)
I’ll take a shot at the scores. I am prepared to be WAY off, though.
Jonathan & Allison: Jive : 28 (7,7,7,7)
Tavis & Sharna: Foxtrot : 23 (6,5,6,6)
Lolo & Keo: ChaCha : 28 (7,7,7,7)
Sadie & Mark: ChaCha : 31 (8,7,8,8)
Alfonso & Witney: Jive : 30 (8,7,8,7)
Antonio & Cheryl: ChaCha : 28 (7,7,7,7)
Lea & Artem: Foxtrot : 32 (8,8,8,8)
Janel & Val: Jive : 34 (9,8,8,9)
Randy & Karina: Foxtrot : 30 (8,7,8,7)
Michael & Emma: ChaCha : 24 (6,6,6,6)
Bethany & Derek: Jive : 32 (8,8,8,8)
Tommy & Peta: ChaCha : 22 (6,5,6,5)
Betsey & Tony: ChaCha : 25 (7,6,6,6)
Oh my goodness, I wonder what Betsey will wear. Will she channel Madonna? I think this could be a great song for her.
Best song ever for Bestey! It totally fits her. Great for Cheryl & Antonio too.
LOL! Betsey’s dancing to “Material Girl”! Suits her perfectly, I think, but I didn’t see that coming. Great songs so far, except for Janel’s and Michael’s. Not that the songs are not great for dancing. It’s just that they don’t seem to fit the dance styles for these two celebs.
Ah I guessed Material Girl in the original spoiler post for Betsey!! 😀
Thanks for these spoilers! I think we’ve found our obligatory “what were TPTB thinking when they picked that” song of the week! I’m just excited to see what everyone can do!
A few questions:
First, specifically for PH, what does having more scores and more points do for margins in terms of Dancing by the Numbers? I think it shrinks them, but I can’t quite remember.
Now, a more general question: In Tavis and Sharna’s rehearsal video, Sharna seems to be singing a song for their foxtrot while they are going across the floor in hold. I recognize the song, but I forget the name. Can anyone help me?
It’s not quite that simple Aviva. It’s not just an extra judge, but there are 13 couples. That’s a whole lotta points. But in general they shrink.
Wow didn’t think they would use “Shake It Off” for a celeb this season; thought the song was gonna be this season’s “theme song”. Well I am just happy that they gave it to Bethany and Derek out of everyone! And I had a feeling there would be a chacha to that Katy Perry song at some point. Should be a fum dance from Sadie and Mark.
Ahhhh I am so excited for tomorrow night!!
Just another minor thing that could mean nothing.. Chelsie was supposed to be at the Beat MS Dance Walk yesterday & I don’t think she was there. Could she have been doing something for dwts too?
Here we go again!
Great post as usual and I love these spoilers.
Sinatra is always good, and most of them seem suited for the dance.
I’m so excited for tomorrow night. It looks like it will be a lot of fun. The Maksyl hypocrites will be tuning in tomorrow, after swearing up and down to not watch the show since Maks was not made a judge. Now they want to see if Maksyl will be on because Lizzie threw them a bone. For our sake, I hope Lizzie is confused with some other show and there is no Maksyl LOL 😀
If either of them show up tomorrow they better just be in the audience (or just Maks dancing w/ other past pros if they’re doing something like that). With 13 couples and 4 judges there is just no time for any sort of rehash from last season. Especially with a new man in charge, don’t they just want to move on?
I’ve seen those tweets too Kate and I bet they are watching every single second of the show. They’ll be complaining all the while, during, and afterwards.
#64 Agreed. It is time to let the new couples shine and have their time in the spotlight. Maksyl and their shippers robbed enough from the Season 18 contestants and it would be really annoying if they start meddling in this season too.
#65 HAHAHA, so true. Not only will they watch the show, but they will then litter up the internet with their Maksylations everywhere.
Just saw that info about Lacey. I’m curious to see what she will be doing.
I love that betsey is in the beginning of the show. I am oddly very excited to see that dance….mostly because I always tend to like the celebs that have a lot of energy becuase they always are so much fun to watch.
I also saw that tweet from Lizzie about a surprise for DWTS. If it is
about M&M and them doing some more showmancing for the show I think I might throw a shoe to my TV. I have had enough of thgat crap last season
and I do not want them cluttering this season!
@Ria – Amen to that!
Why do I get the feeling that lacey choreographed the opening number….not that it’s A bad thing she is awesome but I would hope she is dancing at some point on the show in any capacity. As for Lizzie’s little hint……. Strictly come dancing had Abbie and aliaj dance in the launch show and they won last season so maybe dwts is doing that too?
I wish Lounge Lizard Grubman would get eaten by a lion.
I’m so excited for the show tomorrow! I wonder why the number for Antonio doesn’t match the dance order…
Has any kind of dress run been done yet?
I think this is going to be a great season. All of the cast seem to be excited to be on the show. By just they small sampling we are seeing in the videos they all seem to have rhythm and are getting the dance steps. I hope there are no sour-pusses in the bunch and we have an enjoyable 10 weeks. Oh and I hope Max is only dancing with a former pro as a guest spot…please no more of M & M. I just want to enjoy my favorite show with no big drama. Thanks for all the updates I love knowing all about DWTS before my friends. Four of us get together and watch it every Monday but they are certainly not “into to it” like I am!!
Dress rehearsal is tomorrow.
#71. Amen to that. Can the lion have M&M for appetizers? 😀
I’m still laughing at Chong’s comment about having the stoner population supporting him. He said they wouldn’t remember if they voted and would vote several times HAHAHA. I hope he sticks around for a couple weeks for the laughs LOL.
I’m not sure why they don’t have the numbers correspond with the running order sometimes on the first show… Doesn’t make much sense to me.
Is that Anna and Kym in the picture Tom tweeted a little while ago?
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I’m going to need Mary Jane to deal with this season….
All I gotta say is, I’ll be voting/supporting Bethany & Derek all the way…. All the Maksyl hypocrites can tune-in, bitch, & complain all they want for all I care…. I really don’t give a “SHIT” about them!!!! All I care about is to make sure that I VOTE, VOTE, VOTE, VOTE, VOTE for Team Motough to the FINALS!!!! SO BRING IT ON, DWTS & LET’S GET THIS PARTY ROLLING!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Hey guys are the phone numbers given by the alphabetical first names? Of what I see so far is Antonio 3402, Betsy 3404 etc…. Just wondering.
I was thinking the same thing, ette (#81), because Alfonso’s number is 01. So maybe they thought it was fair (¿?) to do this.
Ette, you appear to be EXACTLY right. From the numbers we already know (eight of them at this point by my count at 12 midnight ET), they are in exact alphabetical order – and the remaining five couples fit into the numbers left perfectly. Brilliant!
I never did latch onto referring to a couple by a Team name. I don’t know why, but I always refer to the couples by their given names. Michael and Emma, Derek and Bethany, etc.
BTW, Who is Team Joker? See, it’s too confusing for me.
Sandy (#84) The Team Joker is [Jo]nathan Bennett & Allison Hol[ker]
I’m putting square brackets just to help you understand the name of the team couples
I hate how the pros/celebs keep dance order so secretive now. I like to know what I’m getting myself into to in advance!
Antonio first makes sense though. He’s somewhat of a name for the core audience and he’ll be decent enough probably but not so incredible you would want to save him until the end. I really do hope Tommy goes last as I would love that!
Interested to see where they fit the “dancers” in the order (Alfonso, Janel, Lea).
After what I just heard Cheryl say on GMA, I hope Antonio goes far.
Apparently the numbers were given out in alphabetical order and have NOTHING to do with the dance order this year. Interesting. Just saw that on DTWS Gossip Twitter.
And to clarify my last comment apparently the Gossip Tweet was a reply to PureDerekHough
*eye roll* Of course it’s Cheryl’s last season – awfully convenient for that to come out after we find out that Antonio ain’t doing as stellar as some had predicted. Between this and the Janel/Val showmance (and the general cries from some of the fans to “Let a pro who hasn’t won before win!”), does anyone even give a sh*t how the couples dance and behave, anymore??? Gettin’ real sick of hearing all these inane reasons why [insert pro here] should win that have absolutely nothing to do with dancing…
…Cheryl’s got 2 MBT’s under her belt. I see no need for her to get a 3rd, complementary “bon voyage MBT” to ride into the sunset with, unless she & Antonio are both the most likeable and best-dancing couple this season. Let them EARN it.
Here are my scoring predictions (Carrie Ann/Len/Julianne/Bruno)- I think alfonso and Janel will top the leaderboard. Betsey, Michael and Tommy will round out the bottom of the pack.
Lea (8,8,8,8)
Lolo (7,7,7,7)
Bethany (8,7,7,8)
Sadie (7,8,7,7)
Janel (8,7,8,9)
Betsey (6,7,6,7)
Jonathan (7,7,7,7)
Tavis (7,7,7,7)
Randy (7,7,7,7)
Alfonso (9,8,8,9)
Michael (6,5,6,6)
Tommy (6,5,6,5)
Oh I forgot about Antonio lol
Antonio (7,6,7,6)
I’m with you 100% Sandy (#84) the whole team name thing never resonated with me. Glad it works for some people, but I’m not the rah-rah cheerleader type who likes to wear team colors and shout slogans.
“Shake It Off” is a good one for the jive. I am especially happy that Mark and Sadie got “Birthday” though. It is a cute song (didn’t really burn up the charts like Katy’s other songs though) and they have such great chemistry so this could be a lot of fun to watch.
Gee, Nicole, if you read all the comments on the post, you would know that she got that info HERE. And from my twitter. 🙂
I just read the comments about the numbers being in alphabetical order, and I think it’s really smart. It’s such a logical way to give out the numbers! This way, if they have to switch running order last minute, they don’t have to rearrange all of the numbers, I like it a lot.
They’ve switched up the dance order before, Aviva, without changing the numbers. It’s happened many times on night 1.
Nah, this is just them screwing with the fans. Or being lazy. Take your pick.
Interesting song choice for Bethany and Derek’s jive. It’s not really the right tempo for a jive, unless they use the remix and the lyrics are not exactly happy jive material. Well, I guess if anyone can figure out how to mix a peppy jive with lyrics about a painful and angry break up it’s Derek. Although I assume they’ll use the censored version minus the F-bombs.
Wow if “Over” is Bethany’s jive song Derek must be doing some serious adjusting esp of the speed-seems like a tough one to me to do a jive to. Just praying that Bethany is a natural mover cause we know Derek can do a lot with just that and I am getting more and more interested in watching how Bethany, Sadie and those that have NO dancing acting experience handle the process and how they progress.
I’ve grown so tired of the s**t with this show–be it Val and his usual crap and now all the others using “psycology”(sp?) with the audience in trying to manipulate a win(ex its my last season boo-hoo or I’ve never won) Just dance for God’s sake–win the audience over with some skill , entertainment and personality. Very disillusioning to see so many of the pros now trying these tricks. The minute I feel like I’m being handled-I’m done with whoever it is.
Also sick of focus on the judges-I want them in the background and speaking short sentences and done.
Yep, can’t argue with any of that, Raine.
Pros take note: bullshit tactics like announcing your last season and showmances smack of desperation and it’s a good look on NO ONE.
Agree completely, Raine and PH. However, I think the power of fan manipulation was so successful last season that some pros are going to go there, unfortunately. Thing is it might be “fool me once but not twice” kind of thing for those fans who feel for it. Here’s hoping anyway!
Thanks-just had to vent a little. lol Everytime I get a little excited about this show again, someone opens their mouth and inserts foot. And then I am back to if Derek weren’t on this show I wouldn’t be watching. I want to see good dancing first. Then I want to see fun and enjoy it vicariously. I don’t want to be “messaged” “handled” or misled.
I think Bethany, Sadie, Jonathon, Micheal and Randy should be fun to watch. I would add Lea to that list but I am really put off by her 42? 43? performances with ABT and other exp and Alfonso’s extensive experience. I don’t mind some past experience but c’mon. I will probably still enjoy the 2 of them tho because even with said experience other things COULD even it out a bit. But the rest-either their partners or they are so off-putting for me. I don’t mind a little trash talk either but the manipulation, back-stabbing, not so subtle jabs and outright jealousy has gotten OTT. I hope Rob Wade has some scruples and at least trys to keep it about the dancing instead of about everything BUT the dancing.
Val & Janel’s showmance blew up in their face, when fans on instagram said they weren’t voting for them. I notice she started posting pictures of her boyfriend, and Val stopped with the excessive liking of everything Janel put up.
Cheryl said this “might” be her last season, so if this is a ploy for a charity MBT, she’s leaving a door open to come back as the returning champion.
Mark my words: Cheryl ain’t getting anywhere near the MBT this season – not if Antonio is as whiny as I’m hearing. Like, fer reals – Gilles-lite territory.
@Courtney So Antonio is this season’s whiner. Oh boy… He seemed funny in the rehearsal videos but being a whiner is a big turn off. I give him until Week 5 at most. Love Cheryl, but if Antonio’s whiny side becomes more and more apparent I’ll be over them as quickly as I was over Gilles back in All Star season.
Raine, I’m with you on the judges. They’ve been given too prominent a role for far too long. The show is *not* about them, but the 3 Stooges sure think it is. They hog the camera without giving anything useful in return for the time they’re wasting. Now with 4 on the panel, it’s going to take even longer to get through all the comments.
@CC – That’s what I’ve heard. But lord knows how much of that will actually make it into the rehearsal packages – from what I heard from Deep Throat, we didn’t see NEARLY as much drama between Meryl & Maks as there actually was last season. Their packages tended to center more around their showmance than the times they weren’t getting along – the latter didn’t fit the narrative they wanted to convey for the season. Will be interesting to see if they try to scrub Antonio’s rehearsal packages to remove any whining – or whether they’ll just let them ride as is.
He is like Gilles…….ugh.
There is much rapture on twitter about Maks and Meryl being back in the ballroom….along with most of the season 18 cast, of course, but don’t let that little factoid get in your way. 🙂
I’ll be avoiding Glamour if she can’t get past the damn showmance and start reporting on something RELEVANT to this season…and something REAL. 😉
I just read that about Maks and Meryl going to the premiere. Is this couple determined to ruin my enjoying this season? I already stopped watching most of the show last season because I could not stand the stupid showmance and now they are back again? Grrr.
I don’t think TPTB will scrub over Antonio’s rehearsal footage to make Cheryl’s last season look good.
If he’s whiny and bringing any kind of drama, they’ll show it. They live for that.
As much as they brought the showmance angle to Meryl/Maks’s footage, they included frustrating times as well.
I’m so glad that they aren’t using “Shake It Off” for Derek & Bethany’s jive. I can’t stand that song. Sad to hear about Antonio especially if it really is Cheryl’s last season but the two haven’t interested me from the get go anyway. I like Cheryl but have been a little meh since season 13.
Cheryl just needs to put on her bitch pants and ream Antonio a new hole. I can’t stand whiny celebs on this show. They’re getting the opportunity to do something that most of us can only dream about.
As long as Tom, or God forbid Erin doesn’t talk to Meryl and Maks than I’m okay. Just a quick pan to them in the audience then bye bye “lovebirds”.
I really like most of these songs especially Derrick and Bethany’s because I’ve been obsessed with Tove Lo all summer.
I’m excited for this season 🙂
I LOVE Witney & Alfonso’s Jive song.
I’m hoping TPTB’s “get Maks the win” agenda was a special case; one they won’t feel the need to repeat. As has been speculated here before, they were covering their own posteriers by giving him the MBT so he’d have cred if he ended up at the judges’ table permanently. Don’t see them feeling the same need to lose out on juicy rehearsal room drama for the sake of Cheryl or Antonio. Cheryl has 2 MBTs, although they’re almost antiques at this point; and Antonio just seems like your run-of-the-mill DWTS celeb, not someone they want to keep on at almost any cost.
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