Gleb Savchenko And Elena Samodanova To Dance In Dancing With The Stars Russia
A huge huge congratulations are in order for Gleb Savchenko And Elena Samodanova!! The two dance pros are dancing in Dancing With The Stars in Russia!!! See their twitter accounts here and here. They are beyond happy!! I’m going to cry I’m so happy for these two!!! So so cool!!! Twitter pic below courtesy of Elena Samodanova.
ETA: We wrote to Gleb to get more information on he and Elena. Here’s what he wrote to us:
Yes I’m doing DWTS in Russia which premieres on the 7th of February. I’m dancing and not judging. Elena is doing lots of choreography and opening show numbers. She supposed to be in the show as a dancer, but at the very last moment production changed the whole concept and instead of 6 boys and 6 girls now they have 14 boys so it means that celebs are only women and it’s 14 couples.
I’m very excited and can’t wait who is my partner gonna be!
Thanks Gleb!!! Much luck to the both of you!!! We’ll be sure to vote!!!
Happy for them!! I still miss Gleb on DWTS America though. Great opportunity for them to thrive.
I had a feeling that was coming. So happy for them but was hoping for a return for Gleb to DWTS here. Are they pro’s or just going to be dancers like our troupe? Does anyone know when it starts. I hope we can see it on YouTube.
Vogue, hopefully you can keep us updated.
Just found out a little more. See the first post for an update. Get your voting fingers ready Julie!!
And check out that “concept”….14 guy pros with 14 lady celebs. Fascinating!!
I was hoping Gleb would be returning this season. Oh well, our loss is DWTS Russia’s gain.
I think Rob dropped the ball on this one, Gleb should have been locked into contract 2 seasons ago.
Oh well, Good Luck to them both!
You said it, Sandy!!!
Gleb WAS locked into a contract two seasons ago. They just chose for whatever reason to not use him. It’s well known that if you want to dance on the show as a pro you have to sign a contract where they basically own you for years – but the new contracts say that if they don’t use you….I think it was two seasons in a row…then you’re free to do other things.
But they did have him under contract. Nothing is done without a contract.
Thanks for the update, Vogue! Wow what a concept….14men…could there possibly be 13 other men like Gleb.(haha)…With Derek gone this season DWTS, it is a little disappointing, but I am very happy for both of them. I wonder if this is a new show in Moscow, to be on it is such an honor for them. I will be watching, hope they send the link like Elena did in India. I had a hard time voting with the India show, so I hope this one will not be as difficult. I do have unlimited international calling and texting.
DWTS Russia has been running since 2005 I believe!
Thanks, Jane M. Have you watched it?
No I haven’t watched it! Would love to see Gleb & Elena though!
This is great to see. I hope it’s a big success for them individually and together.
Good for them! Gleb deserves a chance to be a competing pro on our version but I guess that wasn’t in the cards for whatever reason. I hope he wins on the Russian version.
I hope he wins too, Vin!!! That would be so awesome!!!