It’s Official: The Bachelor Chris Soules is Now a DWTS Contestant
Miss Heidi and Vogue here: We’ve known for a while, really. And we’ve had sources – and other media outlets, including US Magazine which made an assumption and stated it as fact that Chris was the final DWTS contestant and met with producers. Then yesterday, Chris confirmed he was doing Dancing With The Stars on Direct From Hollywood. Chris also just confirmed this news on Good Morning America this morning.
Our source has had other things to say about Chris, as you can read in the comments on another post. If you thought he had little to no rhythm on The Bachelor, you were right. 🙂
Stay tuned! We’ll post some video from Good Morning America as soon as we can. Chris is also going to be on Kelly and Michael today.
ETA: ABC posted an announcement as well as Chris And Whitney Carson’s Promo Shoot pic. See the story and photo here!!
ETA2: Here is some GMA video thanks to @idolxfactor1…
ETA3: Thanks to People, below is Chris and Witney’s first meeting…
ETA4: Chris Harrison predicts how long Chris Soules will stay on Dancing With The Stars…
ETA5: Chris talks on Dancing With The Starsat the end of this interview on Kelly & Michael. Thanks to Codebear for recording….
Chris Soules & Whitney Bischoff On “Live With… by Codebear2
ETA6: More interviews with Dancing With The Stars mentions…
I certainly didn’t get the warm and fuzzy feeling from these two. Normally these couples are so excited to be *Out* and able to profess their love… I didn’t see much of that. Their hands are tightly clasp together. They weren’t even even holding hands.
Oh boy, his DWTS promo shot is awful. Oh well, Chis put on those dancing shoes and grab the nearest shopping cart. Your gonna need it.
I gotta give him credit for somehow showing a fun side in that interview but that promo shot just made me laugh.
Couldn’t agree more with the both of you. The promo shot looks awkward!
I have a feeling he can’t dance, and as a huge fan of Witney, that makes me nervous as I want her to get to the finals again! Hopefully she can whip him into shape!
His face on the promo is the creepiest thing ever. Hahaha. I guess I could blame it on the stupid rose in his mouth but still… Witney looks gorgeous at least 😉
Well best of luck to him and his Whitney’s 😛 He’s gonna need it big time….
Like I stated yesterday, Witney goes from uber talented and super charismatic Alfonso to this guy. I guess TPTB don’t want back-to-back wins for her!!!!! LOL!! Maybe next time Wit!!
@Carrie M – I don’t know that TPTB necessarily try to promote/prevent back-to-back wins for any pro – I just think they try to “mix things up” from season to season. Whitney’s had three very different partners so far – a young singer, a middle-aged tv star, and a 20ish/30ish reality star. Again, I reiterate: partnerships on this show are cyclical – some seasons you get a winner, some seasons you get a dud. It’s the nature of the beast.
The post has been updated with their first meeting. They had to have filmed that piece this past Summer?
@Vogue- I think it was just a couple weeks ago? Witney posted an instagram pic two weeks ago wearing the same dress saying she was just about to meet her partner.
I don’t think he’ll be a great dancer, but I think he’s an overall nice guy. I know people give the Bachelors a lot of crap for doing the show, but I wouldn’t turn down this amount of money to do the show either. Their promo pic is a bit scary, but I’m looking forward to seeing the two of them together.
Her reaction to meeting him 🙂 That is why we love her. You can tell she is a fan of the show (and I guess him too) so that’s just so much fun to watch.
@Sandy: I agree with you. If this was my first interview with the woman I chose to marry I would be way more affectionate.
It finally hit me what the promo pic reminds me of: There is a moment in The mask where Jim Carey is dancing and has a flower in his mouth. Just make his face green and replace Witney with a cop and it’s that moment.
Wasn’t inclined to watch the GMA clip but did watch the pro-celeb first meeting. Loved Witney’s reaction. While Cris doesn’t have natural rhythm, he seems nice and hardworking. I appreciate how he was trying to execute those Jive flicks (kicks?). Wait, is he dancing Jive first week? Yikes! But if he is, at least he’d get that tough dance out of the way.
@nobleze – Yes, their first dance is jive.
Chris has Jive as his first dance?? 😀 Oh boy that’s gonna be a train wreck worth watching! Fingers crossed he’s sooo bad that it’s enough to get him eliminated first. However, my guess is his Bachelor fans will keep him in and we’ll end up losing a better dancer instead. Oh well, I can always hope.
So Chris is engaged to a person name Whitney and his dance partner is Whitney. The bachelor is always surrounded by tabloids cheating rumors. Wonder what they’ll say if they want to create story between Whitneys 😀 The bachelor/ette has huge and dedicated followers. Maybe this is why DWTS keep bringing the bachelor to the show. I’m guessing Chris will stay on for a while.
Man, ABC sure is *milking* this fake farmer from Iowa crap.
First week is Jive! Oh my goodness.
How stunning is Whitney? Both of them!
@Courtney, thank you for confirming Chris’ first dance. Is Charlotte also dancing Jive on premiere night? Seems to be that way, based on one of her rehearsal vids. Cannot wait for the “who dances what and when” spoilers.
@nobleze – Yes, Charlotte has jive, too – although I think they may have actually confirmed that themselves in an interview.
LOL @Cidra! I’m hoping he’s voted off first myself!
I am not hoping he gets voted off first because I believe in Witney’s talent. She’ll get him at least 1/2 way thru. She is so drop dead gorgeous and talented.
I’m actually liking this Chris guy ….he’s not as bad/ dull as i though he’d be. Infact he’s pretty cute ..
Also he seems better than the previous Bachelors we had on DWTS before, Jake and Sean.
Chris is actually really funny. Of course the show was going to take advantage of having a pro named Witney and Chris being engaged to Whitney. I feel like he will make it about halfway.
Also maybe it is a good thing he is going to be dancing the jive first week. Clearly he is not going to be the first voted off so maybe it will be to his benefit to have a harder dance early on and have the foxtrot for a later week so he can get a better score.