Kim Zolciak Joins DWTS Season 21 Per E! News
They were doing so well! Anyway, according to E! News, Kim has joined the cast. She was rumored way back in Season 12.
Kim shot to fame on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta. From there, she launched a singing career—don’t deny, you know you love “Tardy for the Party” and “Google Me”—and got her spinoff, the appropriately titled Don’t Be Tardy…
A mom of six, Kim is married to footballer Kroy Biermann. The two met while Kim was on RHOA and their wedding was chronicled for a spinoff. Other women from the Real Housewives world to compete on DWTS include Lisa Vanderpump andNeNe Leakes.
I hear ya Heidi. Between Hayes and now Kim, its a disappointment.
Eek! I can’t stand her or her foul mouth. No thanks.
I actually really love this casting!! I totally get why people find her annoying or an attention whore, but she’s kind of like the Kardashians (but without the sex tape), you don’t really know why they’re famous in the first place, but you still find yourself watching their show. I’ve only watched a few of her episodes, but she’s hilarious, tells it how it is, and is relatable in a weird/quirky way. I kind of see her as another Leah Remini or Kristie Alley.
Wow and Yuck! Don’t like her or her potty mouth. DWTS was doing so well with the contestants until they hit Hayes and this woman. Hoping both of them will be voted off early.
The last 2 announcements were stinkers. Thank goodness Nick is cast this season.
The only saving grace would be if Val gets her.
Yes, please.
Hayes and now her? Ugh.
I know her just by name and the fact that she’s in one of the many Real Housewives shows. So I don’t know her personality but judging by the reactions of you lovely commenters… she’s not all that great. Lol
I actually thought at first that maybe she’s with Val. TPTB might think she’s popular enough to get Val to the finale.
She does, however, have “Tony” written all over her.
This one is a definite “no” for me. Someone please tell me she won’t last long!
@CC NY – Doubt if she will have time to make the finale. Seems to me she devotes most her time to taking “selfies”… and cursing. I think there were better choices in the Housewives franchise.
@CC NY, TPTB would never give her to their reigning champ and self-described heart throb. She is a typical Tony partner, and I hope TPTB don’t decide to switch things up this season. Putting her with Tony should ensure her early departure with the added bonus of getting rid of him too!
Is it bad that I want tony to get her as a partner lol. She seems like she calls people out out on stuff real quick. Saying that, she looks like she might be good.
Hit submit too quickly: she oddly reminds me of Kate meets nene personality wise. Whoever gets her has a challenge there.
Ok, gonna play devil’s advocate (just a tiny bit :-)). Mama Spence watches Don’t Be Tardy… (her show on Bravo) regularly, and while Kim does spend a good amount of time primping/shopping/getting plastic surgery, she actually comes across as a really devoted mom and wife and she & Kroy are actually kind of adorable together. Kroy is an absolute SAINT, and here’s a fun fact: they actually met at a local Atlanta DWTS event that Kroy did for charity several years ago. As for Mama Spence, her only opinion on Kim being on DWTS was “I hope she dances better than she sings!”
FWIW, Deep Throat seems to think she has either Derek or Val – and if it’s true, I think which of the two she gets is likely to determine her path on DWTS. I think she could THRIVE with Derek; I think she could be downright insufferable with Val.
Oh gawd, Court! I’m going to cross every finger and toe that Val gets the Housewife! I can’t imagine TPTB allowing that to happen, but the mere thought of this reality-TV fake with the class act that is Derek Hough fills me with despair. I take back what I said about wanting Derek to have someone older than Bindi! This is definitely a case of “be careful what you ask for”.
Their self described heart throb is way down the list on views for his nae nae. Even Artem was beating him this morning. LOL. Derek – the one who doesn’t call himself a heart throb – has double the views of the person below him.
Yes, there are people who watch these things…and then they tweet them to me. 😀
Derek & artem also have their shirt off which = automatic views from randoms
110k more views, Eliza? If you say so. LOL Artem was only a thousand ahead of Val when someone last tweeted it to me.
I was just making a point. Vals video is pretty vanilla in comparison to others. It’s not comically bad like petas, it’s not OTT like marks, he’s not half naked, he’s not front flipping thru water…it’s just kinda there. I only watched it 1 or 2 times and he’s my fave.
I’m with the views of mama spence on this one. As much as she is a loud/primping housewife, she does really care about her children over everything and her and kroy are adorable together. I love bravo a lot so this works for me.
I also agree that who she gets as a pro could really determine her path. If she gets Val it’s going to be an awful season with her, but if she gets Derek I think he could really present her in this great light. I actually wouldn’t mind seeing Derek with her, except for the fact that maybe he couldn’t do any extra pieces emmy worthy pieces because he’d probably be travelling to and from Atlanta. (I’m selfish and like Emmy’s more than mirror balls;))
Yeah I’m with Courtney…,, kim is an acquired taste. I just have no idea HOW she’ll be able to do this. She’s got six kids and Kroys season is staring with the Falcons….. When is she going to have time for all of this? Lol
Kim is 5’9 which means Derek is out as her partner… She could still manage with Val who I swear up and down is only 5’9/5’10 tops but if Tony is in fact back and 1 of (maybe) 2 mystery pros (I know we don’t know for sure yet) that means she’s more likely with Tony based on height… There’s gotta be another female ringer to announce… is it Val’s typical actress? I’d be shocked if TPTB decided to stop their tradition of giving only actresses to their heartthrob (not that I considered Rumer one vs. being more known as her parent’s kid but 7 of his 8 partners have been ringers with dance experience and that’s just crazy). Speaking of him, how funny that people think his nae nae is only getting less views than Derek’s because Derek’s shirt was off. Val’s nae nae only got slightly more views than the likes on his recent, almost totally nude selfie he posted on Instagram – so even combined Val’s nudie porn & Val’s video didn’t even get HALF the social media love of Derek’s nae nae alone. Says something, doesn’t it?
Does anyone know if Derek has 1 more season left on his contract with DWTS? I’m asking because after as DEEPLY loyal as Derek has been to this show, this is a pretty meh list of female stars for him to end his run on this show with. And since I’m guessing that this time, Nick Carter is the chosen winner, the lack of respect this show has for Derek’s talent and the lack of awareness of HOW MUCH just the regular viewers love to watch his dances (they should listen to all the comments and reactions he get on the MOVE tour-we love to watch you on the show Derek-we love to see your waltzes and tangoes and look forward to them-please never leave DWTS Derek and on and on) this whole thing so far, just makes me sad.
I know he has lots of other plans and possible projects but we all know how much he loves this show and how much he loves to create and perform great dance pieces. He at least deserves a partner who is somewhat capable and somewhat “believeable” to dance with. I think I would throw up if I watched him dance with Paula Deen and not crazy about this Kim-chick either. BLAH
Dina, Derek is 5’10 and has dance with someone 5’9″ before (Shannon), so Kim is not really out as his partner. And Val is only 5’10” or 5’11”. My old research says 5’9″ but I’ll let him have an inch.
For those of you glibly stating that Kim “can’t possibly be with Derek due to height”, I’ll just remind you that this is the show that gave us the nearly 10″ height difference between Meryl & Maks, the nearly 1 foot height difference between Cheryl & Rick, Lacey towering 2-3 over Chaz, and just this season, Karina allegedly being 3″ taller than Victor. HEIGHT IS NOT THE BE ALL, END ALL. And I trust my source. Carry on…
*sigh* If this (un)Real Housewife ends up as Derek’s partner, I will try to find whatever shreds of “real” she has left in her primped, surgically-altered body and manufactured reality-tv personality so I can enjoy Derek’s dancing and choreography. Unfortunately, this will most likely be a season where I won’t be voting for Team Derek.
Cidra, E! is claiming that Derek and Bindi are partners. It’s a bit thin, since all they have is them arriving at the rehearsal space at the same time.
Im kind of hoping Shay Mitchell is on the show and shes paired with Val because Ive wanted that for a while
BUT if Val DOES get Kim…. If Val takes Kim on like Maks took Kirstie…. it could be good. If he takes her as anything else…. they’ll be gone the first week.
Thanks PH, I’ll take whatever crumbs of comfort and hope you have to offer at this point. 😉