James Hinchcliffe Interviewed On Dancing With The Stars Season 23
James Hinchcliffe talked with The Indy Channel today about his new gig on Dancing With The Stars. James talks of how he’s going to juggle both driving and dancing. He’s hoping to gain some dance skills (he gives himself a -5, lol) and do something fun and different. He’s a cutie. No wonder Court is a fan. To watch this fun report, see The Indy Channel.
Also, to learn some things you might not know on James including how he almost died in a fatal car crash last year, see People.
ETA: Thanks to Abby for the heads up on this….
"We're here to party, Dave!" 1st look at @Hinchtown & @SharnaBurgess at their #DWTS rehearsal. #IndyCar #VoteHinch pic.twitter.com/H62cBN2BYB
— Dave Furst(@DaveFurst) August 31, 2016
ETA2: You can also read an interview with James at Beyond The Flag. Below is a take. Be sure to read the link for more. Thanks to DWTSGossip and Abby for the heads up.
“Obviously I’ve got a day job, and that’s first and foremost priority at the moment,” he told us. “The first two episodes [of DWTS] are going to be the biggest challenge scheduling-wise, but once we clear Sonoma and clear episode two, if I’ve made it that far and stay on the show, then we’ll have a much freer schedule and [I’ll] be able to dedicate 100 percent of myself to learning and improving and being competitive.
“But certainly up to that point, it’s going to be a challenge with the races that we have coming up and the travel involved and all that.”
“Today will be the first rehearsal session with Sharna, and we’ll do today and tomorrow,” he explained of what his schedule looks like. “Then obviously I’ve got to take off to my day job, and we’ll practice through the start of next week before the test in Sonoma and then over the weekend into the first show there.
“The real challenge will be show two, because I really only have Tuesday and Wednesday before I’ve got to take off to Sonoma for Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and the next show is Monday,” he added. “The second show will be more difficult than the first if we get through there. We might have to do a little extra work in the days leading up to show one to already start preparing for week two.”
Sharna has never really had a drama/baggage/attitude free in it for the fun partner before (she came close with Charlie, but other agendas kind of wore on both of them by the end of that season). I think that’s one of the things I’m looking forward to most is potentially a full season of the Sharna we’ve gotten the last two Switch Ups with Andy and Nyle. 🙂
I love Hinch! He’s so funny and has charisma in spades. My only fear is with such a big cast that he may get lost in the shuffle. Hopefully, he and Sharna can kill it coming right out of the gate.
I think these two are going to be awesome! He certainly has a good attitude and like Sandy said, lots of charisma. I think he is going to be a good celeb partner for Sharna.
Another goodie for Ms. Sharna and may be a sleeper mirror ball winner. Either way they’ll look great together.
Please, oh please, let James have some level of dance talent because this guy ticks all the other boxes. He’s cute, intelligent, well-spoken, funny, and has a wholesome boyish charm that goes on for days. I can see TPTB burying him in the background because he’s not one of their pre-season “chosen”; but given even half a chance, DWTS viewers should fall in love with him.
@Cidra – I agree. James is a “gem”. I hope TPTB get the memo.