DWTS Season 24, Week ONE – Who’s Dancing What…and When?
It’s that time once again, folks…who got the easy dances and who got hosed…only hosed isn’t really hosed in week 1 if you’re a female celeb. Get the hard stuff out of the way early, eh?
You all probably saw Vogue’s post from a couple days ago with the press release about the songs and dances, but I do this post every week in hopes we’ll get the dance order too. Cross your fingers.
ETA: Claire (via DWTSGossip) has a screencap of what looks like the telepromptr which says Normani and Val are going first tonight. We’ll see, as these things can change during dress. But it makes sense since she’s a dancer and they like to open the show with a bang.
Normani and Val – Quickstep (Song: “Good Time Good Life” by Erin Bowman)
Dancing 1st
Phone 1-800-868-3410
Bonner and Sharna – Cha Cha (Song: “Move” by Luke Bryan)
Phone 1-800-868-3401
Charo and Keo – Salsa – (Song: “Cuban Pete” by Mambo Compañeros)
Phone 1-800-868-3402
Chris and Whitney – Cha Cha (Song: “What is Love” by Haddaway
Phone 1-800-868-3403
David and Lindsay – Quickstep (Song: “Go Cubs Go” by Steve Goodman)
Phone 1-800-868-3404
Erika and Gleb – Salsa (Song: “XXPEN$IVE” by Erika Jayne)
Phone 1-800-868-3405
Heather and Maks – Viennese Waltz – (Song: “Make Something Beautiful” by Ben Rector)
Phone 1-800-868-3406
Mr. T and Kym – Cha Cha (Song: “Theme from the A-Team” by Mike Post, Pete Carpenter and The Daniel Caine Orchestra
Phone 1-800-868-3407
Nancy and Artem – Viennese Waltz (Song: “She’s Always a Woman” by Billy Joel)
Phone 1-800-868-3408
Nick and Peta – Cha Cha (Song: “Let Me Love You” by DJ Snake and Tiësto featuring Justin Bieber)
Phone 1-800-868-3409
Rashad and Emma – Cha Cha (Song: “24K Magic” by Bruno Mars)
Phone 1-800-868-3411
Simone and Sasha – Tango (Song: “Untouchable” by Tritonal and Cash Cash)
Phone 1-800-868-3412
I am horrible at even guessing who will go first.
I’m thinking either Simone or Norami are last?
I’m sorry, is this listed in the order they’ll dance?
@rachel its how they think the order will go on monday. i agree with it expect i think charo will go first and bonner second
Thanx Matthew
I hope it’s coerect atleast when it comes to Simone
The list is alphabetical by the stars name at the moment. Not conjecture as to who I dancing when.
The couple opening the show is usually one expected to do well and make a fun impression. But TPTB save the “pimp spot”, last in early weeks, for someone they are boosting but it also usually goes to a couple expected to be very good. Since this season stars several ringers and 2 sentimental favorites, they’ve got several options.
I think either nick, charo, or mr t opening the show and I would bet that Simone closes it.
Mr T dancing to the a team yeah 🙂
As we say every single season the first time this post goes up, NO this is not the dance order. When we find out the dance order it will be written beneath their names.
Not quite, Colleen. The pimp spot week 1 usually goes to the person with the most buzz – either good or bad. People who have gone last in week one? David Hasselhoff. Von Miller. Laurie Hernandez, Nick Carter, Rumer Willis, Alfonso, Charlie White, Snookie, Jacoby Jones, Jaleel White, Chaz Bono, Kirsti Alley….just to name a few…you can’t tell me that they thought David, Kirsti, Chaz or Snookie were going to be “very good”. Probably not Von Miller either.
If you’re considered the “big get” of the cast, you will likely go last on week 1 – whether they expect you to be good or not. Whether they intend to pimp you or not. Now, from week 2 on, it’s more likely the person they are pimping will go last – but even then, if someone else is making a name for themselves for one reason or another, they will go last. Laurie went last all the time because she was fresh off the olympics and people loved her, as much as they wanted to pimp her. Make no mistake, if they start out pimping someone (Like Heather or Normani, for example) and neither of those two are doing well in either buzz or votes, they’ll get dropped in favor of someone who is – especially now that they’ve successfully handed both Val and Maks MBTs. The only question these days is if the pimpers are paying close enough attention to make the change before the audience gets pissed off. They’ve been having trouble with that the last few seasons – taking their eye off the ball to get certain touring pros a MBT. I would imagine it’s a delicate balance – trying to satisfy your needs for tour and for the show.
If I were guessing (and I will, tomorrow or Sunday) I would guess Charo or Mr. T goes last…with Nick and Rashad as my back up guesses. Could be Heather with all the (negative) attention she is getting for being the biggest ringer of all time…
Ah! I stand corrected.
I’m kind of curious as to why the great manipulation machine hasn’t turned their attention to securing Sharna a MBT. She’s had a mixed selection of partners and at least pre-season, it looks like the story is once again about the Chmerkovskiy family. I never thought I’d say this, but it looks like I might actually like TPTB packaging Gleb as the sexy male pro if only to watch the C bros when they figure that out.
I don’t understand it either, Colleen. It seems there’s a blind spot there, honestly. But really, it’s easier to give ringers to male pros (and the C-boys have been the male pros of choice sans Derek) because there just are MORE female ringers – women are more likely to dance than men. But there are at least four other male pros that could/should get a shot once in a while.
But when you look at it, they have been very kind to Sharna and have given her people that any long time watcher of the show would figure would go a long way. James was questionable, but once you saw him on TV it was easy to see his charm. She got Charlie White – yeah, he got screwed over, but that’s the biggest male ringer since Evan. Noah…you had to figure he was going to go far – there’s a history there with JR and Amy. Nick was a ringer…a pretty sizable one who was unfortunate to go up against Derek and Bindi. She hasn’t gotten ringers every season, like Val, but she’s only had two real stinkers (on paper) and even Andy was very likable. So, they aren’t totally hosing her…but they aren’t kissing her ass like they are Val and Maks. And they should because even without her helper, Sharna can choreograph rings around either man. As can Lindsey.
It also occurs to me that they could put an end to the obvious disparity between the men and the women by making an effort to not cast people like Heather Morris and Normani. They will always be able to find lower level people with talent – like Kellie, Brooke and others.
I’m confused about how dances are assigned. When the show first began, there were fewer dance styles and I’m pretty sure that people had either Dance A or Dance B every week. Now, there are a lot more dances to cram in, they appear throughout the season with no discernible pattern. More to the point, now we have assignments like this, where five couples are doing the cha cha, two are doing the salsa, two are doing the Viennese waltz, two are doing the quickstep, and one is doing the tango. Why the imbalance, with so many assigned to the cha cha? Or, looked at the other way, why is Simone the only doing the tango?
They also used to ease the celebrities into the harder dances. It seems to me that the Viennese Waltz is a lot easier to pull off in Week 1 than salsa or quickstep. (It’s not just a question of whether the steps of the salsa are difficult or not. I think you’ve also got to be pretty comfortable with the way your body moves and how you look doing those moves to do a good salsa, and that’s not a typical week one attitude.)
I think Sharna has been given chances for a mirrorball trophy. The season she had Nick Carter I thought was all about securing her a trophy. But Bindi made it nigh on impossible for that aim to be completely because of how great she was not only as a dancer but as a personality. She was impossible to edit badly and if they had done then viewers would have caused a riot. Then she got given Antonio Brown who again on paper looked a sure fire winner pre season, until it came out that his dancing didn’t improve as the weeks went on and his personality was offputting.
I actually think TBTB did set it’s sights on securing Sharna the mirrorball in seasons 21 & 22. Nick and Antonio were both a lot of people’s pre-season picks, and both seasons it looked liked Sharna had a good path.
With Nick, Bindi came along and there was no believable way to throw Bindi under the bus. With Antonio, IMO they pushed for him early on. I wonder, if Antonio had made a real effort to actually commit to the show 100%, if TBTB would have manipulated the situation more in their favor?
For Monday, I was initially thinking Simone would close out the show. The song has impact (although I’m sick of this type of song for tango) and she should be good. After reading Heidi’s comment, I think Mr. T is a pretty good guess too.
Yeah, M8, I would agree with that and say that this is an example of what I was talking about re: getting pimped until the law of diminishing returns takes effect. There is some tipping point where you go from trying to get the winner you want to shooting yourself in the foot.
But again, Sharna has not had a surefire, on paper, winner/contender every single season. I actually feel like she is more similar to Derek than she ever will be to Val. Just look at Andy Dick, Tavis Smiley and Noah…I think they knew Noah would go a ways, but no way was he going to win. Val, on the other hand, hasn’t actually paid any dues – even his “dud” had some ballroom lessons under her belt and a fanbase.
The producers in a recent interview were already pushing the line that Heather has never taken a single ballroom lesson so I think they are setting that stage with the V Waltz. They’ll probably score her low to make it look like she’s improving later on.
I’m most excited to see how Rashad and Emma do. They have great chemistry and personality so if he can control his movements, I think this pair could be a force.
I’ll be surprised if Val and Normani don’t close out the show. She has a substantial fan base that I’m sure producers want on hand at the end of the two hours.
Are these the right phone numbers?
I think Sarna has been given opportunities for the win – it’s not easy to predict it in the beginning. But, NFL players typically go far. I do think voting matters. They are not going to mess with popularity very much.
Normani’s fanbase is mostly international. As much as the group has had some success here they are not Ariana Grande famous nor Selena Gomez. When Fifth Harmony win anything it’s almost always b/c of the international voting craze in particular their brazilian fanbase that rakes in votes. Supposedly they will be changing IPs to vote. Is this even possible? WTF…
@Priscilla It’s a pretty well-known fact amongst many DWTS fans that there are ways around the whole “must be in the US to vote” rule. Tons of international people voted for a variety of couples last season. Heck, I think people were already using work-arounds before last season in order to be able to vote on abc.com and not just on Facebook.
Does that all really work though?
@Priscilla Yes, it allows the votes to go through. Nobody can say for sure how many votes have actually been cast was this way or what percentage of all votes cast are cast in this way, but there is a way to cast votes from overseas that actually works.
That used to be true, m, but I think they managed to put a stop to it last season. People had trouble voting for James without going through quite a few hoops – and I doubt the people who know what those hoops are are willing to share to help Val win with yet another ringer.
I think if it were an easy work around that anyone could figure out, James might have actually won, since Canada couldn’t vote.
Yes, Alex, the phone numbers were published…somewhere, don’t remember where…I got them from DWTSGossip’s tweet and she got the from whatever publication. I think.
It makes sense since they are in alphabetical order by first name which is how it’s been in seasons past. And yes, that includes MISTER T. 🙂
And I’ll be shocked if Normani DO close out the show the first week. That would be a waste of a pimp spot.
Well Normani is opening the show tomorrow which perplexed me a bit.
Was fairly sure they’d have her go at least 10th to keep the Harmonizers tuned in.
Really hope it’s Rashad closing the night.
Well that’s one way to start the show…unexpected for sure. saying that, if that means the less Val talking that we see tomorrow…I’m all for it lol
Normani may have a lot of followers on social media, but it doesn’t overlap much with the dwts audience. I doubt her followers will stick with watching the show or voting.
I wonder if Normani is sticking around the whole show, or if they put her first because she has a flight to catch? Quickstep seems like a strange style to start the show with but I think it will probably be strong performance so I’m good with it.
I’m glad Normani is performing so I don’t have to watch the whole show. ?
I think normani and val have to leave straight out that is why they are going first but im not worried. They usually want a great dance for the opening so Im sure they will bring it. I think im going to truly enjoy this couple they seem to be having alot fun together, it reminds me of when val was paired with Sherry. Normani seems like alot of fun and is even making val likable. I have been wanting to see fun val come back and this season we may see him.
I don’t agree…I think Normani and Val going first makes sense – it’s what they do, put the good dancers at the beginning on opening night. I believe she will be there the whole show.
“Unexpected”? Not really, Vin.
@Jazz – Yeah…another thing I’m not loving about the Harmonizer’s…y’all are actually kinda rude about the show in general. Can’t tell you how many Harmonizers I’ve seen saying things like “Wow…people still actually watch DWTS?” “What a dumb show” “This show sucks” “Thank god Normani is going first so I don’t have to watch the whole show!” You’re entitled to not like the show, but if you’re wondering why other fans aren’t so friendly towards the Harmonizers in general…maybe take a look at the way you’re talking about their favorite show…
@Courtney I’m sorry. But I didn’t really say anything bad about the show I just said I didn’t want to watch whole show because it gets boring after a while to ME. That is my personal thought ?It is inside of my head. You cannot read my thoughts. They’re personal to me. I’m thinking to myself.
K, Jazz, I don’t think you’re really understanding the point. I have no interest in reading your thoughts, just letting you know that subtle comments like the one you made are part of the reason that the rest of the DWTS fandom isn’t overly welcoming to the Harmonizers – you kinda act like you’re too good for this show.
Feel free to go on being bored by it. Just don’t be surprised if you get hit with comments like “Then don’t watch it!” or “Then leave us alone and go be bored over there!”
Courtny, I agree that some of harmonizers can be too much to handle but im not that way. Im very happy for normani because this is something she was been wanting to do for a long time is dance on this show and all her fans need to keep it positive for her, ok. Im actually a fan of the show and like this cast this season, its going to be a great season of dancing.
I hope this running order winds up being correct because I love that Emma & Sasha are the last 2 spots. And I hope one of them wins this season and their partners.
@Maria_D
The only thing we have on running order is that it appears that Normani/Val are first.
The list was put up alphabetically by the 1st initial of the celebs name. That’s why Rashad and Simone were at the bottom of the list. Not suspected dancing order.
Running order is normani, nancy, chris, bonner, charo, nick, heather, david, erika, rashad, mr. t and simone
According to good ol’ George Pennacchio (gotta love him! lol) the order for tonight is Normani, Nancy, Chris, Bonner, Charo, Nick, Heather, David, Erika, Rashad, Mr. T, Simone. I’m actually surprised Simone got the pimp spot. Thought it’d be Normani and when she was announced first Rashad.
If you would READ ALL THE COMMENTS, you would know that this wasn’t the running order.
I TOLD you guys it wouldn’t be either Normani or Heather. When will you learn to listen to me, eh? Normani is not a big name for this show unlike simone, Mr. T, Charo and others.