Hollywood Reporter Interviews DWTS Executive Producers, Including Questions about Heather Morris Extensive Dance Background
Well this is certainly an interesting interview. Remember the old saying “Me thinks they doth protest too much?” Yeah. This. 🙂 Hollywood Reporter interviews executive producers Joe Sungkur and Ashley Edens about DWTS, including some tough questions about Heather Morris and her very obvious dance experience…and our execs have the company line down pat. Even if it is complete BS. Excerpts (and commentary) below. The way they write about Heather, it’s entirely possible that everyone (besides us) is starting to realize this show has jumped the shark totally and completely.
While most of the ensemble represents the show’s standard mix of actors, reality stars and pro athletes, there is one notable exception with the addition of Morris. Long before she became a household name as Brittany S. Pierce on Fox’s hit musical comedy, Morris was a professional dancer working for Beyonce. She danced backup on The Beyonce Experience world tour, and danced alongside her on Saturday Night Live, the American Music Awards and The Ellen DeGeneres Show, among others.
They really drive the point home here, don’t they? I think I love them. 😉
Courtney: When the “coven” at Pure ain’t the only ones hip to the fact A PROFESSIONAL DANCER is part of the celeb cast this season and aren’t afraid to call TPTB out on it, you know this is gonna be a tough season for the higher-ups at DWTS.
Vogue: Oh boy, I can see what’s coming already.
Ahead of the premiere, The Hollywood Reporter spoke with longtime executive producers Joe Sungkur and Ashley Edens to find out what’s in store for the season, whether or not they think Morris has an unfair advantage, the reason behind the lack of Bachelorette stars and their dream contestants.
Again, more on Heather…and they’re bringing up the sore, Bachelorette point.
What’s the process like when pairing the stars with the professional dancers? What were the conversations for this season like? How much say do the dancers have in who they dance with?
Eden: There’s no real science or a perfect formula behind the pairing process. The dancers don’t have a say in who they’re getting. Jo, myself and [casting director] Deena [Katz] who books the cast. Deena will know the celebrities a little bit more. Joe and I work with the dancers day in and day out so together we try and make the best pairings based on height, personality [and] dance ability or lack there of. We try not to always put predictable pairings together. You’re not seeing Witney [Carson] with the exact same type person every single season. That’s a challenge. And ultimately we want everyone to be happy whether it’s the celebrity or the dancer. That’s at the forefront in making the strongest pairings.
You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. First, you choose WITNEY as an example of someone not getting the same partner all the time? Then you try to claim that you don’t make predictable pairings?? You guys are really too close to this show if you’re being sincere here. Val has gotten essentially the same partner for most of his time on the show – young, fit, with plenty of dance experience plus a fanbase if possible. Emma?? This is the first season she hasn’t had a total obvious early out, on paper. Artem? The new “Tony” typically gets the older women – at least his partner this season is under 50, but still. Gleb? Let me guess – you’re going to put him with obvious sex bombs going forward. Sharna has had a decent mix of partners, as did Derek in the past…but Derek forced you into that through his success, did he not? I could go on, but I wonder what Courtney and Vogue have to say here.
Courtney: And here we get our answer to the question “What are Rob Wade’s successors going to be like?” The answer: company line-reciting yes-men/women who are so indoctrinated into the manipulation that I think they actually may genuinely believe their own bullsh*t. Val has literally gotten the same partner for ten seasons now – just in different colors & model years. The fact that they chose to comment on a relatively peripheral pro’s partners tells me they know they’re typecasting, hardcore – when most of the show’s Twitter following can predict the pairings without any hints, you know you’re being very, very predictable. Val’s on his 11th young, sexy, able-bodied partner with dance experience; Sharna’s on her 3rd guy with a near-death experience and inspiring comeback story; Keo’s on his 3rd cannon-fodder partner; Artem’s on his 4th partner over the age of 40; Sasha’s on his 4th partner of extraordinarily short stature. As for Witney – anymore, she’s even getting typecast, albeit to a lesser degree, because they seem to be alternating between giving her young guys with dance experience and older, goofier guys that aren’t likely to make it far (Alfonso was an anomaly – and I still maintain that he only got Witney due to his height and her tap experience). Bottom line: there’s totally typecasting going on, whether they chose to acknowledge it or not. And the fact that they’re denying/deflecting just kinda shoots their credibility to hell.
Vogue: If they don’t want to see someone get the same kind of partner every season, then why always pair Maks and Val with ringers? I just don’t get it. And now we see Gleb with the “sexy” partner again. What a shame. The producers really need to watch what Gleb can really do on DWTS Russia and Strictly Come Dancing. His choreography was on the level of Derek’s at times. I just don’t get it? 😐
Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd just had a baby and are engaged. How much will their storyline be a part of this season?
Edens: While we will document it, the story is about Peta and Nick, and Maks and Heather. Those are the stories that we have to capture. We have to keep the focus on the couples.
Sungkur: This season is a wonderful season for us because we have so many of our talent that are getting married. Not only do we have Peta and Maks, we have Sasha [Farber] and Emma [Slater], Julianne Hough, Erin [Andrews], and Carrie Anne [Inaba]. It’s wedding season. I’m sure our viewers will be interested in those stories as well as the stories of the couples and their journey in the competition.
:::vomit::: Seriously, is this a dancing show or what? And color me shocked that the man in this partnership is the dang shipper. I could not possibly care less about everyone getting married on this season. And as for Maks and Peta not being a focus? I’ll believe it when I see it.
Courtney: My god, what are they trying to do? Parlay all this wedding focus into a spinoff called Wedding with the Stars? Knowing Peta & Maks, they’ve probably already signed on. Nobody made a huge deal of it when Lindsay, Witney, or Mark got married. Oh wait – they married people outside the show, so they were no good for shipping potential. Wuh wuh wuhhhh. And I just have to shake my head like Heidi in the disparity between the response that Edens gave and Sungkur gave – she’s trying to maintain that it’s about the couples, while he’s all “Look at all the weddings! Our audience is predominantly female, and everyone knows bitches love weddings. Give the bitches weddings and they will eat that sh*t right up!” The fact that they aren’t really on the same page here spells trouble.
Vogue: While I think all the romance is great in their private lives and it’s fun hearing about at times, this is a dancing show. I just want to see great dancing and the journeys play out most of all. I’m also interested in seeing how each Pro grows every season with their choreography. I have no interest for how they try to manipulate and create story lines that aren’t true either. Again, I don’t get it? 😐
Heather is a professional dancer, so does she have an unfair advantage?
Edens: No. We looked at that a lot. Does she have an advantage? Yeah. Is it unfair? No. She has never had a ballroom lesson. She’s never partner danced. That is a skill in it of itself. Does she know how to count music and have rhythm? Yes. But the expectation because she’s a dancer is going to be very different than someone like Rashad Jennings, who is an athlete coming into this. But Heather is finding it challenging because it’s like learning a new language. It’s foreign to her. She has not ever partner danced. It will be interesting to see the dynamic between she and Maks.
When you start repeating phrases like “She’s never partner danced” you are protesting too much and sounding very defensive. And you claim the expectation is going to be higher? Yeah, we’ll see about that. It will be interesting to see if you hammer on Heather and Maks and let Normani slide completely to get Val to number 3.
Courtney: Oh, Ashley – if only you had seen my analogy about how learning different forms of dance is like learning languages, in that each subsequent one is actually easier to learn…then you might not lean quite so heavily on this limp excuse. Honestly, I think the only reason they went ahead and cast Heather was because they were scraping the bottom of the barrel for celebs and she was willing to do it. Had they actually had other options, I think they would have actually acknowledged the fact that “Heather has an unfair advantage, and that may not sit well with some of the viewers”. I mean, she was a secondary character on ONE show on another network that wrapped 2 years ago. Not exactly a currently-hot commodity like a current Olympic gold medalist or a World Series champion. Casting her was an act of desperation, and now they’re having to tie themselves in ridiculous knots to justify it. Not sure why Ashley opted to even bring up Rashad’s name in this context, but it almost struck me as a bit of a veiled dig at him – almost an implication that he has just as much of an advantage as Heather simply by being an athlete. Which is dumb.
Vogue: I’m sorry, but I don’t believe she hasn’t danced with partners in the past. I’ve attended almost every Madonna concert. Not only do her dancers dance solo, they dance with each other too sometimes. I’m sure it’s the same for a Beyonce concert, etc. So, that excuse isn’t going to work either.
Do you have anything else to say to fans of the show on social media who are saying it’s an unfair advantage?
Edens: We’re not shying away from the fact that she 100 percent has dance experience. Because of that, she will be judged on a higher level and there will be higher expectations on her.
Sungkur: In the past, we’ve had people like Zendaya and Corbin Bleu and people said they had an unfair advantage, but they didn’t end up winning the show.
Now this just pisses me off because it indicates that you think your audience is stupid. We ain’t, sweetheart. Zendaya and Corbin Bleu, who were people who had dance experience, were not PROFESSIONAL dancers. They didn’t make their living for the first 20 or more years of their life through dancing!!
Courtney: My god, the logical fallacies – just because someone that’s got an unfair advantage doesn’t win, doesn’t mean they still weren’t playing fair. Hell, look at the New England Patriots – they haven’t always won the Superbowl, but the body of evidence against them for generally doing some underhanded sh*t is still there. And I don’t recall Zendaya or Corbin (or Meryl, or Laurie, or Ginger…) being judged all that much harsher by virtue of their dance experience – it doesn’t get applied across the board in the bastion of fairness that is DWTS, Ashley. It all hinges upon whether said dancer with experience fits into the “plan” for the season – they wanted Meryl to win, so she got judged pretty easily; Alfonso, on the other hand, got his ass ridden for the majority of his season. Let’s not pretend this show gives everyone the same fair shake – it’s not a good look.
Vogue: They better start thinking of future celebrities. If I was a celebrity, why should I agree to do the show if I can’t have a fair journey with the other contestants? It’s sad when you think about it.
Can you see why the fact that there have been more Bachelors on the show than Bachelorettes is troubling to viewers?
Edens: We had Trista [Sutter]. [It’s] based on when we’re casting and the whole cast we’re pulling in and what other reality stars we already have in place.
Sungkur: Who knows what could happen in the future.
Personally, I think these two are giving Mike Fleiss cover – Kaitlyn said she had a contract in hand and he put the kibosh on it. He’s the problem, in this instance. But beyond that, I do believe that the Bachelor/Bachelorette are late picks if they can’t find anyone better.
Courtney: I get that they’re toeing the company line here, but it seriously gets my goat that everyone at ABC that gets asked this question holds up Trista Sutter (and sometimes Melissa, although she’s not actually a Bachelorette) as if she somehow neutralizes any perceived sexism. There have been four Bachelors and one Bachelorette on DWTS; to claim that there isn’t a bit of a bias in favor of Bachelors is like holding up Barack Obama and trying to claim that American politics doesn’t unfairly favor white men because we elected ONE black president. I probably would have been more understanding had Ashley said “It really is just a matter of who is available and who we’ve already cast, and it just hasn’t worked out with anyone other than Trista so far. But we are always looking out for future seasons!” And speaking of future seasons – I think enough noise has been made about the whole thing that I would not be at all shocked if a Bachelorette (particularly the new one, the first black Bachelorette, whose name escapes me) showed up on the fall season. There’s been enough sensationalizing of this whole thing that now it’s actually worth their while to cast another Bachelorette, I think.
Vogue: There is no excuse here why they couldn’t have a Bachelorette to even it out unless they needed a male celeb and a Bachelor is all they could find.
Wow it seems logic and reasoning is something clearing missing lol
I mean going with the thinking of TPTB, Carrie Ann or even Bruno could be celebrities and it wouldn’t be a problem given they never danced with partner… sigh
This show really needs some new producers Heck it’s sad when you miss Conrad Green as producer
It feels like they interviewed with pre aramged answers in their heads and the fact that they are just so stepford wives-ish is terrrifying. Would have been so much better if they would just acknowledge that type casting partner wise does happen. Bring Val’s name into that….not witney not Emma. the whole wedding thing made me laugh. I see the spinoff now. The bachelorette is just super weird for me becuase half the time I think america could care less and then one person comes around is relatively exciting and they go crazy for that person but it’s never the bachelorette for some reason so I’m glad the new bachelorette is super well liked becuase at least it’s not “the bachelor” this time and she doesn’t seem like the type to milk her fifteen minutes of fame. That brings me to Heather. I’m a gleek. I will freely admit that but it’s been two years. Two. Most of them have tried to branch out and do their thing (Lea with scream queens and her music, Amber is doing dreamgirls in England, Darren is doing his thing, etc) and then you have the ones that just pop up every once and awhile like Heather just for the sake of keeping her name out there. She was a secondary character that was popular….and had some great one liners and happened to be part of a very popular couple on the show. All of which any other actress could have done with the same role….only difference was Heather could dance and suddenly her character became “the dance girl” on the show…but I guess that happens when she spent a good chunk of her career as a professional dancer. So them trying to play off that she isn’t the ringer of all ringers is just (and I’m sorry about cussing) bullshit. And if they want to play the whole she hasn’t partner dances before thing This is my answer to that: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iTwUKvjH5LI .
Conrad Green lead the way down this path and then Rob Wade took it to a whole new level. The most despicable devices they use are the heavily edited ambush videos, the over-the-top pimping and underscoring good dancers to help the ones they want for the finals. Let’s see how the latest jokers do. The problem with TPTB is they don’t care what type of publicity they get. Good or bad. To them, any type of buzz is good buzz.
As for the Bachelorette situation, you can’t even use Melissa as an example. Didn’t she replace Nancy O’Dell or Jewel after they got injured in rehearsing for the show? They were grabbing for anyone at that point.
For all the complaints by “certain pros” about Nicole (a professionally paid singer) and Jennifer (a professionally paid actress), suddenly they see no wrong in having a Professionally Paid Dancer-Teacher-Choreographer in Heather as a “”star”” on the show. I bet her tax returns lists Dancer as her occupation! Getting her means you are two-thirds of the way there while others are starting from the very beginning. (Plus there is a video of her on sytycd doing ballroom with a partner!) But I wonder what would have happened if she went to any other pro, like say Derek? (Being the consummate professional that Derek is, he wouldn’t want her as a partner since he loves the challenge. Others like the easy way out.)
The Hollywood Reporter interview just seems to fit in with the political stuff that is going on. If they say it loud enough and often enough, people will believe it is true! Except the long time viewers of DWTS can see all the strings now that the puppetmasters are getting sloppy at their “work”.
Courtney, I love the Wedding with the Stars. Good one
There was one other thing that I was PO’d in that interview. And I believe it came up somewhere else too. Maybe one of Maks’ recent interviews. This is one of quite a few entertainment outlets bringing up Heather Morris’ background or even calling her a professional dancer. And the official line seems to be, to equate Simone and Heather! See! Over here! We have a 4th time pro over here that we’re giving a partner with great advantages to also. Both will need to be judged differently. (Funny no one said that just last season about Laurie Hernandez!)
But the only thing said about Normani and Val is how hard they’ll have it since she has to travel back and forth to Asia for 3 weeks. And who knows what other concessions they’re making for them BTS?
I just don’t really care for her in general, let alone her dance experience.
If, in fact, those two had to think long and hard about signing Heather they knew there was a problem. Bottom line, they know she has a built-in fan base and they are eager to prove themselves out of the gate now that Wade left for greener pastures.
I’m very curious to see how those judges critique her without looking really stupid.
I like Heather and I know she will have a huge advantage but I’m still looking forward to her dancing. And I hope the viewers don’t penalize her for her experience. The show cast her, she didn’t call them and say I’m going on your show. It’s on them for doing it. I hope that people won’t just vote for her because she’s a real dancer. It’s not her fault. The TPTB should not of brought her on but now that she is let her and Maksim entertain us.
This bipolar response to asking if Heather, the professional dancer, has an advantage takes the cake:
Edens: “No. We looked at that a lot. Does she have an advantage? Yeah. Is it unfair? No…….
Does she know how to count music and have rhythm? Yes.’
She literally contradicted herself in every example she gave. I would love for Heather to be voted off before the half-way point if not sooner.
This bipolar response to asking if Heather, the professional dancer, has an advantage takes the cake:
Edens: “No. We looked at that a lot. Does she have an advantage? Yeah. Is it unfair? No…….
Does she know how to count music and have rhythm? Yes.’
She literally contradicted herself in every example she gave. I would love for Heather to be voted off before the half-way point if not sooner.
I love how they said it’s ultimately about making both the celebrity and the pro happy. They basically admitted that pros who throw temper tantrums about not getting the partner they wanted will be catered to while pros who take the partner they get with a good attitude will be shafted. Awesome.
“Val has accepted that that’s part of the job.” So Val has graciously come to understand that you don’t get to have young, beautiful ringers every season and also demand that these young, beautiful ringers not have to travel for their work? What a saint! Let’s give him the mirrorball right now for being so accommodating!
As far as the “she’s never done ballroom and never danced with a partner” thing, to me this feels like saying: “We’re having an amateur beach volleyball tournament. We decided to allow some professional indoor volleyball players to play. Sure, they play volleyball as their profession, but they’ve never played on sand, so this is completely fair.”
Their responses to “Can you see why the fact that there have been more Bachelors on the show than Bachelorettes is troubling to viewers?” were hilarious. Those responses did not even come remotely close to answering the question. Edens pointed out one bachelorette (while completely ignoring that the question wasn’t about whether they’ve had bachelorettes before, but rather about how they’ve had far more bachelors), and then Sungkur had to go one up her by just saying something that had absolutely nothing to do with the question.
And then they finished strong with “We’re always talking to people about whether it’s the current season we’re in or future seasons.” They act like when they ask someone and that person turns them down it’s always, “I’ll do it later,” and never just, “No thank you.” Lol.
Thanks, mods, for posting this hilariously entertaining article and your commentary. The producers’ justification are so bad they’re good.
They are lying in terms of pros get no say in who they have as a partner then proceed to contradict themselves by saying it’s all about keeping the pros happy. Maks only returned this season under the promise that he’d be given a serious contender, that is a fact.
They are also lying in regarding the type casting of pros in particularly the male pros. Val always gets the young sassy star with dance experience and fanbase, Mark always got the young and/or religious stars, Sasha always gets the super small star, Artem always gets the older stars (the new Tony) and Gleb looks like he’ll always get the hot and sexy star.
I don’t understand why TPTB don’t switch it up, they bow down to pressure from pros who they have allowed to develop to the point that they gain an ego and can use their fanbase to bully TPTB into getting what they want (I’m looking at you Maks and Val). Some of the best partnerships we’ve had on the show have come from TPTB switching things round (Tommy and Peta being the perfect example). So why not for once break the mould and switch things around, give Val the older star, give Sasha the hot and sexy star, give Artem the young sassy star and let’s see something different rather than the same old same old.
I’m hoping Emma who for once has someone different than her usual no hoper proves this season that if you give a pro someone different then they’ll shine just as well with that star than they would with their usual typecast partner.
@ m8 how do you get in the inside loop? What you said makes sense, but where did you hear that, and how can I get in on the onside?
Well, in a few more seasons, we’ll probably won’t have to worry about this show anymore, because it’ll probably get buried by world of dance.
It’s common sense. You really think Maks would have returned if TPTB didn’t make it worth his while? They promised him a contender which means more money for him for staying in the competition longer which is why he’s doing the show.
Im actually curious to see heather beeing on the show. not necessairly because she IS a trained dancer, more so because she is paired with maks! and we all know how ‘creative’ this guys is.
blablabla all im trying to say is that “YES” it is an advantage beeing a trained dancer, but that doesn’t mean they’re going far in this comp when the choreo is lame.
Maks & Heather don’t stand a chance, unless he brings an “outside” choreographer in or he let’s Heather choreograph their dances xDDD
The partner dancing is really a non-starter for me. To say she’s never danced with a partner is almost a blatant lie.
During Hollywood week on SYTYCD, all of the choreography that you learn involves dancing with a partner. That’s the format of the show since the start, and an inability to dance with your partner is one of the reasons they cut people in Hollywood.
She might not have experience dancing, but she’s definitely done it for choreography and in a pressure-filled setting.
The producers of this show are getting more ridiculous each season. They came up with lame excuses such as “she never had ballroom lesson”, “never danced with a partner”, etc. Seriously? Heather and Allison, if I’m not mistaken, was on the same season of SYTYCD. Well, we know they made Allison a pro. And Heather a celeb? ? Maybe next time they should cast Allison’s husband, Twitch. He’s more of a star than Heather is. How ’bout Travis Wall?
Funny how some fans dig into Bindi’s past “dancing performance” into such a “big advantage” and ignore Heather, the dancer from SYTYCD. Maks and Heather first meeting probably goes like “Maks, meet your pro dancer”. I sometimes wonder if producers really consider viewers as bunch of idiots who can just easily be fooled and led into their show’s narrative. Why even bother to vote? The producers manipulate viewers into thinking which pro or celeb should win anyway.
Lastly what happen to the Maks who constantly reminding their fans about Nicole S and how such a big ringer she was? I hear crickets. As much as I want to watch other pros and celebs this season, I’m going to pass this fake competition show. I’m going to start watching “This is Us” on NBC ?
When I read that they don’t typecast the celeb with the pro every year I laughed. Who are they kidding? You want to prove that? Then give Artem Heather, give Peta Chris Kattan and give Val Charo. That would be a start. Val with Charo would make the show worth watching just to watch him tune out and give up because he knows he has no chance of winning.
I don’t think Heather is on the show because they couldn’t get anyone else. I firmly believe dear old Maks said I want to come back but I won’t unless you guarantee me a ringer and they went and found one. And I’m also betting that she will have a hand in the choreography more than he will and that the judges will drool over her from her first dance tonight. Ugh. No, she won’t be out early, but in absolutely no way do I want to see her win or even in the finals. For me, I would love to see Maks, Val and Peta out one week after the other and be done with it.
I know it’s part of the business and part of their job, but I sometimes wonder what some of the pros think when they see Val getting the Lauries, Zendayas and the Rumors. And why Maks said he would absolutely not come back because he wants to concentrate on being a dad yet here he is and he’s given a professional dancer to make him happy.
Tony always had the older women and he always handled it with grace. Artem and Keo are now in that position and they handle it the same way. Artem and Keo have been on several seasons, why not shake it up and instead of making them another Tony, give them each a contender and see what happens.
I also wonder what Tom thinks about this stuff. He goes on each week and, in my opinion, keeps a lot of the viewers that still watch from giving up. He’s entertaining, he’s gets his digs in when he can, but he has to be shaking his head especially this year with Heather.
I’m predicting now that when Maks and Val are on, my tv will be on mute or I will leave the room. I don’t want to listen to the judges praising them and tearing down others that have to work much harder on this unlike Heather. Those are the types of celebs I want to see on the show. I’m even looking forward to see what Christ Kattan is like, even though we know he’s an early out unless there’s a shocker. At least with Maks and Peta, we won’t be subjected to a showman, but how long will it be before the inevitable one with Val is started?
The people that don’t have any experience are the ones that, for the most part, work the hardest, try their best and have fun. That’s what the show used to be about. It’s a shame it still isn’t. @Rachel, I agree, World of Dance will crush this show. The viewers that have watched for all these years are not stupid, we’ve seen the stuff they pull to make sure their favorites move on each week. I know I’m going to give World of Dance a shot. TPTB should be concerned but we know they’re not. And that itself is a shame.
Sigh! I wonder what these producers are smoking. They must really think the show’s viewers are all idiots. Can’t believe they are trying to pass Heather’s being a pro dancer as not an unfair advantage. And then bringing up Rashad to drive their point? Wow! I just can’t. And just because past celebs with dance experience didn’t win the show, doesn’t mean that it’s fair to get a pro dancer to be partnered with another pro dancer. I was a bit excited to tune in this season, but this interview is making me change my mind. Maybe I’ll drop in here first and just check YT later on for dances that the mods and the guests here find interesting. I am finding this site more entertaining than the show itself.
Thank you, mods, for this post. You, ladies, have a way of expressing my thoughts better than I ever can.
A few observations:
1) I LOVE how they try to say Heather Morris has the same advantage as an athlete does. An obvious follow up question is this….so since you’re saying an athlete has a similar advantage to Heather, are you saying that David Ross and Heather have similar advantages in the game?
2) Instead of trying to shy away from the fact that they partner pros with similar people, there actually is a reason that sounds good. How about “we’ve found certain pros work well with certain kinds of contestants and so you might see some pairing patterns from season to season.” Now, I personally would like to see them switch up how they partner a bit more, but at least my quote sounds more logical than the bizarre Witney comparison they did.
3) After rereading, Ashley Edens’ logic is painfully difficult to follow. Question: Does Heather have an unfair advantage? Answer: Advantage yes; unfair no. She’s learning a whole new language. Question: What about viewers who say she has an unfair advantage? Answer: We’ve never hidden her experience and will judge her to a higher standard. No matter how you look at it one answer completely negates the other answer. Either she really feels that there is no unfair advantage in which case the second answer was a dodge because she answers the question with an obvious statement (as if they could hide Heather’s experience). Or the harsher judging is a sign that she does have an unfair advantage in which case her response to the first is completely off.
Ugh, this show sometimes!
Since this dancer has no more advantage in this DANCE competition than the athletes do, it must be true that she should be as good as a football player or baseball player or gymnast in their competitions. Just give her 3 weeks of lessons and she should be good to go.
The main rEason i’m even watching this show this season is Simone. I don’t know that i’d be watching, atleast not seriously, if it weren’t for her. What will these producers do when viewership tanks?
Hi,
I really like reading the different opinions, but could the word bi***es not be used, even though it was in a quote that Vogue mentioned about “bi***es love weddings.
The insight you give to the show is awesome. I think the “chemistry” with Sharna and Bonner is not real. I am voting for Rashad this season. He is awesome and real. Strikes me as a true gentleman. I don’t care for Erika. At 45, she seems like a cougar next to Gleb and it is kind of sad. Gleb is clearly younger than Erika, and she seems desperate with the way she is portrayed.
@Mary – The quote was from me – maybe read a bit more carefully. And as a 32-year-old woman, I will use whatever language I desire – and you are free to not read it, if you dislike my language.