More Details On Theme Nights For Dancing With The Stars Season 25
If you go to TV Guide, they have some fun teasers on the theme night for Dancing With The Stars Season 25. Here is a take from the link with more details….
So far, a few themes for Season 25 have been announced. We’re going to get our stand-by Disney-themed night, and if someone doesn’t perform an epic waltz to Beauty and the Beast’s “Tale as Old as Time,” then there’s seriously no justice in this world. We’ll also get a Guilty Pleasures Night, where stars and pros cop to which dance moves they hate to love.
When you add in Latin Night, Season 25 is shaping up to be one of the best seasons for theme nights yet. According to executive producer Ashley Edens-Shaffer however, there are a few more irons in the fire when it comes to possible themes for this season.
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“We have the Trio Round, [and] we’re hoping to bring back a former celebrity,” Edens tells TV Guide. “We’re going to potentially do an Iconic Dances Night, where our couples will repeat, reimagine, reinterpret an iconic dance from earlier seasons.”
With so many seasons and so many epic routines to chose from, Iconic Dances Night might be the best of the best. As for which star will return for Trio Night? The sky’s the limit. (We’re secretly gunning for Nick Carter because you just can’t go wrong with a Backstreet Boy).
Sounds fun. More at TV Guide,
Thank you! Vogue ….Looks like this season is going to be especially delicious with theme nights. I noticed the last sentence in TV Guide’s article where they named “Nick Carter” but I think they met Nick Lachey.
-Ah, that explains the talk on GMA of Rashad joining Emma and Drew for their trio dance.
-And I’m sure one of the former “iconic” dances they will want to recreate will be Cheryl and Drew’s “Save a Horse” freestyle.
-I thought they did a Guilty Pleasures theme before. Or am I mixing that up with My Jam Monday? In any case, I’m sure that’s to bring in something from Debbie Gibson’s 80’s heyday. And maybe something from 98 Degrees?
For me, the only question is, which of these thrilling themes is for Week 2 ’cause it was mentioned by some team or another that they are “doing something they’ve never done before” then……
Theme nights are never a good thing, in my opinion. They just encourage LOTS of manipulation from TPTB….
“Let’s ask back a former DWTS celeb contestant for the trio dances!” was an idea TPTB had back during all-stars – and it got scrapped, along with a bunch of other ideas, during that dumpster fire of a season. I’ll be interested to see if that actually comes to fruition this time around. I’m guessing that, rather than letting the couples pick a specific celeb, they’ll have a list of 5-6 former DWTS celebs that are L.A. local (I’m sure Alfonso and Joey Fat One will be on there, since they’re always kinda lurking) for the couples to choose from.
“Recreating iconic dances from past seasons” is another idea that was born during all-stars – except that one actually came to fruition. As I recall, that had some pretty lukewarm results – Shawn & Derek’s “Hey! Pachuco!” quickstep was a high point, and I recall Apolo & Karina’s foxtrot being pretty hot, too. But PUH-LEASE – can we put a moratorium on “Hey! Pachuco” now??? That routine has been done & re-done to death on DWTS 🙁
@Colleen – They had a guilty pleasures night in season 12. I’m still holding out for “Sunglasses At Night” 😎
LOL! :::at-me::: I just read the last paragraph above in article again because it bugged me and realized that they are talking about hopefully bringing back a former star for the Trio Night. They were secretly gunning for Nick Carter. (obviously to perform w/ Backstreet Boys)
Trying to make “goulash” for supper and read postings is not working! 🙂
I’m not a big fan of Iconic Dances Night. How many iconic dances are actually Ballroom dances? How can you take a dance style and shoehorn it into Ballroom and make it look good and/or not derivative?
I’m also rather tired of Latin night. Especially since it seems like TPTB equate Latin Night with sexy, over the top cliches.
Bring back Classical Night and Rock Night.
Feels like the “former celeb trio” is manufactured for a Nick/Peta/Drew Meetup. Just precious.
Like the idea of the recreation of a iconic/memorable dance from a past season but that trio idea….not sure what to think lol. Could totally see certain celebs wanting to do that (drew lachey, joey fatone, and Alfonso come to mind) but if it does happen I hope they get all past winners. Also I hope they do that theme when there are down to the final five or 6. As for Disney night…well I love that night 🙂
I would like the trio night to be where they bring back a past pro to dance. It would be a dream to see Derek with Mark and Lindsey! This could also be a chance for fans to see some of the pros they miss the most-Karina, Tony, Kim, Tristan, Edyta. Probably not going to happen but it would be great.
I was thinking along the same lines as PJC (#9) … bring back a former Pro for the trio dances, rather than a former celeb. Derek dancing with Mark & Lindsey immediately jumped into my head. It would be great not only for us to get to see our favorites, but I would think also great for the former Pros who maybe couldn’t commit to an entire season, but would come back for 1 week. I’d love to see Edyta dance again!
I may be in the minority here, but the idea of a former pro coming back for the trio bores me to tears. It would just be pros we had probably already seen in trios before – and Derek is pretty much a no-go, anyway, given that he’s now on-contract with another network that is famous for being stingy with their talent. At the very least, bringing back a former celeb is a new twist on the trio that we haven’t seen before.
I’ve also seen a bunch of people saying that the “past celeb” should only be previous champions – I’m not sure there’s enough of them available to make it that rigid. Keep in mind, too, that a past champion might run the risk of out-dancing your current celeb – Alfonso comes to mind as someone that could make just about any celeb contestant on DWTS pale in comparison. I would at the very least open it up to “past finalists”, as I think they’re already going to have to restrict their list of available past celebs to L.A. locals that are able to come in for multiple days of rehearsal.
@Susan2 – I think you may be confusing “Iconic dances” night from season 22 (when they did Michael Jackson, Slumdog Millionare, Austin Powers, etc.) with the “Iconic DWTS dances” from season 15 – and from the article, I interpreted them to be referring more to the type they did in season 15 – this season’s couples would recreate a past, memorable dance done on DWTS. So that would eliminate your shoehorning concern – the recreation would be the same style as the original.
I hope returning celebs for trios happens. My mind is swimming with possibilities…one HUGE wish – James Hinchcliffe!!
I agree Courtney with former pro coming on this season for trios. Derek already contracted to another network–a no go. And, being a new twist bringing back a former celeb at the least. (it may be more difficult to find enough locally). And, some celebs had a more powerful effect on viewers than others. (like Alfonso,etc.) So, I am not enthused much with this whole idea. If the trio dances are done say half way through the season, then their would be enough choices between the troupe dancers and Pros who have been eliminated the first half. Too many changes in themes could spoil it.
My only change I would like for Trios is that only the remaining (not all) male dancers be given a Paso Doble, (if it is assigned) because it’s a male domination dance. When a female celeb and male both have a P.D. it seems odd for the female to fit the part. I’d rather see the males compete with it.
Also, I perceived the same thing in the above article, that only the couples would be involved in re-creating a past, memorable dance done from former seasons.
[…] Nick & Peta: I keep going back and forth over whether or not I think Nick is actually going to be a good dancer, but at the end of it, I could see TPTB trying to ensure that at least one member of the Fam actually makes it to the finals – and depending on how mobile Victoria is, I think they may fall back on Nick & Peta to fulfill the Chmerkovskiy quota in the later weeks of the competition. On top of that, I could almost guarantee they’ve got Drew Lachey waiting in the wings for trio week, since they’re apparently bringing back former celeb contestants to join the couples for trios. […]