Dancing with the Stars Season 25, Week ONE – Live Blog
Here we are again folks and finally the DWTS producers have decided to try a slightly (only very slightly) different formula than they have the past several seasons. Artem has a younger (possibly talented) partner, Alan has the potential ringer (maybe? Not sure – haven’t looked. Every other singer that comes on this show seems to get that label), Cheryl and Mark are back (yay!), and we have married couples competing against each other (oh, wait – not NEW but old and tired). Val doesn’t appear to have an actual ringer, but still has someone who will likely make it to the end just based on her story. Jury is out on Val being up to that challenge.
Let’s hope the opening number is as good as the one that Mandy won an Emmy for….
…And that was quite good. Well done, Mandy. When she focuses on content, she can get it done. I even liked the married couples part. As long as it doesn’t continue all season. The only gripe I have is the insertion of the celebs. I got my hopes up there that we were going to get a dance similar to that in season 5 or .
Cheryl and TO up first! Go Cheryl, show them who’s boss. 🙂
And she is not to be underestimated! That was an excellent dance. Look out folks, she ain’t playin’ and she got a good dance out of him. He appears to have some talent. He was also honest and seemed charming.
Keep in mind…they’ve had a few weeks to get this routine together. The REAL test is in weeks 2 and 3. If he’s still doing well next week and the week after, look out.
Massively underscored – that’s like, insane, to give him a 15. But let’s see how they score the other dancers. They may have it in their head to go low week 1. But odds are good that a chosen few who may not get votes will get higher scores.
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I thought Debbie did a great job and she has some real potential, provided her lime disease doesn’t prevent her from rehearsing – but good for her.
I HATE the judges blathering on while giving their scores. Horrendous idea and I can’t imagine the producers agreed to it. Annoying as hell.
Sasha seems like a very sweet girl – I like her. No idea that’s how you pronounce her last name.
Smile girl!! I thought that was a very good first dance. Well done. About halfway through she started thinking too hard, I think. But well done.
Time for Drew – love him, love Emma. Karate Kid. LOL.
Emma’s dress is gorgeous. Drew suffers from he problem all very tall men have – he gets a littlfewild. What I appreciate about him is that he’s GOING for it. Full out. Not afraid, not shy, not dancing small. I dig it. I don’t know how long he’ll last, but I’ll enjoy it while he’s here.
Vibrant is an excellent word for Barbara, Keo. I LOVE her. We’ll see if it gets to be too much after a while.
Cool graphics. Coat almost didn’t come off. Horrible cha cha song. Ugh. But she certainly has the personality to sell it. I think she lost her place there a bit in the middle.
Sexual turn on??? LOLOLOL….Bruno just got topped. A 14 is their score. Compared to the others thus far, that’s about right, sad to say.
Jordan Fisher is up next!! Let’s go Jordan. And, psssst…bring Lin-Manuel Miranda to rehearsal please. Pretty please.
And he’s cute and charming too!! Like the Val impersonation. 😉
Lindsay uses the stairs the right way – how refreshing. Don’t stick your butt out, Jordan – but other than that, EXCELLENT! Great first dance. Very well done. First 7s of the night???
Yep. 🙂 Jordan gets a 22. And that’s about right, even considering the low scores previously.
Why is Nick getting a special interview with Tom?? Just because of Drew from many years ago? Ridiculous. Yeah…not a fan. Pimp, pimp, pimp….hahahahaha…gotta love Peta pointing out her greater number of MBTs. 🙂
First couple to use the troupe – not surprised. He’s doing well, but he’s not even close to as natural as Jordan and he has the easier dance. Peta gave him decent choreography.
It’s going to piss me off is he scores better than Jordan. Oh god, more couple stuff. OVER it. Why are all four of them standing up there? I suppose that will happen when Vanessa dances as well?
And he gets an 18 which is fair – I can live with that. Now…Vanessa…
I have to say….I so much prefer Maks over Val it’s not even funny. I can find Maks amusing. And Vanessa and he are going to be an interesting, entertaining team.
Horrible use of the stairs again. Why. didn’t care for the baby stuff i the beginning. Typical Maks time wasting. That was a very solid dance. And she bested her husband in my opinion. She’s more brooke than she is denise by a long shot.
Lord. Nikki is smokin’ hot. And I say this as a straight woman.
And Vanessa gets a 21 – very fair. LOL – Tom: Maks got married, had a baby and someone took his personality. Bwah!
Next up Frankie and Witney. He reminds me of Aaron Paul from Breaking Bad. Love his face when Witney said “You know you’re as old as my dad?”
Love this song so much. And I called Harry Styles a massive star from day one on that British singing show. Watched via live stream.
Anyway, respectable job by Frankie – lovely dance. Didn’t seem nervous to me. Shut UP, CAI. Jaysus. Agreed with her comments though. Score: 19 Seems fair. I like it.
Nikki and Artem up next and it’s safe to say he’s happy.
She’s certainly got the hip action. She needs some work on that kick – kinda throwing the leg away with no control. But other than that, she’s pretty damn good. LOVE the flip of Artem. Genius.
Nikki gets a 20 – seemed pretty fair. Gotta fix the kicks. She’s got potential though.
Derek is up next…and I love his momma, so excited for him to be on DWTS. Telling him that “Len watches the feet”. LOL
How tall are Sharna’s heels? She doesn’t seem that much shorter than him. This is some creative staging…and holy shit the lifts and that ending move was stunning! Wow. He did very well also – great dance!! Very good dance. He did great out there on his own.
Derek is up next…and I love his momma, so excited for him to be on DWTS. Telling him that “Len watches the feet”. LOL
How tall are Sharna’s heels? She doesn’t seem that much shorter than him. This is some creative staging…and holy shit the lifts and that ending move was stunning! Wow. He did very well also – great dance!! Very good dance. He did great out there on his own.
Derek gets a 6, 6, 6 for a total of 18. Again, that seems fair.
By the way…Lin-Manuel Miranda tweeted for Jordan. Everyone go beg him to show up to DWTS rehearsals. Please? For me? You don’t understand how much I luuuuuvvve him. 🙂
Victoria is very pretty. Val, GOOGLE before you meet your partner.
Again with the horrible cha cha song. She’s missing some steps and her leg placement is weird, which may be due to the fact that she doesn’t have feeling in them. Was that dance really short or was that just me.
I’ve always had a fondness for those fringe pants. I think CAI is a bit over the top. Her legs were not that crisp and clean – but not bad.
She gets a 19 – which is about right.
Something about Lindsey’s violin is just so amazing – it makes me happy to hear it. She and Mark are cute together.
Whoa – good legs. She’s very sharp as well. Consumate performer. Love her face. And she’s got some swag as well.
Best dance of the night. That was amazing!! Very well done and Mark’s fingerprints were all over that choreo-it was him.
Lindsay is tied with Jordan at the top of the leaderboard – as it should be. Those two are quite far out in front of the rest.
My top two of the night. But I also thought Vanessa was quite good, as was Victoria. The athletes also killed it and I though Barbara was hilarious. Really, there were no stinkers.
But next week will be the real test – from here on out, they only have a week to learn a dance. Most have probably done some work on week 2, so week 3 will be really interesting.
I’ll be heading back to work soon so I can’t wait to read all the posts
Not excited about the married couples so I hope they don’t do well otherwise and are among the first to go everyone else I’m excited about except Val can’t stand him either
Here’s to another season and my phone is working on here for once another thing I’m thrilled about
Loved the opening. So fun and it helps I adore that song 🙂 . I really liked Cheryl and Terrell. He is just a blast to watch and charismatic. Costumes were great too. I would give that a 6 easily. He has a lot of potential and he kinda reminds me of Donald driver personality wise. SIdenote, Erin looks amzing too tonight.
I thought that opening number was very creative but also very busy-I didn’t know where to look-found my eyes darting all over LOL
Not too much of a fan of Terrell Owens as far as his personality goes to be honest with you-he does seem a bit arrogant-at least he admits it LOL He found the right one with Cheryl cause she doesn’t seem to take any of her partners BS so she’ll ship him into shape….
I’m 23 and I’ve been bedbound on iv antibiotics for Lyme disease the past year. Debbie made me cry I loved it, it helped me so much. I also loved Alans choreopraphy it was beautiful.
Terrell was way underscored as was Debbie. I’m seriously annoyed
Debbie and Alan got the first tears out of me this season. I love her energy and Atitude. Rock on Debbie! That foxtrot was a great week one dance for her and Alan seems to be really loving this partnership too. I would have given that a 7.
The shark tank lady is already annoying me she’s too much for me. Dang the judges are scoring SO LOW tonight
I hate the judges comments in between scores. I agree so annoying. Judges scores are quite low tonight. Len pulled the 4 for Barbara haven’t seen that in awhile
I can honestly say that I like Sasha and drew equally but I think they both got hit with the nerves for their first dance and did a good job so I am very impressed. Sasha has a great atitude and seems like a sweetheart and drew is just really funny in my opinion. I would give them both a 6 though. A lot of potential there with those pairings. Now Barbara…..I love her personality but I hated that dance. I think it was kinda fun but keo kinda didn’t deliver in my opinion. That was just an odd dance lol. I agree completely with Len on this one.
Not sure why but Jordan reminds me of Usher. He is quite the natural I think when it comes to the ballroom. Loved everything about the dance except for the fact it had to end 🙂 . This is a couple that has the potential to go all the way. I’d easily give that an 8 (So I agree with Carrie ann). He has that “it factor” in spades
Jordan has that charisma I was hoping for. Nice personality. I like him, a lot.
Nick is good but I’m already tired of this married couple thing ???? Vanessa seems like a diva/princess but no doubt she seems like a good mom.
I’m kinda liked nick but at the same time I wasn’t wowed if that makes sense. He kinda reminds me a lot of brant Dougherty dance-wise (spelt right I think? Lol). I’d give that a 7. Costumes were great though. Now Vanessa on the other hand makes me laugh and I love everything about her personality. Energy galore lol. Maks definately delivered this week in my opinion and I wish he was having this much fun last season. She (out of the married couple) did the best in my opinion. I would easily give that a 7.
I don’t mind the judges comments bc only one is commenting after the dance… Was Barbara’s dance shorter than the others? It felt that way to me. And why give an older woman a hip hop song for a salsa? They could have given her a foxtrot for week 1…
As much as I love seeing my doppelgänger on the show, I am loving the texts from my friends and family after that lol. He actually did really good. I’d easily give that a 7. Wasn’t expecting that at all. Another one that took to the ballroom like a duck to water despite looking a bit nervous so again I’m impressed. The suit was great too
Nikki did awesome! I love her energy and fun personality and the fact she can lift artem like it’s nothing. Count me in for the “again again” group lol. She is one of the ones I think will go very far on this season. I would give that a 7.
Derek is an unexpected surprise. Fun guy and a hell of a lot better than the last basketball players on then show. i loved it and would easily give that a 7.
Way to go Debbie..Vanessa. .u rocked it..Cheryl I ???? U…Jordan …you are the one to beat!!!…???? xoxoxoxo. .love you all..love this show. .
Jamie in Winnipeg Canada
My favs so far tonight is Frankie & Nikki! I did not expect Frankie to do that good,I’m happy that I was wrong and I hope he makes it far. I had a feeling Nikki would do great and she(and Artem) did not disappoint! #TeamSmackdown
Derek is pretty good. I’m surprised. Okay, the end of that dance remind me of Bethany and Derek’s Freestyle.
Victoria is amazing. That dance I wish was better. I would give them a 6. Still I love her and her bubbly personality. But Mark and Lyndsey….to quote tom “who needs the violin?” Holy damn was that amazing. Her, Jordan, and Nikki are the ones that did the best tonight in my opinion but I would easily give Lindsay an 8
Favorite premiere night I can remember! So many great personalities, and I got a better feel for each contestant than I usually do night one. And no one that can’t at least dance decently. Excited for a great season! Loved Lindsay S and Jordan, and pleasantly surprised by Frankie and Derek.
I loved Jordan’s and Lindsay’s dances. They were near perfect!!!! I do agree that those two are spades ahead of the pack and it will be a battle of creativity and artistry for Lindsay and Mark because they are two of the the best choreographers on the show by far. It will be fun to see what they can come up with in the coming weeks. Really this season is about them.
I was really impressed by Frankie, Drew, Vanessa, and Victoria. And cor the first time in a while I knew who the entire cast was without having to Google more than five people. This is shaping up to be a good season. YAY!!!????????????????????
What a fun night! My top 3 are Lindsey, Jordan, and Nikki which I figured they would be. I like Vanessa’s attitude and I think she’ll go further than Nick. I was surprised Barbara was as bad as she was, on par with many of the first ones to go on previous seasons. I think Frankie, Sasha, and Debbie were forgettable. I wish Sharna would just dance and not make her partners do lifts, her choro is pretty one note for me.
Love this cast entirely! I don’t want anyone to go home, but I am a little fearful for Nikki this first week only because her demographic might not line well with the general audience. Other than that I can’t remember a premiere were the dancing followed a certain upward trend as far as dance talent went. I guess what im trying to say is that the pacing of this premiere was sublime.
Did not mind at all only one judge’s comments & more time to get acquainted with the couples. Worked out nicely.
The scoring in general was a bit low, sometimes harsh. If Vanessa got a 21 & Jordan a 22, Lindsey should have had a 23 at least. There was so much more to it & done well.
Victoria looked lovely. Her routine reminded me of Amy Purdy’s wk 1 were Derek hadn’t figured out yet what was safe and looked a bit over protective. I hope if there is a switch up, she is paired with Mark. That week really opened up Amy and shifted Derek.
So happy to have Mark Ballas back in the ballroom. The choreography was spot on. He and Lindsey make a good team. Reminded me of his partnership with Sadie Robertson. Should see some good dances from this pair.
Also loved Jordan and Lindsay’s tango. She has really grown as a choreographer and this partnership looks like they will go far as well. Probably will give Lindsey and Mark a good race!
I agree with you Carol, that Victoria’s routine was very similar in style to Amy and Derek. Val is not one of my favorite pros, but this partnership looks to humble him some. He seemed very protective and caring of Victoria, which he should be.
I was a little worried about such low scoring in the beginning, but as the evening went on, it was good to see the higher scores go to those who deserved them.
Looks like this may be a good season!!
PS Thanks to Heidi for the phone #s. So helpful!
Lindsey and Mark were phenomenal tonight with their Cha-Cha. I absolutely did not like Barbara Corcoran’s behavior and I was not comfortable with one judge commenting on the dancer for me that was not good idea.
@John…I agree. Even if she’s doing it in fun, going to get old and Keo doesn’t seem to be thrilled over it. Time to move on…..
If Barbara Corcoran’s sexual comments about her male pro had been made by a male celebrity about a female pro–well, that celebrity would be removed from the show.
Yeah agreed on Barbara, I understand it’s fun and entertaining but there’s a line. I think she’s probably hung herself with that in regardless to eliminations, she’ll do well to survive next week. At least her dance was entertaining and no one really stunk. Derek Fisher really surprised me, Salsa week one is rough and he hung in there after I thought it would be a train wreck. Frankie and Nikki were both better than I thought they’d be. No shock Lindsey and Jordan are by far the top two and should really be the last two standing unless Victoria’s story/journey bumps one of them. Was a little underwhelmed by Sasha, thought she’d be a lot better and was overscored compared to Terrell. Guess TPTB don’t want to lose one of their celebs that generates the most youtube hits and retweets so early on.
Poor Keo, first it’s Charo and now it’s Barbara. lol
I said it before and I’ll say it again. I really feel like TPTB are going to pimp the heck out of Derek and Sharna, so that they can win or at least make it to the finals. And after tonight, my opinon has not changed.
I hope they don’t bump Cheryl and TO out of the comp too early. ????
Clearly Jimmy Kimmel watched a different show if he things Derek Fisher is going to win. SMH
I agree with EmnEm(#31) I saw Barbara and thought there’s another Charo, probably last about as long. Most of the scores seemed about right, but I would have given Lindsey & Mark all 8’s, that was the best dance of the night. Happy Mark is back, right now this season looks promising.
Couldn’t keep commenting on the live show last night-parenting problems ???????????????? But I, too, loved Jordan and Lindsay-my two fav’s of the night!
I, also, agree that Vanessa beat out her husband on week 1 ???????????????????? We’ll see what happens from here on with those two-they’re a pretty competitive couple from what I gather. But the whole married couple vs. married couple act is making me ILL ???????????????????? I’m over it!!
I’m not gonna lie-I actually really like Val and Victoria as a couple-I think they’ve already seemed to form a nice partnership-she seems like a genuinely kind-hearted woman. She did well for her first week and I swear she looked like she was having the time of her life on that dance floor-good for her!!
I LOVE GLEB AND HIS PARTNER-I don’t know Sasha as an actress on PLL but I love her! She’s a curvy ass girl WHO CAN MOVE!! Yay!! He’s gonna have to get her to come out of her shell a bit but if he can do that, she just might turn heads on that dance floor.
Barbara is fun fun fun but that can also get annoying annoying annoying too. So we’ll see how long she lasts….
I actually thought Frankie kinda did second best to Jordan as far as the guys faired. I’m liking his partnership with Witney and I thought the routine was pretty good for week 1!
Drew, thought, was all over the place LOL He lost time to the music and he was getting so over excited that he was going a mile a minute and kinda flinging Emma around-but he’s trying hard. He’s so damn tall!
Honestly, I’m not a huge fan of Nikki Bella-I thought that tango was ok-too many high kicks. I’d like to see a few different sides of her this season though-lets see if Artem can bring it out of her….
I thought Derek did a very good job for his first week out-might have been better than Terrence TBH-gonna have to keep a close eye on both athletes this season….
I honestly had no idea about Debbie Gibson’s Lyme disease. That’s a serious illness-it can really affect a persons life. I do hope it doesn’t affect her dancing too much this season. I think Alan did a fairly good job his first week out as a pro showcasing his partner-kudos to him!
Going to be honest-not missing Julianne ???? Oh well lol
Loved the opening number!! LOVED Lindsey and Mark! I’m TeamStark!!!
Wow, Lindsey was so good last night. This season’s going to be hard. I think in the end it will be a battle of choreography between Mark and Lindsay for the win. It will be interesting. Jordan got the swag like Alfonso and Lindsey is cute like Kelly Pickler. I like them both a lot. Damn, who should I vote?
Ummm…is this the point where I point to the man in the White House to show that no, men don’t often face repercussions for their talk about women??
Male celebs every season talk about how “hot” their partner is – yet the only time someone really seems to comment on it is when a woman talks like that about a man. Very tired of this double standard – especially when it’s coming from another woman.
PH, preach it sister.
I adore Lindsay&Jordan. He seems so genuinely happy to have her as a partner and she seems over the moon to have him. I was particularly impressed by the sharpness of his footwork.
I’m totally getting a Kelli Pickler vibe from Lindsay Sterling. Funny, likeable and relatable, slightly kooky and an ability to take any steps her partner throws at her with grace.
I have high hopes for this couple and I’m super pleased to see Mark back on my TV screen.
I liked Terrell&Cheryl, Drew&Emma and Nikki&Artem as well. These celebs need some work to refine their movements, but they all have experienced, good partners. It’ll be fascinating to see them grow on the show.
I totally tuned out the judges. Like literally. Turned the sound off and read a book.
A few thoughts from the premiere:
1) I was mostly okay with the scoring except for the massive underscore I think TO got. Looking at everyone else, I think straight 6s would’ve been more appropriate.
2) Early favorite is Jordan Fisher. Great dancer and also a great personality.
3) A few surprises for me were Victoria Arlen and Frankie Muniz. Victoria surprised me because she made Val way more likable and his choreography better than past season. Frankie, I found to be very charming and energetic when I was expecting him to be forgettable.
4) Besides being over the whole married couples schtick, I have to say I found them to be two of the more forgettable dances of the evening. I think Vanessa was better, but neither was all that memorable.
I don’t think anyone in the C-bro clan can really do “memorable” which is why they have to rely so heavily on ringers or, this season, someone like Victoria to add some pizzazz. At least it appears that Val is trying for some personal and professional growth in choreographing for SYTYCD. Victoria helps, but I don’t know that we’ll be able to give him credit for that – I don’t know that he asked for it in the same way that Derek did.
Susan2 – Kellie Pickler is a pretty good comparison for Lindsey, you’re right. I don’t know that I expected her to be so quirky and bubbly. And that violin!! Maybe because it’s electronic is why I love the sound of it.
I wonder if it might come down to background story between Lindsey and Jordan. I was unfamiliar with Jordan before the announcements, so I had to go watch a bunch of his interviews and performances and read his biography. He’s a really neat guy who makes a strong impression. I’ve followed Lindsey for some time, and it strikes me that she’s unique among these contestants in that she truly built her own success. She invented a completely new form of art and brought it to the world on her own. She overcame anorexia, and in the last two years she’s struggled with the loss of her best friend and her father (who passed away in January), both to cancer.
Both Lindsey and Jordan are incredibly hard workers, and I’m very happy to see them at the top. They’re probably two of the least known in the field, so early recognition for their talent and dedication is awesome.
I definitely agree that Victoria deserves a lot of the credit for Val being more likable. I’m not convinced it’s a permanent change. It’s just nice to not have to roll my eyes at every rehearsal package where Val is involved. Between his arrogance and constant spouting of “profound” life advice I found that even with the most likable partners (Laurie) I was turned off. So I consider it a minor miracle that I actually liked the rehearsal footage and that the dance was pretty good. I’m sure I would’ve liked the rehearsal and dance with pretty much any pro given what a great spirit Victoria seems to have, but given my low expectations when it comes to Val this definitely was a surprise for me.
I expect Jordan Fisher will win so long as he can keep up the momentum week to week which he should thanks to Broadway.
Vanessa Lachey was a very pleasant surprise though the beginning of the dance (which featured no dancing and just using a pram as a prop) went on a bit long and I can see her “on” personality turning people off eventually. She’s one of those people who has to constantly fill the silence.
I don’t get what people were raving about in regard to Frankie Muniz. I mean, he was good. But he wasn’t special. There was a lot of good dancing last night but only Jordan and Vanessa and Lindsay Sterling really stood out in a good way in my opinion.
Terrell Owens was pretty lackluster but no doubt way better than Cheryl’s original partner Bobby Brown would have been.
I had high hopes for Debbie Gibson but she was really quite blah and might well get lost in the shuffle voting-wise.
Barbara Corcoran I enjoy on Shark Tank but she really came off as desperate on this and seems to be simply playing the cougar role (just as the married Lea Thompson did a few seasons back) rather than actually being one in real life. Hence how forced and creepy it seemed. Plus did anyone notice when she was getting the judge’s comments how dangerously close her hand was on Keo’s upper thigh? If he dresses to the right, she’d have been holding it.
Bonner Bolton got in trouble last year for accidentally touching Sharna in the same place but nobody seems to even mention Barbara’s hand-on-crotch antics. Double standards?
Bonner didn’t get “in trouble” – he got media attention. As is Barbara. There’s a double standard all right, just not in the way you’re thinking.
I laughed so hard at CAI’s “Hey, Cathy” moment. Was nice having three judges again but I hope they don’t stick to the one judge commenting per dancer thing.
Derek surprised me the most and I can’t remember any of Sasha’s dance even though I watched the whole thing and can remember parts of the package.
I liked how so many of the female Stars wore pants!
Heidi, I’ve only visited a handful of other websites today that had recaps of last night’s show and none of those mentioned Barbara so if she’s getting “media attention” it’s from elsewhere and so I was no aware.
Yes, male contestants on the show have brought up the fact that their partner is hot (usually at the insistence of Erin Andrews who often pushes the showmance angle even when I suspect the male contestant in question is gay) but I’ve never seen one of them be the male equivalent of Barbara last night which was basically her begging for it nonstop. Add in the “mandingo” element and it was really quite repugnant.
I feel sorry for Keo and, much as I like Barbara on Shark Tank, I hope she’s voted off soon so Keo will no longer be put in such an obviously uncomfortable position. His hostage-like facial expressions said it all. It’s sexual harassment pure and simple and shouldn’t be tolerated no matter what sex the perp is.
Call me prudish but I don’t like overly sexual stuff coming from guys OR gals – and Keo looks horribly uncomfortable through all his patience.
I liked Victoria and Lindsey’s dance the best. Victoria is so wonderful, just a ray of warmth and determination. Her movements weren’t the most confident or precise, but holy crap, I can’t believe she can dance like that without feeling her legs!! I hope Val keeps up his current strategy of staying out of her way. And giving her amazing pants. Lindsey was fantastic too – she has amazing natural flair and confidence. I’m so happy seeing her having a blast on DWTS, she’s loved dancing for so long and you can tell this really is a dream come true for her.
Just a little rant about scheduling & it’s effect on ratings.
I wish that networks that actually care about dance programs would get together and not PLAN for important days (premieres/finales) to split their viewing audiences.
Last night SYTYCD had a finale for a really good season while DWTS was debuting. I’m sure some people were recording one (or on demand) while watching the other. I know DWTS wants to wrap before Thanksgiving, but couldn’t Fox bump the SYT schedule 1 week earlier to avoid this conflict? Both shows would benefit from better ratings, right?
NBC’s American Ninja Warier finale was also last night but I don’t believe they would be interested in helping an ABC show boost ratings. WOD did very well for them this summer. I’m only hoping they DON’T move it to Monday nights in 2018 when they expand it.
Comments/suggestions?
Power rankings are up: https://www.puredwts.com/2017/09/19/puredwts-season-25-week-1-power-rankings/
Much of the time, Luke, people’s perceptions of what happens on a show (mandingo) says more about the viewer than it does the person involved. And that’s all I’ll say about that.
Why did SYTYCD get scheduled on Monday to begin with? They’ve NEVER been able to compete with DWTS so why would the network DO that?? Unless they figure that no matter what goes into Monday night it’s going to lose so why not do it to their show that is already on the bubble?? DWTS has been on Monday’s since I can remember, so it’s really on Fox to schedule around it unless they just don’t care.
@PH – I was gonna say – did Barbara actually use that term? I was only half paying attention, but I don’t think she said it…
I certainly didn’t hear it if she did, Court. I’m mainly bent out of shape by folks who seem to think you die sexually after the age of 35 or so and you should just shut it if you find someone hot. 🙂
And really – Keo uncomfortable? I think folks are projecting their own feelings onto the man. There are plenty of men (and women, especially) who don’t like it when women talk the same way most men do.
@PH – It really puts things in perspective when you compare a lot of the complaints being made about Barbara, to Robert’s journey on DWTS…
Random angry fan: “Barbara shouldn’t be going after a younger man!”
Me: Robert has 15 years on Kym…
Random angry fan: “Barbara shouldn’t be making comments about how sexy Keo is!”
Me: Robert was pretty gushy over Kym during his season…
Random angry fan: “Barbara likes to flaunt how rich she is!”
Me: Errr, Robert’s first dance had a money theme, too…and he promised Kym a Ferrari if they won their season.
And yes, LOTS of projection happening…
I was going to say: doesn’t Keo always look kind of uncomfortable (or maybe bored)?
Or is that just me projecting my occasional boredness with the show onto Keo?
@Nukegrrrl – No, you’re not alone. I find that Keo’s resting, neutral expression always tends to read a bit bewildered – nothing’s really wrong, but his resting face just has a tinge of confusion.
Amazing opening night! I’m not gonna lie, Mark & Lindsey
TORE IT UP! I kept changing up my favs thru-out the night. But, this season I’m putting my love for Maks, Peta & Val aside and going with my fav dance choice as of last night., which will probably change as we get further into the season. Great night #dancefam! Can’t wait till next week! Don’t disappoint @markballas & Lindsey!
Carol, I haven’t watched religiously this season, but I thought they moved the SYTYCD finale to next week just so it wouldn’t have to compete with the DWTS premiere. I think that was really the only thing Fox could do to “help” it. Network TV ratings are a mess across the board (especially ABC and some inexplicable decisions they’ve made lately like acquiring Idol) and it’s probably just going to get worse.
CM, you are right. I watch both shows with a friend who is a SYTYD fan & she said 9/18 was the finale, but they did not eliminate anyone & next Monday will be the last episode.
2016 was the 1st year they had this overlapping schedule issue come up. So wish the execs would coordinate so dance fans don’t have to choose. Having it 1 week later is not helping much.
Summer shows should end in the summer.