Dancing With The Stars Producer Conrad Green Says The Dance Duel Is Gone And More

Entertainment Weekly has a great Fall TV Preview for some returning reality shows. It gives some little hints for what to expect including Dancing With The Stars. Guess what? There will be “NO DANCE DUELS” for the new Dancing With The Stars All Star season. Producer Conrad Green says they are going to make the whole season about celebrating the past. They plan to make the game harder and more bold with celebrities at times. Hmmm? Below is more…

What To Expect This Season: The Dance Duel is gone, but 13 familiar faces return for the first-ever All-Star season. We’ve got winners and runners-up, original partners and some all-new pairs — and even more former contestants will perform on the Tuesday results shows.

Green says: ”We’ll probably try to change up the competition slightly to reflect the fact that all of our stars have done this before — so we’ll try and make the game a little bit harder, or get a little more bold with the celebrities at times. We’re going to try to make the whole season a celebration of the past.” —Annie Barrett

You can read more of Entertainment Weekly’s Fall TV Preview here. Thanks to Evaine for the heads up on this news!!! I have one thing to say…. THANK GOODNESS FOR NO MORE DANCE DUELS! Let’s get Miss Heidi’s thoughts….

Heidi: Thank you baby Jesus! So, did he figure out on his own that the dance duels were a horrendous idea or did he actually hear lots of bitching from the judges and fans? Or all of the above? The judges never really seemed pleased with the idea and really, did it ever work as they intended it to work?? This season would only be worse, since some of the better dancers (Sabrina, Kelly) could have smaller fanbases than some of the lesser dancers (Bristol, Pam). Can you see Sabrina and Kelly in a dance off?? Sabrina might be better, but I would bet she has less draw than Kelly.  Or even worse, what if some crazy set of circumstances pitted Drew against Joey??  Shawn against Drew??  It had the potential of being a train wreck, not to mention that I don’t know anyone who actually thought they were a good idea. Let the dances and the votes stand on their own.

But what the hell does he mean when he said “a little more bold” with the celebrities??  Even MORE manipulative packages?? Scanty clothing?? What does that mean??  As for making the game a little bit harder – well sure, as long as it’s logically harder. Like the judging being tougher, holding them to the standards of the dance more, or even eliminating the stupid “no lift” rule.  But really, when Conrad starts talking like this, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a bit nervous.  His track record ain’t that great. 🙂

More DWTS Season 15 Rehearsal Arriving Coverage And Photos In Rehearsals

PopTVDotCom covers some of our couples arriving to rehearsals. I don’t know where Henry is, but, this Steve is a hoot.

Also, don’t miss seeing a great photo album of the couples arriving at rehearsals at Pure Derek Hough (our Miss Heidi provides all things HEATASTIC on Derek!), Zimbio Pictures, and I Need My Fix (thanks to @Elara38 for this link). Below is Kelly Monaco! I love her Aviators!

Also, below is Cheryl and Emmitt in Dallas in rehearsals thanks to Emmitt’s facebook.

Bristol posted this first rehearsal pic at her blog in case you didn’t get to see it.

And that is all for now. 15 more days until the real deal!

“Behind the Scenes” Of The DWTS Season 15 All-Star Promo Shoot (Video)

OMG. I am so enjoying these daily pushes by ABC! Are you ready for this one? Well, take a look thanks to TPTB!!

More Dancing With The Stars All Star Title Shoot Interview Footage (Video)

ET Online has posted some video footage from the Dancing With The Stars All Star title shoot interviews. The contestants talk of why they did the show again, the importance of winning the mirror ball, their relationships, and much more. Check it out below or you can see and read on it at the link. We finally get to see Kirstie too!! 19 more days, Everyone!

More DWTS All Star Arrival Pics, Location Of Where Couples Are Rehearsing Video

Wow, there are so many awesome pictures coming out of the Dancing With The Stars All Star couples now. I hope you are following them at twitter as they’ve been posting pics and instagrams almost daily such as the pic of above of Chelsie and Helio. Pure Derek Hough, X17 Online, DWTSSeason13 Facebook, and the Daily Mail also have some fun takes they are featuring today of some of the couples arriving to and at rehearsals.

Ryan Seacrest talked about where the couples are rehearsing in the video below. Note how Emmitt and Cheryl will be staying in Dallas every week to rehearse except for show days. Melissa and Tony are also in Dallas currently. According to twitter, Anna and Drew are in Ohio rehearsing. Mark and Bristol will rehearse in Alaska. Things are really starting to heat up!! Geez, I don’t think I can stand this wait much longer? 😯

Pictures Of First DWTS All Stars Rehearsal Arrivals And More Part 2

New pictures of our pros and all star celebrities are really starting to surface now as they all hit Dancing With The Stars rehearsals for the first time this week. Below is Joey, Kym, and Peta arriving to the studio over the weekend. You can see loads more pics of Gilles, Apolo, Kirstie, Karina, Maks, and Val at X17. Also, don’t miss following them all at twitter if you can because they are starting to post pics and instagrams there too such as this new pic of Melissa with Tony and this pic of Cheryl, Emmitt, and his daughter yesterday. So cute!!

E Online Goes Behind The Scenes At Dancing With The Stars Season 15 Title Shoots

22 days and counting! Is this wait going to be pure agony for you like it is for me? 😯 Here’s a little teaser. We’ve kind of seen a lot of these scenes already, but, it’s fun to watch none the less. From E Online behind the scenes at the Title shoots, you can watch their coverage here.