Dancing With The Stars 12 – After Finale Media Part 1 (Interview Round Up)
First, I want to start out this post saying that the news, media, commentary, polls, contests, and blogging for Dancing With The Stars doesn’t stop here with the finale of Season 12. We update all through out the off season for what comes out for news, next Season cast rumors, interviews, special commentaries, and more. John is talking about a new Jewelry Contest. Heidi has some cool commentaries coming up she promised to write. Courtney is planning to continue writing the Search posts. She’s also planning to do a special Awards which was a kick last year. So, be sure to check back regularly if you are dance and blogging nuts like ourselves and thanks so much for reading and partaking as you have this past Season. You all rock and have added great fun, thought, and insight into making this Season even more special.
With that said, here are some fun interviews after the show last night from On The Red Carpet, Jimmy Kimmel, Access Hollywood, and Good Morning America.
Below is Kym and Hines reaction to being the Season 12 Mirror Ball Trophy Winners. They had so much fun. Kym says she knew Hines would be special when she saw that warm smile and how he never complained when they had to work so hard.
Here the winners are again. They said they didn’t know who would win since the competition was so close. Hines said he owes everything to Kym. They plan to always keep in touch.
Below is Kym and Hines on Jimmy Kimmel. As always Jimmy asks some serious questions and some goofy ones too.
Moving on to the others. Maks starts out praising Kirstie and how much he learned about himself through this expereince with her in this interview. He says it’s been “THE most incredible Season” for him and the “most rewarding”. Kirstie learned so much too and she feels Maks has healed her from being “broken”. They are bittersweet. It’s hard not to be moved by these two.
Kirstie talks of how much she wanted the Mirror Ball for Maks in this interview. She talks about how Maks woke her up. There is so much about Maks people don’t know…two being he is an amazing actor and so funny. Kirstie thanks all of her fans with a special message.
Chelsea is so excited and thankful for this experience. Mark said what he loved about this Season is that it was about “artistry and creating paintings” for him since he had such an amazing partner in Chelsea. She’s looking forward to the doors that have opened for her because of this show.
The last three contestants were very good. However, I believed Chelsea was the best of all. It’s great that people can vote for their favorite star, but being that this is a talent contest and not a popularity contest, it should be judged accordingly. My suggestion for next year, is to have the public do their voting until you have your last three. Then, let the professionals do their judging based on talent.
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Miriam, if they did it that way, then Chelsea wouldn’t have even been in the final 3. I think that is pretty much FACT based on the fact that Kirstie needed 20k more votes than her to get second place and managed it, plus Ralph had gotten 25k more votes than Romeo to stick around. The only reason Chelsea made the final was thanks to the 15 point bonus round. Letting the judges have the say on the final 3?? Yeah, that’s probably all well and good until they don’t agree with YOU.
And this is becoming one of those subjects that bugs the living shit out of me, along with the whine “Derek always gets the best partners” – The “popularity” contest versus talent contest. HELLO ? people it has always been a popularity contest. Where have you been?? It strikes me as hilarious that the exact same people are likely to whine when someone has too much previous experience!! You can’t have it all ways people. Didn’t we read just the other day that Chelsea has been dancing most of her life??
TPTB’s instructions have always been to “vote for your favorite.” ITA it has never been just a talent contest. Louie Vito would have never lasted six weeks. Jerry Rice would not have been a finalist. Emmit Smith would not have won over Mario Lopez nor Melanie Brown lost to Helio Castroneves.
IMO, Hines and Kym were a terrific PARTNERSHIP and I hope they remain lifelong friends. Kirstie and Maks were a great partnership. I hope Chelsea has a very successful career post-DWTS.
Oh man, that 15 point Cha Cha was the stupidest thing ever; Ralph clearly was destined for the finals before that b.s took place. Guess ABC really needed their Disney starlet to be in the finals. I would have loved to see a Karina/Maks showdown.
Didn’t Nicole and Jennifer request Derek as partner? Kinda hard to fault him for those gimmes, since both Nicole and Jennifer were the two biggest stars of their respective seasons.
I have been rooting for Hines since day 1. was he the best dancer; no but he was fun to watch, worked hard; did not whine and Kym is a doll. I would have been happy with Kirstie too only because she was 60…which I am closing in on. And Maks deserves a win.
After last season; this was enjoyable (except for the Bonus cha cha) and actually enjoyed the finale; all two hours of it. I espcially loved Petra’s face when she realized Josh Groban was actually there.
OMG thanks for these. I wasnt able to DVR anything today so I will be loving watching these over and over.
I knew Hines was going to win as soon as the show started, of course Dancing by the Numbers gave me the heads up, but the ceiling photos at the top of the show, had the top 3 in just the order they placed and I knew that was a sign from above.
Also Princess Heidi you called it in Week 4 in your power rankings you said, you hereby declare Hines the winner of season 12. You must have a crystal ball or maybe a crystal discoball….hehe.
Yes, Tittle, they did both ask for Derek. And in the case of both of them, I think TPTB certainly wanted them badly enough to give them what they asked for. Erin Andrews asked for Maks and they apparently tried to talk her out of it. 🙂 That’s twice in one season – I have a feeling it happens a LOT more often than we realize. That celebs ask for and get a certain pro, that is.
Incidentally, both of those 2 are the ones Derek mentions when asked who his favorite partner is. He was asked this on two different occassions in the last couple months and Nicole is always the first one he mentions – he says that the two of them are very similar in terms of sense of humor and personality, etc. He always mentions Jennifer and Lil’ Kim by name as well. He says he loves all of them and is in touch with all of them, but those are the names that come out of his moth.
Another interesting, less well-known partner request: Donny originally requested Lacey as his partner for season 9. Clearly they either talked him out of it or just flat-out told him “no”. 😛
And yeah – somebody find me some sort of official written document that says DWTS is a contest where “the best dancer should win”. Anyone that believes that is likely to be in for a rude awakening – because there’s been several stars who’ve been the best dancers on their respective seasons that didn’t win. John, Sabrina, Gilles, Mya – take your pick. All technically the best dancers on their seasons – all MBT-less.
Great comments. The thing is, DWTS isn’t a true popularity contest. If it were, Ralph would have been in the finals. DWTS is an ABC-Disney-ESPN-and a zillion radio stations juggernaut for their stable of talent. Hey, its their show and they can do what they want.
Someone recently mentioned Evan again on this site, how he was treated to nasty comments by the judges. It made me think of something I recently read from Erin. She said that she was sitting next to Cheryl when Evan and Anna got scored during the finals. And Cheryl said that the point spread, done by the judges, was now too big for Evan to overcome. He was popular enough – and that was a problem for TPTB re Nicole (who was terrific, but that’s beside the point when the playing field gets jacked by someone backed by Simon Cowell). Maybe I’m wrong but I don’t think so.
I thought both Nicole and Jennifer wanted Derek, thanks for the confirmation.
I think criticism of Derek is due to the fact that he’s never had to dance with a dead weight, while all the other pros have, some way more than others.
It’s interesting because SCD has never had a pro win twice, while over here, Kym Johnson has her second trophy. Another two time winner to join our three time winner (Derek), and the rest of the two timers (except Alec).
Frankly, Jay, I doubt Cheryl knows jack about the point spreads or viewer voting numbers – and you have to know both to be SURE that someone can’t win. She was probably guessing just like we do. I also wouldn’t trust anything Erin said, as she was as bitter as they come about Nicole the whole time she was on the show. Not exactly an unbiased source of information.
Yeah, Tittle, if THAT was the reason usually given for why Derek gets flack, I wouldn’t actually have a problem with it. He hasn’t had dead weight (which is a horrible thing to call anyone, but I digress). But the usual line is “Derek gets all the ringers” or “Derek gets all the best dancers/partners” or “They only give Derek good dancers” – which is just absurd. Every single pro on this show has had at least one “ringer” of some sort. Even Jonathan got Marie Osmond who was a ringer based on fanbase. Even the griping about the lack of “dead weight” is pretty stupid. It’s not like he hasn’t had any challenges or that he just “gets lucky” every time. Absurd. Anyone who can make models look good dancing is a good teacher. Period.
Thanks for setting me straight.
I didn’t think I was setting you straight, Jay, I thought I was giving my opinion on Cheryl and Erin.
Up until the end, Mark Is the center of attention. He liked this season to show off his artistry. Glad Chelsea was there to show you off. Gag. Maybe he is hoping it impressed some celeb to request him. First he should pay attention to how he treatsnhis partners.
@Courtney – Donny Osmond asked for Lacey?!?!? Wow. That would have been “Team schizophrenia”!!! 😉 I wonder what on earth possessed him to do that.
Indeed, Sally – I remember a segment on Extra that aired the day after they announced the season 9 celebs but before they announced the couples, where Donny said he requested Lacey as his partner because he “liked her creativity” or something. I think those two probably would have driven each other nuts, though. I’m glad he ended up with Kym – she’s calm enough to handle big personalities like Donny’s with kid gloves. Plus I think her choreo probably suited him better than Lacey’s would have.
I’d love to know how many of the celebs on the show requested a specific partner for their seasons…and how many actually got the partner they requested! Lol. We know both Jennifer & Nicole requested Derek, Erin requested Maks, & Donny requested Lacey (but didn’t get her). I know they originally gave Mark to Kelly, but she asked for someone that would “really push her” so they gave her Louis instead. I definitely think TPTB use certain pros as bargaining tools to get certain big names – I’m wondering if honoring Jen’s request for Derek was a major factor in her deciding to do the show. Someone on Twitter mentioned that Jodi Sweetin (Stephanie Tanner on Full House) is still “in talks” to do the show next season & wants Derek as her partner. Not sure if she’s a big enough name to demand him, if someone more famous wants him instead.
Donny and Lacey? Just can’t see that. Kym is the most chill and laid back of the ladies and she is perfect for those with “big” personalities. Plus she does the choreography to suit her partners!
I think matching up the teams is key in how they perform and the success they achieve on the show.
I think that Kym is the new Cheryl.