Mark Ballas To Talk About Emmy Nomination For Dancing With The Stars
Sunday night Mark Ballas will chat with Chris Harrison of TV Guide’s Hollywood 411 about his Emmy nomination. Here is a sneak peak for what’s to come (I wish I could embed it, but, I can’t. You’ll also need a Facebook account to be able to view the video). Note how Chris asks Mark if he could only choose between an Emmy or a Mirror Ball Trophy, which would he choose? Mark chose “Emmy”. Hmmm, makes one wonder if that’s what Mark was going for all along last Season and will more Emmy’s (instead of Mirror Balls) be his goal in the future? If so, how will potential celebrity partners feel about it? If interested in hearing more of this interview, be sure to tune into Hollywood 411 Sunday night at 7pm ET or stay tuned to Pure Dancing With The Stars. We hope to have video coverage of it afterwards as soon as we can.
ADDING: Hollywood 411 has posted the interview finally. Here it is in full in case you missed it (I’m really liking Mark’s HAIR!);
Hey im not a Mark fan but he’s looking much better there than he has. He bought some better clothes, got out the sun, bought a razor, and got some hair on his HEAD. Good for him.
Did Chris Harrison really say ‘Take that Karina Smirnoff’? Just when I was going to give Marks interview some merit, then Chris took it all away. Chris is another one of the most annoying people ever.
Mark has 2 MBTs and 0 Emmys…Seems like the Emmy would surely be the preference. Why not try to move forward?
He looks better than he has at appearances in the past but I am soooo glad that htose black and white shoes are nowhere to be seen.
Congratulations to Mark Ballas on his Emmy nomination! Way to go MarK!
While I did not care for most of Mark’s choreography this past season, given the choice I would pick the Emmy as well. Also I don’t think the two choices are mutually exclusive.
Why not move forward? Because his JOB on DWTS is to take care of his partner and try to win for them. His behavior and his need to be innovative while breaking rules essentially caused his partner to fail. I believe that Chelsea could have won the show if not for the choreo at the beginning and Mark’s attitude.
Heidi…Heidi…Heidi !
Humm Heidi, Derek won breaking the rule with Nicole! Oops, I mean the uber ringer! WTG Mark! Happy for you.
Oh please, Beth, that old chestnut?? Derek broke the rules ONCE, not half the season at his celebs detriment – obviously, since he won. Mark actually cost Chelsea the trophy.
This isn’t just about breaking the rules. Smart people recognize when it’s good strategically to take a lecture from Len. As for ringers – HILARIOUS that a Mark fan would comment on Ringers since Mark had two of the biggest ever on the show. Hypocrite.
Derek broke the rules more than once. I don’t see you calling him out on it. No, in fact, you are wrong. Derek has had the two biggest ringers on the show. Jennifer and Nicole both studied dance. A skater and a gymnast might have a little dance but they didn’t go to school and study dance. I would love for Derek to get a partner with absolutely no musicality, dance or acting experience. If Derek came right out and said Mark helps him with choreography, I bet you would still find something negative to say about Mark. Chelsea was a great dancer, but putting someone up against a Steeler and Kirstie, she really didn’t have a chance, even if Mark did the same old boring routines. Too bad it’s a popularity contest, because Chelsea was better than both. They did fine coming in third, nothing shameful about that.
They would have come in fouth, if not for WTA cha cha.
Again, it’s not about breaking the rules – they all do it from time to time and it’s often a good, strategic move. I’ve said this many times which you would know if you read here all the time instead of only trolling to defend poor marky. It would have been that way for mark too – but he did it over and over and then acted like a whiny bitch about it even though he KNEW he was going to get yelled at. Thats where he went wrong and turned a lot of people off. If he would have manned up and accepted the criticism, it might have been a different story. He also made himself the focus of his choreo – not cool. No matter how often you try to draw a line between Derek and mark, it won’t change that mark behaved badly.
As for your ringer comments, They’re just laughable and come from a desperate need to rewrite history. Nice try, sweetie. You can claim whatever you like, it doesn’t change the fact that kristie was a lock to win in a way that neither Jennifer nor Nicole ever were. As for that dancer you describe? Not an actress, person with no musicality, and no dance experience? Joanna Krupa fits that description to non-stans. Just because Derek does better with his partners doesnt mean they are all ringers – unless you’re a mark fan, obviously. Some fans would find a way to make every partner Derek gets into a ringer because the can’t accept he might just be a better teacher than their fav. You prove that point, so thanks.
As for the comments about mark helping Derek – they all talk and help each other I’m sure. I’m sure Derek has helped mark too. So what?? Clearly Derek does his own thing 99% of the time – their styles are too different and Derek’s record is better.
So would Derek’s record be better if Mark had Jennifer last season and Derek had Bristol? They gave Bristol to Mark for a reason. No one else could handle her or be as patient with her. Remember Derek acting like a whiny little bitch when he was with Shannon.
My point being, you trash Mark for breaking the rules but make excuse for others.
There is no proof that Chelsea and Mark would have come in fourth. That is pure speculation. Unless you know the number of votes each received, you really have nothing to stand on.
Oh have a drink beth and give it up!!
Like I said, if you were a regular here and not just here to desperately defend magical mark, you would know that we HAVE discussed Derek’s bad behavior with Shannon more than once. The difference is – he never did it again. He learns from his mistakes. Unlike mark, who seems to be making a habit of it.
FYI – Bristol got to third place and yes, Derek’s record still would have been better. LOL. A better choice would have been shannen Doherty. Since Derek took a dancer that was similar in many ways – Jennie Garth – to 4th place, I imagine he would have done better with her than mark did. But we’ll never know, and it’s pointless to discuss it. We get it – you love mark. But it’s quite ridiculous on your part to continue trying to make the case that I’m biased against mark in Derek’s favor by showing how biased against Derek and FOR mark you are! I admit that I absolutely prefer Derek!! There nothing wrong with that. But you have to admit the same. Hello, pot? This is kettle…you’re black. Just sayin’.
Beth, I suggest you shut up before you get blocked. You’re trolling in a big way, & the minute I saw the words “you’re wrong”, you lost all credibility. Find a way to discuss Mark & Derek intelligently (WITHOUT attacking someone else’s opinion) or get out.
A drink really would be nice. You could use the Shannen/Jennie argument, but Derek got the actress people loved and related to. Mark got the one with a bad reputation. I don’t have a problem with Derek, I do have a problem with people bashing Mark. I don’t deny that. You can read all over the ABC board that I prefer Mark and defend him. Mark did go over the top with a few dances, but was underscored compared to the other competition even when he didn’t. I don’t blame him for being pissed.
Lol…I’m pretty sure most of the regulars here would rather fellate a hot curling iron than go over to the ABC boards, Beth – let alone go there & read all of your gushing about Mark. And if you’ve got a problem with people bashing him (or anyone else, for that matter) – you’re gonna have a pretty rough life. People are always gonna diss people, and if that’s their opinion, fine. If you’re trying to stop them, you’re not gonna have much time for sleep…or anything else. Get over it.
So, Courtney, what you are saying is…it’s fine to come here and bash Derek and I shouldn’t receive any resistance to it? That I should tell you to “Just get over it”
Oh, so that one little difference made her go out first instead of 6th or 7th?? I don’t think so.
Defend mark all you like – but you are drawing parallels with Derek which don’t apply in order to do it. That just makes YOU into what you claim to dislike and feel the need to defend. It’s a very common tactic – instead of just defending mark on his own merit (he does have some, right?) you try to do it in a way that pulls other pros down. If mark is that great, you wouldn’t need to do that.
As for bashing? Nope, don’t think calling someone out for their behavior is bashing but a statement of opinion. If mark was a perfect gentleman (like season 5 mark) and I was calling him an asshole for no apparent reason, you might have a point, but I wasn’t and you don’t. But FANS think anything less than positive is “bashing” – hell, I’ve been called a bad Derek fan for having the temerity to say (out loud) that I wished he would get his head out his ass where Cheryl cole is concerned. Y’all need to either lighten up or go somewhere else. This ain’t the abc boards where you can shout everyone else into submission. In fact – we hate that place so I wouldn’t brag about crusading there.
I don’t blame you about the Cheryl Cole fiasco. Actually, sometimes ABC is better. You can’t say some of the things I have seen on this board. Still the same premise though. You state your opinion and the vultures swoop in and attack.
:::sigh::: beth, I’m starting to feel like I’m having a battle of wits with an unarmed man – one that keeps changing the subject to try to deflect from his unarmed status.
People say unkind things about Derek all the time – LIKE YOU. I argue with them sometimes and sometimes I don’t. Mainly because accusations without merit bother me. I couldn’t really care less what you think about either man – it’s stupidity which bothers me. You might want to study your approach to defending mark – if you don’t like “bashing”, maybe you should practice what you preach. I can pretty much guarantee that if you had come in here preaching the wonders of mark and left it at that, you would have had a much different experience.
You didn’t just state your opinion though beth. You really need to read everything you write and how you wrote it – you accused us of bashing mark by “bashing” Derek and drawing parallels that were faulty. The ABC boards might buy the spurious arguments because most people there are, like, FIVE – but we expect more intelligence here. Sometimes we fail, but we try.
If the ABC boards are better (presumably because you can crusade unquestioned), you may return there at any time.
Here’s some questions for you to ponder. How do you know Joanna doesn’t have any musicality. She took ballet as a child, don’t know how long though and she could have natural musicality. Another question, have you ever wonder why Corky isn’t as vocal about supporting Derek after that Paso Doble?
I don’t do anything on this board that hasn’t been done before. There is a lot of negativity about Mark spewed here. Seems like Admins and Mods should be unbiased, JMO!
You made a statement about Mark breaking rules…I made a statement about you talking about Mark and Derek broke rules too. You said Derek broke one rule…I stated he broke more than one. You think Mark had the biggest ringers on the show…I stated Derek did…Do I need to continue?
How do you know she did?? According to Derek’s dad, Derek thought they were going the first week because she couldn’t even walk when he met here.
And don’t be bringing ridiculous conspiracy theories in here about Corky – Corky was falling all over himself trying to claim Derek as his son about the time he probably learned that Derek had a role in a movie – Julianne too. Lots of people noticed it – I think it was the view where they tried talking about mark and corky brought up Derek. He also talked about Derek and Cheryl to the press. I imagine Derek told him to shut the fuck up, in his own PC Derek way. Lots of people have also noticed Derek pimping the hell out of mark, but the only time mark acknowledges Derek’s existence is to retweet his congrats about the Emmy. Talk about selfish! MarKy be jealous and so are his fans, obviously.
Aaand we have now reached the talk about the boards and how mod should be unbiased!! Right on schedule. Nice try beth – that don’t fly here. There ain’t no unbiased. Now go away, back to the land of ABC.
You just don’t get it, do you?? Hopeless case. Rewriting history. Go away or I’ll make you go away. Come back when you can discuss things rationally.
How is Derek pimping Mark? He tweeted about the emmy nod, but has he publicly supported Mark’s new CD? How much did he support Mark and Chelsea?
I forgot to add, it was Joanna herself that said she took ballet as a child. She had to quit because they didn’t have the money.
He hasn’t pimped him lately – I’m hoping he learned his lesson from when mark hadn’t tweeted good luck to him about anything in more than a year, including when he was dancing with Nicole. Derek was relentlessly promoting mark on twitter when he was playing clubs in LA – yet Mark never returned the favor. Ever.
Still doesnt matter, beth. I would imagine most of marks partners had dance as children too – big deal. That is what lots of kids do. Now I’m going to say it one more time – you really are verging on trolling now, and playing has been fun, but i am just about done with your nonsense.
Do not feed the troll.
But using Beth’s logic, then Melissa Joan Hart has musicality too since she took dance classes as a kid.
Brooke was good with no dance classes. But I am sure she is a ringer to Beth. So is fifty year old, injured neck Jennifer. But not Kristi, Shawn, or Sabrina.
I saw Derek tweeting about Mark’s album and links to the video. Saying in interviews Chelsea was good. I saw no tweets from Mark about Derek’s movie or when Derek received his three Emmy nominations.
Whoa!! Mark definitely DID tweet about Derek’s Emmy nominations. Way to go bro, proud of you, type of thing. And I’m pretty sure he mentioned something on Twitter or Facebook when Derek’s movie role was announced. Let’s see if he tweets about the movie when it’s coming out before casting those aspersions, maybe?
Hey, did y’all hear about Maks wanting Hope Solo for his next partner? *g*
I always need reminding on that whole “don’t feed the troll” thing. 🙂
Yeah, there was a long while there where that was all the tweeting Derek did – pimping all of marks crap and not his own. We didn’t hear from mark at all on the TWO nominations last year, Derek’s movie, no good luck to him and Nicole…and you’re right Melissa, Derek always picked Chelsea in interviews. He’s loyal to a fault that’s for sure. To his detriment, IMO. I wish he would balance it more – go halfway between marks relentless self promotion and his own non-promotion.
I don’t think so evaine – if he did it was directed at his BFF chelsie. And I haven’t seen a peep about the movie and nothing about Nicole except bitching about her in interviews.
*shrug* I’m pretty sure he did, but I’m not going to argue about it. 🙂
I’m just pleased that Mark got nominated for an Emmy for routines that I enjoyed. And that DWTS got a nomination amidst the SYTYCD herd of nominations. 🙂
Ugh. And the gloating on twitter was pleasurable too. :::rolls eyes::: I expect he’ll be even more fun this coming season.
But look on the bright side…everyone seems to love maks again. 🙂
I remember that passive aggressive interview. He is jealous and insecure in my opinion. Maybe his attitude last season was due to insecurity. He seemed set on getting the innovative choreographer tag and an Emmy nom. He did get the nomination. Sadly his attitude ruined those dances. Also Chelsea seemed to be an after thought. I do wish Kym would get a nomination on year.
Imagine if he wins, Heidi ? I hope sytycd wins in this year. I am rooting for Stacy.
Well, maybe if he finds a way to be superior to Derek in some way (in his mind anyway) maybe he’ll relax and return to normal.
Really? I think it our make it worse. I feel the nominations only justified what he did, to him. Also, those dances do not deserve to win, lol.
Meant would make it worse.
Sadly, I do not think normal will return . As you said, it is a habit now.
My favorite out of that group is whoever choreographed Alex and twitch – I think it was nappy tabs. As long as mia doesn’t win. It would probably be worse if mark won – But I never thought I would like maks again after erin’s season, but I do so there’s hope. I hope. His tweet gloating about getting a nom for dances the judges didn’t like isn’t a good sign.
Yeah, I saw those tweets and huge turn off. I think Maks mellowed out. I do not think Mark will mellow out. NappyTabs did that routine. It was good but I feel the body of work by Stacy is stronger. Mia is annoying but her one dance with the different stages in life was so moving. I just do not want a default win by Mark if the sytycd dances cancel each other out.
Is the voting the same as last year? One winner only or are they allowing multiple winners this year? I think Derek’s paso/quickstep and Derek and Chelsea could have won if they allowed multiple winners last year.
I assume the voting is the same – I haven’t really looked, tbh. It’s always been a majority of SYTYCDers and a DWTS person – they always win. Nigel campaigns like a mad man. I don’t see how DWTS will ever win.
I’d be happy with NappyTabs – I like them for whatever reason. I even liked them BEFORE they spent the summer with Derek, befriending him when he seemed rather down in the dumps. 🙂
I’ve only posted here a few times and I love the site. However, Heidi I think you do need to check your attitude re: Mark. It’s putting me off the site (which used to be far preferrable to any of the other dwts options). You’re feeding into the imagined Mark/Derek rivalry and that’s always gonna attract the crazies. It’s all a bit OTT… Please take this as a constructive criticism because otherwise I think you all do a great job. By the way, Mark’s former partner Shawn is returning to gymnastics competition this weekend and just signed a Nike deal. Perhaps you guys could do a “where are they now?” segment on some of the previous celebs?
@Melissa – Justification for Mark is exactly what this nomination has done. He will never go back to the way he was. Hes smarter than that, this new attitude has worked brilliantly for him in the emmy department. Mark is here to stay. Ugly as it is!!!
KJ – this is your one chance. Talk about something else or don’t come back. I’m not tolerating talking about me or the board any longer. I’ve not changed – my least favorite pro has and that’s what some fans can’t handle. Very condescending post – which I will delete if you do it again. If you can’t handle the opinions expressed here about Mark or anyone else – don’t read.
ETA: By the way…it was your friend Beth who brought Derek into this topic of conversation many, many posts ago. We were just talking about Mark.
I caught the 411 interview. It was ok…Chris Harrison seemed ill at ease. Maybe he had never met Mark. I like Mark better with hair. 🙂
Woah! I’ve been MIA and wanted to Congratulate Mark on his Emmy nom! I had no idea before there was a rivalry between Derek’s fans and Mark’s fans, but I’d like to add my 2cents [respectfully]
As far as where they place on the show, I don’t use that for anything. To me, it’s a reality show. To me it’s dancing with the stars so I vote for the celeb/team I enjoy the most. At the end of the day, a lot of this is a popularity contest. It doesn’t matter to me who has more MBTs. I don’t think having more MBTs than another pro means anything. Karina has never won and nobody can tell me that Cheryl is better than her [no offense to anyone] I just don’t think the MBT reflects that heavily on the pro.
As for Derek/Mark pimping each other well, Derek seemed to really like the Wizard Waltz, congratulated Mark on the emmy nod. Derek talks about “Light On” [a song he helped write” Derek is big on “All For Nothing” [since he helped with the video] and yes when asked about the season he talked about Chelsea. During Season 10, Mark talked about voting for Derek and Nicole in pap videos and I’m sure he’ll talk about Cobu [even if he doesn’t do on Twitter because we all know Twitter isn’t the only source of communication. It’s huge, but with these two, it doesn’t mean much [to me]
That’s just what I see. People who have seen me post here know that I enjoy both Derek and Mark very much so please don’t take this as I’m defending Mark. Mark, Derek, and the rest are all talented adults. They don’t need fans defending them. For what it’s worth, in the 3rd survey, I put Derek as best choreographer and Mark as most entertaining. Enjoy them and this site a whole lot.
Melissa, you can defend Mark all you like, it’s no skin off my nose (and I just got back from the dermatologist too!). It’s some of Mark’s fan style of defense that’s at issue here. They kept bringing Derek into it and it just devolved from there. They are separate human beings, so why Derek gets pulled in for breaking rules (Maks, Lacey and others have as well) or having ringers (Mark, Maks, Anna, Cheryl and several others have as well) is rather annoying, particularly when it’s all been discussed before. To death. All problems/issues and annoyances seem to be rooted in Derek for a lot of people. Jealousy would be my first guess.
Simple math here – Derek has 3 MBTs and has been on 7 seasons. That means he’s actually LOST more than he’s won. He has ONE more trophy than Mark, Cheryl, Julianne and Kym. ONE. So with all those many trophys spread between FIVE people, why does Derek take all the crap?? I think that’s a pretty simple one. See above. 🙂 It’s irrational and bizarre.
@Princess Heidi I completely understand and respect everything you’re saying.
I just never experienced or expected to experience some kind of rivalry between their fanbases. I’m sorry it came across as me defending Mark, that was never my intent. I don’t know any of the dancers personally, they aren’t members of my family or close friends. They don’t needed my defending or anyone else’s, if you ask me, but I do thank you for filling me in! Much respect to you and the others who run this site.
No problem, Melissa. How it got started is a mystery. I think it was a shock to some to discover that not everyone automatically pairs them into one person and loves both. Like I’ve said before – I’ve never been a koolaide drinker. 🙂 I’ve actually had people tell me that I had to love Mark because he’s Derek’s “brother” -and I was a bad fan of Derek’s if I didn’t. Um…I only have time for one hot fantasy boy in my life, thanks. 🙂
That’s crazy! So many DWTS fans take it to the extremes. I do like them both, but have no problem calling Mark a douche when he’s being a douche, which sadly is far too frequent lately.
I know Maks fans that don’t like Tony and vice-versa and Tony calls everyone “brother” People are too much. 🙂
So happy that Mark got an Emmy nomination. I personally loved his routines this season and thought he did a great job. Don’t know whether he has a chance in hell of winning since SYTYCD always rules. I have not seen the other routines so have no idea who truly deserves to win, but just glad Mark is in the pack. As for the Emmy versus Mirror Ball question, I don’t take it as him asking what Mark was going for. I think it was more which would he prefer to receive. An Emmy is far more prestigious than the MBT, and since Mark has two, why not wish for the other? That does not mean that I believe Mark made a run for an Emmy this season-I think he gave it his all to win the MBT and was just outvoted. Oh and I am so glad to see the hair coming back-never was thrilled with the shaved look.
Thanks for posting the video. I hadn’t had a chance to see it. Not a bad interview. Chris didn’t have to say anything about Karina, though. That wasn’t very tasteful.
I also like that Mark is letting his hair grow again. It’s no secret I’m a fan of his dancing, but haven’t cared for his attitude much lately. That said, I think a DWTS choreographer deserves to win an Emmy and I’m glad Mark’s nominated, but now might not be the best time if DWTS’ first Emmy winner is gonna be Mark. I’d be thrilled in a way though if it was him though because that would mean Mia would lose, but would be happy for Travis and NappyTabs as well!