DWTS Season 14 Cast – Innuendo, Wild Guesses and Some Detective Work; Darnell Robinson
Normally I wouldn’t post something that is quite a stretch in the casting innuendo department, but then I remember when I didn’t post that I knew a Pittsburgh Steeler was dancing. Regretted it ever since. π Β So, here I am and here’s how it went down:
I’m surfing the “dancing with the stars” twitter search column on my tweetdeck when I see a random tweet from a girl who doesn’t appear to be famous or any such thing. She says “One of my friends is going to be on Dancing with the Stars? Holy crap, that’s amazing.” Β It seems very genuine but she never mentions any names or who her friend is – and she’s doesn’t tweet him or include his name anywhere on her feed that I can see. Β You’ll note that I’m not including her name here because I think she’s just a random girl and I don’t want to get her in trouble in case I’m right with my “wild ass guess”. π
So, anyway, I start performing my mad detective skillz – and I’m not going into detail of how I came to this conclusion. If I’m right, I don’t want other people using my methods. π
My guess?? Darnell Robinson, formerly of MTV’s Sweet 16 and currently a rapper and record producer. Β He’s very young (and they are always trying for a younger demographic), he’s not super famous, but famous enough and he would certainly benefit from the exposure, and he’s recently gotten some “great news”. Β As a young and cute guy, a la Romeo, he could bring in a new audience.
I have no idea if I’m right or not, but my spidey sense is tingling a bit I have to say. π I figured I better put it out there. Check out Darnell’s BlogSpot and Twitter. Β If I’m right, I’m guessing he might dance with Chelsie, since he seems to be on the smaller side and he’s young.
Oh Heidi. I think your Spidey sense is tingling for a reason! I remember when you had it with Hines Ward too well!!! I say bring Darnell on. He’d be perffect!! π
I like that you spelt skills with a Z ;D
Who is that that? Lol I hope the producers can do better than that. π
Only one ” that ” intended. π
I love it when you guys pull a Sherlock Holmes on us!!!! love this site!!
Good detective work Heidi. Darnell would be perfect for the younger crowd. As long as there is no Jenner/Kardashian hitting the dancefloor then all is good… π
Hey guys, I don’t know if you’ve reported this, but the other day, Ryan Tedder, who ‘outed’ Gavin DeGraw on the carpet for this season, tweeted:
“Note to self: when on the Grammy red carpet & asked about other artists- say “no comment”- even if what u have 2 say is nice. #footinmouth”
Thinking Gavin could be in?
Here Lisia:
https://www.puredwts.com/2012/02/15/rumor-dolly-parton-and-gavin-degraw-close-to-signing-for-dancing-with-the-stars-season-14/
I know this is going to sound a little mean but if they want to attract a younger demographic, Darnell Robinson isn’t the person to do it. Not a lot of people know who he is and they need to find a younger person that is well known amongst young and old alike (ex. Romeo, Cody Lindly, Apollo (when he was on the show he was probably at his peak in popularity with people my age at the time……him and tony hawk were probably my idols lol), audrina, kristin cav., etc.)
Saying that, If he does indeed does the hsow I can see him paired with Peta or Chelsie (Peta I’m guessing becuase they would want to challenge her to see what she can do since ron artest or meta world peace as he is known as now got kinda shortchanged due to his inability to dance and that stupid stupid song.
I’ve thought Gavin sounded like a contender since the day Ryan blabbed. π That said…he could just be referring to it being all over the media now and he was just joking or something.
Vin, my sense on Darnell is that he would be too short for Peta – but I don’t know that for sure.
Sandy, we’ll see how good my detective work is in 9 days. π
When folks accidentally blab, whether it’s themselves or a friend, and then it’s backtracked or deleted (as in the case of deleted tweets) then it makes me suspect the truth was there. π
For what it’s worth, Darnell’s fame may lie more in his family ties than anything else – according to my coworker (who runs an internet hip-hop radio show, and is somewhat “plugged in” to the hip-hop scene), Darnell is actually somewhat of hip-hop royalty: his grandparents founded Sugar Hill Records, and I guess his dad (maybe?) was a member of the Sugar Hill Gang…y’know, “Rapper’s Delight”? So he may be a bit more notable than we initially thought…even if it’s not necessarily to the main demographic of DWTS.
Well then, if this turns out to be true, I hope Darnell is the “next Romeo” – someone I’d never heard of, who turned out to be pretty good, and refreshing to watch! π I don’t know about all of you, but I’m darned good & ready for a cast leak! Come on, TPTB – BRING IT ON! π
I hope he is on it I need someone who is my age and is hot to look at π and Darnell is definitely that. Hopefully he’s better then Romeo, I love Romeo but he was stiff lol. Can’t wait to find out the cast this season!
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