Inside Rehearsals DWTS Season 19 Week 1 On GMA, Cheryl Burke Announces Her Last Season
Melissa Rycroft went inside rehearsals for Dancing With The Stars this weekend. Also, Cheryl Burke announces that this is probably her last season on the show (wha? 🙁 ). More below from Good Morning America today. Thanks to @IdolXfactor1 for being so speedy!
Cant say im surprised at cheryls news but i will miss her . I hope she has a good last season with Antonio.
Happy Premiere Monday to all!!!!
Random thoughts on the video. Everyone’s looking good; should be an entertaining premiere. Love the “Smiley” cake for Tavis’s 50th. Beth and Sadie seem calm about the whole thing. The only one who seemed nervous was Antonio, but all they need to do is put the camera on Antonio III and the votes will roll in (what a cute little guy!) I’m happy for Cheryl that she feels comfortable with where she is in her life and is ready to wrap up the DWTS part of her career.
Starting to feel real now!
Lolo looks somewhat awkward in her movements and not very natural so hopefully Keo can get her to loosen up since I REALLY want him to stick around as long as possible.
I’m still the most excited for Randy and Lea probably and then Alfonso third. Think all three couples will be a delight to watch.
I’ll believe Cheryl come next season…not totally buying it just yet.
Sucks to hear Cheryl’s leaving. I wanted her to sit a season out at some point but gone for good? Bummer.. Well after 10 years, I think I would probably do the same.
Now on to the couples: wow, lots of them are looking really good! I really did not expect to love Lea as much as I am. I am definitely going to be throwing her some votes tonight and for as long as she is in the competition. Not only did the little dancing we saw from her in that footage look BEAUTIFUL but her personality is so darn likeable.
Alfonso looks pretty good too, not great, but good! Bethany looks really good and I think she and Derek may be one of the highest scoring couples tonight. And then there’s Janel who, despite looking really good at that Jive, she just looked a bit TOO intense.
And then there’s the couples who didn’t look all that good to me: Lolo looked kinda awkward :\ Antonio, well, kinda awkward too. I’m worried about Tavis as well.. and even Jonathan who I thought was gonna look better but he also looked a bit awkward doing those Jive steps.
Nevertheless, I’m REALLY looking forward to tonight! Can’t wait to get this season started! Happy DWTS day, everyone!:D
Here’s to an entertaining and fun premiere for all the couples.
They all are looking good! I have to say that Tommy looks better than I really expected. Betsey looks like she is going to be one to watch. If she can do that already, she might last a lot longer than I thought. Betanny seemed to be good….a natural mover. Janel looked good as well. The only one that worried me was Tavis (I had to watch that twice because kept looking at Sharna the first time around). As for Cheryl, I said it in another post but I hope Antonio goes far (at least week 5) because I want her to have a good last season. I know that sounds cheesy but I really hope she isn’t an early elimination in her last season.
@Vogue…Thank you for sharing these rehearsal clips with us.
As for this being Cheryl’s last season, maybe her contact is up and she doesn’t want to renew it.
Sidenote, Antonio’s son must be having a blast hanging out with all the pros and celebs.
I’m going to miss Cheryl, but I hope Jenna Johnson (from the Troupe) replaces her!
I’d rather see Anna back as a pro over Jenna Johnson. It would be nice to have a pro with a bit of edge imo. I think there are plenty of young female 20 something’s on this show. Someone to match Karina’s experience rather than another young SYTYCD dancer. But Cheryl might just be starting contract negotiations early this year!
I think that sharna probably is going to take it and there will only be twelve contestants next season.
@Vin – I don’t know on Sharna. If you believe what Krisyn Burtt said Jenna was supposed to be a pro but then Cheryl decided to do it again last minute. That makes it seem like Sharna wasn’t in the mix originally as she was only named a pro at the last minute (probably due to fan outrage). Anything could change between now and next season though. It also depends on what kind of celebs they get.
I agree with Judy though that I would prefer seeing someone like Anna (or Sharna) over Jenna just to even out the female pros some.
@Judy – I doubt that Anna or Chelsie will ever return to DWTS as a pro.
With the addition of their new pro lineup, the show has spoken loud and clear, it’s out with the old and in with the new.
@DLT – I wouldn’t put it past TPTB to simply delay announcing Sharna publicly, but having no intention of actually dropping her. They may think that keeping us fans in suspense over her fate is a good idea of creating some buzz.
Jenna is great but honestly I feel like she isn’t ready for pro status just yet.
I personally would love for Lindsay to get another shot at being a pro.. think she’s probably gotten better since Victor Ortiz. It would be a lot of blondes if Lindsay becomes a pro again, but being the fan I am of blondes… I don’t mind hahahaha. Heck, I hope they give both Jenna and Lindsay a shot at pro next season and get new ladies for the troupe.. that would be fun 😛
Nah, I would bet that the general audience doesn’t really know Sharna yet, nor is she one of the pros that I would think of when “buzz” is needed. It created buzz HERE, but we are not the center of the universe.
@Princess Heidi – the thing that confused me about this though was when someone asked her on twitter if she knew she would be a pro on the 13th and she said “nope, anxiety all day”. At the end of that day that’s when she posted her “today wasn’t a shock to me, dwts has always been respectful” comment. Do you think it’s possible they called her at the end of the day and clued her in?
I apologize if I rambled but I’m just puzzled by all of this.
Vin, I think that Jenna might be ready for pro status next season. Remember that Witney had two seasons, and only two, in the troupe before she became pro, and Jenna only came into the troupe last season. So we never know! I personally want her to be pro, but I also want Lindsay to be pro. (And if a troupe slot opens up next season, I can tell you who I think will fill it!)
You’re assuming that she’s talking about being a pro as the “not a shock”. Perhaps she was talking about the suspense, the late notice, etc.