Private Members Area – DWTS Season 24 Pre-Season Discussion
It’s time again for Dancing with the Stars chatter! We hope you had a nice little off season break. You know the deal. Share your thoughts and insights on the new season of Dancing with the Stars from the comfort of the Pure DWTS Private Members Area. If you’re not a Pure DWTS Insider yet, you can do so here. If you are, then I look forward to the discussion in the comments.
The new cast for Dancing with the Stars Season 24 is out. You’ve had some time to consider the couples. What do you think? Who are your front runners? Who’s going out first? Who’s annoying you before the show even started?
How about the pros? Are you happy with the ones on? Are you mourning other pros that aren’t on the show?
Any other non competition related predictions for this season? Any things you’d like to see like themes, dances, music, etc? This is your space. We look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Hi John and Everyone! I’m so looking forward to this season. The new cast has me excited. I think we will see a lot of great dancing….as well as a lot of laughs from the funny contestants this season. Also, I’m dying to ship Sharna and Bonner. lol
As for themes….I’m not usually a fan, but, I hope they do the Cirque Deu Soleil theme again for sure.
Sad we won’t see Derek or Mark but thrilled to see them spreading their wings.
I’m so over the C’bro’s and am really disgusted over Heather Morris being promoted as an amateur rather than a PRO. Come on!! She was on SYTYCD with ALLISON who also has no ballroom training. Since I never watched Glee I pulled up a Youtube video entitled “GLEE- Brittany’s Dancing On Her Own” It might not be STRICT ballroom but I think some of those moves come pretty close.
I can deal with Peta because actually she puts in the WORK and doesn’t act like a jerk but I’m not crazy over Nick at all and with his attitude I doubt she’ll get that far.
The only other pro I’m not thrilled with is Witney. She doesn’t really impress me as someone who invest much in her partners UNLESS she thinks she’ll win. Perhaps it’s just me but whenever she has a partner she probably won’t win with she seems to become the QUEEN of the Resting Bitch Face.
Poor Witney Heaven forbid someone imply she’s not all that at least as a teacher. She and Lindsay are so different in that respect.
Everyone else I’m very happy with particularly Simone and Sasha,
and Bonner and Sharna, but I’m also interested in seeing what Rashad and Emma, David and Lindsay and Nancy and Artem will bring to the floor.
I’ll admit I’m behind on this year’s cast. Looks like a pretty entertaining cast though. I wish Mark was back. His creativity was always a welcome part of the show. A little too much of the C’bro clan this season. I think that’s going to wear on many people. At least before there were competing clans. This season is too C’bro clan heavy and it will piss people off and ruin some of the experience for me.
I was so hoping Mark was dancing too. He tweeted today that a new project began. I wonder what it is?
Also, if any of you have questions for Sasha Farber for a new interview, see this new post:
https://www.puredwts.com/2017/03/08/private-members-area-do-you-have-questions-for-sasha-farber-on-dancing-with-the-stars-season-24/
I too will be missing Mark! I can’t wait to hear what he’ll be working on now! Of course DWTS has a big gap where Derek Hough used to be but I’ve had time to get used to the fact that he’s moved on to other, better, projects.
Count me as one who thinks this season (show?) is too Chmerkovskiy heavy and the season/pimping hasn’t really begun yet! I do think there is an interesting mix of celebs this season. If only TPTB would just let it play out instead of manipulating!
I am so torn by the season already. I am actually excited about almost all of the celebs this season, but really disappointed about not having mark/Derek. It’s a double whammy – we don’t get their amazing choreo and abilities, and it means the C-bros are the majority players.
I’m sure how we will soon be hearing this is the most talented pro-lineup ever!
I can’t wait for Sasha/Simone – they should absolutely kill it. The only issue is having two gymnasts in a row win. Maybe that’s why Maks got what I feel is the biggest ringer ever.
Totally agree about the Witney resting bitch face, she just puts in her time with zero excitement when she doesn’t have a great partner.
Any news on why Jen/na didn’t go troupe? Was it so she can follow V/al around the world and be his personal choreographer again?
Thanks MODS – and really looking forward to the Sasha/Gleb interviews. Although I didn’t see the request for questions until too late, I think both of these men have great personalities and prob have a lot to say behind the scenes. They have just both been overshadowed by Chmerk-mania!
There is still time to ask Gleb questions (in his question post). But hurry. 😉
A wee bit of behind-the-scenes perspective from Deep Throat…
*Simone & Sasha are working VERY well together.
*Deep Throat finds Erika “unexpectedly funny”.
*So Nick may not be so bad after all – apparently all the ladies on set are “swooning” over him (which I don’t personally understand, but different strokes for different folks), and Deep Throat says he “seems good-natured”. What I did kinda respect, though, is that Nick realizes that all the male celebs this season are “screwed, because all the female celebs have so much experience”. I gotta give the guy credit for calling a spade a spade when so many others give some company line about “the competition is fierce” or “anyone could win!”
It’s fun to hear some positive news on Nick. I also love hearing that Erika is “unexpectedly funny”. I’m really looking forward to this new season.
Thanks Courtney! And please pass on my gratitude to Deep Throat! I’m soooooooo hungry for this season already.
Thrilled to hear that Simone and Sasha seem to be working well together. I simply adore her and hope that it’s a great experience for her even if she isn’t the “winner” of the MBT. I’m still not buying that Nick is doing this for anything other than money and to get in my screen time but I guess those are legitimate reasons. I’ll try not to think that he was hoping to last/win/go on tour without actual evidence. I’m just being pissy I guess. Especially since so far it seems like the producers were stacking the deck for a C-bros showdown for the cheap trophy. And why wasn’t it worth giving Peta a ringer then too? So perhaps she could “out do” both her fiancé and her future brother in law.
Hmm swooning over Nick? I guess to each their own.
I would be shocked if Sasha & Simone DIDN’T work tremendously with each other – just hoping that they find that nice balance between her athleticism and teaching her great dancing skills.
I was greatly amused this morning to find an Instagram story from Julianne’s Bachelor watch party yesterday on my Tumblr dash this morning. Wonder if that tidbit will be mentioned on air.
What do you mean, Colleen?
It just made me laugh. Even though it was only a few seconds, the crowd at Julianne’s seemed pretty skeptical /mocking. Exactly what I’d expect from reasonably sane people watching the spectacle that is “The Bachelor.” For instance, I understand at least from what was shown on TV, the morning of the day he proposed, Nick didn’t know which of the last 2 women he’d propose to!
Then just a week later, Julianne (and the other judges) sit behind a table on another TV show and act like they haven’t heard any of the backstage gossip, like DT shared and that they are just considering a 1 minute dance when they score.
It’s obvious that all of the judges are influenced by multiple things when they rate the performances. Just like the fans who vote are. But mostly, that trio tries to pretend that they are strictly about the skill/choreography/performance and aren’t making allowances for the attitude/age/training/looks/fame/pro like the rest of the audience. I know it would take a hell of a great personality and real talent for me to be able to get over my thoughts about those who would be a part of “The Bachelor.” And this was Nick’s 3rd go round on love reality style!
Looking at this season’s cast, I’m expecting some kindness for the legends, Charo and Mr. T. At least until the judges begin to feel they are overstaying. But what I’m really interested in is, what will the attitude be towards the other women be? Will they try to play it like all of the women have advantages and should be held to a higher standard, only the 3 young ringers? OR will they try to make out that only 1 of these women should be held to a higher standard? In some ways, my sense of anticipation is as high for that as to see the actual dancing! (Because I’m not certain that any of this season’s male pros will be up to the fabulous choreography that these stars can handle and I’m afraid that will disappoint somewhat.)
Sadly…or not, depending on your perspective…I don’t think Julianne and her crew were “mocking” the Bachelor. They love that show. She has a huge party every week and has more than a dozen people (including Adam Shankman) over to watch it. One week Derek snapchatted himself with a “I can’t take it any more” tag line by himself in another room. I think Arielle is probably the only one truly mocking it…and Derek, when he’s there.
I actually like watching that show better than DWTS these days – it’s cheap, trashy entertainment and it doesn’t seriously try to be anything else, unlike DWTS. I watch and mock – and it’s made more fun by reading Reality Steve’s spoilers. Good excuse to drink wine on a monday…which might be why Julianne has the party too. It’s fun. As for Nick not knowing…that’s BS. Nick is playing the producers game and making it “dramatic”. He knew from the beginning as most of them do. Reality Steve finds out the ending…but he usually gets intel on if it was the winner all along – and if the other women knew it. Nick knows very well what the producers want and it perfectly willing to go along with it if it means being on TV and expanding his “brand”. I’m sure he has no intention of actually getting married.
Good thing this convo is in the private area – there are people who actually believe this show is real and are very shipper like who will go nuts on us if/when this gets mentioned in the public areas. They actually believe this show is all about trew luv…same ilk who bought the whole Meryl/Maks thing.
I don’t think I saw Julianne in the Instagram Story. I recognized Adam Shankman and Darren Criss, whom I suspect was why this person posted.
Yeah, I’ve seen the posts from Bachelor/trew luv fans. To each their own, I guess. I just can’t get past my anger at a popular, 15+ year TV show revolving around women throwing themselves with increasing desperation at 1 man hoping to be “chosen” to be his wife. Even though intellectually, I know that many/most have other reasons for their involvement with this circus than finding a life partner, I can’t get past the anger to laugh at it all.
Since I only see the Bachelor/Bachelorette when they appear on other shows, some I like and some are like Nick. So far, I haven’t warmed up to him. But if he can dance, perhaps he’ll win me over yet. I have been surprised in the past by DWTS contestants!
Wow…didn’t see Darren. I didn’t know he hung with that crew, but it’s possible since it’s quite large and always getting larger. Aaron Paul’s wife Lauren is always there – maybe it was Aaron? Nina Dobrev is there quite often as well, along with Hayley and a dozen other women and a few men.
It might have been his GF, Mia Swier, who knows one of Julianne’s crowd. That bash seemed to be more her kind of t’ing. I’d only seen Darren with Julianne maybe once before. I’ve seen him with Derek a couple of times maybe. Chord Overstreet from Glee I’ve seen socializing with Derek a few times.
There was a shot of Darren Criss in the kitchen, telling some guy that he’d never seen the show before. (DC has said many times that he doesn’t watch TV.). And the guy was telling him what the catch phrase for the drinking game was.