PureDWTS Dancing with the Stars Junior, Season 1 – Alabama Barker “Would Love To Be On DWTSJ”
Thought I’d do a quick sweep of the interwebs this morning, to see if anyone has heard anything about Dancing with the Stars Junior – ’cause lord knows I haven’t (and neither has Deep Throat). Didn’t find much other than the scant amount of info in the original press release (and just other outlets parroting that Tom would not be hosting), but I did stumble across this little nugget from a few weeks back at ET:
Is Alabama Luella Barker destined for Dancing with the Stars Junior?!
Travis Barker’s daughter is just 11 years old – but with her debut single, “Our House,” out now – she’s ready to claim the spotlight.
When the father-daughter duo stopped by ET on Monday, Alabama revealed she’d love to take center stage on ABC’s DWTS youngster spinoff, set to premiere this spring.
“I would love to… let’s do it,” she said, noting that she has some dancing skills up her sleeve.
And she appears to have some moves, too…I wouldn’t mind seeing her on the show. Thoughts?
I actually liked The Barkers TV show and I think Travis and Shanna are getting along. I wonder if they approached Alfonso’s daughter.
Huge Travis barker fan…was always hoping he would do dwts but if his daughter does the jr edition then maybe he will do the adult version if She has a blast. Wishful thinking on my part I know lol. I’m all for this though.
I am not interested in seeing kids dance. I am not a kid hater (I am a Mom of 4), but I have a feeling that it would bore me to death. Plus, I am not a fan of kids crying because they did not get the scores they wanted, or because they did not win the ugly MBT. Because you know, it will happen.
Or even worse – what if the parents cry over low scores or jr not winning the MBT?
Because I have a feeling Shanna Moakler might be one of those kinds of stage moms.
I’m with Darlene, I have absolutely no desire to watch a junior version of DWTS.
I love to watch young dancers. I was a avid fan of Dance Moms, but I always muted the first half while the kids learned their dances because of Abbey’s big mean mouth. Now I enjoy Cheryl working with some of the same girls I watched grow up on D.M’s. I’m looking forward to seeing the DWTSjr in the Spring. Curious though on who is hosting and who the judges will be.
If you paid me a LOT of money I wouldn’t watch DWTS Juniors. TPTB shouldn’t be allowed near a child and neither should the manipulative concept that they have promoted the last few years.
Kids show not relatable to me. Who is going to teach them as pros? Young dancers cannot really choreograph well. I don’t know many young stars. Didn’t like kids SYTYCD and that used real dancers. Unfortunately will not be watching since there is nothing to draw me in.
Count me in as one who isn’t interested in DWTS Jr. I barely even watched this season because I am just not invested anymore, not even with Mark coming back. It’s almost as if DWTS has jumped the shark.
And your voice is missed, Kelly!
Totally get wanting to decrease the stress in your life by avoiding DWTS. I did not watch the finale last year til the week after so it did not count in their ratings. Was sooo upset over the way they mistreated Simone (& Sasha). Happy that Rashad & Emma ended up with the MBT. It really helped me to put things in perspective & I’m viewing, voting but not as attached this season.
Wondering if DWTS Jr will be a kinder, gentler version of the show with all new or a lot of new players/ideas. I know Tom will not be on board (good for him!), but have not heard who will judge or do choreo for the kids. I liked he SYTYCD version so am holding out hope for this one.
If they do a dwts jr are they going to have pros like Derek hough Lindsay Whitney dancing with them they should have dwts jr Where the kid and a pro like Mark ballas or Derek hough dance with them then they each win a throphy if they win like the throphy would count as Derek 7 throphy that be cool
Sharna
If they do a dwts jr. Is Derek hough going to be one of the pro with Mark ballas Shasha. Lindsay Whitney. Sharna. How are they going to dance if they do that then both the pro and jr should get a throphy that would count as Derek 7
I believe it was Courtney who explained at the beginning. The child contestants will be paired with young, trained Ballroom dancers and pros will choreograph for them. I know Emma and Sasha worked with a team on SYTYCD jr. All we know is that Tom Bergeron will not be the host and the judges are also unknown as yet. Also not sure who all gets trophies since the choreographers aren’t dancing. Are they teaching?