PureDWTS Season 27: Bachelorette Runner-Up Blake Horstmann to Dance? Reality Steve Says “No” – But Could it Be Someone Else…?
Ok, so Life & Style mag was claiming that recent Bachelorette runner-up Blake Horstmann was possibly going to be doing DWTS this season – and they basically went through the same social media digging that fans of DWTS have long-since mastered to back up their conclusion:
Fans first starting speculating when Blake followed the DWTS Instagram account on Aug. 22. This, in itself, isn’t really that wild. It’s a popular show, he might just be a fan. However, it turned more suspicious when people began questioning him about it and he seemingly un-followed the page just 30 minutes later, according to some eagle-eyed redditors. The theory is that he got nervous that he gave his casting news away, and tried to backtrack.
Adding fuel to the fire, fans spotted Blake liking all of the comments on his Instagram about how he should join the show. One such comment read, “please go on Dancing with the Stars, you’d be amazing!” and another said, “why don’t you go on Dancing with the Stars?”
The article goes on to say that Blake is actually a pretty good dancer already, yadda yadda yadda. If you guys are anything like me, this all read more as “wishful thinking” on Blake’s part, and maybe a bit of campaigning, rather than solid evidence. And Reality Steve confirmed it in a recent “Reader Emails” post:
Dear Steve,
Thank you for always making your recaps satirical and sarcastic! It makes watching BIP a bit less agonizing. I have a few questions about some current casting rumors in bachelor nation.
1. I saw that Blake Horstmann has been posting things about dancing and seemed to be in California during this past week. Is he a likely candidate for DWTS?
Steve: No.
Now Steve has a solid track record with Bachelor/DWTS intel, so if Steve says no – Blake ain’t doin’ DWTS. HOWEVER – I did find Steve’s answer to be a bit abrupt…as if he knew more than he was letting on, but thought he better keep it brief and to-the-point for the time being. And it turns out my gut feeling was right, because Steve just shared this on Twitter, in response to a tweet from Sharna on Sunday night:
Now I’m not sure that he’s got the partnership right (for reasons I will elaborate on shortly in the Interesting Things on Social Media post), but again, Steve’s track record is pretty solid…so it looks like Bachelorette fan favorite “Grocer” Joe Amabile might be dancing this season? I know nothing about this man, but he seems like he doesn’t t take himself too seriously, and looks like a cross between Darren Criss/Josh Peck/this hot vet I follow on Instagram. Plus, he was in WeHo as recently as 3 days ago:
Thoughts? I guess I’m ok with it…brain is too tired to put up much of a fight these days 😛
Ok so I know who grocer joe is and will admit that it wasn’t a great time to be around My sister after he was eliminated. She had him winning the whole thing lol. He is nice. He isn’t exciting though. He was the normal one on the season if that makes sense.
Joe was an let go on night one. Total mistake and fans knew it. He’s does seem super nice and easy going. If I have to have someone from bachelor nation I’m glad it’s him. Since I’ve been watching social media I do agree he’s likely not Sharna’s partner. I’d lean towards him being witney or Jenna’s partner. I know there’s speculation witney has a chrisely but idk the evidence is pretty weak. I’ve heard nothing on Jenna’s partner. My only other thought is he could be Cheryl’s partner but I know that it’s pretty likely she has Juan. Looking forward to seeing how everything else shakes out. She’s the boy celebs are being spoiled much quicker than the girls.
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I don’t watch anything in The Bachelor franchise, so these are typically people I know nothing about other than fan reaction to them (compared . I wonder if he could be Emma’s partner? Haven’t seen or heard anything on her front but I’ve seen Sasha post IG videos with her so I’m assuming both are still in LA.
I can go without any bachelor or bachelorette contestants
I don’t think there’s ever been a group less interesting than Becca’s final 3 guys. I doubt it’s Blake. She had so much more material that was eliminated. My guess is, that if anybody comes on the show, is Joe (who is loving the moment and growing in followers a lot), Jordan or Colton.
@Mafer – Errr, we just said in the post that it’s not Blake…and that it is Joe. Did you read this post at all before commenting???
Errr- It just says Reality Steve said no. I just wanted to add to it saying those last three Becca chose are the least interesting people on television this season, why would they be given another shot at being on tv? Glad for Joe. Good to see him enjoy and milk his 15 minutes as much as he can.
In case you haven’t seen this, he mentions Joe in the bottom section of page one.
http://realitysteve.com/2018/09/04/bachelor-in-paradise-recap-spoilers-colton-bachelor-grocery-joe-dwts/
Know nothing about him as I actively avoid all things Bachelor/Bachelorette; but DWTS gest stuck with these rejects pretty frequently, so can only hope he’s one of the less repellant. Sharna seems capable of teaching most anybody to dance well so they could be contenders. .