Dancing with the Stars Season 27, THE FINALE – LIVE BLOG!
Here we are at the finale already!! If you want to see what it takes to win, and who we think will win, see Courtney’s Power Rankings and my Dancing by the Numbers posts from this past weekend.
Well, if history is any indication, it’s Evanna or Milo, eh?
VOTING IS OPEN NOW – ONLINE ONLY!!
Heh, Bruno doesn’t know where his camera is. 😀
This opening is kinda fun….taped yesterday or Saturday. Can’t remember.
Alexis up first with her Argentine Tango. Talking about something other than her showmance. Ooops. Spoke too soon. Sounded like the Bachelorette there for a moment.
I do love this music, but it’s still not great for an AT….and her feet are STILL wrong, in week 9. Other than her feet which annoy, she moves very well.
Len says congrats to all the finalists. Says Alan pulled off a terrific dance, nice lyrical feel. Says he’s concerned with the footwork (agreed). Bruno says she’s gained poise and elegance, loves the classical touches, the connection works. He felt it. Noted a little stumble on the landing, then says he didn’t see it. CAI says she’s opened up but her pointe wasn’t as strong (that’s what I was seeing).
Scores: 9, 9, 9 for a total of 27. For those keeping track, I was a point too high on my guess for her score.
Lin-Manuel Miranda in a commercial for Mary Poppins. :::swoon:::
Did you all know that Bobby has never danced before? 😀 Should probably warn the audience if you’re going to high five them. Looks dumb otherwise.
I’m sure bobby is doing a better job at this dance because the bar was so low….but it’s still so stiff in the actual dance parts. Even his hammer part is too wild.
Bruno…can’t tell if he likes it or now. I think not, because he then says he understands why he’s there at the finale. CAI says he defies the law of ballroom and latin dancing, but his hard work pays off. Blah Blah. Len says he put the ham in hammer, but he has to say that he doesn’t have the good feet, blah blah, but he makes so much fun out there than Len has so much fun.
And he gets a 24 out of 30. I think I nailed that one.
Female pros killing it – Witney, the master of the hair whip out in front.
Must we really see the retrospective?? Surely that time is used better elsewhere.
Oh god, a Bachelor dance. So Joe, Eric, Nick, Val and Wells (my favorite). Wells is dating the little girl from Modern Family, so don’t get to excited seeing her in the audience. 🙂
OMG…too much virginity talk. All the rest of it is typical Bachelor fun stuff. I should live blog my thoughts on that show if you think I can be harsh regarding this one. 🙂
Evanna up next!! If you didn’t see, check the PDH twitter feed to see a video of nearly every potter star wishing her luck only one I didn’t see was Daniel Radcliffe.
Her Halloween tango I think puts Alexis to shame. I miss the cat ears though. 🙂 She’s doing great. Not seeing any issues yet. Well done!! Yikes, a near perfect score the first time around??
CAI says congrats to Keo and says Evanna is the most improved dancer, and this dance was even better this time. Len says he gave her a challenge last time and she accomplished it. Bruno remembers the kitty ears too. Says she adds something every week.
And she gets a 30! I believe I was on target with that score as well.
The male pros without shirts! How new, exciting and different. :::yawn::: This show had more class when Derek and Mark were on it. Oh, Demarcus? Well, that helps.
Milo up next! My wine tastes…funny. Not bad. Just different. Anyway….what dance is he doing again?? Something with Robin Thicke? Okay Charleston. He’s still awesome, that hasn’t changed. Lift was a little awkward. I think live performance throws them off a bit, but that was still an excellent dance.
Len is annoyed – he has underpants older than Milo. 🙂 He didn’t like the charleston as much…last time. This time he had the Charleston swivel. Bruno says it was even more exciting and sharper than ever. Out of this world. CAI says he is ridiculously amazing, says he’s the one to beat. STFU, CAI. I don’t think she’s forecasting, just hoping. But it wouldn’t surprise me if she was trying to appear omniscient.
And they get a 30 as anticipated.
Yeah, let’s pimp the tour…with shit camera work. And that’s two total fuckups by camera men. Good thing we didn’t call it a drinking game…
All the male celebs are going on tour. Oh boy. Biggest surprise elimination in 27 seasons, Tom? Really? I don’t think so, but whatever. Ad why does he get to dance again? You realize there is only 50 minutes left and you’re going to screw the winner out of their moment yet again?
Tinashe looks and sounds great…but so bored of these male pros and their Magic Mike moves. Come on, get some real choreo here gang.
For those wondering about the numbers, they are extremely similar to what I forecast yesterday. The numbers for the freestyles that haven’t been danced yet are, of course, guesses.
Dancer | Re-do Dance | Freestyle | Total | % of total points awarded |
Milo | 30.00 | 30.00 | 60.00 | 26.20% |
Evanna | 30.00 | 30.00 | 60.00 | 26.20% |
Bobby | 24.00 | 28.00 | 52.00 | 22.71% |
Alexis | 27.00 | 30.00 | 57.00 | 24.89% |
Total Points Awarded | 229.00 | 1.00 |
If these numbers hold, here’s what Bobby and Alexis would need to do to win. And they’d have to beat both Milo AND Evanna.
Bobby vs. Alexis | 2.18% | 21,834 |
Bobby vs. Evanna/Milo | 3.49% | 34,934 |
Alexis vs. Evanna/Milo | 1.31% | 13,100 |
Alexis is up first with her freestyle, talking about how this was her mom’s favorite show.
I don’t know that Alexis is good enough a dancer for this kind of freestyle. She looks stunning though. The staging is getting in her way as well. There isn’t much to this so far. I think she’s kinda hosed by having a live performer. Yeah, that was an awkward ending and the dance was much too simple for her and what I think she’s capable of. Not that great, IMO.
Len seems to love it. I suspect that everyone gets a 30 except for Bobby. Bruno says it was a big risk and that the level of difficulty (emotionally) was high and she was on top of it. CAI says it started out with a struggle, but once she hit the floor she earned it back and it was her best dancing to date. I don’t agree with that, but it is the freestyle.
Oh god, more showmancing. Whatever it takes, I guess.
And they get a 30 as expected.
Bobby’s freestyle is up next. The one advantage he has is with people who wait to see the freestyles before they vote. This is where Evanna and Milo are hampered. If you’re going to vote, VOTE NOW.
There’s no talking during freestyles!! But it’s who he is…he needs to flap his gums. Took a long time to get to the dancing. And he’s off time. So many dancers I lost him several times. I thought that dance was short…and he’s talking again. Okay, the best part was Tom ACTUALLY flossing. LOL. That was clever. And they throw in some more shit camera work.
Bruno seemed to love it, says Sharna did a fantastic job. CAI is confused (she stole my wine!!) – she seems to love it too although she comments on his counting out loud. Len says he’s not always been the judges champion – he’s Len’s champion tonight though.
Score: 30?? I hope like hell the judges know what they’re doing. :::runs off to do the numbers:::
NUMBERS UPDATE: If all four couples get a 30 on their freestyle, here is how the numbers end up.
Bobby vs. Alexis | 1.30% | 12,987 |
Bobby vs. Evanna/Milo | 2.60% | 25,974 |
Alexis vs. Evanna/Milo | 1.30% | 12,987 |
I think Bobby beats Alexis, but can’t beat either Evanna or Milo. After that, it comes down to who gets the most votes – Evanna or Milo. It all might actually hinge on the freestyle – but I might give the edge to Milo since he’s not going last. Evanna based on actual dancing.
Milo and Witney up next with their freestyle. The umbrellas are dangerous, but if they pull it off it could be amazing.
Oh Milo! Looking all grown up there. Starts off very well. Lots of actual dancing. It’s going to piss me off that Alexis and Bobby each got 30’s when you stack their dances up with this one. Yep. Pretty cool. Vastly superior to the two that went before it.
That look on CAI’s face should be her thinking why did I give Alexis and Bobby 30s?? Usual freestyle hyperbole comparing to other seasons BS. Len is raving also. Bruno…also raving. I’m tired of typing, can you tell? 🙂
Score: 30, as expected.
Hurry up and get Evanna out here!! Jesus, cutting it kinds close once again.
Is Keo going to throw up? Dancing to Evanna’s favorite dance in the world. Keo says he’s going to go big. I hope he doesn’t go too big – sometimes less is more. Keo talking about how he made family/friend with Keo. Evanna getting weepy. She says this was one of her happiest times.
Clever staging and I love this song too. Wow. Nice lift. Love the fast/slow components. Damn, I loved that. It just made me happy. It was such a happy, joyful dance. Fantastic!
Len is talking about the evening and the dance. Calls this dance the cherry on the cake, he loves the mix of styles. Len congratulates Keo. Bruno raves. CAI says she did a great job, she made it her own. Says there is something very special about her – agreed.
Scores: 30 – well deserved. Still pissed that Bobby and Alexis also got 30s – it lessens the scores for Evanna and Milo.
Looks like we’re getting some results right now. Oh first we have to have some kind of emotional song while we look at shots of the contestants. Why do we keep doing this same thing every season?? Find another way, kids. Have a killer pro number (with shirts on the men for a switch) while we wait for the producers to count all the votes.
Okay, here we go….
Going straight to the winner….
The Winner is….Bobby and Sharna.
This show is dead. You heard it here first. The day DWTS died.
Still hoping Evanna/Keo pull it off but not expecting that. Believe Milo will win, but am nervous Bobby might actually pull it off. Will be curious how he gets scored tonight. Really would be surprised if Alexis/Alan win it.
I don’t think I’ve been this nervous or unsure of a finale in a long time. This season has taken the fun out of this cheesy dance show for me. And yet I’m disappointed we aren’t getting a spring season, but maybe it’ll give them time to re-group. I just hope the ratings don’t suffer drastically for it, because I believe the athletes season did this series no favors.
Thank you for all your great work through this nightmare season, I’ve got my fingers crossed for Evanna and Keo.
@Kara – the only thing you can do is vote, especially with the live voting tonight. Vote for who you want to win and hope for the best. You never know what can happen with the way things have unfolded this season. I am feeling pretty good that it’ll come down to Milo and Evanna, and whoever wins from there I’ll be happy with.
I will be extremely happy with either Evanna or Milo winning, they’ve both been my faves this whole season and I will be happy no matter who wins of those two. I will say, however, that I’d really like to see Milo win, simply because a pure Disney-star has never won (yes Jordan won last year, and I count that in my books, but he’s a former Disney-star, not current, and was more of a Corbin Bleu type). But, if Evanna wins I’ll be so freaking happy for her and Keo.
Either way, it’s gonna be a good show 🙂
Evanna, Milo, or Bobby better win. Not Alexis.
From the pictures I’ve seen it looks like a fun finale.
@Susan, I will definitely be voting! I’ve had fun chatting with everyone this season!
Now that is how u start a show. When in doubt make a parade that rivals Macy’s and enough cknfetti for a World Series parade 🙂
Is the finale earlier than usual this year? I always felt like it was the week after Thanksgiving and ushered the Christmas season in. I also thought the finale was usually only three people. Did I miss something?
@Becca – No, the finale was always the week of thanksgiving. The only thing missing is there’s no Tuesday night show and they’re doing everything tonight.
Since Juan Pablo not in finale… I’m voting for Evanna/Keo and Alexis/Alan!!
@Becca, the finale was actually supposed to be 5 people this year, but they cut it down from 2 nights to 1 for whatever reason. I can’t remember the last time it was a 3 person finale.
I thought they would be giving Alexis, Milo and Evanna 30’s like candy to keep it close, but I guess it’ll be between Milo and Evanna.
I’m not used to seeing constructive criticism and anything less than a 10/semi perfect score in the finale. I’m sure they’ll make up for it during the freestyles.
@Kara – me too. I was a bit shocked, but then remembered that there is a live vote – I’m sure that is in the back of the judges minds too.
Why did I cringe at that more now than I did when he first did it? It just seemed so much more erratic.
Alexis was great but I think she wasn’t as good as she was the last time she did this dance. Same for Bobby. Saying that, I am loving they chose those dances though
Thanks Kara and Susan. Maybe I was just confused because on the 2nd night, it’s usually only three stars left. Or I’ve just completely lost it during this dud of a season. Got my live votes in for Evanna. I don’t feel particularly tied to any one contestant winning this year. I was way into both Rashad and Jordan winning. This year I’d feel fine if it was either Evanna or Milo.
Well, I’m guessing Bobby ain’t winning with a score that low, unless his fan base truly is that rabid. I guess the judges are still upset over JP.
@Becca – no worries. They actually cut Tuesday night in the last two weeks or so – because originally we were going to have 5 couples tonight and have a double elim to have three stars left going into “tomorrow”, but for whatever reason ABC cut tomorrow night and that’s why they had to do two weeks of doubles to get to tonight, and crowning the winner tonight.
If someone, like Sharna, could explain to Bobby that him being bad isn’t due to not having any dance exp or not being an athlete. He just can’t dance, many people are like that and it’s okay. What people dislike the most about him, it’s his attitude.
And many celebs won without being ringers nor athlete but I’m just going to mention one : Nyle DiMarco. He wasn’t the best dancer on his season, but he was good, he worked really hard to keep up with Peta and most important HE DIDN’T COMPAIN. If Bobby had spent more hours working and less whining maybe he would have improved a little more.
I don’t think they’re taking any chances with the scores tonight – between the live vote and last weeks votes, they have to be careful.
I am already getting tired of seeing Jenna front and center already. Barf! I am feeling better now, since it doesn’t look like Bobby will win. It’s gonna be an Evanna and Milo battle for the MBT, which is what it should be. So nice to hear that Alexis has found love. BARF!!!
I love pro numbers but Not right at that moment. Dan and shay sound great though…..just not a big fan of them at all so this is saying a lot. Kinda love how they improved so much.
Why is Joe performing this dance again? Bleach
@Philomene, that’s my biggest issue with Bobby-it’s his whining and attitude all season. It’s why I had an issue with Joe, although that whining came more from Jenna.
All these guys are from The Bachelor franchise? Seriously I hope Joe is the last person we see from that franchise for awhile. Or maybe they’d have better luck getting a Bachelorette.
LOL @Kara – before we know it this guy will be on next season!!
I hate that they only had two teams before all the filler started. Wouldn’t it make more sense to have all 4 teams do their first dance, THEN have filler before the freestyle? It’s giving Bobby and Alexis that bit more time to be in peoples minds while they vote, kind of putting Evanna and Milo at a bit of a disadvantage for live votes.
Alexis’ dress for Swan Lake is gorgeous, BUT I think she should have had black shoes/laces, The pink looks jarring. and I agree with her scores. A bit clunky tonight.
Bobby just makes me smile when he dances. He’s by no means good, but his joy is just oozing off of him. Still want him to come last tonight, though.
Aww Evanna’s package. I’m tearing up already..
@Blah, I agree that they should have kept the filler after everyone did their first dance. It would have given them a break in between. However, I’m convinced most people already know who they are voting for and probably have their votes in.
Nick back in the ballroom!!!!! Out of All the bachelor people gen is by far my fav….since he is just hysterical. The new bachelor is a interesting guy….good luck with all that buddy. He seems to pure yet horny all at once. But back to the people who matter….Evanna killed that and I would give that a 10. And much more important: keo has made himself more likeable this season than he ever has and it’s all thanks to her since she really is that special. Hollywood needs more Evanna types
I so want Evanna to win this! I just love her and Keo and their partnership. It will definitely be one of my all time favorite pairings.
@Kara: I’m guessing that since it was the trio with Jordan, they just got ex-Bachelor franchise contestants that happen to either live in LA or visit frequently. The only one that I’m not sure about is Eric. But Nick and Dean live around LA and Wells still lives in Nashville because of his radio show, but he flies to LA a lot to spend time with Sarah.
@Kara – me too. I never thought I would be rooting for Keo like I am but things have changed and he has showcased Evanna perfectly.. it’s so nice seeing him so happy this season
I want to ask TPTB why there always a weird Magic Mike rendition with Val front and center? Can’t we waste less time during the finale? Ugh.
The ladies killed their pro number. Guys not so much.
Evanna was incredible and that guy pro number made something abundantly clear to me: Sasha’s abs and artems are life goals. But back to Milo….this kid is amazing inside and out. Someone was raised right. Also Robin thicke’s live bocals…. are pretty weak lol. It confuses me that someone with such personality can’t see that he needs to work on that after all this time.
Len, there were some glaring mistakes and he lost time. I like Milo, but I think that dane gets a perfect score just to keep things competitive.
I’m feeling better that it’ll be Milo or Evanna (likely Milo). I’m really curious what the freestyle scores will be for everyone, mainly Bobby.
Milo has energy that is so infectious. Just as expected, they are definitely making it a race between Milo and Evanna and letting it come down to the votes. Get your votes in, guys! 1 vote can be the difference.
@Kara i agree. Was Jordan Kimball there?
@Vin, I agree about Nick. He’s the only one from the franchise I’ve liked on here, but from what I remember he wasn’t popular in the Bachelor Nation. Maybe that’s why I liked him lol All of the other Bachelor guys they’ve had were just annoying.
Love Milo, but I found his Charleston was lacking energy. I would have said maybe 28-29 points (not 30) for that one. Evanna, definitely 30.
Thank you all who ran this blog over this very loooong season. I would be okay with either Milo or Evanna to win. I couldn’t stomach it of the showmance won
Wow! That’s such a large group of stars for the tour. Maybe they are hoping to pull some of Bachelor Nation out to come see Joe. Lol. Happy to see John joining the tour!
Enough with the bare chests! Gross! Desperation at its best. This season seems to be one of the worst.
Well the first half of the show is done and it’s not surprising to see how the judges are ranking Evanna and Milo????
Jeez did Tom just say “celebrity guest appearances” on that tour? That’s a lot of guest appearances crammed into this one tour LOL
Thank you, Blah; I think they gave that dance a perfect score just to keep it competitive. Of course, the live vote could change everything, but I bet Evanna is running away with the popular vote from last week.
All the male celebs?! Wow, didn’t expect that. And none of the ladies? I did hear Bobby was making guest appearances. Maybe they couldn’t get anyone to commit to the whole tour, now that they extended it. I’d love to see John Schneider. Isn’t that how tours were back in the day, that celebs would show up for certain stops? It’s been so long I can’t remember.
So I assume not all of them will be there in all nights? That’s a lot of people to add to the tour…and whatever reason joe is one of them is beyond me. The rest I understand why….especially john and Juan Pablo and Milo. Speaking of Juan Pablo, he killed that dance and I hope Len didn’t pickle his walnuts since that sounds painful. I think Juan Pablo was easily the best one there in my opinion but tinashe killed her performance too. Hopefully she has a Huge career. She has that it factor in spades. SIdenote, gleb messed up his hair for that performance and I kinda bad that hysterical. If I left the house with my hair like that….well my sister would ensure I had none left
They are really going hard trying to sell the male pros and troupe. Good grief. It feels like it’s taken a lifetime to get to the freestyle dances. For once, I’m glad this is a one night finale. Let’s wrap this up kids!
I use to hate how they constantly harped on Sabrina Bryan’s elimination in season 5 as being so shocking, but frankly, I find that one more shocking than Juan Pablo. He at least made the semis. And though her time was way back in the day, I found Mark’s choreography a lot better than what Cheryl gave JP this season.
This is why they need a two night finale.
Alan really got creative with the whole mountain thing and I loved that but I really wasn’t wowed by this freestyle yet I loved that mountain usage. So I guess I would give that a 9. Just kinda mixed here in this since she did everything he choreographed perfectly.
Alexis’ freestyle was okay. Nothing memorable at all, nothing too spectacular. But what amazed me was how good Avril Lavigne sounded? What?
Speaking of back in the day, when the guys use to dance it didn’t seem as sleazy, even when they had their shirts ripped open/off. I felt like Maks could dance with an open shirt and still be classy about it. Many places online think the male pros we have are incredibly weak compared to the females. I think they are proving that tonight.
Can’t say I was impressed by Alexis tonight. I sometimes give new pros a break when they have to choreograph a freestyle for the first time, because usually it isn’t all the great.
Love the stage and the girl power moment. I don’t think it’ll be worth the 30 it will get but I thought the set was innovative.
Yeah for Alan’s first freestyle, it was eh..
Ugh they seriously need to stop with the Alan and Alexis show-it’s sickening????????
Alexis’ freestyle was not memorable at all. I dont think it deserved 10s at all
Since Alexis isn’t going on tour, the showmance makes even less sense to me now. Not surprised it got a 30, but that was overscoring. I guess they want to keep distance from Bobby.
I think they want Alexis to get third, but I highly doubt she will pass Evanna or Milo and slide into second.
If you would have told me bobby would be using my favorite songs in the finale I would have said I were crazy. Then on top of that it’s a blast to watch. If give that a 10 on pure entertainment and a 9 on skill.
Seriously missing Derek and Mark right now. Their creativity in freestyles is unparalleled. I did love the aerial view of Bobby’s dance though. That was pretty cool.
Sorry hate my typos. I was crazy* one of my favorite songs* sorry
So Bobby spent most of that dance getting from level to level on the stage. Was there even any dancing?
Cute use of Tom, Erin, Joe, and Demarcus.
DEFINITELY not ten-worthy though.
@Heidi, I agree with you about the camera work. Do they have new camera people this season or something? I feel like there’ve been several episodes where the cameras were off.
That was actually entertaining, but if any dance seemed tailor made for Bobby, this was it. I’m still not a fan of so many dancers, but whatever. I did enjoy that, and I hate saying it.
I guess everyone is getting a 30 for their freestyle.
How that freestyle(Bobby’s) got a 30 beats me.. it wasn’t that good, kind of sloppy.
OK so it looks like they are just handing out 10’s for the freestyle then – Bobby is still 6 points behind Evanna and Milo so I think he will take third..
I hope it’s Evanna & Keo but I’m afraid Bobby win.
If any dance was made for Bobby, this was it. I guess everyone is getting a 30 for freestyles tonight? It does make me nervous with him. Maybe he’s killing the online vote? I will say that was entertaining. A bit of a mess, but entertaining.
@Becca, it’s probably a slightly unpopular opinion, but I thought Mark was better at freestyles over Derek. Not saying I didn’t enjoy Derek’s by any stretch, but I liked how Mark would think way outside the box. Anytime someone is in costume on this show as an extra dancer I think of him! Seriously though the dances just aren’t what they use to be.
That was a very eccentric freestyle, with not much dancing from Bobby but it suited him perfectly and got him 3-10’s for it. Sharna is pretty smart-she knows exactly how to capitalize on Bobby’s personality and he knows exactly how to sell himself. With online voting already open, you never know….
Milo’s freestyle. WOW!!!
I can’t believe 2 freestyles left, announcing 3rd and 4th place (unless they run out of time and don’t bother), and probably more filler.
I already got my votes in for Evanna.
That was a fun routine by Milo/Witney! I was also nervous for the umbrellas, but it would figure the judges would get nitpicky for a mistake with them and not the other two freestyles. This dance deserves a higher score simply because the other 2 got perfect scores. It’s why I would hate the idea of giving the judges more scoring power in future seasons.
Holy cow. I forgot how much I love Witney after that freestlye! That was amazing. I hadn’t realized how good Milo was – probably blinded by rooting for JP, but damn. He’s great.
A bit disappointed in Sharna/Bobby. It was a very much him freestyle, but that ending with the flossing, like come on.
Milo and witney…….I mean wowza. That was easily the best freestyle this far this season and one of the all time great season of the show ever. Easily a 10 from me. Wish there was an eleven
If people are still voting that might win it for Milo. And since he’s going on tour…
So good! I do love Witney’s choreography! Definitely my favorite choreography of hers, right alongside Frankie’s Halloween dance last year. Did he slip in the water? Genuinely curious because I couldn’t tell for sure.
I think Derek was far more versatile when it came to freestyles than Mark – he was better at tailoring them to his partner. That said, the two men are so vastly different in style that it’s difficult to compare them.
OMG THAT WAS AWESOME. THEY DESERVE TO WIN JUST OFF THAT. I would hate to see them lose just because Witney is the only pro who has already won in the finale.
Usually going last is the best spot to be in, but I feel bad for Evanna if this effects her chances.
Right now I’m thinking Milo for the win, Evanna in second (possibly Bobby in an upset), and Bobby/Alexis 3rd and 4th. Not sure who I’d put where.
Look Milo can pretty much dance anything but I didn’t feel like that dance was “from him”. That dance was pure Witney and it looks like it might be a dance that would be on tour???? Don’t get me wrong, it was a great dance but I want to see Milo’s journey, not just fancy choreography. Just my opinion.
I can’t even believe how close they are cutting this…way too much stupid filler (did we really need a Bachelor dance?) Poor Evanna.
WOW Keo killed that freestyle choreography!!!
Holy damn…..keo and Evanna are like the biggest party of the night. That’s a freestyle that is going into one of the all time greats catagory for me as well. Keo gave her brilliant choreography and that song is the hardest I think to choreograph to out of the freestyle songs. This is the season where keo showed he is more than a pretty face and abs that gets voted out early and this dance caps off that amazing trajectory. Love it and would give it a 10 and wish there was an eleven
I was curious if Keo would look like a first time finalist freestyler, but that was absolutely amazing. Way better than Alexis/Alan or Bobby/Sharna’s. Loved every bit of it. Keo’s definitely showed why he deserved to be a pro. I am so going to miss these two.
Evanna and Milo stole the night with their freestyles!!! Keo really blew me away with that one
I really hope the show doesn’t go back to giving Keo crappy celebs all the time again after this.
I’m not surprised all the freestyles got 30s, but they weren’t deserved for Alexis or Bobby.
That freestyle was soooo Evanna and Keo!!! It was fun and genuine, simple yet complex!! You could tell that she had a hand in it and they both worked at it!! Well-deserved 10’s and I’m truly hoping a well-deserved mirror-ball, but who knows??
LOVED Milo’s freestyle. That was so damn good.
Then Evanna came out and LOVED hers! Such a great concept for a dance, and loved that she was front and centre. Kudos to Keo! Only thing I didn’t love were the flat red shoes. I always liked that song, and it’s tailor made for a freestyle to show so many different styles.
Milo or Evanna please! Can’t vote (in Canada) but I’d be giving all my votes to them.
I really want it to be Evanna/Keo, but would be happy with Milo/Witney. He’s been an absolute joy this season too, and I’ve loved his attitude, relationship with Witney, humor, and the dances she’s come up with.
Haven’t been following that closely for the first time ever, but have phoned votes in every week. Would be happy with Milo or Evanna, but still wonder if Bobby’s power voters could pull this out for Sharna’s 1st MBT.
Gosh I like both Milo and Evanna, but I voted for Evanna. I’ll be happy with either winning. Do they realize they’re running out of time? I hate they always rush the ending
It’s bad enough that they rush regular results, but I hate rushing the winner. I’ve yet to hear anyone say they spent too much time on the results or giving the winner a chance to shine.
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wtf. How did Bobby win?!?
Keo did good for his first freestyle. I wasn’t overly impressed, but it was still a good first shot and Evanna looked like she was loving it, and that’s what really counts. Kudos to them.
Also what. There’s no way I heard right. What. How. Bobby. I can’t even be proud of Sharna at his point. What. So confused and baffled.
Also, why do we not get to know 2nd and 3rd and 4th?
OMG, I hope the show is happy. Maybe Sharna’s fans will finally be content she won a mirrorball, even if it is a blackmark on this show. Much like Jenna’s mirrorball with Adam.
Seriously, a fitting end to a crappy season.
You have got to be kidding me. Should have been Whitney and Milo.
I’m speechless. And I think I’m about done with this show.
WTF?! He gets sharna to win but nick or anyone good she had haven’t….ok. So I’m at a loss her yet happy for them since I like him. Just very strange
Barf! Barf! Barf!
I voted for Evanna and Keo. I so hoped they win.
Hi to all, and much thanks to everyone at Pure or all you so loyally do.
That doesn’t feel real. Like that didn’t happen right?
Congrats Bobby but I’m just very very confused
You have got to be kidding me wtf I already didnt like watching it because Derek is gone but you can’t be serious the show is dead to me I’ll never watch again
I am seriously in such shock. No wonder they wanted a one night finale.
Sharna wins with Bobby but not with Charlie White, or James Hinchcliffe?
Either this show will soon be cancelled, or the scoring format will be changed. This just isn’t right at all.
Well, THAT is a first! Someone of so little ability. I doubt that even Kelly Monaco from the 1st season was that bad.
Well, they had a good run! I don’t think I’ll be tuning in next season at all, assumimg they have a next season!
Yeah, this show just died. When there are so few votes that people like Bobby can win, it’s no longer profitable…and will tank even farther. Show’s a joke now.
I could never get on the web site, or on via Facebook, to vote, which really ticks me off.
Country music people, I hope you’re happy.
PH said it above “This show is dead.”
No reward for outstanding dance growth as experienced by Evanna, Milo, and to a slightlty lesser extent by Alexis.
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!! That is it. I am done with this sh*tshow. I hope DWTS never comes back. This show does not respect it’s viewers at all. What a joke! A very bad one!!!!! I am so PISSED!!!!! DWTS just gave the DWTS fans the middle finger, big time!!!!!! Sharna is gonna get a lot of sh*t from all social media. That is a certainty.
Seriously? Someone counting the votes this season must be screwy in the head. Bet the judges wish they could take back that 30 now ???? Worst season ever. Sharna deserves the mirror ball back when she was partnered with Noah. This feels like a cheap win.
And I knew it!! ???????????????????? I can’t help but laugh! I just knew after Bobby’s freestyle that his fan base was gonna pull through for him. It was a very smart strategy on both he and Sharna.
Not sure if anyone caught it, but it looked like Witney was quite upset and had to be consoled by Jenna, Peta, etc? ???? I have a feeling there might’ve been a number of stunned faces in that ballroom….
I have been watching the show from the onset, and I just cannot believe that Bobby won!! I am speechless and this is just crazy! I was not invested in this season, and now I know why. How in the heck did he win?? I cannot believe he received the votes in order to win, WOW!
Yeah, Darlene, expect a lot of very defensive tweets. And Bobby will be an even bigger ass on his radio show now. Trash talking his competition still because he’ll get lots of shit too.
I wonder if the show is done and they gave Sharna a Mirror Ball for being with them all the seasons. I mean, how did Bobby beat Milo or Evanna? The fact they didn’t announce second, third and fourth place feels strange. I am shocked and question whether Bobby really won.
This is going to be the best bunch of fake smiling people behind the scenes we’ve ever seen.
I’m guessing we will be in for some serious changes next season (if their is one). They need to fire whoever the new show runner is.
My heart just bleeds for Milo and Evanna. All that hard work from them for nothing! What a sham!!!
I wonder if Evanna and Milo split the votes of those voting based on actual dancing ability, and Bobby snuck through.
It would be nice if we could give two votes – one for who we want to stay, and one for who we want to eliminate.
Or if they incorporate ballroom audience votes (which would make sense if they want to continue to do the one night shows).
Beyond shocked. Have watched every season of DWTS, and to quote Kevin O’Leary they are dead to me.
This show is dead to me. Most undeserving person ever to win. All the country and western stars were rallying for him, so wouldn’t doubt alot of bought votes. My opinion anyways.
Hate to say it but maybe the judges scores should have more of an impact on the votes. At least Bobby may have left sooner. It has become a bit of a popularity contest which sucks! I am so disappointed but tbh this has been my least favorite season of the show and I’ve been watching since season 2.
I died a little inside tonight, and the show hasn’t even aired yet where I live. I suppose I’ll watch it when it airs in an hour, then continue to die a little more.
To all the Moderators and John, thank you for the forum you have given us for another season. There is no way you could foresee how it turned out.
Will we ever learn how it turned out for 2nd, 3td, and 4th?
Yeah those country music votes are a force to reckon with. They are the one reason that I stopped watching The Voice. They could take any mediocre singer and send them right to the winners circle.
Lee please don’t blame all country music people. Some of us are pissed as hell to the point we are at a loss for words that can be used in mixed company.
WTF!!!! I can’t believe Bobby won. Why watch a dance competition, when the person who wins admits that he can’t dance?
ABC: New format for the show, please, or just cancel it.
I’m actually disappointed, Bobby Bones won DWTS over two more likable competitors.
Blah, I believe that because viewership decreased a good bit (like a lot), and the voting right along with it, it gives stupid assed fanbases a lot more power than they normally would have. And that gives you Bobby. By far, the least deserving winner in the history of the show.
Had noted the ratings were not so bad even after #26 athlete’s mess, so had been wondering if Bobby’s peeps have been floating the ratings this whole season.
Wondering now who will be picked for spring.
You’re right , LisaC #124, I should have said Country Music people who voted for Bobby, I realize all of them did not.
@Ammie we will probably never know the running order since they always wait until last minute to announce the winner.
On another note, I was expecting/thinking/wanting Milo or Evanna to win, but for some reason I did have a gut feeling it would be a shocking winner, like Bobby. To me, his win is more shocking than Juan Pablo’s elimination last week.
I used to love this show back when it was about dancing and not popularity. I’m stunned and upset. Congrats to Sharna and Bobby I guess
It really saddens me but I think it may be time to delete the show from my dvr. It’s been a great run but these last two seasons were a bust. RIP DWTS.
No words can describe my anger. WTF!!!!!!! TWO SETS OF PERFECT SCORES AND NEITHER WON? I..I… I’m speechless. So basically this entire season was a waste of time if the guy who is a judge on ABC’s attempt at remixing American Idol was slated to win anyway. Talk about Keeping it in the family. This is a whole new low for DWTS. I still look forward to next season but, this season, on the last bite, left a weird taste in my mouth and I don’t ever see it going away.
Not sure if it’s true/verified, but on the season 27 Wikipedia, when describing the week 9 dances it lists Milo as runner up, Evanna 3rd, Alexis 4th.
Okay those results just made me hurl. I’ve watched for so many seasons and that just sucks. I cant watch any shows on ABC tomorrow because I’ll have to sit through hearing them. What are people thinking??
@PH, did they also perhaps change how much viewer votes are worth? For both Joe and Bobby to make it so far in the season, and then for Bobby to win. Like clearly the judges scores didn’t matter because he was the lowest out of the 4. IDK. i’m trying to rationalize because wtf
Yes this is the day DWTS died. This is so wrong in so many ways I can’t list them all. It’s disgraceful. If Witney was mad I don’t blame her. Milo or Evanna deserved the win. The judges are part of the blame but the viewer votes are most of it. People are no longer voting for who truly deserves it. It’s a popularity contest. And in this case I think people thought let’s screw with them and give all the votes to Bobby. I’m saddened that a once good entertaining show will no doubt go out on such a sour note. I hope it doesn’t come back at all.
Milo/Witney and Evanna/Keo thank you for the wonderful dancing you gave us every week and sharing your journey with us. You were bright spots in a miserable disappointing season. You should be proud of what you did.
This is the first time I think I have ever taken my favorite celeb not winning the MBT so personally. In my mind, I had Bobby dead last. Well, Sharna finally has a MBT that she has whined about not winning for season after season. And she won a MBT with a partner that can not dance. I hope she is proud. One big clusterfuk of a season.
Back in the earlier seasons of DWTS I would sit on my hands and get really nervous and hope and pray my favourite would win (usually whoever derek Hough was with)
This finale I was more relaxed because I was play with either Milo or Evanna winning but Bobby came out of nowhere and won it all! I dont even know what to say. This whole season was a mess
Well glad I followed this and did look at the winner. I will look up Evanna’s and Milo’s dances online this week. I just can’t watch this tonight after seeing who won. This season has been so bad. I agree this is the day the show died. SMH I was really hoping that Evanna would have taken it with Keo. The way she improved and came to dance like she has…I am so disappointed in DWTS this year. Between this and the athletes…I think this has turned me off the show completely now.
Milo Manheim should have won without question. I’m shocked that even if Bonny was a better dancer by the end but to win?! Are people watching the show?
There was nothing smart about that freestyle or Bobby’s fanbase, Mary Ann.
In looking at the votes needed, in any previous season, Bobby wouldn’t have been able to overcome that spread. But the sad fact is that viewership is way down from what it was when Derek was last on the show. Viewers this season have ranged between 6.5 million and 7.7 million – that’s lower than World of Dance’s first season which is a summer show and is expected to have lower ratings. Derek’s last season on DWTS averaged about 11 million viewers. Dropping down to 7 is pretty huge. In Bindi’s season, the total viewers numbers were around 13 million.
#Emlee, I felt exactly the same way. I wanted Evanna to win so bad but was perfectly happy with Milo. Now poor Keo will back to being stuck with the old stars again. My heart bleeds for him.
No, Ammie, it’s the same split it has always been. But when you have fewer viewers and voters, the stupid fanbases have more power.
If Bobby hadn’t been such a jerk all season I’d probably feel bad about the hate he’s getting online right now…I’m sure Sharna didn’t expect her win to be like this. I agree with those that say she won with Bobby, but couldn’t with James, Josh, or Charlie? Yes, I know Charlie was sacrificed for Meryl and James couldn’t compete with a cute gymnast, but seriously, this is insane.
I’d like to think if people could phone vote it would have helped, but Bobby still would have won. Glad it was rushed.
Blah, Wiki can be updated by ANYONE.
Agree with Bobby’s win the show has shot itself in the foot. Wondering
1. If it will impact ticket sales for the tour
2. Just who they’ll be able to get who is willing to put themselves through this nonsense and do the spring season?
In my humble opinion, the person who should’ve been voted off in Week #2 just won the MirrorBall??? I’m am completely stunned, shocked, pissed off, ready to throw things….
Shouts to ABC for taking a fine show and trashing it for the past two seasons. I thought the athlete edition was nuts but this season has been completely off the rails and so very disappointing….
Ugh so disgusted. No one this bad has ever WON the show. Sharna got her first win with HIM and not Hinch? So annoyed for everyone, especially Milo/Witney/Keo/Evanna. According to Kristyn Burtt via her twitter via ABC publicity these are the final standings….should have cut out something so they could have announced them in order:
1st Bobby
2nd Milo
3rd Evanna
4th Alexis
The show has been declining for awhile now. This season was just weird. 2 weeks in a row that couples with perfect scores were eliminated. I didn’t vote this week but it seems to get worse every year.
I have never been so genuinely upset with a DWTS result in all of the years that I have watched this show, even though my favorites rarely win. Because I can always understand that the person who did win also deserved it (at least somewhat). But now I am just sitting here in shock. Milo and Witney put everything they had into this season — her choreography for that freestyle was simply unmatched. Bobby ran around the stage like a fish out of water, yelling random stuff while dancing not AT ALL and he got a perfect score!!! I can only imagine – say Bobby had gotten the score he deserved for that freestyle (three 8’s) he would have been been 12 points behind Milo…makes me wonder if he still would have won.
Also, as the main demographic of this show does vote by phone, do you think the results would have been different if the results show was tomorrow?
I’ve seen screenshots of everyone’s faces at that exact moment. Pretty much sums it up. Jenna’s probably happy that people will finally get off her back over Adam’s crap win last season (and at least he could dance).
I noticed they didn’t show the judges faces at the winner reveal. To be a fly on the wall as the future of this show is discussed.
It’s a sad, sad, day…I can’t believe that DWTS would want to go out on this kind of a low?! I’ve been a fan since dance 1, season 1 and to see my favorite show kill itself in the manner, just mystifies me? The judges did not do their jobs in the way intended and I squarely place that upon their shoulders, there is NOT one way you can convince me that Bobby’s freestyle can be compared to Milo’s, not even close, yet they score it the same? It made the 10 meaningless. Just shows how far the manipulation of the cast has gone. And I feel saddest for all of our Pro’s. This show just committed suicide and they will no longer have jobs. These are kids largely and they just took their livelihood away from them not to mention joy from those of us who have tuned in for 27 season because we respect and find great pleasure in seeing them perform. This new show runner has to have killed their own future in this industry, take a successful show and make it a laughing stock! I’ve wanted Sharna to win (Lord knows the girl has worked her bottom off all these years) but NOT like this, she deserved a TRUE win, not a win forever tarnished with the fans. Like I sad…sad, sad day.
#Princess Heidi I agree that viewership has been going down over the years; however, certain “celebs” bring certain crazy fanbases along with them and this season, I think, has proven that to highest degree. If it wasn’t true, Joe and Bobby wouldn’t have lasted as long as they did throughout this season. And in my opinion, Sharna knew how to use Bobby’s crazy fan base to her potential. That freestyle was all about Bobby and his quirkiness and his eccentric behavior. And Sharna let him loose as only Bobby know how LOL which his fans ate up!! And b/c online voting was open, they went to town voting for him. Evanna and Milo didn’t stand a chance. I knew it right after his freestyle. You could disagree with me. This is all just my opinion.
As said above this was the night the show died in America. It may not be the final ever episode but this was the episode that sent it to death row. It’s only a matter of time now.
All season I have fast forwarded through CAI’s comments, Val’s camera hogging & Bobby’s dances. Once in a while I would go to YouTube to re-watch Derek’s foxtrot with Nicole or the pros tribute to Michael Jackson just to remember the DWTS glory days. So sorry to see Evanna & Keo and Milo & Whitney with perfect scores and yet not rewarded for an entire season of stellar performances. Good-bye DTWS—I’ll be watching Strictly from now on…
I think this will be the first year that I will not take part in watching the GMA coverage tomorrow. Not one least interested in Sharna or Bobbie.
@M8, the fact that the show hasn’t even been renewed yet, but is not coming back for a spring season at the very least, probably isn’t a good sign for its future. I believe ABC is likely going to just put everything into American Idol. There’s a lot of changes that need to get made to DWTS, but at this point I don’t think they care. I’m sure next season, whenever that is, will be the same old, same old.
Carrie W, completely agree.
Was hoping the Bobby people would split their votes and award a few to someone who could dance and make this a little more competitive.
My question is can DWTS possibly pull off a decent spring season after this? It seems they have lost most of the audience that actually cares about dance. What can they do to get us back?
Imagine how this will affect the dancers. I’m sure they are thinking whats the point of working hard to come up with creative dances only to lose to a medicure Below average dancer. Time for them to look for other jobs.
Juan Pablo should have won, and Bobby Bones winning was indeed clueless!!
Didn’t watch show tonight but got your updates, and I’m so shocked and disappointed with the way this season went. Have watched this show from the beginning but this is the worse. I’m happy for Sharna but I really believe they might have been trying to get her a mirrorball since she hasn’t won, and has been on for 7 seasons, just like in the all star season when Meliisa and Tony won, I believe it was to get Tony the mirrorball since he hadn’t won in all the seasons he had been on, that year Derek and Shawn should have won easily. I feel bad for Witney and Milo as they deserved it, and also Evanna and Keo did a great job. Bobby should got past week 5. Did they say anything about a sc pring season, and who is celebrity going on tour. The last I looked they had 6 men and 5 woman, Did they add another pro female or troupe member.
I don’t understand how the popular vote works -wouldn’t they also have to overcome the judges scores? A 6 point spread?
I wish they would open up the voting to the international community. I thi k it would help stop people like bobby from getting so far. I saw on his story how even semi-famous people were making 9 email addresses so they could vote for him and radio stations were having watch parties. Unfortunately, his fanbase was a whole lot bigger than anyone expected. I also think people jumping ship and supporting evanna (who i still absolutely love) hurt Milo’s chances.
Kristyn Burtt tweeted that Milo was 2nd, Evanna 3rd and Alexis 4th
It would have been nice to see the judges, other’s, reactions.
I am in utter shock! How the heck did this happen?! Over TWO couples with perfect scores. I will admit that I loved Bobby’s freestyle. I loved how he was witty and he included former contestants and the hosts. The perfect score was enough of a win for him – not the whole trophy?! I am happy for Sharna getting her first MBT, but I’m pissed that it came from a bleh dancer. She should’ve won with Hinch! Idk what the hell is going on with this show!
I’ve been the most loyal dwts fan since season one and this is hands down one of the most disappointing seasons in my opinion. If not the worst season. I’m happy for Sharna. But wow. The way Tom announced it I thought it was a joke. Lol. Also I’m glad I didn’t buy tickets for the tour. No Lindsey no Sharna. Although I’m glad val joined, I rather spend a few hundred on tickets for him and maks or something than to deal with joe basically doing the robot. ????????♀️
I think one factor that led to Bobby winning was the live vote, as Tom kept mentioning that live voting would take place in the Eastern and Central time zones.
I don’t know how many markets Bobby’s radio show airs in, but I have to imagine that country music is most popular in the Southeastern portion of the country, which is in the Eastern and Central time zones. This makes it ripe for Bobby’s fans to vote for him.
If there was no live voting, given what Kristyn Burtt reported the final results were, Milo would have had a better chance of winning and Evanna would have had a better chance of finishing in second place.
In hindsiight, when the “scary music” played before Tom announced the winner, I should have realized that it was going to be Bobby instead of keeping my fingers crossed that the winner would be either Evanna (who I voted for) or Milo (who I thought would win after seeing his freestyle).
Are there any plans to write an obituary?
The time when I give the show one more shot it’s dead (like PH said). I suggest all the pros to get another day job. This is what happened when people say “such pro has never won before”. See what happened?
Derek and Mark DID the right thing before this show sink. Ridiculous season.
So bummed – Bobby’s freestyle definitely didn’t deserve a 30. But he must have a huge fan base so it probably wouldn’t have mattered if they scored him lower. Really enjoyed Milo and Evanna’s freestyle.
Just watching the news now and according to George Pennachio, Milo & Witney were in 2nd place – now I’m even more bummed!
I was undecided who would win between Bobby and Evanna. I thought that Evanna might have consolidated enough of the viewership after last week. But I always believed Bobby had an advantage that’s pretty unique. On a daily basis, he interacts with millions of his fans. That’s not common among celebrities. Social media posts reach only a tiny fraction of a star’s audience. I’ve seen estimates for Twitter and Facebook put at around 2%. With a radio show, Bobby’s fans were thinking about him every day. For this reason, I’m just glad we didn’t have Rush Limbaugh on the show.
I don’t really have any problem with the result, because it rewards what the producers intended to reward. But if they want to change this, I believe the solution is pretty simple. Instead of having people vote for an individual, they could have them rank the contestants and assign points accordingly. With a field of 5, 5 points would go to your first place vote, 4 points to your 2nd, and so on down to 1 point to your 5th place vote. This would mitigate the effect of a particularly large fan base. Contestants like Bobby and Joe might get the largest number of 1st place votes, but they’d get relatively few 2nd and 3rd place votes.
Incidentally, if we voted like this for political elections, I think there’s a good chance Donald Trump wouldn’t have won the Republican Primary.
Barf. So disappointed. Was surprised the judges gave Bobby’s freestyle 10’s, was expecting maybe 26, 27, or 28, which would have been kind, considering 24 was his highest score so far. Why a perfect score? In the past you’ve mentioned the judges like to be right, so maybe that had something to do with it? Dunno. I remember the judges being really harsh on Candace and Mark’s freestyle and giving them 8’s, which I thought was shockingly low, and she was a FAR better dancer than Bobby, even if, like Bobby, better dancers were sent home in her place before the finale. Definitely Milo and Evanna were robbed! Hope they aren’t too disappointed in the outcome and are still proud and happy at all they’ve accomplished this season!
It’s funny, when the cast was first announced I had my doubts with this season. I watched it not having a favorite, then voted for Alexis for a few weeks due to dance ability. Then Evanna peaked and it was history since. Rooted for her and Milo ever since and have said that they would be in the finals, and one of them would win. Thought Bobby was going to leave with Joe last week or even before that, but never would’ve expected this. Here I am the next morning hoping it was a dream. It was not.
I think Milo and Evanna split the vote. Had Evanna not had this sudden rise over the last 2-3 weeks I think Milo would have won. But I think her rise saw her steal a lot of votes off of Milo and that combined with his slightly below par scores from last week was enough to get Bobby ahead of him.
The judges get told what to mark and do their summaries during camera blocking a day or so before the live show. When they gave Bobby 30 for what was essentially a very poor quality freestyle that would ordinarily score high teens or low twenties – they would already know what the implications would be and that would make him win. Nothing in the show is left to chance and if Bobbie won it’s because they wanted him to for whatever reason
I was hoping for someone else to win, but Bobby won, and I’m fine. He was my pick to win because a lot of people listen to his radio show. I’m also a country music fan!
Just wanted to say thanks for the recap so I didn’t need to watch. Figured something like this would happen so I watched the Voice instead. I know we all pick on Joe, but at least he admitted he didn’t want to stay with better dancers leaving before him. Disappointed ending. Really thought Evanna should have one. Knew something was up when they changed how voting was going to be.
Princess Heidi, Courtney, Vogue, and John – I’m mostly a lurker, but always value what all of you put in to this site. Your commentary is insightful, and the snark is appreciated. No matter what happens with this show going forward, this site made watching it that much more enjoyable. Thank you so much for all your hard work and time spent.
Mary Ann, there have ALWAYS been celebs like Joe and Bobby who last a long time during a given season. There have always been great dancers who get eliminated earlier than they should. That hasn’t changed. There have ALWAYS been huge, extremely annoying and ignorant fanbases who think they rule the world. They never have before now. The reason they have more control now is because the average viewer/voter is not there to over rule them. That’s simple math.
Your opinion doesn’t really matter when it comes to facts and math. Sorry. The only thing “new” to the situation of DWTS is the fact that viewership is down to (often less than) 7 million viewers. Neither Sharna, nor Bobby or his fans, are anything new or special.
Bobby did have to overcome the judges scores, Chris – but the margins weren’t that big. The judges did NOT help by overscoring the shit out of him last night. It’s possible that they knew the margins were large enough that it wouldn’t have mattered….or Milo got Hilaried. The judges assumed he was going to win so felt free to give everyone 30’s in their freestyle. And regular viewers just didn’t see the need to vote.
Bobby’s fanbase doesn’t need to be huge in order for him to win, sad to say. All it takes is viewers assuming there is no way he could win…and not voting.
Dude only has 600k twitter followers – most people with “huge” fanbases can do much better than that.
Very possible, M8. Maybe even probable. When you lower viewership, not only do the nutty fanbases have more power, but splitting the votes of the great dancers has a much larger impact.
I first started to watch DWTS when Sharna’s partner was Charlie. I thought those two did phenomenal dances and could not understand why they were voted off by the judges until I read your blog. So, if this is the end of this show, it could be the judges decided they had robbed sharna of her mirror ball enough times and now was her last chance to get it. I always voted for Sharna except when she danced with Antonio and Bobby. We’ve been aware of the producers/ judges’ manipulation and this time it culminated into a ridiculous finale. Unlike some of you, I hope they can remedy the situation and we have another go at DWTS. Evanna, J P and Milo were a gift.
There is no truth to the rumor Ashley Edens is in talks with a certain multiple emmy winning pro to return one season with a certain Canadian singer. Just joking.
This is definitely something new. As you said, there has always been celebs that last a long time because of their fan bases even if they are not good dancers. But they have never won before.
I am a little torn anyways. Although I was rooting (and voted for) Evanna and Keo, I love the fact that Sharna finally won. Also, I feel bad when I see all the negative comments people are trowing their way on social media. They way I see it, Bobby and Sharna did everything they could (as they should) and it is not their fault that the other (better) dancers did not get the votes. Therefore, although I would have preferred Evanna (or Milo) to win, I’m happy for Bobby and Sharna and hope they don’t feel bad because of the comments on social media.
On the other hand, as a fan of the show I do worry as to its future. Regardless of who won, the declining viewership/votes is changing the show and probably an indication that an end might be near. When I think of how great this show was at one point (some of my fav. dances are still from seasons 4-13)it makes me sad to see the possibility of an end so near.
But whether we get another season or not… thanks to the mods who have, for many years, kept us informed and given us DWTS’s fan a place to discuss and share our love for dance!
WOW! JUST WOW! I agree Heidi, DWTS just put the nail in the coffin with this result. I get that Bobby had a HUGE fanbase. Bigger than other winners? I doubt that. I’ve lost major interest in this show this year. Being in Grad school probably has a LOT to do with that.
Courtney, I don’t know how you pull off blogging this show full time PLUS working full-time AND grad school? I do that too but don’t “seem to be running a blog” at the same time 😉
You all have made this show more enjoyable for me over the years I’ve watched and read your blog. I am sad that this is what the show has evolved into. Should’ve gone back to a 2 night finale….I think the outcome may have been different if they’d stuck to a 2 night finale like every other season :/
So thank you ladies and gent(John) for all the hard work you’ve put into this blog. <3
I missed the finale last night and I worked hard to resist checking the winner here before I watched the recording. Just watched it and I can’t believe I wasted my time. I should know by now to trust the posts here more than anything I hear elsewhere online or in commercials. If I’d checked here first, I would have known that the only ones worth seeing were Evanna and Milo. I’m not even sure those two fantastic dances were worth subjecting my poor eyes to Bobby’s freestyle. To compare them on the same level is nauseating. It was just him jumping around looking stupid and barely any dancing.
This show used to bring me such joy and now I don’t think I can watch anymore. Thanks to everyone here for making it more enjoyable over the years and good luck with any future seasons, if they even exist.
@PH: The lower viewership numbers certainly matter, and I think that effect really shows up when you consider how quickly Twitter/Instagram can mobilize people who aren’t even watching the show to vote for a contestant just because they support everything that they do.
What I’d like to see is the ratio of total number of votes cast to the number of households viewing according to the ratings. I have a sneaky suspicion that that particular ratio would exceed whatever allowance you could make for viewers having multiple ABC accounts in order to vote.
I have to laugh at all the outrage people are showing. I remember when everyone was talking about all the “ringers” on the show and that the judges where scoring the others lower to keep their favorites in. So which is it. Let the judges dictate who wins or the people. This year the people spoke to the outrage of most everyone else. You have to wonder was it possible Alexa come in second that is why the just went to the winner. Inquiring minds would like to know.
What a way to kill off this franchise if Bobby’s win does get the show cancelled. This season has such awkward pacing and it wasn’t even a gimmick show like the Athletes season. And even then they continued to switch things up last minute, I mean wasn’t this season supposed to be 11 episodes?.
It will be very interesting what does happen to the show going forward. Not only has the show been suffering a massive bleed in viewership, but these past few weeks, every single elimination has been met with some degree of backlash, whether it be from Joe and Bobby staying too long, the shocking eliminations of good dancers, or the fact that the first five eliminations were women. What fraction of the core audience will be left in the aftermath of the season, and how will ABC react to the long term implications of this?
I only watched a few shows this season, mostly earlier. And I say that as someone who never missed a show even just a few seasons ago. I realized that I just didn’t have it in me anymore to watch. That tuning in to just those few shows felt like a chore rather than fun.
When that feeling happens, it’s time to throw in the towel. There’s just so much good television out there and so little time to watch it that I’d rather spend my time watching selectively rather than out of misguided nostalgia for what once was.
I have really enjoyed being a part of the PureDWTS community. The mods and posters on this forum are passionate, funny and informed people. It’s been a joy. Thank you!
Dee,
This is the 1st time that they did not have a 2nd or 3rd place winner. The producer’s knew people would get upset. He is nutty and did not deserve to win nor is he the better or best dancer. So very unfair, The producer’s just want to keep people hipped up for the new Bachelor. That’s will. He surely was not the winner or deserved to win. I was happy for Shana.
I think Evanna got the “Nastia treatment” with the camera work before and during her freestyle last night, but it was too late to matter anyways.
Out of all the freestyles, Milo’s stood out to me the most and I will rewatch it often.
@Jason (#172)
I really like the voting system idea you suggested. Right now, we vote FOR who we want to stay/win. With a ranking kind of system, I think you would be helping your favorite(s), but you would also have a say in who gets eliminated.
[…] Heidi & I said “well we can kiss this show goodbye.” I think we both can agree that last night’s show was the beginning of the end of DWTS, if not the actual end. So naturally, people are talking today […]
This season certainly wasn’t about the dancing. I like Bobby, I enjoyed his quirky, enthusiastic approach to the show. To me he was entertaining. Even though I rooted for Milo, because he was everything Bobby is and more (he could also dance), I’m not upset about Bobby. There have been several times a mediocre dancer made it to the finals because of their fan base. It’s also true the game has changed with a smaller viewing audience and fewer unbiased votes. Maybe this will kill the show, maybe not. The show won’t go on forever anyway. I’m happy for Sharna, she did what she could with Bobby, and for the most part it was enjoyable to this non dancing viewer. If I want to watch quality dance there are two other shows offered for that. To me dwts has always been a rough mix between zero ability and obvious possibility.
Thanks mods for all the time, communicative talent, and thorough consideration you give this show. Your passion and work is always appreciated.
To add: I’m not sure what the show is thinking by adding Joe as the guest star on so many of the tour stops. What’s he going to do, stand on the stage while everybody dances around him? Anyone in the audience could do that, audience participation. Smh, I don’t get it.
I may be remembering wrong, but didn’t the previously use score and vote rankings to figure things out, instead of actual scores/votes?
Like this week, based on scores the rankings would be:
1. Milo
1. Evanna
3. Alexis
4. Bobby
Vote rankings (I’m assuming, based on the final results)
1. Bobby
2. Milo
3. Evanna
4. Alexis
That would have led to overall Milo as the champion, Evanna runner up, Bobby a close 3rd, Alexis 4th.
Definitely not a perfect system, but on a season like this it absolutely makes more sense.
No, they’ve never done that, Blah. It’s always been actual scores/actual votes.
You might wish, Stoli, but that’s likely more than a year from now and even then, probably not possible due to that pro’s tour and commitment to NBC.
STFU terzak. I’ve explained multiple times why the outcome was the way it was – READ IT AND SHUT IT. And please try to write coherently – I have no idea what your last two sentences are supposed to mean.
It isn’t the dancers, it’s the judges. People are sick and tired of CAI, Len and Bruno. They need different judges.
I saw the finale this week. Whatever the outcome was, it was still wrong. I think Sharna shouldn’t have won this time. I think she is a great Dance Pro. I have told ABC TV many seasons, that I wanted to see her. I think the program decided to themselves that she never won it before, so they gave it to her this time. If it was legitimately done, it would have come out different. First, if they would have had a double elimination the 1st week, it would have been different. Second, if they would have had an elimination on Disney Night, it would have come out different. This message comes from Steven Lantz of Brooklyn, New York.
I didn’t see it, but apparently Sharna did an Instagram live where she mentioned she was told (after the win) that they were so far ahead in voting that their scores didn’t matter.
If that’s the case, then that should be proof enough that something needs to be changed if the show continues. No matter whether someone is the best dancer or the worst, neither the scores or votes ALONE should make the decision.
@ Blah #205 If the show hadn’t manipulated thing’s over the last several seasons to drive the original main demographic away, Bobby probably would have never won, and these changes wouldn’t be necessary.
Hey all, I saw an article on Tvline about this that I found interesting. Basically, sounds similar to what is being said here. Something needs to change, but probably won’t. It’s a good read if you feel like perusing it and the author makes some good points I hadn’t heard before.
Here’s the link if you’re interested:
https://tvline.com/2018/11/25/dancing-with-the-stars-winner-controversy-bobby-bones-season-27/
(Sorry if that isn’t allowed or if this double posts!)
The vote were likely far ahead because, as I’ve said, the general viewer is no longer voting – giving all the power to the wack fanbases.