PureDWTS Season 28 Live Blog: GMA Announcing the First Two Contestants!!! **POSTPONED INDEFINITELY**
And we begin our broadcast day, friends 🙂 With this announcement (the earliest we’ve ever been given confirmation on a celeb cast member, mind you), I’d say the season 28 cycle has officially commenced!
I know there’s been some skepticism – “Why are they announcing this so early??? Ugh, I hope this isn’t like the announcement mess of season 21!!!” And I get it – that rolling announcement they attempted for season 21 was a dumpster fire. But given that we’re coming off the longest hiatus between seasons in the history of the show (and coming off an almost universally panned season, mind you), I think it’s important that the show get the ball rolling earlier than usual – they’re going to have to start the arduous process of getting fans excited about the show again, and invested in the upcoming season. The longer they lay dormant, the less likely viewers are to tune in – so I fully expect the month of August to be a tad bananas in the DWTS fandom, and I think we may see more cast announcements between now and early September, when they usually reveal the full cast.
As for this announcement – I tend to think (hope) they’ve managed to snag some popular, relevant celebs, and are using this early reveal to whet our appetites for what’s to come. The prevailing theory from the comments on this post is that it’s going to be recent Bachelorette Hannah Brown and her runner-up-cum-second-chance-flame Tyler Cameron, which I think would be a very shrewd choice – as much as we’ve eye-rolled at past Bachelors on DWTS, the most recent incarnation of the show was surprisingly progressive (Hannah shutting down slut-shamey comments from one of her suitors, Tyler C. being a woke, respectful king) as well as scandalous (Hannah’s final pick, Jed, was revealed to have been in a relationship with someone back home during the duration of the show, and apparently had only done the show to “further his singing career”). Hannah and Tyler are having a moment – a big moment! – and they would likely be a huge ratings draw, as Bachelor franchise fans are invested in whether or not they’ll rekindle their romance. Whether you love The Bachelor franchise, hate The Bachelor franchise, or love to hate The Bachelor franchise, this would be a very good move for DWTS. Plus I think it’s high time that we get another Bachelorette on the show – Rycroft doesn’t count, so we haven’t had one since Trista in season 1 (Kaitlyn Bristowe DWTS drama notwithstanding). I’m also told that Tyler has always wanted to do DWTS, and is possibly-maybe a bit of a ringer…? 😉 Music to my ears, after watching Grocery Joe lumber awkwardly through season 27.
If not Hannah & Tyler, then who else could it be? Again, I go back to it being someone big and possibly a package deal – my only other guess was Gronk and his model/dancer gf Camille Kostek. What are your theories as we wait to find out? 🙂
UPDATE, 7:58 AM EST, 8/5/19: Apparently no mention has been made of DWTS so far on GMA – and the tone seems very somber today, in light of the two mass shootings over the weekend. Makes me wonder if they’ll still do this announcement…stay tuned…
UPDATE, 8:18 AM EST, 8/5/19: Looks like the announcement got pushed, per this tweet from Ginger…lol. Guess we’ll try this again tomorrow…
Update, 3:01 PM EST, 8/5/19: Sooo…the DWTS announcement may or may not be tomorrow…check out Tom’s response to a fan asking about it. Then again, I’m not sure that they were even planning on having Tom on GMA for this particular announcement, so it would make sense that he didn’t know anything. We’ll watch again tomorrow, just on the off-chance they do make the announcement…but it seems a bit up-in-the-air at the moment…
Update, 4:43 PM EST, 8/5/19: Kristyn reached out to ABC publicity to ask when the announcement was rescheduled, and was told it was “postponed indefinitely” 🙁 We’ll keep an eye out to see if/when it might come up again, but for now…no news, kids.
I get jealous how Strictly does their announcement-pros already known, and they announce a few celebs each day. S21 was a mess, I agree, but I’m fine with knowing in advance and getting a few each day. I think the sooner everyone knows whose on and paired up with who, the sooner they can start hyping up the season.
I think it could be either of the above. And while I could care less to have anyone from The Bachelor franchise on again, I’ll take them if they are an improvement over Joe.
michelle visage is on strictly come dancing this year!!
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So excited for the new season to start up!!! Yay!!!
Is the announcement still happening today? I could see them pushing it until tomorrow since Good Morning America will be focusing on the horrific mass shootings this morning….
@Eric – Not sure…I would have hoped we’d hear some mention of it at the top of the hour, but…nothing. Lord knows we won’t be told if it has been pushed to tomorrow until after GMA is already over.
Wouldn’t be surprised if they toss it out in the last five minutes. Depends on how many folks they have that can talk about the shootings.
Then Ginger shows up with her ish and all bets are off….
I think Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense, Second Hand Lions), and just maybe Kesha. I think Haley Joel has a higher chance than Kesha, but I’m considering all options.
I would love both Tyler and Hannah on. They are two of the best people to come out of the bachelor franchise in awhile. Tyler has mentioned that in college some how he got put in all these dance class for a semester and he loved it. His opening package was him dancing in kinda a footloose style way in one of his construction sites since he is a general contractor. I’d much prefer them over Gronk and whoever his girlfriend is. But I have just so many issues with gronk since I come from a buffalo bills family. If he’s on I’ll just have to deal.
I also thought maybe with Shannon Doherty being on that they were going to announce someone from BH90210 since the reboot Aires Wednesday would make sense to get buzz early. A lot of the big names have already been on but Tori spelling and Brian Austin Green haven’t and having them on together would make sense. Since they are Donna and David an extremely iconic TV couple.
Taryn, Shannon was already on (I think)
Miner, read Taryn’s comment more carefully – that’s not what she’s saying
Hmm… I’m wondering if there is a trail of breadcrumbs left by today’s debacle, and these two names will be spoiled tonight.
Right I know Shannon was on and Ian and Jennie I believe they were all on before I watched the show. I just meant her being there they could have connected her to the announcement. The timing is convenient. I think the only other major cast member that hasn’t done it is Jason Preistly. Having David (Brian)and Donna(Tori) on together would make more sense though. Also Brian is married to Meghan Fox so another possible husband and wife on? Very unlikely but who knows.
Another Pair I though of too is maybe Maia and Alex Shibutani the ice dancers. They aren’t competing right now so they may have time to do the show. I believe they have mentioned wanting to do it. This ones not super likely but not impossible. I think more wishful on my part because i love them.
I was thinking the 2 reveals could be Colton Underwood and Cassie Randolph from The Bachelor. He said he would only do DWTS if she did it with him. But I think they bumped the announcement to tomorrow due to the shootings over the weekend.
Yes…we said that in the post, Brennan…
Colton and Cassie? You better HOPE it’s not those two. It doesn’t bode well for the rest of the cast if that’s the best they can do. If they have anyone from that franchise on, they would be stupid to not try for Hannah and Tyler.
Okay now this might be super weird and out of left field but kind of hoping it might be Halsey and Yungblud. Halsey has literally been everywhere this year from guest starring in Cameo roles on shows seeing in her in a few interviews this year as well and the can’t remember what else she did this year but she’s been popping up a lot also it would be a very good pull for younger fan base. Also both are vastly different styles of music, and both are at an interesting point in their lives were a DWTS journey might fit their agenda. Halsey seems like shes trying to get back to her old self before the drama, and Yungblud’s main focus in his music seems to have a lot of undertones discussing being medicated for mental health. That would be one hell of a story to share on DWTS. I can remember growing up hoping from pill to pill to control my ADD. It leads to depression, and it also could start a dependancy which can from into an addiction. Just thought I’d bring this up as Halsey has been on a move now for a hot minute and the only concerts she has this year all fall after the competition would be over, with t by e exception of one date in September, but it’s on a Friday and she could definitely be back by Monday night. Yungblud seems a bit more packed with shows, but not many mondays or Tuesdays that could be canceled, I do remember one of the ladies here mentioning that concerts dont tend to fall on these days because of limited sales. Interestingly he’ll be in Hollywood on the seventeenth anyway. Just food for thought and both would be great if this was true.
Wow, this announcement has kind of turned into a mess. I assumed it was Hannah and Tyler to coincide with Bachelor in Paradise premiering. I don’t watch that show, but from what I’ve heard about Colton/Cassie vs Hannah/Tyler, I’d much rather have the latter two on. I’m sure DWTS would love to pimp that relationship, and at least it’d be less awkward than some producer driven pro/celeb showmance.
So much talk about Hannah and Tyler, I already hope they are not on. We are going to end up with a mirror ball champion who is super popular but can’t dance again like last season.
@Jamie – Errr, Tyler was nearly a dance minor in college, and Hannah’s pageant talent was jazz dance. Putting them in the same category as Bobby Bones is really off-base…
Did I miss something? Everyone seems to be assuming/guessing that the 2 contestants that were supposed to be announced yesterday would be an already-established pair, such as the Bachelorette/her guy, or David & Donna from 90210, or the ice skating pair.
I never took that from GMA’s announcement. I just thought they were announcing the 1st two contestants, but never got the impression that they “belonged” together. I just assumed they’d be announcing 2 random contestants from this year’s cast. I hope they aren’t going to get cutesy again & have dueling husbands & wives kind of stuff.
It’s a bit more complicated than you’re making it out to be, Karen. We’ve literally never had (2) celebs announced at the same time – it’s either been one-by-one, as was the style in season 21, or all at once (pretty much every other season). The fact that they were announcing (2) – and nearly a month before the casting announcement is made – is curious, and the fact that it was supposed to happen on Monday coincides with the premiere of Bachelor in Paradise, and only a week after the explosive finale of The Bachelorette. The two contestants they were meant to announce may have nothing to do with each other, but given the preponderance of evidence to the contrary, I don’t think you can dismiss anyone who thought they might be connected.
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By the way…Bachelor in Paradise premiered last night to it’s highest ratings in two years, EASILY winning the night. And it’s also easily winning in the Demo. The Bachelorette also is going up in the ratings…I would have to look but it may have beaten DWTS’s numbers from last fall. In the summer. If that isn’t motivation to grab two of the most popular people from that franchise and ask them to be on DWTS, I don’t know what is.
They may not end up being on. Or one of them only might end up being on – but there sure is a lot of motivation and evidence that it could be both. It can’t be dismissed out of hand, that’s for sure.
@coutney sorry didn’t want to pre judge but seems a lot of hype over 2 may be contestants that the majority haven’t seen dance yet. Just seen the promo for Strictly CD in Britain and think they are so much more organised and together than us. I’m a bit jealous I guess
@Jamie, we had two mass shootings over the weekend that deserved more attention than a DWTS cast announcement. You’re really gonna fault DWTS for that and start unfavorably comparing them to SCD???
Adding: it was just brought to my attention that the new executive producer at DWTS is Andrew Cartmell – who got poached from Strictly. Perhaps take your complaints up with him? 😉