PureDWTS Season 28: The Full Cast Will Be Announced Aug. 21
I knew SOMETHING was happening with regards to DWTS on GMA Aug. 21, I just didn’t know what; apparently it’s the entire cast announcement, per GMA’s Twitter:
So it looks like we’re getting the entire cast two weeks earlier than expected. Hope they’ve got their ducks in a row…and if they really want to milk this, I’m expecting the DancingABC Instagram to start dropping hints soon…
Adding: Per my source, none of the pros have met their partners yet. Unless that happens sometime in the coming week, I’d say we may be looking at a Strictly-style cast announcement: pros meet their partners for the first time on LIVE TELEVISION 😯 Guess we’ll see who has a poker face and who doesn’t…pass the popcorn 😉
Adding again: Ok, finally got some clarity from a source: ALL OF THE CELEBS and ALL OF THE PROS are being announced on GMA on Wednesday; however, the partnerships are not being announced – I’m guessing that will happen at a later date, and source thinks it might possibly happen on social media. So they really are doing this Strictly-style…I guess my hope is that this “here are all the pros and here are all the celebs” format doesn’t inspire some pros to start campaigning to get a certain celeb…I could see a pro or two whining to the producers about why they should get [insert incredibly ringer-y partner here] before the formal announcement is made. STAND FIRM, ANDREW!!! 😯
Very excited and also curious. Wonder if they’re just trying to get ahead of the spoilers this year, since most of the cast and pairings are figured out by the actual announcement. Probably wouldn’t hurt to have a few extra weeks of publicity because of the ratings decline, especially if this cast delivers.
Looking forward to the early cast announcement plus I love the idea of the partners meeting 1st time at GMA! Now to figure out whose got a secret “something” going on that day ????
Very happy about an early cast reveal. I hope they have some good stars for this season. Also excited to see who the new pros are. It will be fun if they do the partner meetings live. I also don’t think it’s bad to have the partners revealed early. It will give more time for teams to build up their partnerships and as viewers to get a sense of contestants through their social media. One of the things I enjoy every season is finding those contestants I either didn’t know pre show or didn’t know much about and becoming a huge fan by the end. i hope even with the early announcements we get some clues soon. i think I saw promos were already being shot so wondering if the celebs could have been meeting partners then.
Some have no poker face so in a weird way inreally hope that we get some meme worthy reactions lol. I feel like we r going to get like while last half hour of gma for this. I like this cast reveal already
I would love if they took a page out of Strictly and had the celebs and dancers find out their partners live. As long as they keep the inevitable appearance of Bones to a minimum, this will be a good birthday for me!
I would hope that most of the pros have had their fair share of duffers that they all have good poker faces lol. When strictly did the announcements, there were quite a few that had terrible poker faces. Aliona and Brendan come to mind (in Brendan’s case, it was more of his celeb Lulu’s reaction). For the most part though, I think the strictly pros were a little over the top in their reactions lol.
Two reactions that stand out to me from seasons past (and this was after the pairs had already met, of course), were Macy Gray/Jonathan Roberts, and Kate Gosselin/Tony Dovolani. There was one of the meet the cast videos of Macy/Jonathan after the pairings were announced, and she openly said she was hoping for Maks as a partner and was disappointed she didn’t get him. And then she was like ‘no offense’ to Jonathan, who looked a little surprised she said that.
The other was when Kate and Tony appeared on Jimmy Kimmell. I want to say they were the first official pair announced for season 10, and you could see it in Tony’s face already that he was having a miserable time.
So not the instant reaction of seeing your partner for the first time, but still awkward. I think the celeb reactions might be better than the pros.
The pros haven’t met their stars yet? Do we know who the pros yet? Have they been told now?
No, Jamie – I said that in the post: “none of the pros have met their partners yet”. Please make sure you’re reading the post before machine-gunning questions at us in the comments section. No, we don’t know who the pros are yet. And I have no idea what your 3rd question means.
Kind of early for a full cast announcement, isn’t it? I guess I’m surprised they have all the celebs locked down already.
I’m guessing pros and celebs alike, in order to avoid any embarrassing reactions, are (a) being told their partner ahead to time so they can get their game faces on; or (b) being told to act super excited no matter what, like they do on SCD 🙂
Kara – I remember those instances as well. Macy was lucky to have Jonathan as a partner, she wouldn’t have lasted 2 seconds with Maks. And Kate was a train wreck, no partner could have helped her and Tony deserves a medal.
Rob Gronkowski has a special announcement this week. I read it on HIS twitter.
I think the fans will be a lot worse in begging TPTB to give their favorite pro a certain partner. At least Sharna’s fans can’t say she deserves the mirrorball anymore!
@Linde, I remember Kate also saying she was hoping to get Maks as a partner. I don’t think there would have been words to describe that partnership if it happened.
Not seeing it, Miner.
@courtney. Just asking questions Courtney as you said in an earlier post that the pros didn’t even know themselves if they were back. I was just asking if they had been told now as you guys seem to me more in the know than us.
LOL Kara- I don’t remember reading about Kate asking for Maks, but OMG. It may have come to fisticuffs LOL
Maks would have been hilarious….saying that Kate would have broken him quicker than she broke tony and he flipped out. Probably for the best She got tony in hindsight lol
Courtney, it’s there. Might have been on his Instagram. Anyway, just look up “Rob Gronkowski Big Announcement”
No, Miner, IT’S NOT ON HIS TWITTER OR INSTAGRAM – and you are wasting my time, as you have with every other “rumor” you claim to have found. And if you had actually paid attention, this supposed “big announcement” from Gronk is happening on the 27th…6 days after the cast announcement, so it likely has nothing to do with DWTS. The next time you send me on a wild goose chase, you’re banned for good…
Hello! I wasn’t sure which post to ask this question on (and you probably don’t know the answer) but with all the changes they keep mentioning for the new season….do you happen to know if the voting will change up at all? How does Strictly do their voting?? Phone calls one hour after the show seem so outdated, compared to AGT, SYTYCD, etc being able to text votes or voting on their apps. You’re also given a longer time frame, typically until the next morning because so many of us watch from our DVR, etc. Thanks for you time! And thanks for your blog…I really appreciate it!!