PureDWTS Season 28: Ousted Pros Artem & Sharna Post Farewell Messages on Instagram
Both indicate that they’re “very sad” – I tend to think this was not their call (definitely not Artem’s call, Sharna’s harder to get a read on). Both also seem to give the impression that they’re done with DWTS for good. You be the judge – and maybe send them some love.
I am so going to miss these two….especially Sharna. I loved her theatricalness so so much. Hopefully she is back in the future. And lots of thanks to her for giving us so many cool interviews over the years!!! WE LOVE YOU SHARNA!!!! XOXOXOXO
I will miss Artem and still don’t understand how he got sacked over some of the others. Sharna I can do without, as she never did it for me. I wish she had been able to win with someone other than Bobby, but at least she and her fans got that. I think she might have been ready to move on. She’s judging the Australian version and on IG some people said she’s got musicals or something coming up. I really don’t think they would have gotten rid of her.
I think Sharna will be back on a future season when one of the other female pros may have to sit a season out….or when Peta isn’t part of the lineup again. Artem….not so sure. Wouldn’t be shocked if he became a judge on SCD at some point or another version of the show around the world
Change is hard, but sometimes it’s good to move on, after the morning period that is. Both are great dancers but I think they were predictable in their choreography and performance, I think the same about a few of the other pros too. Being stagnant isn’t good for a career. I’m looking forward to seeing what’s next for both of them.
Sure they would, Kara? Why wouldn’t they?
She seemed like one of the more popular female pros, so I would find it surprising that they would get rid of her over some of the other ladies.
Artem I think they got rid of. I don’t know by reading her post whether it was her choice or not.
I love them both so I hate that they won’t be on this season(hopefully they aren’t done with DWTS) and I can’t wait to see what they will be doing next in their life and career.
Ps I REALLY can’t wait to see Artem on Total Bella’s this season!
The ET article I just read quotes Tom as saying he was surprised and Sharna was too. Assuming that’s accurate, it sounds like it wasn’t her choice.
I don’t think it was Sharna’s choice to leave either. It’s true she has projects but they wouldn’t have interfered with her being on the show (like the Broadway shows she did workshops for over the Summer). It seems like she still thought she was on over a week ago and even posted Let’s Go Season 28 on an IG post on August 2nd.
Check out the ET interview from today with Tom Bergeron in which he says he was just texting Sharna and they were both surprised she’s not returning.
On Bobby Bones’ show today Bobby revealed that he didn’t know until a couple of days ago Sharna wasn’t returning and was very surprised (had texted back and forth about it with Sharna). Was surprised they didn’t bring back Artem because of all the publicity he gets dating Nikki and didn’t understand about Sharna since she’s one of the most popular pros.
Hinch, Bobby and Noah all showed their support by commented on Sharna’s post. In true Hinch fashion he wrote, “So, like where is the dislike button?!” Ha, ha.
And to be clear, I think it sucks that both Artem and Sharna were cut, especially Sharna, since she’s the reigning champ and had many wonderful seasons over the many years she’s been on. I’m still trying to figure out what the producers were thinking. Is this related to the controversial win last season? Sharna apparently is trying to figure out their thinking with some of her likes.
Yeah, I’m convinced now it wasn’t her choice. Nikki posted something on IG and said in the comments that the axed pros just found out a few days ago.
Please bring back Sharna – love her!
It 100% was not Sharna’s choice to leave, unfortunately she was cut. I watched an interview on ET last night when Tom said that he and Sharna were texting about how surprised they were that she was not asked back, but it’s up to the higher up. As of the last few weeks she was posting about how grateful she was for DWTS and excited she was for the new season and felt ready and refreshed after the year off, since there was no spring season. I assume they were only told a few days ago probably around when Nikki posted about Artem closing one door and opening another for his career. Can’t help but feel for them two who have put in so much time and tour after tour for this show. They were one of the few pros who literally smiled through and never complained about who they were partnered with. Others would throw a fit aka Val if they had to take on the multiple challenging partners Artem and Sharna had to deal with. Maybe Court or Heidi know this, but why do you feel Sharna and Artem were the chosen bate to be cut this season over other pros? I always felt Sharna was one of the most popular, and as reigning champ and after just signing a new contract as she stated many times last season. Artem also would have brought a ton of publicity in a positive way, since he’s dating Nikki who has a decent size fan base and has totally accepted him. i hope both have successful careers outside of dwts and I truly appreciate how humble and still supportive to the show they both were yesterday,, when I’m sure they are sad and hurting to not apart of season 28.
Yes, AA, this has already been mentioned – in basically every comment above yours.
Good luck to both. Having thought about it as I’m still confused that these two particular pros were cut over certain others (especially the reigning champ), maybe it was quite simply down to cost cutting? They’ve probably pushed the boat out to cast some of the celebs on what is already a limited budget as well as bringing back Peta and Cheryl. Maybe in order to balance the books they had to cut these two and keep the pros that you’d imagine don’t command as big a salary (Gleb, Keo, Jenna).
Would also account for Hayley, Britt and Artur. Getting rid of the troupe saves more money on wages, props etc and allows the show to “go back to basics”. Good luck to those three as well, I have to say it’s incredibly rough on Hayley.
What a shame. I would rather see creepy Gleb go and Jenna. They both disgust me in different ways.
Have you noticed how similar all the troupe and pro farewells were? Were they written for them?? Artur, Britt, & Hayley are all exactly the same with a little pokes of variation. Were they told what to say and to promote the show??
@Elle – They all likely had a publicist helping them out – and a lot of what they said is just taking the high road, so as not to burn any bridges with the show. I think any publicist worth their salt would have probably given them roughly the same instructions, hence the similarities between the posts.
Courtney, do you think this was a good move for DWTS? Will it help the show by bringing in the 2 new pros? I love Sharna and thought Artem was enjoyable. I am not a dance expert, so I am curious to know what you think. Thank you.