Confirmed for DWTS Season 29: Anne Heche, Jesse Metcalfe, and Vernon Davis!
Exciting! US Weekly confirmed that Anne Heche, Jesse Metcalfe, and Vernon Davis are all dancing in Dancing With The Stars Season 29. I lovvveeee Jesse! He was awesome a few years ago in the return of Dallas. I also love his Christmas movies on Hallmark. Great gets. What do you think? Let us know in comments…and see the link below for the full report.
Exclusive: Anne Heche, Jesse Metcalfe and Vernon Davis are joining #DWTS! https://t.co/QtSt7Dorfg
— Us Weekly (@usweekly) August 29, 2020
I’ve loved Jesse since his days of playing Miguel Santiago on Passions. He’s been on my wish list for years to join the show. I’d love to see him paired up with Emma or Daniella. I don’t know much about Vernon, but I generally like the football players, and since it’s almost a given someone from the NFL is going to be on, I’m always curious who it will be. I don’t really have an opinion on Anne Heche-I guess I will see who else is cast and how she does before I decided to vote for her. But Jesse will definitely be getting my votes (I hope he can dance).
I meant Miguel Lopez Fitzgerald (got my soap opera names mixed up with another soap I watch). It seems like the pros are starting to meet their partners this weekend, although Emma still appears to be hanging out at her apartment. Still wondering if there are going to be 16 couples.
Anne Heche is a surprising choice
I was just watching Jesse in a hallmark movie the other day and thought he would be a good pick but they Prob wouldn’t go for him. Boy am I glad to be wrong 🙂 Peta? Anne will be fun. Vernon immediately goes on my high expectations list since he just seems like a blast and has a really great smile so makes me think he is a fun guy
Fingers crossed Vernon gets Sharna! That would be a fantastic pair!
Anne Heche = first boot.
Chrishell from selling sunset is also confirmed and she has Gleb as a partner
Chrishell Stause is partnered with Gleb.
I saw on Twitter that Kristyn Burtt confirmed Monica Aldama from the show Cheer (and said she was seen leaving rehearsals along with Val). Never watched that show so don’t know who that is. And though he’s probably trolling or it could mean nothing, I’ll throw it out there anyway, but Sasha mentioned watching the Cobra Kai series, so maybe he’s matched with someone from there?
@Kara Cobra Kai came out on Netflix yesterday so it could mean nothing. That show is super silly and kind of campy like Sasha is, I can see him having too much fun binging.
Also, I don’t recall any females being in this show at all haha. I know that sounds awful, but I watched a few episodes when it first came out on Youtube. What I saw was like some weird fanboy alternate reality without any actresses or female energy, unless a male character was talking about an old girlfriend they were still pining for, or their wife at home.
But my boyfriend that watched the whole series says a handful of talented younger actresses are in it! Then he claimed that Cobra Kai is more relevant than anything Disney has going on these days.
If a boy bander, NFL player, Bachelor/Bachelorette, and a couple of soap actors are considered “next level” DWTS casting by Disney then my boyfriend’s hunch about relevancy looks right.
I think Karate Kid fanbase helped Ralph Macchio almost get to the finals, but that was in the Middle Ages of the show. Will the Karate Kid/Cobra Kai fanbase even watch, or vote for, DWTS anymore? Would they do it for somebody who isn’t the Karate Kid himself? I dunno.
@Nukegrrrl, you are probably right, but thought I’d throw it out there. The one person whose a recurring character on there that could potentially be on DWTS is Peyton List (she use to be on the Disney show Jessie). Her name has come up on and off through the years. I always thought of Cobra Kai as a mix between bringing in old fans with Ralph/William and their former rivalry, and new ones with a new, young cast and story line.
I think getting William Zabka could be nostalgic for fans of the original Karate Kid and the Cobra Kai series. That said, this show is so much more manufactured and manipulated than the days of Ralph Macchio, so it’s pretty much whatever narrative TPTB want. I don’t know if people really tune in solely because of whose cast or if they stick around once that person is gone. My niece loved Zendaya, but stuck to watching her dances on Youtube.
As for the Chrishell/Gleb potential pairing-does she have a big fanbase? I’ve never heard of her, but being paired with Gleb, I think she’ll be an early out otherwise. Unless she’s got amazing dance moves.
Skai Jackson is being rumored with Alan
Monica Aldama follows all of the pros, DWTS & Kaitlyn Bristowe on IG!
If Chrishell has “amazing dance moves,” Gleb is not one who can capitalize on them.
Just curious…is anyone else expecting a contestant from America’s Next Top Model as a contestant? I feel like that would be an obvious choice for a female contestant.
@Trent: Same lol. Eva Pigford, Saleisha Stowers, Winnie Harlow, and Analeigh Tipton all came from ANTM and made it pretty big.
Saw some possible celebs/partnerships tonight courtesy of Kristyn Burtt: Carole Baskin/Pasha, Nelly/Daniella, and Jeannie Mai/Brandon-and that the other pairings are Vernon/Peta, Jesse/Sharna, Anne/Keo, and Kaitlyn/Artem.
If true, very happy that Daniella got someone like Nelly. But I pity Pasha. I wish I had confidence Carole would be an early boot, but I get the Sean Spicer/Bobby Bones vibes from her that she’ll be around longer than she should.
So that just leaves Emma, Sasha, Jenna, and Britt.
Carole Baskin/Pasha: I was actually hoping it would be Sasha paired with her since he did such a great job with Tonya and handling all that controversy that season but I think Pasha will handle it equally as well (not that I think she is as controversial as Tonya but if that show taught me anything, it’s that a lot of people will have issues with her since she is against their cause). Watch her be really good. Stranger things have happened.
Nelly/Daniella: I am not a fan of him tbh but I think he is going to be fun to watch at the same time. And as her first partner she gets one of the biggest selling artists of all time….Daniella hit the jackpot.
Jeannie Mai/Brandon: I like her. She is funny and seemingly has a lot of energy. I’m already thinking this is going to be a lot of fun.
Vernon/Peta: Said it before but his smile makes me think he is going to be a lot of fun and Peta is a perfect partner for him.
Jesse/Sharna: Was I hoping it would be Emma? Yes. Am I disappointed? No since this is equally as exciting.
Anne/Keo: I figured as much after I saw who Gleb got. Now I can officially say that unless she is really good….she might be the first out.
Kaitlyn/Artem: And the coupleI think is going to go very very far award goes to lol. This seems like a great team.
Monica and Val: I feel like she might be a really good patner for him since I think she will be a great dancer or this could be a disaster if his ego kicks in.
Skai and Alan: I could have swore it was yeterday she was just a kid. She was hilarious on that show. And I think she danced in a few episodes and killed it.
Chrishell/Gleb: This could be really good or Lauren all over again (she has personality but Gleb doesn’t do her justice at all choreography wise)
A.J. & Cheryl
Jesse & Peta
Vernon & Sharna
Nelly & Daniella
Anne & Keo
Jeannie & Brandon
Kaitlyn & Artem
Skai & Alan
Carole & Pasha
Chrishell & Gleb
Is Anne Heche considered a big get? I see online elsewhere some people are saying what a huge name she is. I would have said that 20 years ago, but I didn’t really consider her huge nowadays. I am curious how she will do. Keo wasn’t always the best with choreography, but he did an amazing job with Evanna. I think it could go either way for her. I think she may get edged out by more popular names/pros and Carole Baskin. So far, the cast list seems fairly solid, which makes me wonder if the last 4 names maybe are the duds of the cast that are supposed to go out early.
DWTS IG page has started posting clues to the cast; one of them is definitely Skai Jackson, the other 3 I’m assuming are Vernon Davis, Monica Aldama, and Nelly (though I like people’s guesses for James Corden).
These last 4 partners @Kara could be duds or just celebrities of lower caliber. Actually I just had a funny thought, what if Sasha was partnering a man? I find it funny because I could see Sasha just loving the whole experience, and we’ll get cuts of Emma just laughing at the boys on video chat.
@Nick, I remember last season the topic of same sex couples came up again, and one article I read said the producers had someone in mind (in terms of pro that they wanted back) to partner the person, but it didn’t work out. It always made me think that they wanted someone like Derek or Mark back to make that kind of history; and I’m still curious if they are going to spring a 16th pro on us, based on the silhouettes of 16 celebs on the DWTS twitter page (and if so, if that surprise pro could be Derek, as rumored earlier). Anyway, I know the show won’t wait around for those two to return for a same sex pairing if they can’t make it work with their schedules or contracts. I think Sasha would be a good choice to partner a man.
I was wondering if Emma had even met her partner yet. From her IG stories, it seems like she’s hanging around her apartment while some others are posting in rehearsals. I guess we will find out the rest of the cast tomorrow, and if the spoilers were correct.
Sasha posted a story on Instagram from the dance studio. Is the girl on the couch his partner? If so, is that Mary Mouser?