PureDWTS Season 18 Media And Interviews After Night One!!

What a great first show to kick off Dancing With The Stars Season 18!! For some coverage after the show, don’t miss heading to Mercury News as they have a breathtaking new gallery of photos from the night!! If you missed seeing the show, be sure you see The Vocal Vault. They did a super job covering the night and all the dances.

Also, below is an ABC recap and some interviews with Entertainment Tonight. Stay tuned and keep checking back to this post. We hope to update with more interviews shortly….

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ETA: Here is some poptvdotcom coverage after the show. Pop Candies has some after the show coverage as well.

ETA2: A review with Sherri Shepherd and Chelsie Hightower….

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ETA3: Head to Glamour to read a fun report from the press line!

ETA4: Go to ABC7 to see some new interviews with the cast of Dancing With The Stars.

ETA5: and finally the On The Red Carpet interviews are starting to be released. You can watch them at this link. Below is Amy and Derek, Karina, and Maks and Meryl. Keep watching the link for more.

ETA6: Access Hollywood is starting to release their interviews as well now. See this link. Also, below is Erin and Maks talking to E Online…

DWTS Season 18, Week 1 – Let’s Recap Tonight’s Show! (Spoilers)

Well, as I said on twitter, if I wanted to see non-DWTS professional dancers, I would watch SYTYCD. Come on – last season’s opener was so fantastic, this one was just a FAIL on all accounts.

NeNe as surprising entertaining!  And the bit with James and Peta was entertaining – and he surprised me with his dancing.  But, the thing to remember is that they’ve had two weeks on this first dance – only the ringers will be really able to sustain that level in weeks 2 and 3, I think.

Danica may be a super ringer, but she’s also super annoying, but in a different way from her partner. 😀

Well…Billy Dee is older. This is the season they go harsh out of the gate??

I liked how they didn’t ignore Derek’s role in Meryl and charlie’s recent past. In Fact, Erin showed she’s not going to go too easy on Maks 🙂 But they were as fabulous as they were expected to be. Now I’m curious for Charlie.

Candace is also fantastic, and I liked Mark’s choreography. But his hair is out-of-control ridiculous. 🙂 Candace has to be careful to not get too annoying with the religious stuff.

Jaysus, Maks and Val have massive ringers and I’m seeing shit from their fans about Amy on twitter. Apparently, giving Amy to Derek and Meryl to Maks means they favor Derek and are rigging it in his favor.  Yeah, it sounds extremely stupid to me too. 🙂

I don’t think Charlie was that much better than Meryl, although I think he’s cute as hell. 🙂

I also love that Cheryl’s “OldManProblems” was trending on twitter. 🙂

All in all, I’m extremely disappointed in the opening number, but the show overall was very good. I’d like to see Candice outlast Danica.  I do think the judges were scoring a bit to make sure that those good dancers or great stories outlast potential voting powerhouses like Billy Dee. But that’s nothing new for this show.

Good Morning America Covers Stage Rehearsals For Dancing With The Stars Season 18 Premiere (VIDEO)

Gearing up for tonight. You can watch some coverage below of Good Morning America at rehearsals yesterday for Dancing With The Stars.

ETA: To add to the fun, be sure you see some fun studio rehearsal parking lot videos at Pop Candies TV! Below are a few…. Read more..

DWTS Season 18, Week 1: Who’s Dancing What…and When??

I can’t believe Season 18 is here – seems like 17 just ended, to be honest. But only because I’ve been working my fingers to the bone. 🙂  And now I’m sick, to top it all off.

Anyway. Let’s see…what do we know so far? That Maks loves Meryl and he calls her “Princess”. For real – not condescendingly, but genuinely. We heard it through the grapevine. 😉  It appears they are getting along very well – he is pleased that she’s hard working and she seems to respond well to his style of teaching. What we also know is that both Meryl and Charlie’s routines are looking REALLY GOOD – but I guess none of you are shocked by that, are ya??

We heard one other thing but I’ll save that for another time. Ahem. Nothing for you all to worry about.  I’ll let Courtney share that one when she feels like it. 😀

So, who’s dancing what? Well, since I’ve been getting killed at work and have managed to get sick, I’m going by Wiki and by DWTSGossip on the dances – I haven’t been able to keep up and Vogue is already doing so much for me that I didn’t want to bug her with this too.  🙂 The order shown below is my GUESS and until you see a dance order and phone number near the names, it’s not official. Spots 6 and 7 are likely the top of the 9 o’clock hour and is a good spot. Least good spot? Historically it’s been 3rd and 2nd – I believe in that order. Of course, there is no real pimp spot anymore since they end every show except the first one with an elimination. But it’s still the best place to be, IMO. Until we get past the halfway point in the season, these things seem to be true. Once we get past the halfway point, the order doesn’t really matter as much.

ETA: I was off by a bit with James. He gave his voting number and TYPICALLY this matches the dance order. Not always. Sometimes they switch people around on Monday for one reason or another. I’m leaving my guess number in there just to see how I do. 🙂

ETA2: As you can see, I’m sucking a bit at my first guess of the season. 🙂

ETA3: Hey, I was really close on Candace!!

ETA4: Just a reminder – every season except the last one, the phone number has been a sign of the dance order on the first night. So, while it’s likely that these are the dance numbers in addition to the phone numbers, it’s entirely possible it could get screwed up between now and tomorrow night. Think muppets. 🙂

ETA5: So if Meryl is really 6th…who is going last? Charlie? Cheryl straight up said that she and Drew are dancing 9th, so there’s that. 

ETA6: Court hopping in to update Amy & Derek and Billy & Emma’s voting #s/positions.  Should be interesting to see who gets the pimp spot – at this point, I’m leaning towards Charlie & Sharna.  Also looks like the first hour has been loaded up with most of the “weaker” couples – the second hour looks to be pretty competitive. By the way, Happy Saint Patty’s Day and Happy DWTS Premiere Day, errebody 🙂

ETA7: Heidi here with Charlie’s dance number. Seems I had Charlie and Meryl pretty much reversed in my guesses. I guess Charlie beats Maks. LOL.

ETA8: List is complete as Cody’s mom tweets his voting #.  I would assume that Candace & Mark are dancing 7th, as that’s the last spot left. 

5. NeNe And Tony – Cha Cha Cha
Dancing 1st (this makes more sense, as they always seem to lead with a Cha cha. Pun intended :-))
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4. James and Peta – Foxtrot
Dancing 2nd
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9. Danica and Val – Foxtrot
Dancing 3rd
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10. Sean and Karina – Contemporary
Dancing 4th
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8. Billy and Emma – Cha Cha Cha
Dancing 5th
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12. Meryl and Maks – Cha Cha Cha
Dancing 6th
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2. Candace and Mark – Contemporary
Dancing 7th (process of elimination)
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1. Cody and Witney – Cha Cha Cha
Dancing 8th
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6. Drew and Cheryl – Foxtrot
Dancing 9th
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11. Amy and Derek – Cha Cha Cha
Dancing 10th
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3. Diana and Henry – Foxtrot
Dancing 11th
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7. Charlie and Sharna – Contemporary
Dancing 12th
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Watch this space! We’ll add more info as we get it. 🙂

ETA: a few photos. One is from Derek’s publicist, so I’m thinking that’s Derek and Amy. The other is Cody and Whitney.

Counting Down To DWTS18 Premiere, Media Updates (Pics, Video, And More)

Two More Days until Dancing With The Stars and counting. You ready? In a few updates….if you head to the Daily Mail, you can view some of the cast arriving for rehearsals yesterday!! They look in fine form and ready to go. I like Sharna’s furry boots. I hope she saves them for when and if she comes to Wyoming again. She may need them if it’s anything like the last time!

Danica McKeller has also written a short blog at her official site talking of what rehearsals have been like so far. Below is a little take….

It’s been awesome – really hard work but fun. It’s a little strange to have cameras with us the whole time, but I’m getting used to it. 🙂 And after all this rehearsing, I am so sore! I actually took an ice bath yesterday, which really helped (not sure I recommend it unless necessary because, um, BRRR!). Apparently athletes do this all the time – more power to ’em, haha.

Also, Steve Cochran of WGN Radio interviewed Diana Nyad. She talks about her upcoming dance on “Dancing With the Stars”. She says the Fox trot is challenging and dancing is harder to learn than she thought. She also praises the pros for the “great athletes” that they are. I love what she says about Henry’s “strength and beauty” when he moves.

Lastly, don’t miss heading over to Pure Derek Hough for some updates with Amy Purdy and Derek Hough. Derek has written a new Dancing With The Stars blog. Also, Derek is helping with a Nike show tonight and Pure Derek Hough has some rehearsal coverage. For a sneak peek, below is a video Derek posted last night. Is this not hot?!!!

Ok, that is all for now. Vogue over and out! 😉 x

First Official DWTS Season 18 Rehearsal Photos Released, More Official Photos

Quick Update: ABC MediaNet is starting to release new photos of the new cast rehearsing in the studio. Yo can see what they have so far at this link. So far, you can see Derek & Amy, Billy & Emma, and Peta & James. Keep checking back as they might be uploading more soon.

ETA: And now Getty Images has more!!

ETA2: The official site has posted a new gallery for the rehearsals photos. You can view them here.

Also, if you do a search a Getty Images for each person in the cast, you can see individual shots of them from the official photo shoot. They are awesome. I have a feeling the official site will be uploading them soon. So, keep checking there too. Thanks to Gitte for the heads up!

ETA3: Also is this new banner at Dancing With The Stars Facebook not cool? I’m loving it.

Dancing With The Stars Season 18 Rehearsal Arrival Sightings, Video, And More

Good Morning All! To get us started today, you won’t want miss hitting the Daily Mail. Getty Images also has fun pics here, here, here, and here of Karina Smirnoff, Witney Carson, Emma Slater, and Peta Murgatroyd. You can also view Mark Ballas and Candace Cameron Bure at Getty Images.

And we can’t forget about our beautiful couple Derek Hough and Amy Purdy in Sochi as well pictured below. Speaking of….don’t miss heading to Pure Derek Hough to see them in a fun rehearsal video from Sochi. Pics too! A MUST SEE!