BeeBop88

Adam Rippon as a judge is ridiculous. I think he only had 2/3 ballroom dances on DWTS Season 25. He is no expert. I hated it that DWTS kept making it seem that Adam got a bronze medal for an individual performance, when in reality he got the bronze medal for the TEAM competition, IOW, more people other than him were involved in getting that bronze olympic medal. Same thing with that Asian chic that was on there, but they didn't push the misrepresentation with her, as much as with Adam. And I just knew a Chmerkovskiy had to be involved. Yuck. Well, I sure hope not. I would not be surprised if they are in the finale, at least. If he is like Bristol, that name he has will well suit him. Because she sure did a lot of Trippin' around that dance floor with Mark. It sure was cringe worthy.

Hmmm...so Jenna has her fiance, a former partner she won a MBT with, and a woman that she has choreographed with as judges. Nothing biased there at all. Calling it right now, Jenna, her niece and partner will be in the finale.

Thanks for the explanation. I do know that Mark and Sharna did choreograph the dance that Witney did with Frankie (that Argentine Tango Pirates of the Caribbean one.) I will have to check my IG more often for the shout outs. I always wondered in the beginning why it seemed the people over at SYTYCD gets a lot of choreo emmy nods, while the DWTS pros not so much (Derek and Julianne Hough winning and Mark Ballas, nominated.) This kinda explains why.

Hello. A newbie here. I saw where you all were talking about choreography and how much the pro dancers contribute to it. This has always kinda bothered me a bit. It doesn't bother me if they get outside help, or have someone else choreograph the dance entirely. What bothers me is how they are kinda dishonest about it and don't give credit where credit is due. Not too long ago, I remember there being a kind of dustup when Witney was nominated for an emmy for the choreography work of one of the dances that she did with Alphonso. Some dance pros were upset the real choreographer for that dance did not get a nomination along with Witney or rather than Witney. Witney remained silent until this was brought up, and then I think she did say something about another choreographer having something to do with that dance. I think that Sharna for the the most part, does her own choreography. Mark and Derek, most definitely. Even Maks and Val do their own, but I suspect they have had outside help now and then. With Witney, I have always suspected that a lot of her dances are not choreographed by her. Even though I don't care for Jenna, I do think she does choreograph and was pleased to see she did thank Talia for that bird cage dance. I think that Artem and Alan and Sasha do their own choreography, again for the most part. Emma seems like a lot of her dances are her own. And with Lindsay, while I think she is a real sweetheart and a great dancer, I am 50/50 on how much of a choreographer she really is. I guess the outside choreographers must get paid some good money to keep their mouths shut and not say, "Hey, I choreographed that dance!" when on occasion the judges praise the pro dancers for their choreography talent. It may not mean anything, but on SYTYCD, I think it is interesting on who shows up from DWTS that choreographs a dance there and who does not. So far, I have seen Sasha and Emma and Val and Jenna. Definitely no Witney...LOL! And with all the above being said, I still enjoy watching DWTS and realize that not every good dancer is gonna be a good choreographer. I would just like more transparency on who choreographs what.