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Yeah, they’ve been advertising aggressively in New York, and everything I’ve heard is that it’s at best a disappointing cash grab, if not an outright scam.

I didn’t know the immersive Van Gogh exhibit had a big enough marketing budget to get a featured advertisement on DWTS. Also lolllll, Derek, that was the best backhanded compliment ever. “I think sometimes you do a dance…just for you.”

They seem to be moving forward with having Cody compete in some capacity so I’m interested to see how that goes. Reports are he tested negative but it seems odd to not isolate him at all - I’m not sure if I were working on the show I’d be super comfortable declaring he’s in the clear to dance with a backup. And I believe there are standard union rules they have to comply with, they can’t just wing it. They won’t have dress rehearsal footage, maybe they relax that for COVID and can use other rehearsal footage? Or he and the new female pro do their dance masked?

It’s not about reducing spread in general, necessarily, it’s about reducing spread among teams. So like, if Sam is visiting Lindsay, and he gets Covid, then Lindsay and her partner have to drop out as close contacts. But if Sasha gets exposed to Covid, and he’s still living with Emma, then it takes out 2 teams, Sasha + partner AND Emma + partner, and production is going to be scrambling to make the elimination schedule work. That’s why they can live together again after one of them gets cut. That said, if they’re all hanging out off camera and breaking the rules, then it all does feel a bit like theater. But I think production is just trying to prevent a scenario where half the cast is in quarantine from an exposure all at the same time, which would decimate the production schedule.

I came across this recent podcast interview with Tom and Bob Saget. I didn’t listen to the whole thing but just scanned it for any DWTS gossip. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tom-bergeron-tells-us-of-his-legendary-broadcasting/id1504319251?i=1000535137376 I don’t know that any of these are new/surprising but: - Tom believes he was fired for publicly disagreeing with the casting of Sean Spicer. (Or any political figure.) Says he could tell that whole season the powers that be were unhappy with him, and he cleaned out his dressing room at the end of the season because he could tell it was coming - He wasn’t sad about it, as, “The show he left wasn’t the one he joined.” He and Erin were united in their disagreements and said “they had the most fun being fired.” (Seems pretty clear there will be no return of Tom) - Don’t know that there’s a way to fact check this, but Bob tells a story of a sitcom he was trying to get picked up and a former network exec told him he needed to do the DWTS or they wouldn’t pick up his other show. I mean, I wouldn’t be surprised if true, and he never did the show and his other show didn’t go forward so 🤷🏼‍♀️ But definitely am not shocked if those sorts of deals go into the casting.

Is Blackpoole good enough for you? I think they **checks notes** know a little bit about ballroom dancing

Height will matter here though, right? JoJo is tall, like 5’10, and I think Jenna is little, like 5’2. It’d be hard for them to get in a proper frame if JoJo’s not leading, I think?

Also do we think the Peloton instructor is on because of a brand deal to sell Pelotons? Is that too cynical? Has anyone ever been on as sort of a representative of a company before?

I’m laughing at the Peloton instructor because he’s literally a professional backup dancer. I don’t have a Peloton but used to go to his classes live in New York and he would always talk about his dance gigs. (His classes were the best because they always had great music and rhythm) So contestants with professional dance/performance experience include: Amanda Kloots Jan from the Office (was Roxy on Broadway, trained in ballet in her youth) JoJo Mel C Cody from Peloton and dance-adjacent, if you consider gymnastics that way, Suni Lee Did I miss anyone? I actually don’t mind dancers on this show so maybe by having so many people will complain less?

Not true and here’s why: As speculated, there’s a big strong WWE contestant in the cast. Now what if he’s better at lifting a small partner above his head than moving his feet? And if that’s the case, and I were his partner, I’d make sure he did a lot of lifting in all the dances that allow them to show off his best dancing skills. So in essence for some, that would equal “special treatment”. (You’re reaching. Welcome to DWTS, this is how it works.)

I would be somewhat looking forward to this one but she’s allegedly partnered with Gloob and he’s gonna f*ck it up with cringe choreography.

Ballroom dance rules are NOT written for male/female, they are written for lead/follow. One partner leads, the other follows, regardless of gender, no rule changes necessary. It’s incredibly common to see same sex pairs in youth competitions, just on the basis of them having more girls than boys to go around, and yes, having a problem with it is bigoted. I haven’t followed any of the other DWTS shows that have done this yet, but I hope it’s not all “fun friends” choreography and that Jenna also choreographs a “romantic” dance for them at least once. Because if it’s normal for the opposite gender pairs it should be normal for this pair too. (I should mention, though hopefully it’s obvious, given JoJo’s age I mean like, fairytale romantic, not Gleb-on-a-bed romantic.)

Jojo is...basically a children's entertainer. Picture a Lisa Frank Trapper Keeper covered in glitter, but come to life and kind of, dancing and shouting at you. She was on Dance Mom's as a kid and then parlayed that into YouTube stardom, (kids) pop music, and a vast merchandising deal (her stuff was everywhere in Target for a while.) Her target demographic is probably 5-9 year old girls. That said, since turning 18, and also in the way she handled coming out, she's given glimpses of maturing better than I thought she would, like she's in on the “joke” of why people find her annoying. I've found myself liking her more than I thought was possible from her general persona as a kid? The thing that will be interesting with being paired with Jenna is that they both can be a lot of energy/intensity, so together it might be A LOT. I bet a bunch of people will stay on the “annoyed” train. ETA: I forgot to mention she is known for driving a Tesla covered entirely with terrifying pictures of her own face. How you feel about that may inform how you feel about Jojo as a whole. https://www.buzzfeed.com/lyapalater/jojo-siwa-car-covered-pictures-of-her-face

I’d like to see Suni with Pasha. He’s been really great with his past partners (even Baskins) especially in making them feel comfortable, and I’d like to see him with someone with potential. He’s also one of the shortie male pros (and I’m kind of bored with Sasha.)

KB actually had Keo out this season as a pro. Her pro list, from another post: https://www.dancedishwithkb.com/post/dancing-with-the-stars-season-30-updates She’s also reporting Olivia Jade spotted with Val now, in that original post 🙄 Hopefully she dances better than she rows.

This is unconfirmed speculation, but Jojo might not be the only one with a dance background because Amanda Kloots posted to her Instagram that she’s “starting a new adventure” today that has her teary eyed with excitement because it’s “something she’s wanted to do forever.” She’s talked about DWTS being a dream before, she certainly has connections with Carrie Ann (and maybe some producers?) from The Talk, and fits the heartwarming/tearjerker contestant slot, so I’ve had my eyes on her for a while. She’s also a former Rockette and Broadway dancer. I’d be very unsurprised to see her in the cast. ETA: Apparently this is CONFIRMED after all - Kristyn Burtt has her in and paired with Alan https://www.dancedishwithkb.com/post/confirmed-pros-celebrities-season-30-dancing-with-the-stars

Emmy time. Derek and Artem picked up choreography noms, and the show got its usual bit of hair & makeup ones: https://www.instagram.com/p/CRRq5Y-t7dg/?utm_medium=copy_link https://www.instagram.com/p/CRRqL9crhm9/?utm_medium=copy_link

I am not a therapist at all but it seems likely that the pregnancy loss feelings (and as I understand it, his wife was in pretty big danger as well) and the DWTS loss feelings got all tangled in each other, considering the way it went down. He could be transferring some emotions. Hopefully he has someone he can work through things with. I do agree with him they didn’t handle it the best though, the making him do his first dance and then judging him without mentioning the loss, as if they didn’t know? I mean, you can only judge the dance you’re presented with, but a nod to how he was doing would have probably gone a long way there.

I kinda just assume Carrie Ann has the hots for Vernon, and voted with her libido.

I have heard people say that the producers have been communicating with them on their phones, to keep distancing up? Maybe they could use that to give them heads up for when they’re about to be on camera.

I mean, that’s why I’m here. I got really bored with how formulaic this show is the last few seasons, but now I’m even more bored with nothing else to do! The thing that Tyra doesn’t have, that I think would be the hardest about live TV that Tom was good and under appreciated at, is keeping things moving along without seeming like that’s what you’re doing. If producers are telling Tyra to rush she seems like she’s rushing, if they’re telling her to stall she seems like she’s stalling. It’s best not to yell at people, “HURRY HURRY HURRY, we’re running out of time!!” Even if that’s true.

Disney night songs: https://abc.com/shows/dancing-with-the-stars/news/updates/disney-magic-returns-to-the-ballroom-for-dwts-2020-week-3-disney-night 😴 A lot of repeats in here. They really don’t take enough advantage of Disney villain songs, which are more fun. Like, someone do a Be Prepared paso instead of the millionth pirate dance.

Nev in 2008

It’s a good thing Alan wears so much hair gel

I guess we shall see if the marrieds get to reunite if one of them is eliminated! Just sort of random thoughts: Pasha seems like a really great teacher. So far he just seems to get his partners to relax and trust him. On Carol, I watched the first episode of Tiger King and stopped because I found it boring, so I don’t have strong feelings about her, but I do think she improved a tad more than the basketball player, just on the merits. Also, what in the hell outfit did Val put Monica in? Val - no.