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I thought about going but it's the same night I have a huge work event so even if I wanted to, I couldn't go this time. I went in 2009 and it was fantastic so I'm also afraid I'd be disappointed now after seeing the likes of Derek, Cheryl, Maks, Karina, etc.

I had that same feeling about Mark when he didn't win with Lindsay Stirling.....that he would not be back. With Cheryl, I'm guessing a lot will have to do with her wedding as well as what other projects she has in the works. I still would love to see her bring her Love on the Floor show over here to the USA.

And for every shocking elimination, there is always the same reactions from the judges and the hosts.

Just like the Jenna/Val shippers, Sharna's supporters are just as responsible for keeping Bobby around. Maybe more so since she's never won.

I will never understand why they brought him back a second time.

I never saw anywhere that Carrie Ann said she was jealous when Julianne was added as a judge. I don't think they thought it was wrong that Alexis was there over JP. I think they all thought it was wrong that Bobby was there over JP. And it was. Yeah, I caught that too. She was all about doing IVF before she even got married and she still hasn't had a kid, so I wonder if she's still going through that. She doesn't look pregnant and frankly, with her work schedule, I think it would be hard for her to have a kid. In her interview with Rashad last week she said she's only home on Tuesdays. I certainly can't see her coke-dealing husband staying home playing Mr. Mom while she flies around the country every week talking to football players.

The only "pressure" on Keo is the people who keep bringing up that he's the first black pro to do this and do that. I don't ever remember reading about the first Mormon pro to make the finals or the first Russian pro to make the finals or the first Filipina pro to make the finals. For all the calls of racism this season, it seems those are the people who keep bringing race into every single conversation and making it an issue.

I truly don't think the judges make or break the ratings. People may whine, bitch and moan about the judges, but I really don't think anyone has stopped watching because of Carrie Ann, Len or Bruno. I do think people stop watching when their favorite pros leave and/or if they don't know anyone in the cast. Personally, I knew no one going into this season except Nancy, John and Mary Lou and I can't say I was ever really pumped for this season. And I can honestly say that I have no attachment to any of the current pros, and couldn't care less if any of them were to sit a season out, while in the past I have been disappointed Maks, Cheryl, Derek, Kym, Mark and Karina chose to sit a season out and thought it definitely affected that season.

In what world is Bobby in the finals and Juan Pablo isn't? And I haven't been Team Juan Pablo all season. I really feel that with all these Sharna fans and Val/Jenna groupies clogging up the voting trying to keep Bobby and Joe around, the votes for all the other contestants have suffered and we're ending up with these wonky eliminations. Don't believe me about those fan bases? Check out the fan sites some time. They were absolutely going bananas for Joe's Contemporary, AKA the dance where he did nothing but stand around and lift Jenna. I thought Juan Pablo's AT was phenomenal. There's no one better than Cheryl at that dance. Loved his Salsa too. Definitely my two favorite dances of the night. Probably of the whole season. At this point, I just want this season to be over. I hope Milo wins, Evanna comes in second and Bobby takes third. I would be happy to never see Alexis and Alan and their fake showmance on my TV screen ever again. I also hope this is the end of this new show runner, who really made a mess of things. If they want to keep this show going, they need to bring on real stars, not Instagram influencers an Bachelor contestants. And for God's sake, stop the showmances! They were cute when they happened organically. They stopped being cute when they started forcing them every season. Now they're just outright SNL skits.

Clearly you've never seen interviews with pros like Tony, Edyta, Anna and Louis who have all expressed interest in doing the show again. Yes, they've all moved onto other things and might not be looking to come back full time but there's no reason they can't rotate original pros in with current pros, much like they've been doing with Cheryl the past few years.

I think this entire season is a mess. There have been other seasons where the cast announcement left me meh but the season turned out to be great.....however, this is not one of them. I've found this season to be extremely boring and it almost seems like they're making stuff up as they go along. From two dances in Week 1 to no elimination on Disney night to this one-night finale, I just have no idea what they're doing. I suspect it's the new show runner trying to mix things up, but it just isn't working....much like the mini athletes season didn't work. They really need to go back to basics. Forget all these kids who live for showmances and want to see a freestyle every week. Bring back some of the original pros, get rid of the elaborate sets and allowing the troupe to be in the dances (or preferably, get rid of the trouple altogether). Bring back the pro dances to big name musical artists who need a push for a new CD or tour. Bring back the Tuesday night show so we aren't rushed through each elimination -- I kinda miss the red spotlight of doom -- and so the eliminated couples actually get their five minutes in the spotlight. And one of my biggest pet peeves...please make ALL the celebs go upstairs to talk to Erin and make them go right to her, not stop to hug and high five everyone in the freakin' skybox! That drives me insane, as does Tom doing the interviews down at the judge's table.

The way I look at it is this ---- if there are real feelings there, they're not sitting in front of cameras proclaiming it to America, especially while it's so new. If I recall correctly, Kym and Robert didn't admit to anything until after their season was over.

It's not just the Bachelor fans voting for Joe. The Val/Jenna fans, and especially the shippers, are going nuts for him simply because he's Jenna's partner. With Val no longer in the competition, they're flooding their votes for Jenna and, by association, Joe. Same with Sharna's fans.....it's not just Bobby's country music fan base keeping him in this long. I think it really may be time for them to start mixing up the pros --- bring back some of the original pros and give some of the current ones a season off.

I'm sad DeMarcus and John left, especially before Joe. I think America just hates black/white men and/or football players/80s nostalgia stars. In the old days, yes...there was always a shocking elimination or two. This season has just gone way beyond that. Between the worst dancers still being there, the whacked out dance schedule (two dances in week 1?!?), the showmance being shoved so blatantly down our throats...WTF is going on? I hope this new show runner is one and done. Next week is the semi-finals and this week we still had 8 contestants left. I think that's what's really bothering me about this season the most. If the season was a week shorter than usual, then there should've been less contestants. And they shouldn't have skipped an elimination on Disney week. They're dragging this out way too much and keeping too many people around way too long into the competition. I've decided I would like Evanna much more, and probably pull for her to win, if she was partnered with anyone but Keo. I just don't care for him at all. I'm officially throwing my hat into the ring now for Milo to win it all. I can't even comment on the fake showmance because I went outside. I can't bear to even watch these two anymore. I was never much of an Alan fan but not surprised he's following in the Chmerkovskiy footsteps. He should've looked to Artem as his role model. I did enjoy Bobby's team dance much more than Joe's so there is that. I'm glad they got the higher score. Can we please have just one pro dance featuring Val that isn't ruined by him dancing with Jenna? Thank you.

If I remember correctly, the "acting classes" came after Maks dumped her and stopped when he summoned her back. I guess it's kind of like all the movies Maks supposedly had coming out during his "I wanna be an actor" phase.....but at least Peta's got made. Maks has two right at the top of his IMDB page that nothing ever came of. Not a fan of hers either and frankly, I think the only reason she's got any kind of recognition outside DWTS is because of Maks. BTW, did you know she got Maks a cameo in the movie? Apparently neither of them can do anything professionally anymore without the other being involved.

I read recently there was a "delay in production" so I'm guessing that means we won't be seeing it any time soon.

Jenna is no different than Peta. They're both BFFs with anyone the Chmerkovskiy boys deem okay. Nicole Volynets tops that list. She did what she had to do to prevent being dumped a second time. Maks wanted a kid and he wanted one now. When he actually went through with giving her a ring and made such a major production of it, the writing was on the wall. Had it been her choice, I'm with you, I doubt she would've had one so early.

Seriously? So Tony, who put in many seasons on the show being an escort to older women and dealing with crappy partners.....the same Tony who put up with Kate Gosselin.....not only supposedly claimed his wife told him how to do the job he'd been doing for many years, but also left the show because of an idiot like Wendy Williams?

I wouldn't believe one word that spewed out of Wendy Williams hateful mouth, especially about DWTS.

Peta may have dabbled in a few interests during the time Maks dumped her (like her tanning crap and having actual friends of her own), but everything she does now revolves around Maks. Did you read her recent interview in US Weekly? She's trying to decide whether to do more movies (as if movie producers are knocking down her door), or pop out a quick kid. I'm sure she'll pick whichever will keep Maks around and interested.

They're scary. Stay away LOL

I don't agree at all. Back in the day, Karina and Cheryl had some pretty rabid fans. Nowadays, have you ever looked at some of the Sharna fan sites on the web? They border on insane. And don't even get me started on the Val/Jenna shipping sites, or the Val fans that are now totally obsessing over Jenna.

I agree. I do think the show is smart enough to figure out during the course of the season who's going to be there until nearly the end and works one of those people to go on tour. But I don't think they pre-determine who's going to go and then manipulate the whole season to get that person to the end.

To you it's exhaustingly bad. That doesn't mean it's bad or that other people think it's bad. Every season there's always a faction of fans that think the show sucks and should be canceled because their favorite celeb was eliminated or didn't win, or their favorite pro wasn't used, dating all the way back to Season 1. Yet here we are 27 seasons later and the show is still going strong.