radishcake August 13, 2014 Share August 13, 2014 Newbies lacing up their shoes for the new season! Keo will be dancing with Lolo Jones! Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/12927-s19-keoikantse-keo-motsepe/
Dejana August 13, 2014 Share August 13, 2014 Biographical/interview segment with Keo from a South African entertainment show: Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/12927-s19-keoikantse-keo-motsepe/#findComment-288173
Jobo05 August 13, 2014 Share August 13, 2014 Never heard of Keo, but I'm excited to see what he can do. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/12927-s19-keoikantse-keo-motsepe/#findComment-288230
ceebee August 14, 2014 Share August 14, 2014 I've seen him in Burn the Floor and he's very, very nice to watch :-). Here's an interview with him from last year: http://www.afridiziak.com/theatrenews/interviews/february2013/keoikantse-motsepe.html Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/12927-s19-keoikantse-keo-motsepe/#findComment-289407
Buggin August 14, 2014 Share August 14, 2014 I'm excited about him. I think he'll be pleasant to watch on the dance floor. ;) I hope they don't stick him with a dud. And I hope the show lets him show off his Latin skills instead of just throwing stupid contemporary and bollywood and whatever other dances they come up with at him. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/12927-s19-keoikantse-keo-motsepe/#findComment-289938
Twickenham August 15, 2014 Share August 15, 2014 Having lost both Maks and Tristan, I am sorely in need of eye-candy for the upcoming season. Keo will do very nicely :) Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/12927-s19-keoikantse-keo-motsepe/#findComment-293877
Serendi August 16, 2014 Share August 16, 2014 Totally agreed about the eye candy! Minor point, it's "Motsepe". There's an "e" missing in the header. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/12927-s19-keoikantse-keo-motsepe/#findComment-295597
radishcake August 16, 2014 Author Share August 16, 2014 Totally agreed about the eye candy! Minor point, it's "Motsepe". There's an "e" missing in the header. Fixed! :) Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/12927-s19-keoikantse-keo-motsepe/#findComment-295604
Electruck August 23, 2014 Share August 23, 2014 What delightful and handsome guy. I hope he gets a promising partner and is a good instructor and choreographer so we can hear his great voice for many weeks. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/12927-s19-keoikantse-keo-motsepe/#findComment-314512
Corazi August 23, 2014 Share August 23, 2014 Since he was announced as a new pro I've been searching for videos to see how he dances. According to Youtube this is him and his partner. Forgive me, I don't know how to make the video show up here. I hope he gets featured in a few pro dances so we can see him really dance. I think he's going to be a lot of fun to watch. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/12927-s19-keoikantse-keo-motsepe/#findComment-314761
LadyMustang65 August 24, 2014 Share August 24, 2014 For as long as I can remember, fans have complained about the lack of pros of color on the show. For once it seems like the show runners listened. Keo seems like he'll be a good fit for the show. I'm really looking forward to seeing him. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/12927-s19-keoikantse-keo-motsepe/#findComment-316590
legaleagle53 August 28, 2014 Share August 28, 2014 For as long as I can remember, fans have complained about the lack of pros of color on the show. For once it seems like the show runners listened. Keo seems like he'll be a good fit for the show. I'm really looking forward to seeing him. What do you mean, "lack of pros of color"? Cheryl is Asian, and we've had a Latino pro in the past (remember Fabian Sanchez?). Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/12927-s19-keoikantse-keo-motsepe/#findComment-327111
LadyMustang65 August 28, 2014 Share August 28, 2014 (edited) I should have specifically said "black" pros. I forget sometimes that the phrase "of color" refers to all non-white. A recurring complaint on some of the forums is that there are no black pros on the show, even though there are many black ballroom dancers. If there has ever been one, I can't recall who it was. This should make people happy, as he is also impeccably credentialed to be a pro on this show. Edited August 28, 2014 by LadyMustang65 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/12927-s19-keoikantse-keo-motsepe/#findComment-328497
legaleagle53 August 29, 2014 Share August 29, 2014 As long as he's good at teaching, choreography, and following the rules, that's all I care about. Hopefully he'll be better than his South African compatriot was on the German DWTS a few years ago -- she was horrible as a choreographer and even more useless when the producers inexplicably made her a judge on the panel a couple of years later! Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/12927-s19-keoikantse-keo-motsepe/#findComment-332084
Uke August 29, 2014 Share August 29, 2014 Saw this little interview with Keo: http://on.aol.com/video/new-dancing-with-the-stars-pro--keo-motsepe--says-role-is-a-dream-come-true-518389089 It seems he's not opposed to a little showmancing - TPTB will love that! Keo's got quite a strong accent. I wonder if viewers will have difficulty understanding him. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/12927-s19-keoikantse-keo-motsepe/#findComment-332167
PBGamer89 August 29, 2014 Share August 29, 2014 If he gets Lolo, they'd be a hot pair together. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/12927-s19-keoikantse-keo-motsepe/#findComment-333044
BoogieBurns September 5, 2014 Share September 5, 2014 (edited) He got Lolo. They look good together. The "showmance" will be quite interesting since Lolo is pretty well-known for not dating anyone, ever. Edited September 5, 2014 by BoogieBurns Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/12927-s19-keoikantse-keo-motsepe/#findComment-351497
chocolatine September 5, 2014 Share September 5, 2014 The "showmance" will be quite interesting since Lolo is pretty well-known for not dating anyone, ever. Not every couple has to have a showmance. They can just have a great platonic partnership. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/12927-s19-keoikantse-keo-motsepe/#findComment-351652
BoogieBurns September 6, 2014 Share September 6, 2014 Not every couple has to have a showmance. Sorry, I was responding to this quote It seems he's not opposed to a little showmancing - TPTB will love that! We'll see! Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/12927-s19-keoikantse-keo-motsepe/#findComment-354306
LostWithSawyer September 17, 2014 Share September 17, 2014 I was really looking forward to seeing more of Keo, but considering that I cringed every time Lolo was on the screen I am sort of relieved that their partnership is over. I wonder why TPTB chose to pair a first-time pro with a celeb who is known for being exceedingly difficult? I feel like one of the seasoned pros could have been more forceful and handled her attitude (can you imagine her with Maks?!). I really hope we see Keo in lots of pro and group numbers in throughout the rest of the season! The dance with he, Artem and Allison was incredible. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/12927-s19-keoikantse-keo-motsepe/#findComment-384217
kitcloudkicker September 17, 2014 Share September 17, 2014 I wonder why TPTB chose to pair a first-time pro with a celeb who is known for being exceedingly difficult? Honestly, probably height - she was the tallest female celeb and he was the tallest pro. For ballroom they really don't like matching a taller female with a shorter male, and that left them with pretty much only Tony or Keo as partners for her, no? And to be fair, on paper they seemed like a potentially hot couple (if they just stood next to each other, and didn't have to be in motion.) Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/12927-s19-keoikantse-keo-motsepe/#findComment-384287
DollEyes September 17, 2014 Share September 17, 2014 Poor Keo. I don't know which was worse for him-being stuck with the stiff, ungraceful and batshit crazy likes of LoLo Jones or being eliminated in the first week because of it. Keo deserved much better than her. Hope to see much more of him throughout the season. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/12927-s19-keoikantse-keo-motsepe/#findComment-384434
SnarkyTart September 18, 2014 Share September 18, 2014 Ah, Keo, we hardly knew you. He was smokin' hot in that intro package with Artem and Allison. Here's hoping he gets to do more dancing with the troupe this season. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/12927-s19-keoikantse-keo-motsepe/#findComment-388970
Uke September 19, 2014 Share September 19, 2014 It's a shame Keo didn't get a celeb that would have given him a few weeks to allow the audience to get to know him. But even if Lolo could have held on for another week or 2, I think it would have been a case of the blind leading the blind. I don't think Lolo really had any idea what she was in for. As for Keo, unfortunately, it's not enough to be a great dancer, successful on the competition circuit, or experienced in a touring dance show. There's so many other skills required of the pros. At this point, I think any new pro who hasn't competed on any version of DWTS should spend at least a season in the troupe or working as an assistant, rotating among the pros to learn how the show works, how to work with celebs on a personal/personality level (who come with their own issues and baggage), how to teach beginners to dance who may have 2 left feet and not know their left from their right, how to teach their stars how to connect with the audience on a live show (which many seem to have no experience with), how to handle social media, etc. etc. I hope Keo is hanging out all day at the rehearsal studios, soaking in what all the experienced pros have to teach him, so hopefully he'll get another chance next season. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/12927-s19-keoikantse-keo-motsepe/#findComment-389689
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