DWTS Season 33 Discussion

[*Lily]

Drafts are done! Thank you to everyone for getting their choices over nice and quick ahead of tonight's premiere.

 

I'll try and get some graphics sorted this weekend probably, but here are the drafts. Good luck everyone!

 

Draft 1:

@Solaris - Stephen Nedoroscik, Anna Delvey

@Alex95 - Jenn Tran, Reginald VelJohnson

@*Diana - Joey Graziadei, Phaedra Parks

@*Wallace - Chandler Kinney, Danny Amendola

@rdhaley96 - Ilona Maher, Dwight Howard

Wildcards - Brooks Nader, Eric Roberts, Tori Spelling

 

Draft 2:

@ungodlyhour - Ilona Maher, Reginald VelJohnson

@*Chris - Stephen Nedoroscik, Tori Spelling

@*Lily - Joey Graziadei, Dwight Howard

@jarmon - Jenn Tran, Phaedra Parks

@Elliott - Anna Delvey, Danny Amendola

@CarmenSandiego - Chandler Kinney, Brooks Nader

Wildcard - Eric Roberts

 

[*Wallace]

Yay drafts are done!

 

Oooh haha I totally called the picks via who that got to pick before me.  Though ugh I hope I don't regret picking Danny over Phaedra (as those were the two I was stuck on), but we'll see what happens there.  

[totes4totes]

I just went to Bachelor Nation casting (https://bachelornation.com/pages/eligibility/) and:

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6. Applicants must never have been convicted of a felony or ever had a restraining order entered against them.

And I just did a quick Wayback and that's been on their site since at least April 2024. So this is CLEARLY something that they say that they are looking for. So it's actually extra wild that they don't go and try to see potential Restraining Orders, even sealed, from essentially every location contestants have ever lived in. Like E! was able to get those records unsealed, there's no reason a company with the combined powers of The WB/Disney cannot do the same.

 

This is all supposed to be part of the reason they release the contestants so early (to avoid another Lincoln situation). But they aren't even releasing them early enough to pull them before filming starts (this season that would have been showing their hand though because we all know Jenn was at minimum 3rd choice) . Marcus probably would have never made it through if they released the contestants early enough for the posts on reddit to start posting their stories about his violence. Devin may not have been cast because whomever told Reality Steve to look in to this could have done so way earlier. It's like Tyler G from Hannah B's season, they released the contestants and then early in to filming (after he got a 1-on-1) they were able to pull him. (Michelle's runner-up Joe is the same way).

 

But ultimately it should all come down to the fact that ABC/The WB/Disney should NOT have to let the public vet their contestants for something that is on LEGAL and PUBLIC record. Again, if the RO was sealed and for whatever reason isn't caught on a background check then the criminal charges of trespassing/burglary should be red flags even if charged as a misdemeanor.

[totes4totes]

anyway, f*ck Devin, f*ck everybody who was sympathetic to him after he did his PSYCHOPATHIC move of releasing 150+ screenshots of their private texts (including poorly censored pictures and sexually explicit messages). and vote for Jenn so that she can get as big a bag from ABC and so she can peace the f*ck out as soon as her contract with ABC ends.

[CarmenSandiego]

2 hours ago, *Wallace said:

Yay drafts are done!

 

Oooh haha I totally called the picks via who that got to pick before me.  Though ugh I hope I don't regret picking Danny over Phaedra (as those were the two I was stuck on), but we'll see what happens there.  

Wish I could have gotten Stephen or Jenn over Brooks but I still have a celebrity who’s paired with Gleb, so it’s okay.

 

1 hour ago, totes4totes said:

anyway, f*ck Devin, f*ck everybody who was sympathetic to him after he did his PSYCHOPATHIC move of releasing 150+ screenshots of their private texts (including poorly censored pictures and sexually explicit messages). and vote for Jenn so that she can get as big a bag from ABC and so she can peace the f*ck out as soon as her contract with ABC ends.

I’m voting for Jenn all right.

[keychange]

for those who follow it... what are y'alls thoughts on the DWTS subreddit? i used to enjoy being on there, but i've noticed it has become increasingly cringe and also very misogynstic as the years have gone by and membership has grown. the constant tearing apart of the female pros + female celebs (especially ringers like Charli, Xochitl, JoJo, etc) but the praising of male mediocrity (Iman, Jason) has made me take a sharp turn away from it. like it feels like it has slowly turned in to the actual demo of the show (middle aged white women) and it's no longer fun for me to be on there lol. 

[Elliott]

Iman & Daniela did not deliver the best routine of their season for this slander.

 

I visited there and it was full of people acting infantilizing Witney/Rylee/etc. so I've basically stopped going.

[VintageVoice]

10 minutes ago, m1key said:

for those who follow it... what are y'alls thoughts on the DWTS subreddit? i used to enjoy being on there, but i've noticed it has become increasingly cringe and also very misogynstic as the years have gone by and membership has grown. the constant tearing apart of the female pros + female celebs (especially ringers like Charli, Xochitl, JoJo, etc) but the praising of male mediocrity (Iman, Jason) has made me take a sharp turn away from it. like it feels like it has slowly turned in to the actual demo of the show (middle aged white women) and it's no longer fun for me to be on there lol. 

Moderately active over there, and you’re not wrong on the cringe factor or tearing apart of certain pros, but I enjoy the conversations during the live threads that are more active.

 

There’s a lot of favoring of some pros over others (as a Daniella fan, even they get a bit much for me at times, while Rylee gets people divided by just existing) but Reddit is a lot more “hive mind oriented” because it’s a lot more easily accessible than IDF or other more niche forums — people want sweet sweet fake Internet clout and will go along with the majority opinion to get that clout.

 

There’s still fun to be had, but I try to keep it arms’ length during the off season period for a reason.

[Alex95]

19 minutes ago, m1key said:

for those who follow it... what are y'alls thoughts on the DWTS subreddit? i used to enjoy being on there, but i've noticed it has become increasingly cringe and also very misogynstic as the years have gone by and membership has grown. the constant tearing apart of the female pros + female celebs (especially ringers like Charli, Xochitl, JoJo, etc) but the praising of male mediocrity (Iman, Jason) has made me take a sharp turn away from it. like it feels like it has slowly turned in to the actual demo of the show (middle aged white women) and it's no longer fun for me to be on there lol. 

There's a few good posts there every once in a while, but yeah I pretty much agree with this.

[*Diana]

I had no idea about the child and sexual abuse allegations against Dwight until today and just wow. Yuck.

[keychange]

5 minutes ago, VintageVoice said:

Moderately active over there, and you’re not wrong on the cringe factor or tearing apart of certain pros, but I enjoy the conversations during the live threads that are more active.

 

There’s a lot of favoring of some pros over others (as a Daniella fan, even they get a bit much for me at times, while Rylee gets people divided by just existing) but Reddit is a lot more “hive mind oriented” because it’s a lot more easily accessible than IDF or other more niche forums — people want sweet sweet fake Internet clout and will go along with the majority opinion to get that clout.

 

There’s still fun to be had, but I try to keep it arms’ length during the off season period for a reason.

yup totally!!

 

i love Daniella as well - even though i shaded Iman and Jason in my original comment (lol), she pumped out multiple iconic dances with them. they just weren't that consistent compared to other contestants, specifically women, on their seasons imo. that being said, i feel like the hardcore Daniella stans get very defensive when another female pro starts to steal her potential spotlight - which is insane to me especially since the DWTS audience skews older? the hate towards Jenna and Rylee is gross to watch, especially since Rylee was only 18 last year  

[VintageVoice]

Just now, *Diana said:

I had no idea about the child and sexual abuse allegations against Dwight until today and just wow. Yuck.

It’s the whole reason I’m not backing Daniella this season when I’ve backed her for the last three seasons (I didn’t watch S29 live but I would’ve skipped on voting for her then for similar reasons).

[Alex95]

Yeah Dwight would’ve easily been one of my faves this season otherwise. But no.

[*Diana]

22 minutes ago, Elliott said:

Iman & Daniela did not deliver the best routine of their season for this slander.

 

I visited there and it was full of people acting infantilizing Witney/Rylee/etc. so I've basically stopped going.

What Reddit you reading cause they hate Rylee hard core over there?

[*Diana]

3 minutes ago, Alex95 said:

Yeah Dwight would’ve easily been one of my faves this season otherwise. But no.

Yeah I am a bit sick over it. Especially knowing he's probably gonna make the finals.

 

I feel for his victims so much

Edited September 18 by *Diana

[*Wallace]

Ugh no I had no idea about this stuff regarding Dwight.  I enjoyed his dance and his overall energy on the show, so that's really disappointing.  

[VintageVoice]

Just now, m1key said:

yup totally!!

 

i love Daniella as well - even though i shaded Iman and Jason in my original comment (lol), she pumped out multiple iconic dances with them. they just weren't that consistent compared to other contestants, specifically women, on their seasons imo. that being said, i feel like the hardcore Daniella stans get very defensive when another female pro starts to steal her potential spotlight - which is insane to me especially since the DWTS audience skews older? the hate towards Jenna and Rylee is gross to watch, especially since Rylee was only 18 last year  

Yeah, Iman had some really solid moments but was hit-or-miss, but given the most consistent dancer of the season was in a controversial same-sex pairing, it’s not surprising his sky-high peaks were enough to build that momentum and get him the mirrorball (plus that contemporary went suuuuuper viral, which helped). Jason, as much as I adore him, got lucky with a weaker male cast allowing him to stand out & also getting three Latin dances back-to-back early on which lead to his plateauing after Disney night, and then he got sick right around the halfway point which also didn’t help his case (I will die on the hill of his jazz dance scores being whack as hell, though). 

I had a little bit of beef with Rylee being a nepo hire, but was willing to give her a shot (and she got dealt a crap hand with her first partner, which isn’t her fault; she did what she could in spite of that). The Jenna hate is something I don’t get; she’s not necessarily my favorite pro but her waltz and jazz choreos are always solid and she’s an incredible dancer to boot.

[VintageVoice]

2 minutes ago, *Wallace said:

Ugh no I had no idea about this stuff regarding Dwight.  I enjoyed his dance and his overall energy on the show, so that's really disappointing.  

Yeah, it’s a stark reminder on why so many people that do terrible things can get away with those acts — if they’re charming enough to fool people, it’s harder for their victims to be believed.

[XoBrynn]

Tonight was fun! Winners will be Rylee and Stephen. Locking it in lol. Joey is a finalist … chandler should be big well see 

[lizonly]

9 hours ago, *Wallace said:

Ugh no I had no idea about this stuff regarding Dwight.  I enjoyed his dance and his overall energy on the show, so that's really disappointing.  

People really don't know about this because on reddit, YouTube, facebook, x he has a lot of support already, and if he makes it to the finals his freestyle will be amazing and he could win
 

[CarmenSandiego]

11 hours ago, *Diana said:

I had no idea about the child and sexual abuse allegations against Dwight until today and just wow. Yuck.

He was?  I was never going to vote for him because I vote for girls and male figure skaters, gymnasts or jockeys and he’s a basketball player but this gives me even less reason to vote for him.

[ungodlyhour]

Press release is out!

 

• Super Bowl Champion Danny Amendola and pro Witney Carson will perform a Jive to “Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins.
• Fashionista and entrepreneur Anna Delvey and pro Ezra Sosa will perform a Quickstep to “Suddenly I See” by KT Tunstall.
• “The Bachelor” Joey Graziadei and pro Jenna Johnson will perform a Rumba to “Shallow” by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper.
• NBA Champion Dwight Howard and pro Daniella Karagach will perform a Foxtrot to “City Of Stars” by Ryan Gosling.
• TV star Chandler Kinney and pro Brandon Armstrong will perform a Rumba to “What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish.
• Olympic rugby player Ilona Maher and pro Alan Bersten will perform a Salsa to “(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life” by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes.
• Model and cover girl Brooks Nader and pro Gleb Savchenko will perform a Quickstep to “9 to 5” by Dolly Parton.
• Olympic gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik and pro Rylee Arnold will perform a Paso Doble to “Superman – Main Theme” by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
• Reality royalty Phaedra Parks and pro Val Chmerkovskiy will perform a Foxtrot to “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” by Jennifer Hudson.
• Movie star Eric Roberts and pro Britt Stewart will perform a Waltz to “The Godfather Waltz” by Nino Rota & Carlo Savina.
• TV icon Tori Spelling and pro Pasha Pashkov will perform a Rumba to “This Is Me” by Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble.
• “The Bachelorette” Jenn Tran and pro Sasha Farber will perform a Tango to “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)” by Fergie, Q-Tip & GoonRock.
• Sitcom and movie actor Reginald VelJohnson and pro Emma Slater will perform a Paso Doble to “Ode To Joy” by Beethoven.

[*Wallace]

Oooh yayy thnanks for posting that press release, Cam! 

Some of my thoughts:

- The Jive is a great dance for Danny to get to show/express his performance side that the judges want to see. Not sure if he will nail the performance aspect this soon though. It's an athletic dance so should hopefully work in his favor.

- Oooh a Quickstep is interesting for Anna. Not really sure how this will go but I can imagine it being slow and lackluster. Classic old school DWTS song choice there too.
- I was expecting ballroom for Joey this week. But a Rumba is a good fit. It has similar fundamentals of a Cha-Cha, but slower so this shouldn't be bad. But if he can pull off a Jason Mraz styled Rumba (which happened on Week 2), he can certainly be a true contender.
- Ah yeah I am really curious to see Dwight/Daniella in ballroom. I so worry for them with the very technical Foxtrot. But I am sure Daniella can work her magic there.
- Oooh not surprised we got a  “What Was I Made For?” routine. But yayy it'll be nice seeing a different side of Chandler here.
- Oh goshh, not another “(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life” Salsa. We need to retire this. But hopefully Ilona's confidence continues to grow. I was hoping for ballroom for her.
- Brooks is one of the last female celebs of this cast I ever would have imagined doing a Quickstep to “9 to 5”. It'll be nice to see a fun non-sexy side of them. But I'll be disappointed if we don't get to see a Latin dance from her before she goes.
- LOL Stephen WOULD get a Superman Paso Doble. We all should have seen this coming. Looking forward to how he channels the style/spirit of this dance.
- Oooh have we ever had a Foxtrot to “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” ? I can't think of it. I worry for Phaedra on a technical point here. But there's no denying she can and would really live and sell this dance so well.
- Ahh dangg, Eric getting the slow Waltz *could* be his saving grace to survive the double elimination. Though I hope not. But this should surely be better than his Cha-Cha.
- The Rumba is a good first Latin dance for Tori. I can see this being in the same wavelength as her Foxtrot.
- A Tango to “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)”  sure is..... interesting. Don't get this style/song combo. But excited to see how Jenn does with ballroom as I can see it suiting her.
- Can't think of Reginald's song off the top of my head. But a Paso is interesting for him. He can't showcase his fun personality so he's reallly got to step up his dancing here.

[CarmenSandiego]

47 minutes ago, *Wallace said:

Oooh yayy thnanks for posting that press release, Cam! 

Some of my thoughts:

 

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- The Jive is a great dance for Danny to get to show/express his performance side that the judges want to see. Not sure if he will nail the performance aspect this soon though. It's an athletic dance so should hopefully work in his favor.

- Oooh a Quickstep is interesting for Anna. Not really sure how this will go but I can imagine it being slow and lackluster. Classic old school DWTS song choice there too.
- I was expecting ballroom for Joey this week. But a Rumba is a good fit. It has similar fundamentals of a Cha-Cha, but slower so this shouldn't be bad. But if he can pull off a Jason Mraz styled Rumba (which happened on Week 2), he can certainly be a true contender.
- Ah yeah I am really curious to see Dwight/Daniella in ballroom. I so worry for them with the very technical Foxtrot. But I am sure Daniella can work her magic there.
- Oooh not surprised we got a  “What Was I Made For?” routine. But yayy it'll be nice seeing a different side of Chandler here.
- Oh goshh, not another “(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life” Salsa. We need to retire this. But hopefully Ilona's confidence continues to grow. I was hoping for ballroom for her.
- Brooks is one of the last female celebs of this cast I ever would have imagined doing a Quickstep to “9 to 5”. It'll be nice to see a fun non-sexy side of them. But I'll be disappointed if we don't get to see a Latin dance from her before she goes.
- LOL Stephen WOULD get a Superman Paso Doble. We all should have seen this coming. Looking forward to how he channels the style/spirit of this dance.
- Oooh have we ever had a Foxtrot to “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” ? I can't think of it. I worry for Phaedra on a technical point here. But there's no denying she can and would really live and sell this dance so well.
- Ahh dangg, Eric getting the slow Waltz *could* be his saving grace to survive the double elimination. Though I hope not. But this should surely be better than his Cha-Cha.
- The Rumba is a good first Latin dance for Tori. I can see this being in the same wavelength as her Foxtrot.
- A Tango to “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)”  sure is..... interesting. Don't get this style/song combo. But excited to see how Jenn does with ballroom as I can see it suiting her.
- Can't think of Reginald's song off the top of my head. But a Paso is interesting for him. He can't showcase his fun personality so he's reallly got to step up his dancing here.

 

“Ode to Joy” is the final movement in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.  It’s the music for my favorite hymn, “Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee”.

 

The Quickstep might hurt Anna and Brooks, though I hope that Brooks does well at least.

[nickp]

10 hours ago, ungodlyhour said:

Press release is out!

 

 

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• Super Bowl Champion Danny Amendola and pro Witney Carson will perform a Jive to “Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins.
• Fashionista and entrepreneur Anna Delvey and pro Ezra Sosa will perform a Quickstep to “Suddenly I See” by KT Tunstall.
• “The Bachelor” Joey Graziadei and pro Jenna Johnson will perform a Rumba to “Shallow” by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper.
• NBA Champion Dwight Howard and pro Daniella Karagach will perform a Foxtrot to “City Of Stars” by Ryan Gosling.
• TV star Chandler Kinney and pro Brandon Armstrong will perform a Rumba to “What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish.
• Olympic rugby player Ilona Maher and pro Alan Bersten will perform a Salsa to “(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life” by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes.
• Model and cover girl Brooks Nader and pro Gleb Savchenko will perform a Quickstep to “9 to 5” by Dolly Parton.
• Olympic gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik and pro Rylee Arnold will perform a Paso Doble to “Superman – Main Theme” by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
• Reality royalty Phaedra Parks and pro Val Chmerkovskiy will perform a Foxtrot to “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” by Jennifer Hudson.
• Movie star Eric Roberts and pro Britt Stewart will perform a Waltz to “The Godfather Waltz” by Nino Rota & Carlo Savina.
• TV icon Tori Spelling and pro Pasha Pashkov will perform a Rumba to “This Is Me” by Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble.
• “The Bachelorette” Jenn Tran and pro Sasha Farber will perform a Tango to “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)” by Fergie, Q-Tip & GoonRock.
• Sitcom and movie actor Reginald VelJohnson and pro Emma Slater will perform a Paso Doble to “Ode To Joy” by Beethoven.

 

 

Stephen and the theme from Superman is the perfect match