Back to the Ballroom! Dance starved fans like myself are glued to our TV’s Monday night as the 10 week dance competition Dancing With the Stars #DWTS kicks off.
ABC can’t help themselves, they have to keep changing things to try to keep the success that is DWTS fresh. What’s new you ask? Well, for one thing they’ve added non-ballroom dance styles like “Contemporary” to the mix. And check out the incredibly high tech (and unnecessary) beginning shots to each dance, like the pinball machine that led off the (rather bad) first dance of Peta and the Bachelor Sean. And must Mark Ballas wear those cheap black earrings on national TV?
Last season was All Stars so this season’s theme must be Non-Stars. Actually, this season’s competitors may have been chosen for their eye candy appeal. Carrie Ann Inaba must have hand picked Victor Ortiz, Sean Lowe, Ingo Radamacher and Jacoby Jones because all will look awesome dancing with their shirts off. Thank you Carrie Ann!
Lots of blogs will give you the history of each competitor, but I don’t care who was on American Idol (Kelly), who hails from Disney (Zendaya Coleman), who has won gold at the Olympics (Aly Raisman and of course Dorothy Hamill) and who won the Super Bowl (Jacoby Jones). I could care less, all I want is that they dance well and entertain me. But ABC has to give you the heart warming moments, as few as this group can generate. I mean even a network like ABC is going to have a hard time making Wynonna Judd likeable, and even worse – Andy Dick is not one bit likeable.
So here are my bets for first to leave DWTS Season 16:
Tied for first place – Andy Dick and Wynonna Judd – untalented (dance wise) and unlikeable = first to leave. Really, it’s painful to watch them. Can they kick them both off week 1 and improve the show 1000%?
3rd Place goes to Lisa Vanderpump. The RHOBH franchise notwithstanding, I don’t think that she has fans, I think her show and RHOBH has fans waiting for the train wreck. Her dancing wasn’t as bad as Wynonna, but still bad enough for an early exit.
4th place – DL Hughley, he can make us laugh doing stand up or on the dance floor.
After this, it’s anyone’s bet, but with a bevy of hunks I’d guess the winner will dance shirtless. Let’s hope its not Wynonna. That would not be a view worth having.
Worth Having 