Dancing with the Stars

GG, I haven’t watched yet, I may start next Monday. I do check every week to see who got eliminated. Sometimes I come across the scores, and yes, it seems like the worst dancer is still there. I’m thinking there might be a double elimination soon, since this thing usually wraps up the week of Thanksgiving and there are still I think 7 couples left.

Mild spoiler alert.

I finally watched last night and am glad I skipped the first month and a half and all those bad dancers. My favorites last night were Kel Mitchell and Witney, Ally Brook and Sasha and James Van Der Beek and Emma. The dance offs at the end were a snooze fest, I’ve never liked them. The obvious worst dancer with lowest score was not voted off, looks like we have another Bristol Palin. I will give Sean Spicer credit, he remains pleasant despite unending criticism and low scoring of his dance moves, or rather, lack of dance moves.

Dh saw Spicer and asked, “who is that, some random guy from the audience?” because to him, Sean was complete blandness with less than zero star power.

I can't believe last nights outcome, not that who was voted off shouldn't have been eventually, but Sean still there???? OMG, who is voting for him? I'm not saying that he isn't trying, he's taking all the judges criticisms in stride but isn't this supposed to be a dance competition? I'm afraid what he is doing is not dancing. I don't think the judges are not happy with the new system either.

I peeked at this thread because I cannot even watch this show this season because of Spicer. How do you get over a man who faced the world each day and lied? I am not so serious about this show, but I love the dancing. I get popularity versus talent. This is not the olympics. But I am serious about integrity and respect. Spicer has neither.

I think the BIG question is; why was he picked in the first place, and by whom?

I know Thomas Bergeron was publicly very upset when Spicer was chosen, so apparently the host of the show is not involved in the selection process.

Another thought that came to me is that by excluding the West Coast from voting, they have eliminated many, many Blue voters; who would have presumably booted Spicer by now.

Pretty sad when a show that's supposed to be about the beautify and expression of dance, is now a political statement.

I am so upset about the way the pleasure of watching DWTS has been taken from me by politics. I have been watching this show for years and describe it as my escapist television. There is so much on TV that is politically motivated. I really want to watch something that is just fun. Even when Rick Perry was on there was not the flavor of politics seen in the results. I did see the tweet from Trump asking his base to vote for Spicer. This is what I mean about the pleasure of watching being stolen. I have several Netflix shows I can watch instead. Sorry to see the show end this way

9:34 AM - Aug 21, 2019

*I found this tweet Thomas Bergeron put out before the beginning of the season.

BIG SPOILER ALERT

Yea, I watched, too! Thank goodness Spicer is gone! Look, the reason the judges scored him low wasn’t because of who he’s associated with; it’s that he was the worst dancer BY FAR. I read online comments from his voting base who alleged that the reason they kept giving him all their votes is because the judges were always so mean to him. Again, the judges say mean things to ANYONE who is a bad dancer! 28 seasons of it! And Spicer’s fan base didn’t realize by continuing to keep him in the game, they were responsible for him being subjected over and over to all that criticism.He could have gone out more gracefully had he left earlier, but now he exits to a big sigh of relief from true fans of the show who say, good riddance. Did his fan base really do Spicer any favors? No, they were actually kind of sadistically allowing him to flounder over and over again around much more talented and deserving to be there contestants.

Thank goodness. I suppose the field was narrowed down enough so that all the people who actually care about dancing could out-vote the weirdos. I actually thought the judges were as nice as possible to him; complimenting his attitude etc. (since they could not honestly say anything positive about his dancing abilities).

If you enjoy this program format, watch this dance called acquadance that happened in the argentine version in 2015. Amazing!

I’m looking forward to tonight’s show. The semi-finalists know they have to step it up because the worst offender was voted off last week. I hope this means we see some “wow” performances.

May I just say, my husband does not look at a show like DWTS in any kind of political light. He isn’t one to discuss politics much at all in every day life. At the beginning of the season, when I explained I was boycotting the show for awhile in protest of Bobby Bone’s win last season, dh really didn’t get it. So the few times he saw Sean Spicer dance, dh couldn’t stand him, and it had nothing to do with politics. It’s because Spicer was bottom of the barrel!

A very lovely night. I would have been happy and sad both for any result.

I felt so bad for James when Carrie Anne chastised him for his posture. Then to find out about loosing the baby. So sad! No wonder he couldn’t stand up straight. I agree his dancing was not good, but feel terrible for the reason. How can you show joy when your heart is broken?

I get so tired of Hannah Brown and the crying. It’s like she wants sympathy all the time. I think the winner is still undecided at this point.

Hannah’s emotional outbursts are due to her trying to fit into that teeny tiny, itty bitty perfectionist image of what society says a woman should be which is: perfect body. Perfect hair and clothes. Fake smile for miles. Never a mean thought, only happy, non stinky thoughts. Give no impression that she ever farts, pees, burps or wakes up with morning breath, to name a few earthy things a woman’s body actually does. Because men don’t want to see that real side. She is all about projecting an impossible image to live up to. She couldn’t even own her anger at Carrie Anne. Instead, she had to apologize profusely for having human emotions that she worries is detrimental to her image as a woman. No wonder she erupts all the time.