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Talking about Emma and Sasha's partners with my mom

Meoor Emma, she has an older partner again, not too old.

Momoor Sasha, he's got a partner who's known to be a wee bit crazy.

Me:Well, at least at the end of the night, Sasha and Emma can go home together and talk about how much their partners will be killing them 😂

DWTS Rob Wade, Deena Katz, And More Talk Of How They Put The Cast Together


Dancing With The Stars co-executive producer Rob Wade, fellow executive producer Deena Katz, ABC’s Rob Mills, and Joey Tague talked to PEOPLE about what it’s really like putting the cast together for Dancing With The Stars. Below are 4 secrets. Be sure to read the link for more.


1. “It’s like planning a dinner party.”
“We obviously have a list of people that we begin to reach out to months in advance,” says Wade. “We’ll get one or two people locked in and start to build around it. It’s like planning a dinner party. Once you’ve invited some friends, you start to work out which other friends to invite that will balance out the table.”


2. They’ve gone after some big names since the very first season.
Katz recently revealed that she has reached out to Bill Clinton almost every season, and Wade admits there are some stars they had to ask multiple times before they said yes.


“There are jewels that everyone has heard of – Jennifer Grey, Kirstie Alley, Paula Deen, Patti LaBelle – those are the people we asked almost every season until the timing was right,” he says. “Suzanne Somers was a work in progress for 20 seasons.”


3. The pro dancers are not picked to match the stars.
“Normally, we just have our pros and then once the cast is booked, we decide the pairings,” says Wade. “I personally get bored with seeing the pros with the same types of people season after season. It is fun to tell a different type of story when you pair them with different people.”


4. Current events play heavily into the casting process.
PEOPLE has confirmed that Olympian Ryan Lochte will compete on season 23 and it has been reported he will be joined by his fellow Olympian Laurie Hernandez.
 

Hi Ladies,

First....thank you CEK for all of the run down on the partners for this season's DWTS.  I am at a loss on some of them, but that is not unusual for me. lol 

Second...has there been a decision made on how we are going to handle the game this year? 

Same as last season with the hope someone will step in if/when needed?
Same as last season with bye weeks?
Same as last season but with added "secret ballots"? (so two games and winners will be chosen..so those missing weeks still have a chance of winning)
Are we going to add the Trifecta to the chart or have that as the secret ballot?
Just going with a secret ballot game? 

Have I missed anyone's suggestion?  If so, let me know.

Also, do we have prizes this year?  I know View has the wonderful key chain, but if there are more then one winner this year....what to do?  Also....um.....I think there should be one prize per winner.  That way maybe more people will donate and those prizes "not claimed" can be "rolled over to next season".  The winner(s) can choose between the "prizes", but I think maybe we should consider just one prize per person/winner.  Is this fair? 

I just wanted to get this out there before the show starts (when does it start?) LOL  I still have the charts from last year, but it does take time to get everything ready to go. I am kind of busy with RL right now, but I wanted to touch base with everyone to see "what is up" and to get "organized in my mind" so it isn't so rushed by show time. LOL


 

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