gabriele wrote:

On the Julianne Hough topic...  I hadn't planned to follow season 19 and that made it a bit clearer that I won't.  Even with her compliment for Meryl, it didn't read to me as genuine and coming from the heart.  More like setting her up for tall poppy syndrome in the viewer's eyes.
Might look at Artem as a pro though, just curious on how he would be.  Not sure why Alison Holker is there, she is a Mum in a relationship, isn't she?  Maybe it will be a good pairing with an older star who won't do the romance angle.  Do you think they have the stars lined up first and then hire the pro's according the stars wishes and to match personalities?       

In the little reading I have done, I gathered that Alison is a friend of Derek's and it was at his urging that she was used to choreograph with him on Macy's Stars of Dance.  I was not surprised then to find that she was now one of the pros even though she is not a ballroom dancer.  On the other hand, I also know that I could be wrong in my conclusions.  
 

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gabriele wrote:

On the Julianne Hough topic...  I hadn't planned to follow season 19 and that made it a bit clearer that I won't.  Even with her compliment for Meryl, it didn't read to me as genuine and coming from the heart.  More like setting her up for tall poppy syndrome in the viewer's eyes.
Might look at Artem as a pro though, just curious on how he would be.  Not sure why Alison Holker is there, she is a Mum in a relationship, isn't she?  Maybe it will be a good pairing with an older star who won't do the romance angle.  Do you think they have the stars lined up first and then hire the pro's according the stars wishes and to match personalities?       

Well, supposedly, no one knows who the partner will be, but we know that Derek knew that he would get Amy because he was seriously thinking of not dancing season 18 until he found out she would be on. I think he wanted the challenge  as a  "feather in his cap" in the choreography world. I heard him say this on Access Hollywood -- just the part about not coming back until he heard Amy would be on. So, I don't know why he is coming back for Season 19 unless there will be another challenge for him that we don't yet know about.
 

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JetmamaDiDi wrote:

gabriele wrote:

JetmamaDiDi wrote:

 
Dunno how that works, Gabriele. I heard that Meryl had requested being paired with Derek--probably because she knew him from the choreography he did with her and Charlie. I didn't know celebs could request a partner...but don't know much anyway!

I think Julianne is tainted by Hollywood now. Just a gut feeling I have. But I know she had a difficult childhood so she must have issues. So many "stars" do--and can't find stable relationships. I feel kind've sorry for her but otoh you can be whoever you want to be If you decide to be that. She no longer floats my boat at all so I may not watch either.

It feels that she is there to cause controversy.  Not what makes me want to watch a show.  She does come across as not very resolved as a person.  Also, her and Derek went on this tour right after the show.  So it is not just the family bond, but also shared business interest.  Not a good picture if he were to win again.  I can't imagine him getting a real contender for this reason alone.
 

 
Yes--it may come out looking very rigged....and not good for dwts at all. Do you get it in real time??

Not sure, I caught up with season 18 on youtube and after it was over. 
There must be a lot of politics involved in the hiring.  Remember seeing Chelsea Hightower in one of the AfterBuzz shows and apparently she was one of the most requested pros and yet in an interview she let it slip that she didn't get hired despite wanting to be on the show.