Tonya Harding And DWTS

ClassicRockr

ClassicRockr

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The next season of DWTS is going to be much, much shorter, which will be known as a Mini Season. One month and only one show a week. Seems that the reboot of American Idol got the best time slot. This short season will be about athletes AND one of them will be Tonya. Wonder if there will be an "boooing" done, when she is introduced? Did the movie ITonya give her career a royal boost?

There will only be three judges in that Julianne Hough​
has stated
that she will not be returning to ​
DWTS
for Season 26. Instead, she will be seen in a mentoring role with brother Derek Hough’s show, ​
World of Dance
, this summer.

So, will wonder how Tonya will do. We seen the movie, and, except for a few bad (terrible) scenes, was pretty good. Glad we rented the movie and not paid to see it in a theater.​
 

I don't care for Tonya Harding, but she'll probably be a pretty good dancer, she's probably the only one I could recognize. Years back I really liked the show and recognized most every contestant, but every year I see less and less familiar faces. I've been watching American Idol and will probably check out Dancing.
 
Don't care for Tonya!. If Derek is not dancing, then I will not watch much. He is a genius putting dances together!
 

I'm still really curious how the audience will handle it when she is announced on DWTS the first time. However, there are those that still like her a lot.
 
These are the contestants and their partners. Gotta say, the only name that sounds familiar besides Harding, is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar....maybe if I see some of the others I'll recognize them.

The full pairings are below:

  • Adam Rippon with Jenna Johnson
  • Arike Ogunbowale with Gleb Savchenko
  • Chris Mazdzer with Witney Carson
  • Jamie Anderson with Artem Chigvintsev
  • Jennie Finch Daigle with Keo Motsepe
  • Johnny Damon with Emma Slater
  • Josh Norman with Sharna Burgess
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with Lindsay Arnold
  • Mirai Nagasu with Alan Bersten
  • Tonya Harding with Sasha Farber
 
Meh,
I'm not excited about this group.​

I saw a little of the announcement and appearances this morning on GMA with Tom Bergeron. Nothing special, reaction to Tonya was same as for everyone else. I forget how tall Kareem is :) but he towered over everyone - I'm surprised he's doing this. (just heard he is 70 and 7 ft 2 in)

Tonya and everyone else will get a nice chunk of $.
 
I don't watch it but just thinking-

She's been ice dancing all her life
She has timing, rhythm and dramatic flair
Understands music
She has a strong athlete's body

Unless she falls or some one (accidentally) whacks her in the knees, she might be pretty good.
 
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SeaBreeze said:
These are the contestants and their partners. Gotta say, the only name that sounds familiar besides Harding, is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar....maybe if I see some of the others I'll recognize them.

The full pairings are below:

  • Adam Rippon with Jenna Johnson
  • Arike Ogunbowale with Gleb Savchenko
  • Chris Mazdzer with Witney Carson
  • Jamie Anderson with Artem Chigvintsev
  • Jennie Finch Daigle with Keo Motsepe
  • Johnny Damon with Emma Slater
  • Josh Norman with Sharna Burgess
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with Lindsay Arnold
  • Mirai Nagasu with Alan Bersten
  • Tonya Harding with Sasha Farber
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Adam Rippon is a member of the U.S. men's skating team that recently participated at the Winter Olympics
Johnny Damon is a retired baseball player who played for the Boston Red Sox,NY Yankees Sue
 
ClassicRockr said:
I'm still really curious how the audience will handle it when she is announced on DWTS the first time. However, there are those that still like her a lot.
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They'll probably be happy to see a familiar face on a show that is supposed to have "stars". Honestly though, now with the internet, most people who are interested in the show at all could probably see who is going to be on it way in advance.

RadishRose said:
Unless she falls or some one (accidentally) whacks her in the knees, she might be pretty good.
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:laugh:

moviequeen1 said:
Adam Rippon is a member of the U.S. men's skating team that recently participated at the Winter Olympics
Johnny Damon is a retired baseball player who played for the Boston Red Sox,NY Yankees Sue
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Thanks Sue, that explains why they're foreign to me, I'm not really into watching sports except a few minutes here and there during football season if our team is playing, and that's just because my husband will have each game on. I don't watch the olympics and have no interest in baseball.
 
The only name I do recognize in that bunch is Tanya Harding. I have never watched the show but may tune in just to see.

What she did was wrong, I am sure she knew, but her wrong doings kicked her in the butt and she could have had a nice career making chunks of change. She has paid for her sins so maybe some will wish her well.
 
We used to have fun making up imaginary shows....... "_______ing With The Stars" (fill in the blank)........and speculating who would be on that particular show like "Rehabbing with the Stars" with Robert Downey Jr., Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears." You could have "Marrying with the Stars" followed the next year by "Divorcing with the Stars" and you wouldn't need new stars. You could have "A Total Waste of Oxygen Breathing With the Stars" and all you'd need would be the Kartrashians.

The sky's the limit.
 
Actually, we are REALLY looking forward to seeing her dance. As good of an ice skater she was, her dancing will be highly interesting!
 
USA Today newspaper,has published the names of the athletes participating in the latest DWTS show.They are:
Tonya Harding-skater who doesn't when to quit her '15min of Fame'
Adam Rippon-member of the U.S. skating team
Mirai Nagasu-member of U.S. women's skating team
Chris Mazdzer-luger
Jamie Anderson-snowboarder
Jennie Finch-softball player
Kareem Abdul Jabbar-retired NBA great basketball player
Johnny Damon-retired baseball player
Josh Norman-Washington Redskins corner back
Arike Ogunbowale-Notre Dame women's basketball player Sue
 
Athlete edition, I doubt I'll be watching very much at all this year, looks like they've run out of real stars who want to participate, like when the show was new and entertaining.
 
I hope she is not glorified after what she did. So un-sportsman and thug like. I won't be watching. With the exception of seeing how a few stars I really like were doing, I haven't watched a full season since S1.
 
Just being a skater does not mean she will do well as a dancer. There was an interview with her and they showed her skating now and she is not so good now. I think she will be one of the first to leave. Hope so anyway. Think Adam will do well.
 
Tonya is THE draw/focus for this short season. If she weren't on the contender list, few would watch. Maybe some would tune in to see Kareem, but otherwise ....meh.
 
I agree she will bring ratings...
I read she's a nightmare for shows production, very difficult & demanding. Goes out for smoke breaks during rehearsal...good luck Tanya, you may want to give up the smokes.
 
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CindyLouWho said:
I agree she will bring ratings...
I read she's a nightmare for shows production, very difficult & demanding. Goes out for smoke breaks during rehearsal...good luck Tanya, you may want to give up the smokes.
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I read the same and not surprised. Watched her interview on 60 minutes and she gave the same impression. Could have been just me as I never liked her anyway! :)
 
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Well, just read that Tonya danced really good and was saved for the next show. So, apparently she was better than some thought.
 

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