I had planned on doing a preview<\/em> of it, but other things kept me from writing it. However, it would have been full of snark. (So I\u2019m sure you\u2019re sorry you missed it.) Also, I had no time for doing all the research that would have been necessary to find-out who ninety-five percent of the contestants are!!!<\/p>\n So, I’m instead combining some of what I had planned to say at the beginning of the season with my impressions now that I’ve watched all three episodes. Because I\u2019m sure that few of you<\/em> know who any of the contestants are, either, I\u2019m going to give you little snippets of what the show told<\/em> us they are, and what I think of them so far.<\/p>\n Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough.<\/p><\/div>\n Before I begin on them<\/em>, though, the best news that this show ever gave us is that creepy host Tyra Banks is finally gone!!! She really ruined it for a few seasons. And adorable and charming Julianne Hough is now in the co-host position, with former<\/em> co-host, (and a Champion himself on this series,) Alfonso Ribeiro moving up to main host.\u00a0 Yes, he\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0a tad over the top as always, but he knows how to handle his duties. And the boy can dance! It’s actually wonderful to have two people who can really dance, especially two-time winner of the\u00a0show, Julianne, to discuss the goings-on. I have a feeling that some of the professional dancers may not be happy that the Houghs, (Julianne as host and Derek as the main judge,) seem to be taking the show over, especially because some of them are the same ages as those two, but the sibs definitely spark up the proceedings.<\/p>\n Speaking of the judges, I\u2019m so glad they moved Derek into the middle, in the late Len Goodman\u2019s spot. Though the other two\u2014Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Anne Inaba\u2014have been there from the get-go of the series, neither of them is a ballroom<\/em> dancer, so it makes sense for the only one on there with those skills and knowledge, six-time winner Derek Hough, to be the main dude. [Note: They haven\u2019t referred to him as \u201cHead Judge,\u201d as they did Len, but we all know he is.] And he has the best, most constructive, most enthusiastic, and kindest things to say to the dancers.<\/p>\n Judges Carrie Anne Inaba, Derek Hough, and Bruno Tonioli.<\/p><\/div>\n Now, I couldn\u2019t decide whether to discuss the supposed \u201cstars\u201d in order of their dance ability or of them being an actual celeb. [Note: None of them are actually \u201cstars.\u201d] The funny thing is that Spellcheck questioned just about every single name!<\/p>\n So I’m going in order of their being known to Mr. X and me. (And most likely to you, as well.) And here’s an interesting note: We know who all of the professional<\/em> dancers are, of course. They’re actually the real<\/em> stars of this show!!! Okay, here we go:<\/p>\n People Mr. X and I have<\/em> heard of before now:<\/strong><\/p>\n Jason Mraz and Daniella Karagach<\/strong>\u2014Jason is by far the best non-pro on there, but I sort-of expected this excellence from him as soon as I saw the clip of him roller skating in his \u201cintroductory package\u201d on the first episode. And the fact that he\u2019s a musician means he must have natural rhythm. Mr. X and I hope he wins because his dancing is charming, and\u2026he has the best partner! Daniella is a brilliant choreographer! She’s the best one since Derek Hough\u2019s days as a pro on the show!<\/p>\n Charity Lawson and Artem Chigvintsev<\/strong>\u2014I\u2019m ashamed to admit it, but Charity is who Mr. X and I know the most this season, although I have a feeling that most of you<\/em> do not. That\u2019s because we started watching the Bachelor <\/em>and\u00a0Bachelorette<\/em>\u00a0franchise during the pandemic, and now we can\u2019t help ourselves, (even though Mr. X begs<\/em> us to stop!) Charity was the most recent Bachelorette, (before the new Golden Bachelor, whom I have a feeling we’ll see on there next<\/em> season, if not the upcoming Bachelor Joey,) and she\u2019s adorable. And can dance!!! So we’d be okay if she emerges as the victor.<\/p>\n Mira Sorvino and Gleb Savchenko<\/strong>\u2014At least we know who Mira is, although I have a feeling no under forty does! It’s brave of her to do this show. She doesn’t dance very well, but at least she has uber-long legs, which help her lines. I haven’t seen nor heard of her in decades, so I never noticed before that she has Barbra Streisand’s strange mouth and teeth. By the way\u2014it was really rude of judge Carrie Anne to tell her that her acting<\/em> in the dance, (which Mira’s partner had just said is her strong suit, since she’s an Academy Award winning actress,) is weak! Mira should have replied that Carrie Anne is fat<\/em>, (as I<\/em> once did when someone was a bi-atch to me! I have so many lessons to teach these peeps!) The show is supposed to be fun<\/em>, not a place for a mean girl. There was no need for what she said.<\/p>\n The Season 32 cast of DWTS.<\/p><\/div>\n Alyson Hannigan and Sasha Farber<\/strong>\u2014Alyson just may be the most known person on there, but I have never seen any<\/em> of her shows. I have actually heard<\/em> of her, though, and she seems sweet, but the poor girl cannot dance. Shame.<\/p>\n Adrian Peterson and Britt Stewart<\/strong>\u2014Even though I\u2019m a sports nut, football is not my biggest area of expertise, so I had heard of this former NFL-er as only a child abuser! He got busted nine years ago for beating his four-year-old son so badly with a wooden \u201cswitch\u201d that the poor kid had slash wounds all over his body!\u00a0 How has DWTS<\/em> allowed him on here??? Do they not have a conscience? The abuse is not speculation\u2014he admitted it! And Adrian has committed so many more offenses\u2014including domestic violence and defaulting on more than one bank loan\u2014so I pray he doesn\u2019t stick around for a long time on this show because he\u2019s not the kind of person who should be featured on any<\/em> TV show other than something along the lines of\u00a0America\u2019s Most Wanted<\/em>!\u00a0 (Hey\u2014maybe DWTS<\/em> can have a future season featuring all<\/em> criminal contestants!)<\/p>\n Barry Williams and Peta Murgatroyd<\/strong>\u2014I had<\/em> heard of this guy because of his one real acting credit\u2014The Brady Bunch<\/em>. But I had never seen that show. I was about to feel bad for him to be the oldest one on DWTS<\/em> this season, but as soon as he first opened his mouth, I found him to be obnoxious and full of himself. If he mentions one more time that he thinks he can win, I’m going to vomit. I think that senior citizen voters are keeping him on there.<\/p>\n How many of these supposed “stars” do YOU know???<\/p><\/div>\n People we have not<\/em> heard of:<\/strong><\/p>\n Mauricio Umansky and Emma Slater<\/strong>\u2014I never heard his name, but when the show explained that he’s married to Kyle Richards, (who is on one of those \u201chousewife\u201d shows,) I realized that I must have met him waaay back in the day because Kyle was a big fan of my former television show, and I believe she introduced me to him once or twice. He didn\u2019t leave an impression on me, but he seems like a nice guy on\u00a0DWTS<\/em>. He definitely did not deserve to be in the bottom two the first week! But it has nothing to do with dance\u2014it has to do with that no one else knows who he is, either! (He didn’t deserve those inexplicably low scores last week, either!)<\/p>\n![\"Alfonso](\"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/unnamed-file-e1697513845135.jpg\")
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