Sizing up the competition. Sasha Farber is paired with Selma Blair for season 31 of Dancing With the Stars, but he thinks several other couples could give them a run for their money.
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After five years away, professional dancer Mark Ballas made his return to “Dancing With the Stars” ballroom on Monday night as the show moved to Disney+, hitting the top spot on the leaderboard with his celebrity partner, TikTok star Charli D’Amelio. And backstage, after the show, the pro reacted to not only getting the night’s top scores, but praise from his longtime friend Derek Hough, who has since become a judge on the show.“Derek and I have been friends since we were 10. We’ve lived together, we went to school together every day, you know? Dude used to steal my clothes.
We’re friends. … Brothers even. So it was really cool to be out here and it was funny seeing him on the judge’s table because I haven’t been here since he’s done [that],” Ballas said when TheWrap asked him about his return.“But how did it feel? It felt great,” he continued of being back in the ballroom.
“It felt the same but new, fresh, nostalgic, you know? And then being out there with [Charli] – it was a good time. I felt really good tonight. And it’s great to be in the top spot.
We weren’t anticipating that. The only thing we wanted to do was work super hard, maximize our rehearsal time and just do the best that we possibly could. And we had a good night tonight.”Ballas and D’Amelio were the last couple to perform on Monday n ight’s two-hour premiere event, tackling a cha cha to the tune of 32 out of 40 points, and big praise from the judges.“Season 31 just got real hot, real quick,” judge Carrie Ann Inaba commented at the end of their routine.
“The nuances – you are such a nuanced performer … it was kind of amazing. Now I get it. TikTok, welcome to Disney+.”Judge Bruno Tonioli added, “This performance is really the cherry on the cake.” After the
.Sizing up the competition. Sasha Farber is paired with Selma Blair for season 31 of Dancing With the Stars, but he thinks several other couples could give them a run for their money.
Charli D’Amelio is a front runner on this season of “Dancing With the Stars”, but that doesn’t mean she’s not feeling the pressure. Especially when some of her famous friends come out to show their support.
Selma Blair performed blindfolded on 'Dancing with the Stars' on Monday night (03. 10. 22).
Charli D'Amelio is a front runner on this season of, but that doesn't mean she's not feeling the pressure. Especially when some of her famous friends come out to show their support.The TikTok superstar and her pro partner, Mark Ballas, became the first couple to earn a '9' this season during Monday's James Bond Night, and were cheered on from the audience by Kourtney Kardashian and husband Travis Barker, as well as Barker's son — and her boyfriend — Landon Barker.D'Amelio — who is also competing against her mom, Heidi D'Amelio, this season — and Ballas spoke with ET's Matt Cohen after the show, and opened up about their Rumba, set to Billie Eilish's «No Time to Die,» and how it felt to earn their impressive score.«I mean, it feels great! I was definitely getting very nervous right before,» D'Amelio shared, adding that most of her nerves were due to «just going first.»OH MY GODDD #[email protected]/QaNwYzoeHV«I was a little scared for that, but our dance, and everything that I was nervous about, went smoothly! So I was very happy with it,» she added.As for getting some love from Kardashian and Barker, who were on the sidelines of the dance floor celebrating her success, D'Amelio shared, «I think it's so nice to have my friends and family here to support me.
Cheering her on. Landon Barker, Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian sat in the Dancing With the Stars audience to support Charli D’Amelio during James Bond Night on Monday, October 3.
The third week of Dancing With the Stars season 31 just aired on Disney+ and we have all of the scores for the 14 celebs reamining in the competition.
Emily Longeretta “Dancing With the Stars” took on James Bond for week three, with each pair dancing to songs featured in Bond films through the years. Selma Blair and Sasha Farber have been in the spotlight all season, but it hasn’t been an easy ride. She admitted this week that she has sensory overload with the lights and crowd each week.
(Spoiler alert! This article reveals the results from Monday’s episode of “Dancing With the Stars” on Disney+.)While Vinny Guadagnino earned the lowest scores of the evening, he was saved by the audience vote, who loved his spirited, if not technically perfect, rumba to “Thunderball.”Former “Charlie’s Angels” star Cheryl Ladd and her partner Louis van Amstel have been eliminated from the competition, with all four judges opting to save Sam Champion & Cheryl Burke. Len Goodman, who said he was glad he saved her last week so she could perform her “Diamonds Are Forever” rumba, did not end up having to cast his vote, but said he would have given it to Sam Champion.Selma Blair, who has multiple sclerosis, often gets sensory overload from the noise and lights, so her partner Sasha Farber decided to blindfold her to help reduce the amount of stimuli during their performance.
Charli D'Amelio has been making her presence known with her dance moves on Dancing with the Stars, and while she may have her mom participating alongside her, in the audience she also has the best support system.MORE: Selma Blair details health scare ahead of DWTS rehearsalsThe TikToker has had the support of none other than her boyfriend, Landon Barker, who has been rooting her on from the sidelines.Landon, eighteen, is Travis Barker's oldest son – and Kourtney Kardashian's step son – who he shares with ex-wife Shana Moakler.WATCH: Meet the Dancing with the Stars season 31 castMORE: Meet Derek Hough's fiancée Hayley Erbert - and the dancing couple's sweet love storyHe was in attendance in the crowd as his girlfriend made her way up the leaderboard, after performing the quick step to Elvis Presley's Bossa Nova Baby alongside partner Mark Ballas.Speaking with Entertainment Tonight, the young star gushed about how much it means to have her beau by her side.She said: "He's awesome, he was here tonight," and speaking of all of the support she has received from friends and family, she added: "It definitely helps, you know, seeing my dad out there and Markelle [Washington]." The two first started dating over the summerThe couple are in the early stages of their budding romance, having first been linked together in June of 2022 when they were seen leaving Travis' concert together in Los Angeles.MORE: Dancing With the Stars: Inside Emma Slater's split from co-star Sasha FarberMORE: Bachelorette fans left ecstatic following Gabby Windey's DWTS performanceThey continued to be seen together throughout the summer, and Charli proved what a supportive girlfriend she has been from the beginning, sending flowers to the
“Dancing With the Stars” on Disney+ will be devoting an entire show to cinema’s most iconic super spy with next week’s “Bond Night.”
"Dancing with the Stars" Week 2 did not disappoint, as the celebrity contestants battled it out on the dance floor with an Elvis-themed night. While the stars paid tribute to the "King of Rock and Roll," three couples tied for the top score with 32 out of 40 points – Charli D’Amelio with partner Mark Ballas, Gabby Windey with Val Chmerkovskiy and Wayne Brady with Witney Carson. Despite "Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Teresa Giudice saying "Arrivederci" to being on "Dancing with the Stars," she exclusively told Fox News Digital she is excited to spend time with her husband and family after being eliminated. On ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Week 2, Teresa Giudice was eliminated, and Selma Blair received support from Sarah Michelle Gellar. (Getty Images) "I just got married, and then I started doing ‘Dancing with the Stars’… I left my husband.
Charli D’Amelio has the support of her man. Following her and partner Mark Ballas’ Quick Step to Elvis Presley's “Bossa Nova Baby” -- which landed her on the top of the leaderboard -- the TikTok star gushed about having her boyfriend,Landon Barker, in the audience to cheer her on during Monday night's dance. “He's awesome, he was here tonight,” D’Amelio told ET’s Matt Cohen following the show. D’Amelio and Barker, both 18, have been dating since June.
The stars are back for week two of Dancing with the Stars!
Spoiler alert! This article reveals the results from Monday’s episode of “Dancing With the Stars” on Disney+.)Teresa Giudice and Pasha Pashkov have been eliminated from the competition.“I wanted to dance my whole life and I finally did at 50,” Giudice said after learning the news she was going home.The way eliminations are working this season is viewer votes help the show get down to a bottom 2, and on Monday it was Giudice and Pashkov, and Cheryl Ladd with her pro partner Louis van Amstel. The choice was then turned over to the judges.
Anton Du Beke, 56, has graced our TV screens every autumn for the last 17 years as Strictly Come Dancing’s longest-serving professional dancer. In 2021 he stepped down as a dancer and instead sat on the judging panel. He has returned to this role for 2022, alongside fellow judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mabuse.
Anton du Beke has confessed how envious he can get over watching pairs compete on the dance floor while he's a judge, ahead of the new Strictly Come Dancing series launch this week.The 20th series of the BBC show will see 15 celebrity contestants – including TV presenter Helen Skelton, EastEnders actor James Bye, singer Fleur East and former England footballer Tony Adams – taking to the dance floor. Du Beke will once again join Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mabuse on the judging panel when the hit dance competition returns to screens on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on 23 September.
Make way for Mark Ballas! The pro dancer returned to the Dancing With the Stars ballroom for season 31 after a five-year break — and he couldn’t be more excited.
Week one of Dancing With the Stars has come to a close and the scores have been revealed!