Cast by the Category - DWTS, S21

DWTS, Season 21

Cast by the Category

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Category # 3 - I’m Just Not Feeling It:

I don’t know; but, with the following contestants, “I’m just not feeling it!”

Paula Deen:  Supreme-Southern-Chef-turned-Dazzling-Dancing-Diva … Mmmm, nope!  I’m just not feeling it, y’all … Sorry, Paula!

Paula Deen does the Whip!

Victor Espinoza:  I just don’t see this already-endearing Jockey finishing first in DWTS’ biannual race to the Mirror Ball Trophy … however enjoyable the ride might be!

Victor Espinoza

Hayes Grier:  <Watching Hayes’ Whip and Nae Nae video with my hand over my mouth in stunned disbelief> … You know, I would love to be wrong; but, sorry Hayes, I am just (so, so, SO) not feeling it! 

Seriously dude ... what are you doing?

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Click HERE to see - Category # 2 - Waiting to see if they grow on me:

Cast by the Category - DWTS, S21

DWTS, Season 21

Cast by the Category

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Category # 2 - Waiting to see if they grow on me:

I'm not very well acquainted with the following contestants; and, in some cases, I have never even heard of them before; but, ABC and Disney are extremely good at getting you well acquainted with someone and more often than not, making you love them!

And so, I am "waiting to see if they grow on me"!

Chaka Khan:  As unfortunate as this fact may be, I'm just not very well acquainted with this beloved Singer; 

Chaka Kahn rockin' the red.

Lookin' good, Chaka!  You are totally killin'

that red dress!

but I do know of (and thoroughly enjoy!) her 1975 hit, "Tell Me Something Good"; plus, I always enjoy watching her Professional dancing partner, Keo Motsepe, compete; so I can really see Chaka growing on me!

Nick Carter:  I'm actually not very well acquainted with Nick, or even the Backstreet Boys Group as a whole <Dodging the rotten fruit being hurled towards me> … (I know, I know!); but, I was able to watch Nick strut a little of his dancing stuff during his Whip and Nae Nae video (Included on DWTS’ amazing official YouTube channel!); 

Watch Nick Whip!

and, to my pleasant surprise, found him to be the best Male Celebrity Dancer of the lot thus far … Weeeell, him and Andy Grammer! … Plus, Nick has been fortunate enough to be partnered with the ever-brilliant Sharna Burgess, so I fully expect to see some major “growth” in the very near future!

Kim Zolciak:  I can’t say I know her very well; but, 
A:  She’s seems extremely nice, from what I could tell when watching her on GMA’s (Good Morning America’s) Season 21 Cast Announcement on September 2nd.

                   

Kim Zolciak on GMA's Cast Reveal

AND

B:  She’s partnered with Tony Dovolani, so I have very high hopes of her growing on me!

Tamar Braxton:  Calling All [Tamar Braxton] Lovers!  I may not be very well acquainted with this Grammy-nominated Artist; but, I do know from watching her Whip and Nae Nae YouTube video, that, so far at least, she is most certainly the best Female Celebrity Dancer!

Tamar dances the Nae Nae!

 … And I know that she has been partnered with DWTS’ reigning, Golden Mirror Ball Champion, Val Chmerkovskiy … Yeah, I can see her growing on me!

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Cast by the Category - DWTS, S21

DWTS, Season 21

Cast by the Category

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In my mind, so far at least, the Cast of DWTS, Season 21 can be divided into three, separate categories:

- Category # 1 - Excited to see them dance on the show:

- Category # 2 - Waiting to see if they grow on me:

- Category # 3 - I’m just Not Feeling it:

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Okay, so here goes! …

Category # 1 - Excited to see them dance on the show:

Up first we have ...

Bindi Irwin:  Because, crikey mate, she’s the bloomin’ daughter of Steve Irwin, star of the show The Crocodile Hunter; and, who didn’t love watching that show?! … I mean, c’mon, biting your nails off as you witness ol’ Steve wrangle yet another mammoth-sized, man-eating reptile to the ground, or nervously watching in shocked disbelief as crazy Steve shoved his head into a nesting den of Rattlesnakes?  Seriously now, what’s not to love?!

Bindi Irwin

Not to mention, she seems extremely nice and I think that she and partner Derek Hough are going to have an absolute <Ahem> Ball dancing together!

Gary Busey:  Who else out there saw his Whip and Nae Nae dance, courtesy of DWTS’ (Fantastic!) YouTube channel?!

Gary Busey does the Nae Nae!

Come now, he looks as though he will be a total blast to watch compete!

Andy Grammer: Duh! It’s a DWTS Fantasy Celebrity Pick come true (Go, Disney; go, Disney!)!!

Andy Grammer dances the Nae Nae!

I really think that Andy will do very well in the upcoming competition, as longs as he remembers to keep his “Head up” (and his shoulders down), of course!

Alek Skarlatos:  Because he is an American (and International) Hero, and that always deserves a certain, immediate amount of respect.  Plus, I saw him being interviewed during GMA’s (Good Morning America’s) September 2nd Cast Announcement and he seemed very nice!

Alek Skarlatos

Carlos and Alexa PenaVega:  As DWTS' first competing married couple, I am super psyched to see how this dancing-novelty plays out; and, although I am not very well acquainted with these two Celebrities, I am, of course, extremely well acquainted (and completely attached to!) both of their Professional partners, Mirror Ball Champions Witney Carson and Mark Ballas, so I am a little more than "excited to see them dance"!

Carlos & Alexa PenaVega Whip and Nae Nae!

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Quick Info: DWTS, Season 21 Cast: Andy Grammer and Allison Holker

A Quick Introduction To

Our DWTS Season 21 Cast!

Andy Grammer and Allison Holker:

Andy Grammer & Allison Holker

A Singer, Songwriter, and Record Producer, Andy is perhaps best known for his Three hit singles, “Your Head Up”, “Fine By Me”, and of course, “Honey, I’m Good” (Love, love, love that song!).

Andy performed live on DWTS, Season 20, for 4th Place Semifinalist Nastia Liukin and partner Derek Hough's Week 07 Modern Charleston.  During an interview with DWTS' All Access Host, Gethin Jones, Andy was asked whether or not he would ever consider joining the show as a contestant, to which Andy enthusiastically responded, "I’m super down, let it be known!  Let it be known that I am super down and I’m very competitive!”

Andy Grammer saying "I’m super down, let it be known!
Let it be known that I am super down and I’m very competitive!”
You go, Andy!

Andy will be dancing with Season 20’s First-runner up, Allison Holker!  He was originally partnered with Season 14’s Mirror Ball Champion, Peta Murgatroyd;

Peta Murgatroyd

however, due to an unfortunate ankle injury, Peta was forced to bow out of the competition.

Poor Peta had to withdraw from DWTS'
21st Season due to injury. ... <sniff!> 

I was extremely sorry to learn that Peta would not be competing this Fall (I think that she and Andy would have performed very well together!); but, I was also very happy to discover that Andy had been subsequently placed with Allison!  I really do think that these two are going to make one fantastic duo!

Allison Holker was loads of fun in Season 20 ...
I loved watching her and Riker dance!
I can't wait to see her and Andy!

DWTS, S21 - Peta Pulls Out?!

Peta Murgatroyd INJURED on

Crest of DWTS’ 21st Season!!!

Dancing With The Stars Professional, Peta Murgatroyd, shocked Fans yesterday with the announcement of some (Seriously!) “heartbreaking” news:  The beloved Cast member of 3½ years and Mirror ball Champion is officially bowing out of Season 21!

Peta Murgatroyd forced (by injury)
to withdraw from Season 21 of DWTS!

According to People magazine, Peta “felt great” when beginning her rehearsals with Celebrity partner, Andy Grammer, (<Clicking tongue dismally> Wouldn’t they have been such a great pair?!), but soon discovered whilst donning a pair of heels that  “something was not right.”

An MRI soon followed, and the subsequent results contained news that was “devastating”. “I wanted to check it out properly and make sure I was good to go for the season,” explained Murgatroyd, “I got my MRI results back and it was a really bad diagnosis.  It showed I had 4 torn ligaments and a floating piece of bone at the back of my ankle.”  Yikes!  Wow, Peta, when you get injured you sure don’t mess around, do you?!

“My doctor said I needed surgery” Peta continued, “and I knew I needed to put my health first if I want to keep dancing on the show into my 30’s.”

Said to be sidelined for 6-8 weeks following her surgery, bowing out of DWTS’ 21st Season (set to Premiere in 2 Weeks on September 14th, 2015) cannot have been an easy pill to swallow for the 29-year-old Dancer; however, Peta revealed that the real kicker was breaking the depressing news to her latest amateur dance partner, Andy Grammer. “It was awful telling Andy.” admitted the crestfallen Dance Instructor, before further explaining, “He had specifically asked to be partnered with me and I felt like I was letting him down,”

Still, disappointed as Grammer may be, no one can accuse the famed Pop-rock Singer of not being a good sport:  “But he understood” says Peta, “and has been a great guy about it.”

Andy Grammer

With surgery set by her orthopedic surgeon for mid-September, Peta is already looking ahead to better days!  “I’m just looking forward to being back on my feet as soon as possible and being a part of the show again,” Murgatroyd hopefully expressed, “I’m so in love with the show and I’m a very competitive person.  It’s really sad.  It’s super frustrating but I’m going to [be] fine and I’m going to be back in week eight or nine of the show.”

Despite Peta’s early exit, it would seem that Andy Grammer has every intention of maintaining the friendship that had already begun to bud; “He told me, ‘This week, can you and [boyfriend Maks Chmerkovskiy] and my wife and I go out to dinner?  Let’s just hang out and be cool friends,” …. Alright, come on then, everyone, and say it with me (‘cause you know you want to!):  Awwww!!

A touched Peta would agree, it seems, as she added, “That was nice.  I appreciated that.”

Celebrity Cast Member Number Eight (8) Revealed!!! - DWTS, S21

Andy Grammer to join

Season 21 Cast of DWTS!

  

Dancing With The Stars has announced yet another Season 21 competitor and it is quite the doozy!..

Andy Grammer, famous Pop-rock Singer and Songwriter was revealed this week to be contestant number 8!!

It's a DWTS Fantasy PICK come true! (click HERE to see my DWTS Celebrity Fantasy Pick Post about Andy Grammer)

Andy Grammer

Perhaps best known for his hit single, “Honey I’m Good” (Love that song!!). Andy expressed a wish to join the Show when performing live for Nastia Liukin and partner Derek Hough’s Week 07 Modern Charleston in Season 20!

L-R:  Andy Grammer, Nastia Liukin,
Derek Hough , and Sasha Farber.

“I'm super down,” the excited 31-year-old had exclaimed. “let it be known! Let it be known that I'm super down and I'm very competitive!”

"Let it be known that I am super down
 and I'm very competitive!"
- Andy Grammer

Well, it would appear that Disney was super down as well, and I must say that I am scarcely less thrilled myself!