Expressing her appreciation. Cheryl Burke sent a touching message to all of her former partners on Dancing With the Stars following her exit from the series.
14.11.2022 - 22:57 / usmagazine.com
Playing by the rules. Dancing With the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba warned the season 31 contestants to make sure that they play it safe with their upcoming routines.
“To all the semi-finalists: Please … No lifts tomorrow night,” the former Talk host, 51, wrote via her Instagram Story on Sunday, November 13. “In watching the shows back, I see I may have missed a lift or two. The competition is very close so let’s keep the rules in mind.” Inaba concluded her post by wishing all of the remaining contestants “all the best” of luck before the next show.
The Hawaii native revealed in September 2015 that the DWTS producers made it a rule that dancers aren’t allowed to lift their partners. While discussing season 21 Mirrorball champions Bindi Irwin and Derek Hough‘s tango. “I didn’t make it up. The producers have had this rule in place since the first season,” she wrote in a blog for Parade at the time. “I know it upsets people but it is a rule.”
Inaba added that the National Dance Council of America Rule Book defines a lift as “any movement during which one of the dancers has both feet off the floor at the same time with the assistance or support of their partner,” while revealing that she doesn’t enjoy docking points for lifts. “Just to clarify, I do not get any joy in docking a point for breaking a rule,” she wrote. “Rules are rules and I do my best to enforce them.”
Two years later, the choreographer revealed that the show’s producers originally instituted the rule as a nod to traditional ballroom competitions. “From day one it was decided that there would be no lifts in the proper Ballroom and Latin dances, just like in a true ballroom and Latin dance competition, since that was the original basis of the show, to learn
Expressing her appreciation. Cheryl Burke sent a touching message to all of her former partners on Dancing With the Stars following her exit from the series.
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Dancing with the Stars‘ first season on Disney+ has come to end! So much change has already been announced going into tonight’s season 31 finale. First, judge Len Goodman and Cheryl Burke have called it quits. Then, Disney gave Bob Chapek the heave-ho and rewarded Bob Iger with his old CEO seat. A desperate plea from the cheap seats, Mr. Iger: return the mirror ball to ABC! I think we can all agree that this streaming experiment has gone the way of the polka: no one wants Disney+ anywhere near the ballroom. Perhaps moving it back home to Mondays on ABC can be your next major decision after lowering the price for the Genie+ line-skipping service at the parks?
We have a winner! The four couples remaining on Dancing With the Stars faced off in the Monday, November 21, finale — but only one duo could take home the mirrorball trophy.
The long and winding road! Valentin “Val” Chmerkovskiy has had a very fruitful journey on Dancing With the Stars — after following closely in big brother Maksim Chmerkovskiy’s footsteps.
A new role. Cody Rigsby wants his former Dancing With the Stars partner Cheryl Burke to replace Len Goodman as a judge following her decision to step down as a pro.
Cheryl Burke is leaving Dancing with the Stars as a pro dancer after the Season 31 finale on Disney+.
His grand finale. Len Goodman announced that he will be leaving Dancing With the Stars after season 31 during the Monday, November 14, episode.
It’s semi-finals night on Dancing With The Stars! We have to wonder how many people have been watching along with us during the 31st season. Disney+ has yet to release any viewership numbers for the former ABC show, which isn’t an encouraging sign. And that’s too bad: DWTS under Executive Producer Conrad Green has once again found its glory, from inspirational participants like Selma Blair and Daniel Durant, to the refreshing way it has put the spotlight back on ballroom dancing.