# Dancing with the Stars -- DWTS -- Spring 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2013/651431 "2013-02-26T13:52:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2013/651431/21 "2013-02-27T14:30:16Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > So, who’ll be the trainwreck? (a la Tucker Carlson) > > 1.I guess I’m rooting for D.L. (Cheryl fan) > 2.How dirty should I feel when I realized Zendaya is still JB? Andy Dick is my pick for first out train wreck. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2013/651431/22 "2013-02-27T15:08:36Z")
> [@FeAudrey](#): > > Sorry; I thought that the parentheses was a permitted (and understood) convention. I wasn’t trying to change the OP’s meaning, merely to indicate a pattern I thought I had spotted. Not a huge deal, but the “don’t muck around in quote boxes” is one of the few hardline rules around here. If you had made the point without using quote boxes, you would have been fine. Thanks. [/mod note] ---
**Author:** ![FeAudrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7feea3/32.png) [@FeAudrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FeAudrey)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2013/651431/23 "2013-02-27T16:28:44Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > …If you had made the point without using quote boxes, you would have been fine … > > [/mod note] I feel like Carrie Ann Inaba had just dinged me for a lift … 😃 (That keeps it on topic, right?) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2013/651431/24 "2013-02-27T17:26:10Z")
I’ve never watched the show and unlikely that I ever will, but I was home sick yesterday and caught something about it on E! Wynnona Judd looks like a freight train wreck. My money is on her spectacular melt down. I’ll be watching Joel McHale’s updates on The Soup. ---
**Author:** ![orderfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orderfire/32/10908_2.png) [@orderfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orderfire)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2013/651431/25 "2013-02-27T18:10:52Z")
My money’s on Andy Dick for the train wreck. And, I’m just enjoying saying “Vanderpump and Gleb” over and over again. Team WTF name! ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2013/651431/26 "2013-02-27T18:49:11Z")
> [@orderfire](#): > > My money’s on Andy Dick for the train wreck. Same. Also, I don’t think he has a fan base that overlaps with the show. He has a new pro, who will likely make some new-pro mistakes and doesn’t have a fan base to keep her in an extra week. And while he has roughly the same demographic space as Adam Corolla and Steve-O, I think they both do a better job of appealing to the DTWS audience than he does. My prediction for first to go, not having seen any of them dance. > [@](#): > > And, I’m just enjoying saying “Vanderpump and Gleb” over and over again. Team WTF name! I now can’t unhear that and will think of them as “Vanderpump and Gleb” for the season. ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2013/651431/27 "2013-02-27T18:58:51Z")
Finally Tristan gets someone who can get to the end. Dorothy had some depression issues so I hope she’s got the confidence to go all the way. I think she’s could be this year’s Jennifer Grey, she’s an icon so it’s in the Irishman’s court to bring out some decent choreography. As for the other ones. the competition will be the gymnast and that kid from Disney. I just hope people are sufficiently tired of robotic teenagers. And we can’t count out the NFL or the Soap star to bring in the votes. All the new pros will go relatively early, I think, given their partners. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2013/651431/28 "2013-02-27T19:37:44Z")
Yeah! Tristan is still getting an older woman, but more of the milf type of woman instead of one of the granny-kins about to see god people. ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2013/651431/29 "2013-02-27T21:12:57Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > Same. > Also, I don’t think he has a fan base that overlaps with the show. He has a new pro, who will likely make some new-pro mistakes and doesn’t have a fan base to keep her in an extra week. And while he has roughly the same demographic space as Adam Corolla and Steve-O, I think they both do a better job of appealing to the DTWS audience than he does. My prediction for first to go, not having seen any of them dance. Does Andy Dick even have a fan base? In recent years, all I’ve heard about Andy Dick is people referring to him as “That asshole who instigated Phil Hartman’s murder.” ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2013/651431/30 "2013-02-27T22:58:53Z")
> [@FeAudrey](#): > > I feel like Carrie Ann Inaba had just dinged me for a lift … 😃 > > (That keeps it on topic, right?) On topic, AND Funny to boot! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2013/651431/31 "2013-02-28T00:13:03Z")
> [@FeAudrey](#): > > I feel like Carrie Ann Inaba had just dinged me for a lift … 😃 > > (That keeps it on topic, right?) I laughed. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2013/651431/32 "2013-02-28T22:38:49Z")
> [@Andiethewestie](#): > > As for the other ones. the competition will be the gymnast and that kid from Disney. I just hope people are sufficiently tired of robotic teenagers. And we can’t count out the NFL or the Soap star to bring in the votes. All the new pros will go relatively early, I think, given their partners. Since no names are mentioned, this paragraph could be dropped into the preview of every DWTS season. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2013/651431/33 "2013-03-01T15:15:37Z")
[Derek on Maks not coming back.](http://www.etonline.com/tv/131042_Derek_Hough_Talks_Maksim_Chmerkovskiy_Dancing_with_the_Stars_Exit/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2013/651431/34 "2013-03-01T16:50:18Z")
I got the distinct impression that neither Derick or Macs were coming back due to chronic health/injury issues. Didn’t Derick tear up at everything being the last time? He makes it pretty clear that it wasn’t Macs idea. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2013/651431/35 "2013-03-01T17:12:44Z")
[Andy on his sobriety](http://www.etonline.com/news/131148_Next_ET_The_New_Dancing_with_the_Stars_Music_Video/index.html). I hope this becomes a success story like Steve O. It’s been so long since Andy was on _Less Than Perfect_. He’s got a big job ahead to convince people that he’s changing for the better. Maybe, just maybe dwts is the beginning of a new sober life. I’m not a fan of his edgy comedy. But everyone deserves a second chance in life. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2013/651431/36 "2013-03-01T17:23:01Z")
Sorry, that was the wrong link. Here’s the correct one. [Andy on his sobriety](http://www.etonline.com/news/131146_Andy_Dick_Opens_Up_About_His_Sobriety_Preparations_for_Dancing_with_the_Stars/) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2013/651431/37 "2013-03-01T17:36:17Z")
I am unlikely to see even a minute of this show. But for some reason I am always curious about who they are getting for the new season. I have no idea why. As the father of two tween girls I have seen way too many Disney tween shows. I’m happy to see Zendaya Coleman referenced by her full name. It really annoyed me to see her show and see her billed using only her first name. It seemed particularly pretentious for a 13 year old to go by one name. ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2013/651431/38 "2013-03-01T18:27:05Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Since no names are mentioned, this paragraph could be dropped into the preview of every DWTS season. 🙂 They don’t deviate much from their format. ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2013/651431/39 "2013-03-01T18:37:54Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > [Derek on Maks not coming back.](http://www.etonline.com/tv/131042_Derek_Hough_Talks_Maksim_Chmerkovskiy_Dancing_with_the_Stars_Exit/index.html) Seems pretty evident that Maks’ misogynistic attitude and his “teaching methods” caught up to him. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2013/651431/40 "2013-03-01T18:59:58Z")
Val’s back, though, which is nice. ([Rumor has it he and Kelly really are an item](http://thestir.cafemom.com/entertainment/150837/kelly_monaco_val_chmerkovskiy_may) – and geez, look at the size of her man hands in the linked photo.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2013/651431.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2013/651431.md?page=3)