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JoJo Siwa Makes History As First Competitor With a Same-Sex Dance Partner on DWTShttps://www.vulture.com/2021/08/jojo-siwa-first-same-sex-couple-on-dwts.html
Grab your gold medals and glitter bows: The first stars have been announced to hit the dance floor. ABC announced pop star JoJo Siwa and Olympian Suni Lee as the first contestants for the 30th season of Dancing With the Stars, and theyre already making waves. For the first time ever, there will be a same-sex couple competing for the mirror ball trophy. During the Dancing With the Stars TCA panel, executive producer Andrew Llinares revealed that Siwa will be paired with another female dancer for the competition.
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Upon revealing the news, Siwa said, I think its cool. I think it breaks a wall thats never been done before. I think its really special that I get to share with the world that you can love who you love, but now you can dance with who you want to dance with. Siwa came out earlier this year through an Instagram Story post of her wearing a Best Gay Cousin Ever T-shirt.
Suni Lee won gold for the all-around gymnastics during this years Tokyo Olympics and made history as the first Hmong American Olympian to win. The dancing competition is judged by ballroom experts Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Derek Hough, who was a former dancer on the show.
Hosted by Tyra Banks of Top Model fame, the series will premiere on Monday, September 20, at 8 p.m. ET, but the remaining celebrity contestants will be announced on Good Morning America on September 8. The series has featured a number of newsworthy stars, including Carole Baskin, cast member of everyones quarantine binge-watch Tiger King. As Siwa and Lee practice their dance moves for the competition, they probably wont need to practice continuing to make history.
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obamanut2012
(25,905 posts)3catwoman3
(23,812 posts)Bring back Tom and Erin!
tanyev
(42,354 posts)She really was bad. I usually record it so I can watch it later and ff through anything obnoxious.
3catwoman3
(23,812 posts)Last edited Fri Aug 27, 2021, 08:13 PM - Edit history (1)
I would expect better from someone who used to be a high fashion model.
Every week, I would say to myself, Who the hell is dressing her? They must not like her.
tanyev
(42,354 posts)Shes bigger than she was in her modeling days, but she still looks great and DWTS has plenty of experience costuming mature curvy women, so why were her outfits that bad? Theres a chance she pulled rank as an executive producer and insisted on those looks herself.
blm
(112,919 posts)so, I dont really think its fair she is in this type of competition.
Perhaps the message is enough, though.
ProfessorGAC
(64,413 posts)...by going all the way to the win?
Just getting all the way to the finals means more episodes for them to appear.
If they got whacked in one round, the message might be diluted.
So, if they're going to do this, might be best to bring in a ringer.