DWTS (Season 18)

Well, just finished watching the season premier of the Season 18 of Dancing with the Stars. It looks like it’s going to be a pretty good season.

After seeing the first show, here are my picks:

Who I want to win: Meryl Davis and Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Who needs to be the first to go: Diana Nyad and Henry Byalikov

Surprised pair (so far): Sean Avery and Karina Smirnoff

Best song(s) from the night:

• “Give It 2 U“—Robin Thicke feat. Kendrick Lamar
• “Somewhere Only We Know“—Keane
• “Counting Stars“—OneRepublic
• “Beyond the Sea“—Bobby Darin

The Cast

• Candace Cameron Bure (@candacecbure) and Mark Ballas (@MarkBallas)
• Charlie White (@CharlieaWhite) and Sharna Burgess (@SharnaBurgess)
• Drew Carey (@DrewFromTV) and Cheryl Burke (@CherylBurke)
• Diana Nyad (@diananyad) and Henry Byalikov (@HenryByalikov)
• Cody Simpson (@CodySimpson) and Witney Carson (@WitneyCarson)
• Meryl Davis (@Meryl_Davis) and Maksim Chmerkovskiy (@MaksimC)
• Danica McKellar (@danicamckellar) and Valentin Chmerkovskiy (@iamValC)
• NeNe Leakes (@NeNeLeakes) and Tony Dovolani (@TonyDovolani)
• Amy Purdy (@AmyPurdyGurl) and Derek Hough (@derekhough)
• James Maslow (@jamesmaslow) and Peta Murgatroyd (@PetaMurgatroyd)
• Billy Dee Williams (@realbdw) and Emma Slater (@EmmaSlaterDance)
• Sean Avery (@imseanavery) and Karina Smirnoff (@Karina_Smirnoff)

Here are some links to the people participating on the show this season.

• Official DWTS — @DancingABC
• @Tom_Bergeron
• @ErinAndrews

Dancing with the Stars (Season 18)

Here we go again, the show that helped me start my blog so many years ago…

The new cast for Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 18) was announced this morning. As I have done for the past 17 season, I will do my Early-bird picks of who I think will win, who needs to be voted off and who I think will be the fan’s favorite (new pick for me this season.)

 

Here are the couples for Dancing with the Stars (Season 18):

• Candace Cameron Bure and Mark Ballas
• Charlie White and Sharna Burgess
• Drew Carey and Cheryl Burke
• Diana Nyad and Henry Byalikov
• Cody Simpson and Witney Carson
• Meryl Davis and Maksim Chmerkovskiy
• Danica McKellar and Valentin Chmerkovskiy
• NeNe Leakes and Tony Dovolani
• Amy Purdy and Derek Hough
• James Maslow and Peta Murgatroyd
• Billy Dee Williams and Emma Slater
• Sean Avery and Karina Smirnoff

My Early-bird pick to win the mirror trophy: Meryl Davis and Maksim Chmerkovskiy — this could finally be the season Maksim wins.

Whoa… nice try, but… Diana Nyad and Henry Byalikov — as much as I like Diana Nyad, I think she a better swimmer than dancer.

Fan’s favoite(s) — I’m going to go with Charlie White and Sharna Burgess and Meryl Davis and Maksim Chmerkovskiy. The finals with the 2014 Olympic Champions… I think that would be fun to watch.

Side notes:

Official website

As much as I didn’t like  Brooke Burke-Charvet, her replacement Erin Andrews as co-host… I’m not too sure about that one either.