Insiders: If Bristol Palin Wins, 'Dancing' Is Ruined

By Rob Shuter Posted Nov 18th 2010 09:20PM

At first, having Bristol Palin participate in 'Dancing With The Stars' seemed like a brilliant idea. Just like Kate Gosselin before her, casting an admittedly bad dancer who was shrouded in controversy has raked in big ratings and tons of press. But now the joke is on the show's producers, as they fear Bristol is actually going to win this thing.

"This will be a disaster for the show if Bristol wins," one TV insider tells me. "Any creditability the show had will be over. It will go from being a dancing competition to a popularity competition where whoever has the most rabid fan base will always win no matter how little talent they have."

And while it's true Bristol's dancing has dramatically improved since the season began, no one with working eyes would put her in the same league as the other remaining stars, Jennifer Grey and Kyle Massey.

"Another problem the producers foresee is that after Bristol wins no one in Hollywood will ever want to be on the show again," a well-placed ABC source tells me. "Why would a real star want to compete and lose against someone like [former U.S. Senate candidate] Christine O'Donnell or Levi Johnston. It's humiliating. The producers know they are in big trouble for sure."

And it's not just future contestants and viewers that the show needs to worry about. A friend of one of the judges tells me Bristol has made a fool out of all of them. It's now painfully obvious that the judge's scores and opinions mean nothing.

Let's hope they are all wrong and next season the show gets back to what it does best, dancing.

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Comments

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Saturday 20 November

By KC

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Its amazing what Sarah Palin& Family get away with.
If The Obama family were involved half of the drinking, and media drama in the south side of chicago that the palin family are in in alaska , or if the Sasha and Malia had an underage pregnancy the Obamas would have been called Ghetto Trash and finished politically.

I can't believe you even had the nerve to write something like this. You are a Bleeding Heart Tree Hugging Liberal aren't you? It is people like YOU that voted our nation in to the downward spiral we are in right now back in 2008. Can't wait for 2012. Morals, Conscience for the American Public, AND Conservatism. AMEN!!!!

Thursday 18 November

By ibchr

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Why are the judges surprised? They have been giving Bristol inflated scores all season long. Grade her the way she truly dances and you probably wouldn't have this problem.

Friday 19 November

By Kirk

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This has always been a popularity contest... this outrage is rather misplaced and shows rather negatively on the childishness of the outraged. But ibchr has a great point. They don't differentiate the scores of the great dances from the mediocre dances enough. That is likely the main reason why the voting is always trumping.

By Dot

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BRISTOL, Why don't you go back home to your Mom and also take care of your kid!! That's where you belong!!!!
Who care about your dancing -- Just a show-off!!!

By bob555

Did this happen to Kate? Was she told to go home and take care of the kids, or were people satisfied she was voted off, and things went the way you liked it to.

By Bristol Fan

Bristol should stay and WIN the mirror ball !!!!! People are just jealous because she has fans out here voting for her...It just goes to show you that Brandy and all the ones before her that have been sent home don't have the fans that Jennifer, Kyle and Bristol have....If you want someone else to win then you should be voting...Give the person you want to win all your votes, don't try to vote for everyone but Bristol....Go Bristol !!!

By yeah

Bristol deserves to win. Her mother has done so much for this country.

By Wade Bell

What HAVE the Palins done?????? Please give examples. Oh....and what have you been smoking? It must be good stuff. %-)

By Digi

Like what? Plus people don't WIN based on who their mommy is, or shouldn't at least.

Here's one example of what she did. Her second term as mayor for Wasilla, she raised taxes to pay for a SPORTS MULTIPLEX....A TRACTOR PULL STADIUM! Plus failed to obtain proper permits resulting in a DEFICIT for the city costing over 25X more than their original deficit. (they went from around 1 million deficit, to 25 million thanks to Palin). What do you think she'd do with the federal power? You really want this bimbo to decide our financial fate?

Sunday 21 November

By LeRoy

Like what?

By deejay

I am not a fan at all..but after the Kate Gosselin fiasco, you would think the show's producers would get the hint...wouldn't you? Maybe not. I don't think the Palin girl can out dance Jennifer Grey...not ever. If that happens, tho, I think it means some big money has changed hands somewhere. Just my opinion.

This whole thing is nothing but a PLOY for Palin to run for 2012. They say the world will end that year well...if Palin is elected I can garentee it.

LOL RIP, perfect example of a Palinite. Nothing more than a mouth and a hole.

Actually RIP, the word is "you're" not your. I'm pretty sure even the "retarded" people you mention know that.

@ RIP.....I don't even need to reply, you've already shown the level of intelligence you have. If people like you are the fans of the Palins, god help us all.

By jimp

I have a problem with believing a "garantee" from someone who
spells at a 4th grade level.

By D.Gar

Shame on you Alaskans,"BALLOT STUFFING"....

By Joan

Let's see if I have this right
Didn't finish high school...out of wed-lock mom
on DWTS (who's watching baby?)
and a spokes person to teens
are you kidding me?
And to add insult to injury
a dreadfully poor dancer winning over talented opponents
cancel this show...cancel Palin

Amen

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