Dancing with the Stars is the US version of the UK dance competition series, Strictly Come Dancing. Tom Bergeron hosted the series since its very beginning in 2015 till 2019.
Dancing with the Stars was renewed for it’s the twenty-ninth season which released on 14 September 2020. In this season Tyra Banks replaced Tom Bergeron as the host.
This reality competition show pairs a celebrity with a professional dancer. The pairs have to perform the predetermined dance in front of judges and compete with other pairs.
The couple with the lowest overall points from judges and audience votings are eliminated at the end of each week. At last, only a winner couple is left. Dancing with the Stars is directed by Alex Rudzinski and Phil Heyes for ABC.
Season 29 Participants:
There were 15 couples who took part in this dancing reality show, namely:
Charles Oakley with Emma Slater
Carole Baskin with Pasha Pashkov
Kaitlyn Bristowe with Artem Chigvinstev
Monica Aldama with Valentin Chmerkovskiy
Vernon Davis with Peta Murgatroyd
Anne Heche with Keo Motsepe
Skai Jackson with Alan Bersten
Justina Machado with Sasha Farber
Jennie Mai with Brandon Armstrong
AJ McLean with Cheryl Burke
Jessie Metcalfe with Sharna Burges
Nelly with Danielle Karagah
Nev Schulman with Jenna Johnson
Chrishell Stause with Gleb Savchenko
Johnny Weir with Britt Stewart
Dancing with the Stars: Eliminations:
After Charles and Emma, the next couple which got eliminated was of Carole Baskin and her partner Pasha Pashkov. Rather than Carole and Pasha, Judges chose to save Anne and her partner Keo in the competition. Carole is a cat enthusiast and in her last performance, she danced the samba while dressing up as a lion with her partner.
She runs a rescue camp for exotic big cats in Florida. A video of her pleading for votes was released shortly before the elimination. In the video, she said, “Dancing is extremely hard for me, and I need all your votes I could possibly get,” which shows that Carole is not a dancer.
“Tiger King”, the documentary based on Carole contributes to a long time search for her husband who disappeared. Even when she did not last long on the show but for what little time she was there, she used it to highlight her purpose.
The causes like Big Cat Public Safety Act are close to her. For more such articles and updates, stay tuned!
