Dancing With the Stars - Fall 2025

[robinb]

72 million votes tonight. Omg.

They allowed you to vote 10x for each contestant. You used to only be allowed to vote 10 votes total.

 

[AustinTink]

Except Jordan kicked butt on Alix tonight, IMO.

100%

 

[AustinTink]

They allowed you to vote 10x for each contestant. You used to only be allowed to vote 10 votes total.

Ah yes forgot about that.

 

[Imzadi]

They allowed you to vote 10x for each contestant. You used to only be allowed to vote 10 votes total.

Maybe that's how they finally figured out how to skew the voting. Everyone is allowed 50 votes total.

Let's say: All of Alix's fans voted only for her. And they didn't vote for anyone else.

Yet, most of us who watched all season maybe voted for two or three stars. So, most stars got cross votes and secondary votes. All of those added up to more than 1 fan voting only 10 times for one star.

Does that math make sense? Or only in my mind?

 

[AustinTink]

Maybe that's how they finally figured out how to skew the voting. Everyone is allowed 50 votes total.

Let's say: All of Alix's fans voted only for her. And they didn't vote for anyone else.

Yet, most of us who watched all season maybe voted for two or three stars. So, most stars got cross votes and secondary votes. All of those added up to more than 1 fan voting only 10 times for one star.

Does that math make sense? Or only in my mind?

You just scrambled my noggin.

 

[robinb]

Maybe that's how they finally figured out how to skew the voting. Everyone is allowed 50 votes total.

Let's say: All of Alix's fans voted only for her. And they didn't vote for anyone else.

Yet, most of us who watched all season maybe voted for two or three stars. So, most stars got cross votes and secondary votes. All of those added up to more than 1 fan voting only 10 times for one star.

Does that math make sense? Or only in my mind?

I voted for 3 of the stars.

 

[Dug720]

Up until the semis I was voting for more than one person - I did a tiered mode with Robert and 1 or 2 others getting 20, others getting 10, others getting 4 (10/5/2 text and 10/5/2 online). But starting with the semis all 20 of my votes went to Robert.

Whitney and Mark were the only ones I never gave a vote to.

 

[emmabelle]

Woah Elaine’s quick step. I couldn’t watch I wanted it to end for her.

Robert’s instant cha-cha was just “meh” for me. It would probably be an 8 any other time.

He started off well and then Idk. It seemed off to me.

I thought Alix’s skirt thing was distracting.

I really liked Dylan’s contemporary but then Daniella is a great choreographer.

Elaine’s dance was cute but nothing crazy. I’m not going to miss how she has to remind everyone that she’s old.

Robert’s freestyle was great but kind of lost him at times with so many other dancers.

I enjoyed Jordan’s freestyle more than Alix’s. Not that I’m so into hip hop but I can appreciate it.

It wasn’t hard to guess the placement of the final five. So glad it was Robert

 

[Dug720]

The one definitive change Robert and Witney had in the freestyle was where she was tossed up in the air - initially it was choreographed for Robert to catch her, but it put too much strain on his ribs so they altered that. They said that on GMA this morning.

 

[Imzadi]

The one definitive change Robert and Witney had in the freestyle was where she was tossed up in the air - initially it was choreographed for Robert to catch her, but it put too much strain on his ribs so they altered that. They said that on GMA this morning.

I saw the other troupe dancer catch her and I wondered about that.

 

[Imzadi]

Elaine’s dance was cute but nothing crazy. I’m not going to miss how she has to remind everyone that she’s old.

I'm sure she felt older every day rehearsals went on. I think I'd be crawling out of bed by the third week.

I saw a clip of her freestyle again. Of course, they had to change the lyrics & dance for what she could do and for her ballroom dancing. But, what got to me was she had a really FRENETIC quality throughout. I know they had to put it all together really quickly. But, it seemed like Elaine never took a breath. Even with all the starts & stops in the vignette, she seemed rushed to get it all out there. A lot of her moves didn't finish and hit the right spot before she went onto the next one. Because of that, even though the last part of the number was supposed to highlight her best dancing, to me, it didn't have a finished, polished quality to it. It seemed more like a high school level performance to me.

Compare the last part of Elaine's dance to Jordan's, who hit every beat with sass, finishing every move with finesse, Jordan OWNED her dance. There's no comparison.

 

[Imzadi]

All the finalists on GMA this morning:

 

[Imzadi]

This is an interview with Robert GMA posted yesterday. When Robert says DWTS has changed his life, this is what he means:

 

[Dug720]

Elaine’s dance was cute but nothing crazy. I’m not going to miss how she has to remind everyone that she’s old.

Not to mention 54 is NOT that old!!! She was acting like she's ready for the retirement home.

 

[AustinTink]

Soooo, the attention seeking whiny duo of Whitney and Mark have apparently taped their freestyle (full production) for the Call Her Daddy Podcast. Such bad taste, so disrespectful to Robert.

 

[robinb]

Soooo, the attention seeking whiny duo of Whitney and Mark have apparently taped their freestyle (full production) for the Call Her Daddy Podcast. Such bad taste, so disrespectful to Robert.

I’m not a fan, but how is it disrespectful? It was her dance.

 

[Dug720]

I’m not a fan, but how is it disrespectful? It was her dance.

For me, it's the timing. If they wanted to do it, they should have waited a little bit. And also they should have taped it with the same conditions as the show. Not the ability to stop to change, etc. and all the extras that performing it on the DWTS stage wouldn't have afforded them.

AND she wasn't performing it after performing 2 other dances like they all did in the finale.

 

[AustinTink]

I’m not a fan, but how is it disrespectful? It was her dance.

Because they have been claiming they were robbed from the moment they were eliminated. This presentation of their freestyle immediately after Robert’s win is in such bad taste. They are saying forget Witney and Robert, we are your true winners, the best of the bunch, and too bad y’all were so dumb to eliminate us. It’s gross. So full of themselves.