The Handsome Men of DWTS & SCD, Past and Present

If you have Netflix, James makes a short appearance in a new series called White Rabbit Project hosted by the popular science Build Team of the original Mythbusters series (Tory Belleci, Kari Byron, and Grant Imahara).  In the new series the team investigates and ranks six contenders within a topic.  In one episode they are looking at various activities that involve G forces.  Kari Byron visits the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and like Sharna gets to experience being in a two-seater IndyCar driven by James.  James is involved to have Kari experience the G forces in racing, and he then takes some laps on his own to give Kari the G force data she needs.  Actually there is very little conversation involving James, but you get to see him and his race car.  This actually makes it the second time that James gets to show a redhead what it's like in a race car.  

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   What's wrong with this picture. I'll give you a hint...the 16 year old that's on the whole tour like she is a pro with dwts..   Not!!!......to me this screams why she won. JMO

Len Goodman praised as 'the king of Strictly' after final show

Hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman say Goodman will be ‘a big miss’ as he retires after 12 years on the show




 Co-stars pay tribute to the judge’s time on the show in a documentary, Strictly Len Goodman. Photograph: Guy Levy/BBC
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Strictly Come Dancing hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman have said that head judge Len Goodman will be a big miss now that he has retired from the show, calling him the king of the programme.
Goodman, 72, bowed out of the BBC1 dance contest with the series finale on Saturday night and his co-stars have paid tribute to his time on the show in a documentary about him due to air next week. 
In the programme, Strictly Len Goodman, Winkleman said: “Len is the king of all things ballroom and he’s basically the king of Strictly. I know we’re supposed to be saying goodbye but I won’t allow it, I don’t know whether I should say that but no, he’s not allowed to go.”
Goodman has appeared in the show since it began in 2004. Winkleman said: “He is a master, so everyone totally respects him, both on front of camera but also backstage. 
“So if Len wanders down and goes, ‘Yeah, it was a good lift’, everyone goes, ‘Oh, Len liked it’, because he is unfailingly honest but also incredibly knowledgeable.” 
Daly said: “One of the great things about working on Strictly is that it genuinely is like a family atmosphere. People are happy to be there and it’s a good vibe. Everywhere you turn there’s goodwill and I think, as far as Strictly is concerned, Len is the daddy. 
“There’s so many favourite Len moments, just working with him every week is such a treat; you know that little sparkle in his eye, that cheeky little glint he has. 
“I love watching him dance when he comes on to the show at the beginning when we introduce him and he interacts with the audience, he’s high-fiving them, he’s gliding past them, jiving up a storm.” 


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She said that only he could pull off some of his jokes: “I love all his Len-isms, what was the one that he said to [Countryfile presenter] Anita Rani after her Argentine Tango? 
“‘That was like a cow pat on Countryfile, hot and steamy.’ Only Len could get away with that.” 
Strictly Len Goodman airs on Friday 23 December at 7pm on BBC1.

HM Len has retired from Strictly.

There is now the complete video of the live podcast James did recently with his guests fellow racers Conor Daly and Scott Dixon.  At the end is the surprise birthday silly string attack on James.

https://www.facebook.com/indycar/videos/vb.52534855847/10154064788270848/?type=2&theater

Not surprisingly someone in the audience did ask James about the embarrassing story on DWTS he hasn't talked about yet.  He still won't talk about it but did say that it happened during argentine tango rehearsals and that like the snot rocket story, the incident was embarrassing for him.


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Now that Len has retired from Strictly, will he continue with DWTS or perhaps do one last season?

That was a beautiful dance for Len.  I'd love to see DWTS do some more dances like that in the future.  Their Andre Rieu opening number this past season was a great start.

The tour publicity photo was taken during post-DWTS tour rehearsals. The third dancer from the right is Hayley, Derek's SO. Brittany is not dancing in the current tour. The DWTS ticket prices are not bad if you forgo the meet & greet VIP tickets & you buy them directly from their website. In my area $50 tickets were still available a few days ago (albeit some cities like Orlando just had the VIP left).

 Re: The Handsome Men of DWTS & SCD, Past and Present

 by DeadManDancing Today at 12:10 pm

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Sharna, the AT, and an embarassing story? I can see the direction this is taking. Remember her with Andy Grammer during switchup week: "balls and farts made that happen". 

Had to go to dailymotion for the video because the YouTube versions had copyright issues.  I had forgotten about Andy's switch-up with Sharna.  Sharna really did make Andy even better.  James realized early on how fortunate he was that he had a free schedule in order to really work on his dances.  Andy realized it as well and actually cancelled a concert date to work on their AT.  In a post-show interview Andy also mentioned how grateful he was to Sharna for making herself available for some additional rehearsal work during the week.  I'm amazed that Sharna did that spin off of Andy's neck.  Must have been one of Sharna's "crazy" ideas, but that was a stunning move.  Like James, Andy has his own outgoing and friendly personality, so I think Sharna had a good time during the switch-up.  

It was so funny that Andy embarrassed Sharna by telling Erin and the whole world about Sharna's "fart face" technique.     It will be interesting to see if James' eventual story somehow falls into that territory (although she had already explained the technique to him in their 2nd FB chat).  

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x39fl35

Going back to a gossipy posting about our handsome Val, he's still romantically linked with Amber Rose. The have been seen going out together, keeping tabs on each other on social media, and she met the Chmerkovskiy family during Peta's baby shower in NY. He seems to be quite smitten and defensive of his personal choices. Any thoughts on this relationship?

........That's all I got!