Hey, guys.
I'm Tracy.
And I'm Andy.
And we are back.
Now that Paradise is over, we actually have like,
a second favorite show.
And this is not even a joke.
Lots of reality TV.
We are obsessed with Dancing with the Stars!
And this week was the two night premier.
And we have to get right to it.
But here's the thing.
We don't have Corey today.
No.
We don't have Corey.
And here's the reason why, is because we
have someone on the staff who is a dancing expert.
And he is our resident--
Wild hips.
--Dancing with the Stars expert.
He's our talent executive at Ellen.
Please welcome--
Chris Cavell!
He's new to re-capping.
So easy on him, guys.
He's new to the whole re-capping thing.
OK.
Yeah.
Go easy on him.
Lots to discuss, but let's talk about people who are safe.
What makes the most sense is start with Grocery Store Joe.
He's with Jenna, who we also love, who won with Adam Rippon
during the athletes season.
Oh, yeah.
That's right.
But here's the thing about Joe.
Joe is adorable to look at when he's not moving.
He had a rough--
We love you Joe, a lot.
--go of it.
He had to come in to do the quickstep, which
here's the thing--
He was a vision in white.
He unfortunately got the lowest score
of the night, which was a four.
A four.
Yeah, but you know what I like?
What?
There's room for improvement.
But you know what?
It was OK.
Because he managed to stay.
And that's because people like me--
We love him!
--who are huge fans and passionate--
We love you, Joe. --we want him to stick with it.
So we're rooting for him.
OK.
Moving on.
Someone else who is--
I didn't really know who he was at the time.
I'm sure there's people who do, is Milo Manheim.
We don't watch zombies.
We don't watch Disney zombies.
But he's a little cutie.
He's with Whitney, who--
We love Whitney.
We love Whitney-- beautiful.
He was like, really strong right off the bat.
They did the cha cha.
I always feel like these Disney kids--
you know, I don't want to say Disney kids.
Have an advantage?
But they're trained somewhat in--
They are, a little bit.
What he has to be careful of is being too cocky.
Yes.
Because I think sometimes these kids come in
and they're really confident.
He's with Whitney, who's beautiful, who's won before.
You guys, talk about a celebrity that is a celebrity to me--
Ivana, AKA Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter.
I didn't know her.
I'm not familiar with the Potter.
I'm sorry.
Seriously?
Not yet.
My daughter is too young.
You're not.
We are so excited to see her, because what she's been doing?
Well, she's been getting rejected from dance schools.
I know!
Oh, no.
She's with Keo.
What I love--
I love Keo.
Keo's the best.
They did the foxtrot.
The judges actually touch on how hard that dance is.
So she'd definitely out of the gate, got the hardest dance.
Moving on.
All right.
So then came Bobby Bones.
Never heard of him.
He's a radio host in Nashville.
But wow, I did not know his personality.
But Sharna, I love.
And I just want her to win, so bad.
But Bobby Bones-- I don't know.
It's too much for me, right now.
He's a bit much.
OK, you guys.
Holy hot, Juan Pablo.
Speaking of Cheryl being back--
Oh, my God.
He's beautiful.
I didn't even notice Cheryl.
You didn't?
Exactly.
OK, so Cheryl's back.
And it's good to see her.
She is like, a classic Dancing with the Stars pro.
If you've been watching it for a long time--
Since season two.
Long time lover!
So Juan Pablo is smoking hot.
Hot.
Like, I literally was just looking at him
and was like, oh my God, you're sexy.
And what did they give him?
The salsa.
He's a good looking guy.
The one thing that I liked about the two of them is he
knew how to partner her.
He has that energy and confidence
where he's just going to like, take her trough the dance.
OK, so moving on, Tinashe.
Love Tinashe.
Tinashe?
She's also with Brandon, who's new.
Well, that's the thing.
So that's what I think is a struggle for her.
Because she comes in and she's with the only new pro
this season, this guy Brandon.
They're going to grow on us.
Brandon, I love.
And the one thing that I love about a new pro
is they're coming with no expectations and new ideas.
Where Cheryl's been around since season two--
Cheryl comes from Dancing with the Stars
in the seasons where it used to be all about technique.
Now it's about show.
OK, you guys.
Then we had our one athlete-- well, not one athlete,
but our one football player of the season.
Right.
Which I always love.
DeMarcus Ware.
I always love the football players.
They bring it.
And guess who has a Jersey of his at home?
This girl.
I'm bringing it in.
You better get DeMarcus Ware in this cube.
'Cause I want him to sign it.
But he played for the Broncos last, didn't he?
He won the Super Bowl with the Broncos,
but he was on the Cowboys for longer.
Thank you.
He's with Lindsay, who's one of my all time favorite pros.
Lindsay's another favorite.
The judges really loved DeMarcus.
He was our last dance of the night, which they usually--
Very energetic.
--say that they save the best one for last.
Yes.
OK.
So you guys--
No secret to that.
Little in-- so I've gotten to produce some of the pros
and celebrities from past seasons of Dancing
with the Stars.
And one time I was talking to Sharna on the phone.
And she said, yeah, they typically
save the best for last.
Deep tease.
Literally a deep tease.
Literally.
OK.
So then we have our resident old guy of the season.
And I mean that just--
they always have one.
John Schneider.
John Schneider from Dukes of Hazard.
Big fan.
I grew up watching that.
He's with Emma.
Emma is always paired with an older--
Older gentleman.
--person, man.
This guy actually has some rhythm.
He did one move that popped out to me.
And he did this kick.
Oh, I know!
He did a crazy kick!
It was like, he raised his hand up.
I was like, now wait a minute!
So now we're going to the people that weren't saved.
And these people, in the second episode,
had to dance for their life, which is kind of a new thing.
They haven't really done this before.
So every year, Dancing with the Stars gives us somebody who--
they have to like, rise above the odds.
Always these amazing stories that make me cry.
And there was no shortage of that this season.
No!
There's a great one!
We have Danielle, and she is a blind paralympian
gone downhill skier, who's won bronze.
First of all--
Multiple bronze.
Bow down to you.
And from all the people with challenges
that I've seen before, this seems
like the greatest challenge for this type of show.
How about Artem, though, for having the patience.
That's got to be really frustrating, right?
I mean, you commented on that.
Artem handled her perfectly.
Perfect.
And I was so bummed that she was in jeopardy.
Because I think her story is so crazy
and I want to see more of her.
And I want to see her grow and their dances change.
Mary Lou Retton--
OK, you guys, she was the first American
to win an Olympic gold in gymnastics.
And I love gymnastics.
'84 in LA.
Big fan.
They did the cha cha.
The one thing that I loved about her is she kicked off the show.
American Hero.
Yeah.
She was great.
Red, white, and blue.
She won in LA-- '84 Olympics.
Yeah.
And that's hard to do.
I would imagine that being the first one of the new cast
to dance is really tough.
And she even said that.
And I think that's why she did so well in her second dance.
That's what I was just going to say.
Yup.
Yeah.
So then we have Alexis, who is our model--
12 million followers influencer.
You guys, and she's with Alan, who's my favorite pro.
Yeah.
Going into it I was like, here's this girl that's just like,
famous on social media.
Who in middle America is going to care about her?
And then you got into her story and you found out
she's here because of her mom.
And then just last night she talked about bullying.
It's just like, so I think there is story there
and we will care about her.
But right now, she needs to just continue
to showcase that personality.
Well, and I think I'm excited to see more from her.
Me, too.
So then we get down to our final two, who it came down to
and we didn't know who was gonna go home.
Nancy was with Val, and Nikki was with Gleb.
And two great pros, and so we just
didn't know it was going to happen.
And they both had different things going against them.
Nancy's a little older.
I feel like her movements were like--
Yeah.
Just, it was harder for her to get into to the rhythm.
And Nikki's just got this long body with these long legs.
That she doesn't know what to do with.
They were like, kind of mean to Nikki with her comments--
the judges were.
And Nikki took it all in stride.
But I was like, rooting for her.
I know you weren't.
I was not.
You could just--
The rough sex?
The rough-- yes.
That was funny, I thought.
And then Tom's response to it was just perfect.
Like, you want-- you want-- you want--
you want to clarify what you--
You didn't mean to say that.
And she goes, no, I did.
She's like, I said rough sex.
But I've had both.
I know!
That was so funny!
So then Nikki's second dance was an 18
of 30, which just wasn't enough to do it.
And unfortunately, she was our first celeb sent home.
I think we knew that.
It was a great few days for her.
Yeah.
She'll get to go on GMA.
She'll be fine.
We'll probably have her here.
I know, GMA.
So Chris, as our new resident co-host, who do you think
is going to go all the way?
Who do I think is going to go all the way?
I think DeMarcus.
Yeah.
I do, I do.
Zeni?
But I'm going to agree with Chris.
I love DeMarcus and I want him to win because [INAUDIBLE]
I know who you're going to say.
You do?
OK.
Well, I think-- do you, too?
The winner is going to be, I'm going
to say Juan Pablo with Cheryl.
A bit thanks to you guys for joining us today.
And we'll be gathering here every week
to talk all things Dancing with the Stars, so be sure to tune
in.
Chris!
And comment below to tell us what you think.
Bye.
Spin it!
And I do a really good announcer from Dancing with the Stars.
Just do it!
just do it.
Bruno Tonioli, Len Goodman--
Carrie Ann Inaba.
--Carrie Ann Inaba.
Oh, my God.
Is it you?