Talk:Dancing with the Stars (American TV series) season 9

Possible Contestants

Since we don't have any definites for the next season, it seems like all we have is speculation about who'll be on the show. As a reminder, we need reliable sources for any information added. Dayewalker (talk) 18:49, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Just to let you know that Brooke Burke was NOT on Conan July 20th. The information is WRONG. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.234.215.58 (talk) 16:58, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

I've already removed it. Somebody thought they were being funny, most likely.--Fyre2387 ^{(talk • contribs)} 18:26, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

wrf —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.127.185.22 (talk) 14:46, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Someone is making thier own personal predicition table again. Should we lock the page until the announcement so no one makes their own person assumptions until we absolutely know? I'd look into it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.2.230.69 (talk) 20:12, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Semiprotection

The page has been semiprotected, since anonymous IPs were adding tons of unsourced speculation about which dancer would be paired with which celebrity. If any IPs come to this page to add information, please add it here with the proper sourcing, and we can move it into the article.

Also, the article currently indicates that Cheryl Burke will be dancing with Tom Delay, but there's no source on that. Does anyone have the source? Dayewalker (talk) 01:54, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Dances

I have some issues with the listed dances section. The link listed for Kelly and Louis' line is to Louis' twitter and he says that their first dance is "Our first solo dance is a ballroom dance.The dance originating in the capital of Austria." implying that it is the Viennese Waltz, not the regular ballroom Waltz. Also, the link on Donny and Kym's line is to an article where Donny says his first dance is the Foxtrot, not the second. Maybe since we know they're switching things up this season (I have no idea what the whole 'relay dance' thing is about), there will be more than two different dances each week? Onesmallnote (talk) 17:51, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

look, don't think the dances of weeks 2, 3 and 4 are right. Derek spoke about it, but he was just kidding...

Daniel Radcliffe?

According to the ABC site [1] Tom Delay is still Cheryl's partner. Can we have verification on Daniel? -- Yekrats (talk) 23:22, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

It's been fixed now... thank you. -- Yekrats (talk) 23:38, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Future Dances

I say we shouldn't add a couples dances for the next 3 weeks until we know they are going to be there to perform them, therefor, Joanna & Derek's Jive, Tango, and Lombada (and Louie & Chelsie's Jive) should be taken off the dance chart until further notice.

ratings?

Lets place the ratings in the article, episode 1 attracted 17.5 million. --Cooly123 01:30, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Scoring table

Two comments here:

(1) Rowspan breaks sortable tables. If you want the table to be sortable, you have to have an entry for each row. (2) Traditionally—and this is talking about essentially all events—ties are indicated by giving everyone the highest rank. So, the first two couples eliminated would be tied for 15th, not "15/16." Samer (talk) 03:07, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Average Chart

I have issue with the average chart. Because the relay dance was so different as far as scoring, shouldn't we just leave it off? It just seems weird to me that there are half-points. I mean, I get why somebody did it, but "28.5" points just seems odd. Does anyone else agree? Onesmallnote (talk) 21:41, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Actually, if you want to count the relay dance, then the proper adjustment is to triple the relay score, so that it counts 30 points, the same as every other dance. Alternatively, you could simply count it as 1/3 of a dance, and divide the current totals by 4/3 instead of by 2. Samer (talk) 02:57, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I thought of that last night after I posted it. 10 would be 30, 8 - 24, 6 - 18, and 4 - 12. I'm going to change it and direct those who question it here. Onesmallnote (talk) 18:42, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Do the total scores count for the relay dances or not? MSalmon (talk) 10:04, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Chelsie and Louie

I placed light green background because the notation says that that color indicates the last couple to be called safe and they may or may not have been in the bottom two OR THREE so thought they should have light green. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.129.6.213 (talk) 03:09, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Scoring & Elimination Table Is Misleading

Why did people change the table? For every week except for the first week, the week with five couples left, and the semifinals week, the couple that was the last to be saved was EXPRESSLY announced as being in the bottom 2. In fact, in the weeks when Louie Vito and Mark Dacascos left in double eliminations, it was because they were in the bottom 3 with Michael Irvin and Aaron Carter, who won the dance-offs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.197.101.209 (talk) 00:19, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Call-out order

There is something very wrong with the table but I don't know what the correct information is nor how to fix it. There is information in there for week 3 (which only started 30 minutes ago) and week 4 (which hasn't even started yet). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.29.106.78 (talk) 00:32, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Tom DeLay Withdrawal

Tom is said to quit DWTS. SAID TO, not actually confirmed. His status should remain as Participating until otherwise. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.2.230.69 (talk) 00:09, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Order of finish/elimination

If two contestants are eliminated in the same episode, and the show doesn't specify that one of them finished "ahead" of the other (i.e., it doesn't say X was 5th, and Y was 4th), then they should be listed as the same rank. Otherwise, you have the rather absurd result that, for example, the exact timing of Tom DeLay's announcement determines whether he finished 12th or 13th. Samer (talk) 14:49, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Didn't the announcement of Tom DeLay withdrawing come AFTER Debi Mazar was eliminated? I remember they advertised it like Tom would be making a special announcement as to whether he would be returning after his foot injury, but they still decided to proceed with an ordinary elimination, and in doing so, Tom was initially announced as safe due to the public's votes. Debi was in the real bottom 2 with Michael Irvin and, if I remember correctly, she was eliminated before Tom officially announced his withdrawal. So Tom should be ranked higher than Debi, as I believe he used to be on this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.197.101.209 (talk) 00:13, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Background colors

I've posted this notice on other DWTS lists in the past. The background colors you are using may not meet standards outlined at WP:ACCESS and Wikipedia:Colours#Using colours in articles. In fact, it presents legibility problems for people with various forms of colorblindness [2] [3] [4] [5]. This issue really needs to be addressed immediately. Some portions of the tables are not legible at all to persons who are colorblind. Wildhartlivie (talk) 23:19, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Couples table

Do we really need to say what day each couple is elimiated on because on Strictly Come Dancing they don't have that? MSalmon (talk) 15:02, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Update

Shakira will perform on the Oct 13th results show. The new Bacholer will be announced too on the same night. --Cooly123 01:57, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Derek Hough

An article on RealityTV World says that Derek has been sidelined because of the flu. Should we note this in the notes section. 24.88.86.28 (talk) 01:26, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Call Out Order table colours

I am sure that we don't need to repeat what is in the call out order what is already in the judges scores chart? MSalmon (talk) 14:58, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism

Am I the only who seems to be removing vandalism on this page? MSalmon (talk) 17:14, 24 October 2009 (UTC) _______ um.. Kelly's occupation is "Your Mother" i'm sure that's not the correct info in there. ~dr —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.77.97.3 (talk) 00:26, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

November 2-3

This week Nov 2nd the celebrities will be designing the costumes for their professional partners, this should be noted.--Cooly123 01:42, 30 October 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cooly123 (talk • contribs)

Semi Protection

Is there any way this page can be semi protected from IP's who vandalise this page, because I don't know how to do it? MSalmon (talk) 21:25, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Only certain people can semi-protect pages. I hope somebody will, because I hate having to keep deleting vandalism. Yes, I'm helping with that, too. Onesmallnote (talk) 21:29, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Ok thanks, I don't like having to constantly delete vandalism from this page aswell MSalmon (talk) 21:30, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Music Question

On the list of music for week 9. I don't think Madonna or Barry Manilow were the singers on the versions during the dances, is that common for them not to get permission from the artists? Do we still list the original artist or what? --Mjrmtg (talk) 15:39, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Even though it was the DWTS singers singing the songs, it's best we link to the original artist of the song. I don't know if they get permission to sing the songs though. Mokoniki | talk 20:48, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Question about the Professional Dancers

On the list at the bottom of the page of who has been the celebrity runner-up for season 9, Mya is listed, but not her partner Dmitry Chaplin. This was just announced tonight. 23:47, 24 November 2009

I added him in. Mokoniki | talk 13:05, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

season 9

There should be mention that Donny performed "Puppy Love"--Cooly123 19:51, 3 December 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cooly123 (talk • contribs)

Edit request from King1559, 20 November 2011

{{edit semi-protected}}

Hello! If possible, I would like to make constructive changes to Dancing with the Stars, season 9. Specifically, I wanted to make some changes in the very first couples chart. I would just like to change the occupations for the contestant because they lack links and are not the correct identifications detailed in the show. This is what I had wished for the table to look like:

Couples

Celebrity	Occupation	Professional partner	Status
Ashley Hamilton	Actor & Comedian	Edyta Śliwińska	Eliminated 1st on September 23, 2009
Macy Gray	Grammy Award Winning Singer	Jonathan Roberts	Eliminated 2nd on September 23, 2009
Kathy Ireland	Model & Entrepreneur	Tony Dovolani	Eliminated 3rd on September 29, 2009
Tom DeLay	Former U.S. House Majority Leader	Cheryl Burke	Withdrew on October 6, 2009
Debi Mazar	Actress	Maksim Chmerkovskiy	Eliminated 4th on October 6, 2009
Chuck Liddell	UFC Champion	Anna Trebunskaya	Eliminated 5th on October 13, 2009
Natalie Coughlin	Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer	Alec Mazo	Eliminated 6th on October 20, 2009
Melissa Joan Hart	Actress & Television Producer	Mark Ballas	Eliminated 7th on October 27, 2009
Louie Vito	World Champion Snowboarder	Chelsie Hightower	Eliminated 8th on October 27, 2009
Michael Irvin	NFL Hall of Famer	Anna Demidova	Eliminated 9th on November 3, 2009
Mark Dacascos	Iron Chef America Star	Lacey Schwimmer	Eliminated 10th on November 3, 2009
Aaron Carter	Rapper & Actor	Karina Smirnoff	Eliminated 11th on November 10, 2009
Joanna Krupa	Supermodel	Derek Hough	Eliminated 12th on November 17, 2009
Kelly Osbourne	Reality Television Star & Singer	Louis Van Amstel	Third Place on November 24, 2009
Mýa	Singer & Actress	Dmitry Chaplin	Second Place on November 24, 2009
Donny Osmond	Showbiz Legend	Kym Johnson	Winners on November 24, 2009

• Mark Dacascos danced with Anna Trebunskaya in week 7 after Lacey Schwimmer was unable to perform due to illness
• Joanna Krupa danced with Maksim Chmerkovskiy in week 5 after Derek Hough was unable to perform due to illness

If this change would be made, I think it would improve the page incredibly. Thank you!

King1559 (talk) 19:22, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks for the suggestions, but we must insist on references; you have to give reliable sources. If you can do that, please ask again. Thanks!  Chzz  ►  22:32, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

I have a source, but I do not know how I could properly cite this. Help please? King1559 (talk)

Tell us what the source is - here. Thanks,  Chzz  ►  07:44, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

This is the website: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/FallConcert/dancing-stars-cast-revealed-good-morning-america/story?id=8328302#.TsrJKrL4LKQ. Thanks again for being so patient and understanding. — Preceding unsigned comment added by King1559 (talk • contribs) 21:59, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Removal of unsourced stats/WP:IINFO

The tables and large amounts of unverified stats were removed in this article and replaced with a table that has clear references to the data inside (with minor exceptions, where noted). Please discuss any issues here rather than reverting/edit warring. For other discussions related to similar cleanup efforts for DWTS articles, see Talk:Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 12)#NOTSTATS/VERIFY, Talk:Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)#Cleanup necessary and Talk:Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)#Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series). Sottolacqua (talk) 15:44, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 September 2018

- ! Celebrity ! Notability (known for) ! Professional partner ! Status 71.10.73.140 (talk) 22:36, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Those are the current column names in the Couples section, yes. NiciVampireHeart 12:50, 5 September 2018 (UTC)