Some contestants on the show don’t even get sixes from the judges. ABC/Eric McCandless Dancing is “way more difficult than people think,” “Dancing…
Some contestants on the show don’t even get sixes from the judges. ABC/Eric McCandless Dancing is “way more difficult than people think,” “Dancing with the Stars” judge Carrie Ann Inaba told Hollywood Life.
And she’s right. But for some celebrities who have tried their hand at dancing, it’s been a little more difficult than others. We rounded up some of the celebrities who have gotten panned for their dancing abilities by critics and the judges alike.
The Apple co-founder really left an impression on the “DWTS” cast and crew.
“We cast Steve because he was the most left-field booking imaginable,” former showrunner Conrad Green said, according to The Hollywood Reporter . “He did the most distinctive interpretation of the Worm ever seen on any dance floor. [Judge] Bruno Tonioli is still shuddering at the memory.”
The rapper was loved by the crowd — he was so popular, he made it four weeks despite receiving the lowest scores every single time he competed. But Inaba counts him as one of her bottom-three worst celebrity dancers in the show’s history.
“I love him but his dancing… well, you know,” Inaba told Hollywood Life .
The boxer also made Inaba’s list of the worst stars on the show.
“He gets extra points because he was the very first athlete on the show,” Inaba told Hollywood Life . “He went for it and I give him a lot of credit for that.”
The star was eliminated after his first week when he did a version of the cha-cha that judge Bruno Tonioli called at the time “a potpourri of insanity disguised as dance,” according to The Daily Mail.
Mischa Barton was mercifully kicked off “DWTS” after only two episodes, and she didn’t seem to enjoy it while she was on the show.
“I had no idea it would be so bad,” she told The Ringer. “I got told off by my dancer.”
“It was like ‘The Hunger Games,'” she continued. “It was all a popularity contest. It was awful. I was so glad to get kicked off.”
His Donald Trump-inspired skit and impersonation got him points for creativity, but Rivera failed to “make dance great again,” as he said he would .
“Plenty of bravado,” Tonioli said, “but I tell you, impressive — for all the wrong reasons.”
The judges couldn’t think of many nice things to say about his performance to “Hot Stuff” by Donna Summer.
“It was like Pinocchio chasing Jiminy Cricket across the room,” judge Bruno Tonioli said . “You couldn’t have been more wooden.”
Kate Gosselin’s dance moves left much to be desired — she placed eighth in the competition — but her attitude was apparently what really set her partner over the edge.
“There was a lot of therapy involved” after he performed with Gosselin, partner Tony Dovolani said, and he joked that he wouldn’t call what they did “dancing.”
Back in 2008, Kim Kardashian made an appearance and was constantly criticized for her lack of enthusiasm on the show.
The judges called her dancing “cold” and said they didn’t “connect” with her performances.
“This is just a performance, you just have to come out and sell it and sizzle, and you didn’t,” they said.
But she chalked it up to shyness at the time.
“To be honest last week, I cried so hard when I got home, just knowing this is SO hard for me and I really am trying — but my inner shyness is making it look like I am just not trying,” she wrote at the time, according to E! . “I think I took it way too seriously and I was a nervous wreck on Wednesday.”
She ended up being the third person eliminated that season. Her lack of dancing skills and how much she just plain hates it became a storyline on “Keeping Up With the Kardashians.”
Tonioli remarked that Bolton’s dance was “the worst jive in 11 seasons,” and even the other judges asked him to tone down his comments — but watch the video and decide for yourself.
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