Many followers really feel that the pre-dance video packages which can be proven on Dancing With the Stars may be simply as vital in getting viewer votes because the dances themselves are. So did professional Brandon Armstrong and his associate Chandler Kinney (Deadly Weapon), who got here in third in one of many present’s best seasons, miss a possibility to share slightly extra of themselves with this system’s viewers, which might have resulted in gaining extra votes?
Armstrong lately shared on Instagram that his connection to DWTS goes again a lot additional than when he joined the present as a troupe member in Season 24 or when he grew to become a professional in Season 27. Approach again in Season 6, he appeared and carried out on the present as a 13-year-old.
“I’ve at all times simply been a child chasing a dream and it feels superb to be dwelling it!” Armstrong posted. “I’ve been getting lots of messages of individuals remembering the time that I spent on the present once I was solely 13. I wanna say thanks for all of the assist you have got given me through the years. It’s imply[t] rather a lot and makes wanting again in any respect the reminiscences and progress that has occurred so particular.”
How did his debut as a teen on DWTS come about? “Conrad [Green, executive producer] was the primary man to rent me on the present,” Armstrong advised TV Insider. “It was 2006. The present had a junior competitors and Conrad was one of many first faces I ever noticed. The second was Deena [Katz, co-executive producer] after which, I used to be employed [as] an grownup.”
TV Insider requested Armstrong why that clip, which may be seen under, wasn’t proven in any pre-dance package deal to be able to probably tug on viewers’ heartstrings. “It didn’t make it,” he responded. “We needed to make it possible for the main target [of our Freestyle] stayed on the message of actually standing on the shoulders of folks that have come earlier than us. So, we sort of stored in that world.”
“It was a celebration of everybody who got here earlier than us,” Kinney concurs. “That transcends the competitors for me.”
“I’m simply glad to be right here,” Armstrong says. “I actually am. It’s a win to be right here. I believe our freestyle was extra vital than our putting. Joey [Graziadei, who won] is so deserving. He’s superb. Hopefully, subsequent yr we’ll get after it once more.”
“Joey labored his booty off,” agrees Kinney. “I do know that as a result of I used to be within the rehearsal studio. I’m so grateful he received. Each single couple right here is so deserving. Truthfully, I’m so grateful to be right here on this house.”
Simply as a pre-dance video package deal might have included a distinct facet of Armstrong, Kinney says there was unused footage of her journey as effectively. “I want the packages had proven my battle slightly bit extra,” she says. “As a result of I did battle. I cried in lots of rehearsals. I by no means needed it to look straightforward. The purpose is to make it look straightforward out right here on the dance ground.”
“Past that,” Kinney says, “I wouldn’t change something. I used to be true to myself. I’m doing the [DWTS] tour and it’s going to be enjoyable!”