Viewers call Dancing With the Stars Grammy Night pairings ‘unfair’ for Tatyana
She's facing off with Jenna Dewan
Tatyana Ali is the only contestant facing off against a star with professional dance experience on Dancing With the Stars’ Grammy Night. This pairing has sparked major backlash from viewers, as Tatyana will compete against Jenna Dewan, who has professional dance experience and has been scoring significantly higher than Tatyana.
Viewers felt that Tatyana should have been paired with someone with similar scores or less dance experience, calling it ‘unfair.’ She also has to learn two new dance styles while everyone else only has to learn one.
“She’s expected to learn TWO entirely new dance styles in one week, while others seem to receive considerably more grace, especially those with previous training or experience,” a Reddit user wrote.
Jenna has over 25 years of dance experience and even worked as a backup dancer for Janet Jackson. She even starred in the iconic dance film Step Up back in 2006. Tatyana, on the other hand, has no prior dance experience.
Tatyana is competing with her dance partner Yan Ravnik, while Jenna has been paired up with Val Chmerkovskiy. Viewers also pointed out that Val’s brother, Maksim, has been actively betting on Tatyana going home.
Gleb saying “I give it a 3” about Tatyana’s dance and him and Artem bursting out laughing 💀 what is wrong w the OG pros
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Just to compare, Jenna and Val scored four 10s, the highest possible score, for the second week in a row on week eight. While Tatyana and Yan scored a 33 out of 40 in the same week. So there’s a huge skill gap.
“Tatyana should have gone against Connor or Maura so she had a fair shot, and Jenna is about to be hated for it,” one user wrote. “I don’t normally buy into production wanting people gone, but genuinely what was the reason for this?”
Tatyana and Jan will perform a Tango to Boom Boom Pow by the Black Eyed Peas, and Jenna and Val will perform a jazz to All For You by Janet Jackson.