{"id":66298,"date":"2026-11-10T11:16:38","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T11:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=66298"},"modified":"2026-11-10T11:16:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T11:16:38","slug":"viewers-call-dancing-with-the-stars-grammy-night-pairings-unfair-for-tatyana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/11\/10\/viewers-call-dancing-with-the-stars-grammy-night-pairings-unfair-for-tatyana\/","title":{"rendered":"Viewers call Dancing With the Stars Grammy Night pairings \u2018unfair\u2019 for Tatyana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/10\/21\/tatyana-ali-honours-her-fresh-prince-co-star-james-avery-on-dwts-despite-that-incident-with-val\/\">Tatyana Ali<\/a> is the only contestant facing off against a star with professional dance experience on Dancing With the Stars&#8217; 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.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers felt that Tatyana should have been paired with someone with similar scores or less dance experience, calling it &#8216;unfair.&#8217; She also has to learn two new dance styles while everyone else only has to learn one.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She&#8217;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,&#8221; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/dancingwiththestars\/comments\/1xo0hdn\/comment\/19s66500x02n9\/?screen_view_count=4\">Reddit user wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>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.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tatyana is competing with her dance partner Yan Ravnik, while Jenna has been paired up with Val Chmerkovskiy. Viewers also pointed out that Val&#8217;s brother, Maksim, has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/DWTS_POCFans\/comments\/1xohnto\/why_is_maksim_promoting_gambling_on_tatyana_alis\/\">actively betting on Tatyana<\/a> going home.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height: 500px;\" data-embed-height=\"740\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/DWTS_POCFans\/comments\/1xo9d08\/gleb_saying_i_give_it_a_3_about_tatyanas_dance\/\">Gleb saying &#8220;I give it a 3&#8221; about Tatyana&#8217;s dance and him and Artem bursting out laughing \ud83d\udc80 what is wrong w the OG pros<\/a><br \/>\nby<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Nice_Net_5395\/\">u\/Nice_Net_5395<\/a> in<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/DWTS_POCFans\/\">DWTS_POCFans<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s a huge skill gap.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tatyana should have gone against Connor or Maura so she had a fair shot, and Jenna is about to be hated for it,&#8221; one user wrote. &#8220;I don&#8217;t normally buy into production wanting people gone, but genuinely what was the reason for this?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<div><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like&nbsp;<\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reality Shrine<\/a><\/span><\/i><i>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener 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