Dancing With The Stars Storms the Media

‘Dancing With The Stars’ Season 34 show poster. Photo from ‘Dancing With The Stars’.

Chloe Greer, Photo Essay Desk Lead

For the last 20 years, people's TV’s have been filled with ballroom dance floors, fancy costumes, and pop culture's favorite stars, every Tuesday night in the fall. ‘Dancing With The Stars’ has added so much suspense and excitement to reality TV with  every season, giving viewers the perfect opportunity to get to know their favorite celebrities on a different level, and watch them succeed in a new area of fame. 

Airing on ABC since 2005, ‘Dancing With The Stars’ has always been a roaring success, but this season of the show, a new angle of attention has sparked. TikTok has become a place for viewers to be able to voice their opinions with each other. Because of the popularity of these posts, the show has also gained a whole new audience, their TikTok fans. Since I have been a ‘Dancing With The Stars’ fan as long as I can remember, the sudden gain of attention this season has made me extra aware of and more invested than I have ever been. This is a list of my top three favorite couples this season, and where I think their fate will land this season finale. 

My third favorite couple is Andy Richter, American comedian, and Emma Slater. This season, Richter has been notoriously known as not being the best at dancing. Even though Richter has faced extreme backlash and hate from some viewers, he has had a fan club unite, fighting for him to stay in the competition. While I don’t think that Richter should win the competition, I do think that his work has come extremely far over the past 2 months, and I think that he deserves to be there. Richter brings a sense of joy and positivity to the room that is unlike anything the other competitors are able to achieve. Since he was safe yet again on this past week's episode, which aired on November 4, I would say his fan club is going to continue to fight for his place in the race. 

My number two couple is Dylan Efron and Daniella Karagach. Dylan, being the younger brother of famous actor Zac Efron, has stayed a little more hidden when it comes to social spotlight over the years. D. Efron focuses on the more adventurous side of life, participating in many outdoor challenges over the years. D. Efron has proved himself to be talented this season, and while he has remained more quiet throughout the journey, I do believe he has a shot at making it into the final 2. While he may not be the most popular option of all of the couples, he has definitely caught the attention of a lot of the show's viewers, myself included. 

And finally, my top couple and my predicted winners are Robert Irwin and Witney Carson. Irwin is a wildlife conservatist, who has never been one to be on the stage. With his joyful outlook on life, and positive disposition, Irwin has absolutely won the hearts of everyone in America. He has proven himself more than capable of being a successful dancer, and has put up a very steep competition for his fellow competitors. With all of his raging success and support during this season, I think it is very likely that Irwin will take home the ‘Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy’ as well as the title of this season's winner. 

Three more episodes are set to come out this season, with the finale being on November 25. 7 couples remain, only one of them will receive the Mirrorball Trophy. Watch along the next few weeks, and see if any of my predictions show themselves to be true.