 This is the SF Productions podcast network Dancing with the stars the reality show that will not die from the pop culture bunker I'm Mindy and I'm mark you can check out our audio podcast how I got my wife three comics on iTunes or on our website SF podcast network comm so we're back with our annual dancing with stars predictions But first they're biannual because it's twice a year. Oh, that's true But first let's cover how we did on the Oscars, which is annual. Yes Starting with best supporting actor and actress So I'm supporting actor We both went with Stallone, but nobody in the Academy apparently did. No, okay. It was Mark Rylance for Bridge of Spies Supporting actress. I went with Alicia vickender and you went with Kate Winslet And it was Alicia vickender for Danish girl Best animated feature we both went with inside out. Yeah, and that was the winner. That was that was a gimme Best original song You went with earned it. I went with writings on the wall And that was writings on the wall from specter though. Frankly. I thought that other one that Lady Gaga did Yeah, it was actually a much better song once I actually heard it Best director I went with George Miller and you with went with in a rotu. I got that one and you got that one Best actor and actress we went with actor Leonardo DiCaprio for the revenants and that was right for both of us. Yeah, and then actress Brie Larson. Yeah was in fact the winner. We both went with her best picture We both went with the revenant and we were both wrong. Yeah Because it was in fact spotlight, which is kind of weird because a lot of times director and picture go hand in hand right and a lot of people didn't think spotlight was going to be the winner because it was winning awards mostly from Journalism journals and groups and it's a story about journalism. Yeah, hence, you know, they'd have a bias. There you go So final score there Mindy for and myself five. Yeah, just squeak by So on to dancing with the stars We are taping this before the season begins. We promise we are yeah This will air after I think actually the second episode. So maybe after the first elimination. Yeah. Yes, right as We've discussed before the show has come up with several check boxes and their casting has become pretty obvious You have athletes. You have a Disney star for synergy. You have an ABC soap star sometimes for synergy You have reality show stars. You have a controversial star You have a comeback star for nostalgia purposes and one or more ringers and then finally a new one Disabled right well that new and that it's been like five years. Yeah, it's now become a category pretty much We also have pros coming and going Coming in Edda who has not been on the show for several years. Yeah Artem, Peta and Sasha are coming back and Then out is Anna Emma Allison and Derrick Yay, maybe someone else could win for once And Len is back as a judge So maybe we'll see some actual ballroom dancing this season and if we don't I may be out And Julian Huff is out as a judge also yay. Yeah, so there's no Huff at all, huh? No zero Huff So here are the pairings and the predictions Now my theory on this is the first half of the season is pretty much based on skill Like you get rid of all the bad people right and then the second half is based on mostly popularity Mostly of the pros because unless it's a really Somebody who's really popular for something that has a rabid fan base, right? Yeah, so we begin with Misha Barton who's partnered up with pro Artem Chigney Zeph and He is has had zero wins Zero second place zero third place has never win placed or showed She's known for the OC And I put her about in the middle of the pack number six. Yeah, she's one of those cute young actresses She could pull off a three. I think so. I don't know. I just don't even know I kind of rando. Yeah Nile DeMarco who's matched up with Peter Murgatroyd and she's had one win He's basically a deaf model. He was on America's Tech next top model and things like that And we both could put him in the middle. I said fifth place. You said sixth place I'm harkening back to when they had Marley Matlin on the show, right? You know and she did okay But when it came to the more advanced things and you can't really You know get the musicality in it all depends on how much ballroom dancing we see if we actually see Like waltzes. There's not enough of a beat for him to be able to feel You know an actual beat to go through and you can't you won't possibly be able to do it Antonio Brown matched up with sharner Burgess who has Had a second place and a third place win He's known for being in the Pittsburgh Steelers I put him actually fairly high on as number four and you fairly low number nine I got burned by football players last I figured one of the football players had to do I picked a different football player to do well There are three football players three football players. I yeah, that's that's a lot We have Kim Fields who's matched up with Sasha Farber. This is his first year as an actual pro He's been in the troupe before and she's known for the TV show facts of life Well, and some other show too that she did as an older adult, but also she's she's apparently I've been directing a lot. Oh, okay. So well and we both put her at the same spot pretty low. Yeah, and yeah Doug Flutie who's matched up with Karina Smirnoff who's won once second place twice third place once He's known for another NFL player, but he's old. He's older. Yes, and I put him in eighth place you put him all the way down in 11th place. I think he's too old. Okay, because you know No offense football players, but you know a lot of you older football players are starting to get a little bit You know, right and you won't be able to remember the moves. Yeah, yeah Marla Maples and She is matched up with Tony Davalani who's won once and had third place twice She's mostly known for being the ex-wife of Donald Trump, but she's also done some Broadway Yeah, but I looked it up and it wasn't like dancing Broadway. Oh, okay Necessarily that which is why I put her in the very last position. You put her in the middle of the pack It all depends on how many Trump fans are Out there voting well, and how many well and how many people who really hate Trump? Yeah, we're also voting Yes, just to vote against her well or to vote for her because she got away from him. Well, there's lots of ways to go here Vaughan Miller who's partnered up with Whitney Carson who has won once and he is a Super Bowl MVP And this is the football player. I put up there because of Whitney, too I boosted him up to and because there are so many of these, you know Like girl ones that I think would do really good. This is the boy. I picked to finish it Okay, so that's what I meant number two and I put him at number three Wanya Morris who's matched up with Lindsay Arnold who has had third place once and He's known for the group boys to men and we're pretty much in the same position. I picked slot nine You picked slot eight. Yeah her honor Vera a who's matched up with Edda Slavinska Who has had second place once and third place once and is not again been on the show for several years and he's known for news He's also age 72. I play him last. I can't understand why you think he's gonna last a week Well, I don't know I I think mostly for Edda because they want to see Edda for another week Oh, that could be that's but otherwise. Yeah. Yeah, otherwise if it was anybody else He'd probably be in last position. I put him in 11th position Jody sweeten who's known for fuller house has matched up with keo, but seppy who has not Win placed or showed yet and generally does very poorly Yeah, and so we both put them in the in the middle of the pack I'm assuming mostly due to the whole fuller house Fan base and I said seventh place. You said fifth place All right page van zant who's marked he's matched up with mark ballas and that is he's won twice He's second place twice and third place three times She's known for being an MMA fighter. Oh, by the way, she danced for 13 years. Her parents owned a dance studio That's the ringer for this episode. She's gonna win. Yes mark does something to screw up Yes to the point of annoying Lynn. Yeah at a critical point during during the schedule or If she gets injured, yes, but but like you she is an MMA fighter So she's used to a little pain so she could theoretically yeah through that if she's injured I think she's injured badly then obviously they wouldn't want her to continue, right? So we're both placing them as number one and then ginger Z Who's matched up with Valitia Murkowski who has won once second place once and third place two times She is the GMA weather girl and this is the first time that we've had someone directly from ABC News, I believe And so there's your synergy there I put her very high In second slot and you picked her in fourth line I the only reason that I put her in fourth rather than higher because I do think she'll stick around for a long time Is because she did just have a baby. There is that I mean like just like within three months ago. Yeah, yeah, exactly It's was very very short time ago. So She'll be she'll be off, you know taking care of the baby half the time, right? So I guess we'll be watching dancing with the stars when it's on In the meantime, that is not as enthusiastic anymore If they weren't ballroom dancing, I'd be if they were actual stars that would help to yes So meantime while I'm busy complaining About dancing with the stars you can check out our audio podcast I got my wife to be coming son iTunes or on our website as a podcast network dot com from the pop culture bunker I'm nifty and I'm Mark. Thanks for watching