DWTS MUST Ditch Fan Voting! It's UNFAIR & Ruining the Show! See Why Fans Are OUTRAGED!

Dancing with the Stars: It's Time to Ditch the fan voting Mess!

Why 'Dancing With the Stars' Needs a Voting Overhaul

Dancing with the Stars (DWTS) has been a reality TV staple since 2005. Celebs learn ballroom dancing, perform live, and compete for that coveted mirrorball trophy. It's a blast! But there's a serious, recurring problem: the voting system. Fans vote for their favorites, not necessarily the best dancers. This has led to some seriously questionable results over 33 seasons. Amazing dancers get eliminated early simply because they lack the massive fanbase, whereas less talented contestants make it surprisingly far due to just that, the fact they are better liked.

It's fun to vote, sure. But untrained viewers lack expertise to assess true dance talent. Many really talented contestants got sent home early; despite those ridiculously high scores; showcasing exactly what that issue really is: those fan-voting elements greatly negatively influence who remains and who ends up dismissed. It really calls out that inherent problem within this structure which prevents the actual talent in a dance to come into the spotlight – that truly good skill goes unseen; sidelined because the audience has far different intentions. After enough outrage across countless seasons, something needs changing. It's time DWTS axes fan voting entirely.

Fan Voting's Unfair Influence: The Harry Jowsey and Bobby Bones Fiascos

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DWTS is a competition; eliminations are expected. However, seeing consistently high-scoring contestants sent home before lower-ranking ones is totally messed up! Think about Season 32's Harry Jowsey— a loved pairing (with Rylee Arnold), yet an awful dancer. He made it to 6th place; seriously close to the finals! And this despite those consistently terrible performances, it makes the rest feel very poorly managed.

Compare this with better dancers ousted early; Lele Pons from the same season; showing a critical flaw. Then there's the Season 27 Bobby Bones situation! A radio personality and pro-partner Sharna Burgess won the whole thing with ridiculously low scores; only improving toward the very ending! It really makes no sense and the fanbase itself really caused it; they completely over-voted this already not-so-good contestant.

Why Fan Voting Is Pointless for DWTS

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DWTS needs to seriously reconsider using this system because the actual use and logic is completely missing; viewers simply should not be able to influence things as heavily and this should've never been added to a reality competition. Shows like American Idol or The Voice NEED fan votes – they search for a future star. But DWTS’s contestants are already established! The celebrities aren’t aiming for a dancing career! So who actually needs this extra input in choosing who should advance or even stay in the show?

We might prefer the judges deciding eliminations. They know ballroom, and this would change those initial judgments which otherwise would get changed because the show incorporates this problematic fan-voting aspect. Their rankings almost match that existing fan voting which shows the major issue. When a contestant earns a 10, that doesn't mean safety; another major argument. Len Goodman, the head judge before passing, explained it perfectly with Juan Pablo Di Pace’s unjust Season 27 elimination: "There’s no justice here!" That sums up this incredibly obvious flaw, an inherent problem made evident.

A Better Voting Model: Judge Commentary Matters Most

DWTS shouldn't necessarily completely ditch fan voting but the actual impact really needs scaling back to allow those professional judgements more freedom. This also needs to improve the current limitations for votes; it would solve current problems; this makes more time to consider those dancers and their performances instead of rushing those initial choices which create unexpected outcomes; like how that prior system enabled.

Having those juicy judge debates each week really makes more impact. Fan votes would be allowed, but it is time for a serious shakeup of how heavily this currently affects the eliminations, especially after some highly problematic incidents like that Bobby Bones win that truly should've never occurred in this structure. Give the judges and dancers more agency in those extremely crucial elimination moments that should really only rely on professionals. That would increase the competitiveness by getting away from current problematic popularity contests which only prevents talented individuals from really advancing.

Conclusion: Rethinking 'Dancing with the Stars' Voting

DWTS is fun to watch, yet this voting system really harms its integrity and is inherently problematic. It needs fixing. Allowing professional judgement more importance in deciding the eliminations creates better and fairer outcomes while preventing talented performers from being wrongly eliminated! Those kinds of changes prevent many problems caused by an existing audience who really only votes for celebrity personas not their skill alone!