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Post by MFWalkoff on Sept 10, 2020 16:40:44 GMT
Johnny Weir
Season 29
Partnered with Britt Stewart
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Johnny Weir is one of the superstars of figure skating and a pop-culture icon. Born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, he is a two time U.S. Olympian, three time U.S. National Figure Skating Champion, 2008 World bronze medalist, two time Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and the 2001 World Junior Figure Skating Champion, as well as NBC's lead figure skating commentator, ambassador to the Olympic Games and cultural icon.
Weir is known for his commentary and provocative style during NBC's coverage of the Kentucky Derby, the Super Bowl, National Dog Show and Beverly Hills Dog Show. He's also known for producing and starring in the award-winning, Epix-produced 2014 documentary film, "To Russia With Love"; and for producing and starring in "Be Good Johnny Weir," and hosting the Facebook Watch series "Trading Faces." Most recently, Weir starred as Gabe in the Netflix drama "Spinning Out" and hosted Food Network's "Wedding Cake Championship."
He continues his role as Winter Village Skating Ambassador for Bryant Park in New York City, commentating for NBC's coverage of the 2019-2020 figure skating season, and dazzling audiences with his skating while on tour around the world.
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Post by TeamBritt on Oct 21, 2020 2:24:20 GMT
Any Team Brijo fans in the house?
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Post by MissGriss on Oct 21, 2020 5:34:24 GMT
Any Team Brijo fans in the house? Me!  I was sad to see them in the bottom two last night. I saw some problems with their dance, but I think going first is a disadvantage, and I'm guessing they would have had slightly higher numbers if they'd gone later. |
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Post by TeamBritt on Oct 25, 2020 2:22:06 GMT
Any Team Brijo fans in the house? Me! I was sad to see them in the bottom two last night. I saw some problems with their dance, but I think going first is a disadvantage, and I'm guessing they would have had slightly higher numbers if they'd gone later. Yay! I need to figure out how to get updates from this forum. I thought it was a lost cause for a bit there. Glad to see I'm not the only one. I was equally discouraged seeing them in the bottom two. Wholly undeserved. I don't know how to rally the fans to get them more votes though and I'm so scared we won't be able to pull them through. |
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Post by FannyMare on Oct 25, 2020 18:45:47 GMT
That last costume was hideous. I was looking at that, more than the dancing. I think the judges know Johnny has potential.
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Post by TeamBritt on Oct 26, 2020 0:49:12 GMT
That last costume was hideous. I was looking at that, more than the dancing. I think the judges know Johnny has potential. I agree that he has a lot of potential. I think he'll continue realizing that potential the longer he is in the competition. It took me a bit to figure out what the rationale behind that costume was but I enjoyed the dance for the energy and the joy he brought to it. Hoping he can bring that same joy tomorrow night and stay out of the bottom two. |
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Post by MissGriss on Oct 26, 2020 6:58:33 GMT
He definitely has potential. I think the judges are judging him against a standard that is based on what other figure skaters have done as opposed to what past dance experience he actually has. I think he has said that his family could never afford to give him the dance lessons that so many skaters have taken, so he came into the competition with less experience than they seem to think he had. He has learned to move gracefully on the ice, but I think when it comes to dancing he's learning a lot for the first time.
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Post by TeamBritt on Oct 26, 2020 19:22:59 GMT
Don't forget to vote tonight during the voting window. MissGriss is so right. Johnny hasn't had the dance experience of some but he makes up for it with a strong work ethic and a desire to do well. International fans need to use a VPN but are still able to vote. Let's keep him in this competition!
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Post by MissGriss on Oct 27, 2020 1:37:45 GMT
I'm so impressed with what he's done today. I follow him on Instagram, and I don't remember the exact order of things, but he was up at 4:45 this morning, went through full hair and makeup for dress rehearsal, did the dress rehearsal (or maybe it was camera blocking), then went back home, took of the makeup, did his broadcast commentary of the skating competition that's currently happening, came back to the show, got in makeup again, did the dress rehearsal (or some show-related thing), and danced on the show, will do press call after the show and then go home and collapse. Quite the day.
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Post by TeamBritt on Oct 27, 2020 15:38:34 GMT
Wow! That is so much work. I don't know that I could do all of that with the nerves I would have. He's such a professional. Plus he killed that dance! If not for the terrible fog machine I wonder if he would have gotten a w0 or two. Either way I'm just so happy he lived to dance another week and didn't have to suffer through the bottom two.
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Post by TeamBritt on Dec 3, 2020 20:48:45 GMT
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