Why Peta Murgatroyd and Max Chmerkovskiy call ‘Dancing with the Stars’ a popularity contest
Peta Murgatroyd isn’t trying to hide her feelings about Dancing with the Stars’ voting system.
The professional dancer, who last appeared on the 32nd season of DWTS, addressed the current format of determining the show’s winner, saying the Mirrorball trophy isn’t always awarded to the “most developed” celebrity contestant.
“It’s always been that way with popularity contests,” she told E! News’ Erin Lim Rose sat down with her husband, DWTS alum Max Chmerkovskiy, for an exclusive joint interview. “So the best dancer doesn’t always win.”
In fact, Peta pointed out that she has won twice with stars who had “zero experience” in dancing.
“We won with two people who aren’t dancers,” the 39-year-old said, referring to her season 14 win with former NFL player Donald Driver and her season 22 win with model Nyle DiMarco. ”People will vote for the people they love. ”
Max agreed, arguing that DWTS shares the same voting factors as other “biggest TV shows.”
“Twenty years later, this is still the only show that four generations can watch,” the 45-year-old said of DWTS, which he dropped in 2018 after 17 seasons.And each will find something interesting there. ”
