‘Dancing With The Stars’ Unfair? Chris Kattan Critiques Season 24 Judging After Week 2 Elimination
Chris Kattan tried his luck in the “Dancing With the Stars” ballroom only to be sent home after only two dances in Season 24. Now, the former “Saturday Night Live” star has a bone to pick with the judges of the ABC competition series.
In an interview with ET Online, Kattan said he felt there’s “an unfairness to the fact” that the cast is made up of people of varying age and ability. He compared himself to both Charo and Simone Biles, whom he briefly competed against on “DWTS,” saying that it’s not fair to expect them to compete at the same level. Kattan, 46, said that judges should “acknowledge the fact that this person doesn’t have experience and this person does. And give them the benefit of the doubt.”
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“Simone Biles and Charo and I are three different people going into the show,” he told ET. “I’m not as good of a dancer as Charo [and] we have our different moves, but we can’t move like Simone Biles.”
Kattan isn’t the first to complain about the unfairness of “DWTS” Season 24. Before the premiere, some fans expressed a worry that the cards were stacked in favor of some competitors. They claimed that teams like Team Maksimum Heat (Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Heather Morris), Team Golden Giggles (Sasha Farber and Simone Biles), Team Pretty Xxpensive (Gleb Savchenko and Erika Jayne) and Team Valmani (Val Chmerkovskiy and Normani Kordei) had unfair advantages over their competitors. Those fears have been shut down as the competition plays out and teams like Team Blades of Glory (Artem Chigvintsev and Nancy Kerrigan) and Team Shad Squad (Emma Slater and Rashad Jennings) pull ahead on the leaderboard.
“DWTS” is now five weeks in and, for the most part, only the most skilled teams remain. Kattan, Charo and Mr. T have all been eliminated and viewers are wondering who will be next. At this stage in the competition, it’s anyone’s guess. Some feel that Team Denim and Diamonds (Sharna Burgess and Bonner Bolton), Team Pretty Xxpensive or Team Baby Got Bach (Peta Murgatroyd and Nick Viall) will find themselves on the chopping block in Week 5.
Tune in to “DWTS” Mondays at 8 p.m. EDT on ABC.
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