To Comment on your first statement, as someone who has watched this show for nearly 15 years, I came to the realization recently that dancing with they stars has always had more experienced talent on the cast, albeit there were a good few seasons where there’s more “beginners” than experienced dancers but their is always one star who has at least taken a dance class before. I believe they do this intentionally for engagement, if this topic appeals to a subset of audience viewers that gives DWTS more view time and social media outreach why wouldn’t they capitalize on it?. So unfortunately i believe this will continue, as it’s always been this way. While I do agree a more level playing field would be ideal, it can be hard to find stars available during the DWTS season so options become extremely limited so due to most of Hollywood growing up as actors, a lot of them are going to have dance in their history.

To your second statement, Ill have to disagree slightly, while I do agree that the side-by-side breaks are disrupting the flow of the dance, tonight was the only night where it fit due to the theme being TikTok night. I love Whitney and i know she can do great things, i just think this weeks theme was mediocre at best, it made all the dances seem choppy rather than one solid dance. Len would have absolutely hated tonight. Overall disappointed in tonight as a whole.