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“” voting is dramatically different for season 28. ABC has gotten rid of overnight voting. Instead, it will be live and timed to those tuning in to “” in the Eastern and Central time zones. Only those watching the show as it airs east of the Mississippi will get to weigh in with their votes.
But don’t despair if you live in the Mountain and Pacific time zones: follow along with our live blog and you’ll know when voting opens for your favorite couples.Online voting will open when the show begins at 8 p.m. CT and will close during the last commercial break of the live ET/CT broadcast, shortly after all couples have danced. Voting will be via the website abc.com and by text.You get 10 votes per method, which you can give to just one couple or spread it among all of your favorites. You can reallocate your votes until the voting window closes. Just be sure to hit “Save Votes” each time you make a change to your votes!To vote online, you will need a OneID account, which you can obtain via Facebook or with email address validation, must be 18 or older and living in the U.S.
We are here to share with you all the inside facts on Dancing with the Stars 2019 Voting Vote Online How to Participate in the DWTS Voting Toll-Free Numbers and we will be going to showcase you all the best possible updates on the show. We are heading towards the first episode of Dancing with the Stars on 16 April 2019 and there will be no voting and elimination on first week.
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Updated 2:00 AM EST Dec 17, 2019
A change to 'Dancing with the Stars' elimination rules meant to value skill over popularity is the subject of widespread complaints – unless you're part of the legion of voters saving Sean Spicer's spray-tanned hide every week.
Spicer, whose casting on 'Dancing' drew strong opposition from those who denounced his less-than-truthful performance as White House press secretary, survives despite outside criticism of his dancing and the lowest scores from the judges in each of the last four weeks of ABC's dance competition (Mondays, 8 EST/PST). Huge fan support boosted by his No. 1 fan (and former boss) President Donald Trump sustains him.
'Dancing' changed the elimination process this season, the show's 28th, to prevent the kind of popularity-contest outcome that many contend led to last fall's victory by country-radio host Bobby Bones, a less-than-stellar hoofer with his own strong public following.
For years, weekly eliminations have resulted from some combination of scores by judges Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli and fan votes, most recently online or via text. Most reality competitions turn either on judges' decisions or viewer votes, but the breakdown of the hybrid formula used by 'Dancing' has never been explained by ABC or the show's producers, even in the wake of periodic elimination controversies.
This season's change, designed to prevent fan votes from propelling weak celebrity dancers to victory, gave the judges authority to pick each episode's departing pair from the two teams with the lowest combination of judge scores and viewer votes.
'Dancing' representatives said ranking decisions are based on an even 50/50 split of judges' scores and viewer votes. The show declined comment on the widespread criticism of Spicer's surprise endurance.
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But the change is meaningless if a weak dancer gets so many votes that they overwhelm low judging scores and leave them out of the bottom two. That's exactly what's happened with Spicer, as the president in recent weeks has urged his 66 million Twitter followers to vote.
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This season's voting rules also have been criticized for their time limitation. Voting ends during the last commercial break during broadcasts in the Eastern/Central time zone broadcast, before viewers in California and other Western states have seen any of the competition.
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And if Trump supporters or even those delighting in perceived liberal outrage at Spicer's survival team up to back him, their votes go further these days: This season, 'Dancing' is averaging just 7.9 million viewers within seven days, its lowest-rated turnout and a far cry from the 20-million-plus viewers that watched during the veteran competition's heyday.
The judges' frustration was apparent Monday, when they had to choose between singer Ally Brooke and her pro partner, Sasha Farber, and actress Kate Flannery and partner Pasha Pashkov. Both couples received higher scores from the judges than Spicer and his partner, Jenna Johnson. Flannery even beat Spicer in a dance-off.
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'I just want to say it's confusing for me at this point why these are the bottom two. I'm just a little confused and a little irritated,' said Inaba, as the studio audience applauded and Tonioli nodded approvingly.
Flannery and Pashkov, who performed solidly over the season, were eliminated.
Contributing: Bryan Alexander
Updated 2:00 AM EST Dec 17, 2019
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