First time in 27 seasons that the winner of DWTS can’t really dance
Yes, in the same season we got a new showrunner, as I've been harping about. Waaay too coincidental.
Usually people don't notice when a new person takes over running a long time show. That's because it's usually seamless. Sure, some tweaks & changes. But, overall, the show pretty much stays the same.
But, I know of one other showrunner who so changed the show she took over, that she nearly ended the series,
Supernatural. It almost got canceled because of her changes to the show. She nearly destroyed everything the original creator created, except the two main characters. She killed off two other beloved cast members. One, they were able to bring back - and that was because the network ordered it. The other they couldn't bring the character back to life in a way that fit the premise of the show and it affected the show for several seasons afterward, as he left a whole in the show. The showrunner was fired at the end of the season. It took her several years to really be hired at all as a producer again.
If the new showrunner of DWTS rigged this show, just to be controversial, put a different spin on the show, then I hope ABC fires him. Yes, Andrew Llinares, I am talking about YOU.