DWTS Fans Have Mixed Feelings About The Season 31 Winner

May 2024 · 2 minute read

"Dancing with the Stars" is known to cast celebrities with known prior dance experience, but that doesn't mean that they always win. Per Cosmopolitan, Disney stars Zendaya and Corbin Bleu were the runner-ups of their respective seasons, and "Dance Moms" star Jojo Siwa was the runner-up of her season.

After the show announced Charli D'Amelio and Mark Ballas as the winners of Season 31, it sparked controversy. "I don't think it was fair a dancer won the dancing contest," one person tweeted. "The win was handed to that girl," another person tweeted, adding that the judges praised the TikTok star every week while they were "nit-picky" with other contestants. Despite some fans thinking the show was "rigged," others expressed their congratulations. "Much congratulations to Charli and Mark," a fan tweeted, mentioning that the competition was pretty even and anyone could have won.

While D'Amelio's popularity — having amassed nearly 150 million followers on TikTok — could have been a factor for her win, fans seem more concerned about her known previous dance training, especially since danced alongside judge Derek Hough in a television special. Hough told Entertainment Weekly that he called Ballas back to the show due to that concern, as he felt that Ballas' creative choreography could be more of a challenge for the TikTok star.

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