By: Amrie Cunningham [My Take on TV]
My weekly guilty pleasure is a little show called DANCING WITH THE STARS; ever hear of it? With each season, I make a concerted effort to root for two people – the “has-been” 80s movie actor in the cast (see: Harry Hamlin, Steve Guttenberg this year) and Edyta Sliwinska (no matter who her partner is – she’s a favorite in our house). I was lucky enough this past week to spend some time chatting with Edyta about her partner, her competition, and the role she would love to play! Read on to learn more about her!
I just wanted to start by saying that I am completely hooked on the show; it’s the show that my mom and I watch every week. You’re definitely one of our favorites.
Edyta Sliwinska: That’s great!
How does this season compare to seasons past?
It’s kind of funny. What’s happening throughout the seasons, they get more and more intense. People are actually practicing more and more. I think with my partner, the intensity has been increasing and every season, I think people want to dance better than celebrities before. Celebrities are more committed and that’s why it’s getting more intense. This season, with Jason, we are practicing really long hours, like 8 hours a day. He also doesn’t have any dance experience at all. We have to come up with a new dance in pretty much like 5 days.
How do you get paired – how does that happen?
It’s pretty much up to the producers 100%. We have no input on it. It’s based most on personality. On the look, on the age, on height. With Jason, there are not many girls that could dance with him because he’s 6’6”. I’m pretty much probably the tallest girl, me and Kym are the tallest girls, so it had to be one of us. I think it’s most base don personality. And obviously, if you had a great partner for a coulpe of seasons, like Julianne won twice, obviously, it’s not a perfect match for Adam, but they decided that it would be interesting to see how she’s going to do with a guy who maybe doesn’t dance as well.