Possibly but is it usually the case that all are? Most tv audiences wouldn’t have known Mark Wilson, Todd McKenney or Helen Ritchie when Dancing with the Stars launched in 2004. However, Paul Mercurio was known.
So far promos have focused on the hosts (which if you say only the contestants matter then I wonder why bother with showcasing hosts) and random feet that could belong to anyone. I am saying to get the network out of the hole its in it will need to leverage ever potential promo opportunity from every show. The judges on DWTS are part of that mix.
It’s a little bit of everything. A magic formula. As a fan of the UK version, I absolutely love Darcey Bussell as a judge and the hotness of the male pro-dancers. Just beyond! But at the end of the day, they need to get the celebrity “journeys” right. Once you get the audience onboard with them, you have a winner.
If that’s true (big IF) then I wouldn’t call that an overly strong cast. It’s not like I’m A Celeb in the sense that they can gain a following because of their personality shining through 5 nights a week if they aren’t less known.
They’re not going to get anywhere near the younger viewers they want with a cast like that. But since it’s Peter Ford I’m not going to take it serioisly.
For starters, I like Denise Scott but she wouldn’t be well known in the younger demographics would she? Same thing with Miguel. As for Cass Thorburn, since when was she a ‘star’?
The only stars I like in the cast is Olympia Vallance, Jett Kenny and Samuel Johnson, the rest is meh.
If I was to cast I’d probably go with something like this…
*Russell Coight (coz why not)
*Sarah Harris
*Lee Lin Chin
*Olympia Vallance
*Samuel Johnson
*Jett Kenny
*Sophie Monk (dreaming but anyway)
*Colin Lane or Frank Woodley (or both)
*Ash Barty
*Adam Goodes