I also love New York, my favourite place in the world! Something Gleb and I have in common

Gleb has an instagram message saying he is really missing Elena and Olivia and a photo of them. Maybe to remind the DWTS fans that he is married!

It's a shame he's had to do that, but some of them are so bloody rude. 'What about Jana?', yes what about her? I've no idea who she is or what she does for a living, but sounds like a bit of a mess to me. Barely into her 30's and just broken up with husband number three.

Very bitchy of me, I know. But it's horribly disrespectful to Elena and Olivia to make comments like that.

This photo of Elena and Olivia is amazing - https://www.instagram.com/p/BKYicSQh...chenkoofficial

Elena reminds me of Louise Redknapp in that photo.

Re-marriage in the USA: My impression is that outside the wealthy cities most Americans struggle and are deeply religious, marry early and, sometimes, more than once. I think the image America likes to project fits a small number of American urbanites/East coasters/middle-upper classes. I hope that Jena may get something genuinely affirming from her participation.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BKYicSQhAIn/


Oh just look at that little Olivia She is just too cute for words !

I am sure Jana is nice but so far I can't relate to her in any way . And yes....3 marriages at 32 is not good ! I must admit some of the comments some fans have made on Glebs twitter and FB have been rude and disrespecful to him and his wife, likening him and Jana as a "couple" "hot couple"...etc etc Sort of goading .Not nice at all.

That is the thing here ...... with Anita and Gleb they both had defined personal bounderies..... they were friends and could have a laugh.We knew it was just dancing and we were able to thoroughly enjoy the romance of it all .Acting through dance really.For me and mine...thats what made it so special .Actually last SCD was really really special because of Gleb/Anita and I miss it.

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Elena reminds me of Louise Redknapp in that photo.

Re-marriage in the USA: My impression is that outside the wealthy cities most Americans struggle and are deeply religious, marry early and, sometimes, more than once. I think the image America likes to project fits a small number of American urbanites/East coasters/middle-upper classes. I hope that Jena may get something genuinely affirming from her participation.

Louise Redknapp ?? Must say that Elena is a goodlooking lady.
I get the impression that Americans are pretty conservative .They have the equivilent of our chavs but the majority are very conservative.I used to think they have a high divorce rate but we do too not that anybody in my family has. At worst they marry one after another where Brits just live together one after another.

An example is of their stars......if the woman becomes pregnant.....they marry BEFORE the child is born...eg : Ben Afleck/Jennifer Garner where our lot.....Beckham/Posh married after the child is born and you see that case after case.

Aw, lovely pic of his ladies.

Regarding the Jana comments on the Instagram:

Eh, there are always people who confuse the dancing, camaraderie and mild flirting and construe a whole other story around it in their minds.

It is downright rude (and weird) to to put it out there so blatantly though, most particularly on his Instagram and on a post featuring his family. But that's the Internet for you, best just ignored I would think.

Totally agree with you Melissa that the friendly relationship Gleb had with Anita enabled us to just enjoy the partnership and the dancing. I just can't get enthusiastic about this year's SCD at all.
Lovely picture of Elena and Gleb on twitter and her birthday message to him is very sweet.

I really hope that Gleb follows the rules for their tango on Monday to get a decent score out of Len. I think the international tango is supposed to be done in closed hold. Len is always moaning that he does illegal this or that and was usually moaning about his choreography during SCD. Would love to see Len approve for once.

I have it on very good authority that Len doesn't like Gleb very much and was 'disgusted' by the rampant crab last year.

There is a video of Gleb and Jana on the website Pure Dancing with the Stars. Gleb says their tango will be packed with technique to impress Len. Maybe on a hiding to nothing.
They are also having to change the dance a little because of Jana's injury. She is having injections and taking steroids for it. Hope they don't have to withdraw from the competition.

Last year I had a very, very tenuous link to someone who worked on Strictly.

Anyway, the sum total of the gossip that I gleaned from them was that Len is 'grumpy and everyone jumps when he comes on set' and also 'Gleb (and at this point I got quite interested and excited) knows all the best camera angles'..

Um yeah, thanks for that, hardly mind-blowing, I think that we all could guess that for ourselves.

Len also made it pretty obvious what he thought of Glebs more.... innovative style sometimes. He's such a traditionalist that I wonder how he copes on DWTS sometimes. I usually skip the judges bit so I don't know, perhaps he gives that show more leeway? Surely he he'd have to, pretty much all the contestants 'muck abaaht' with dance styles on DWTS.

Anyway, It's good to see that Gleb is at least trying to impress Len and II really hope that Gleb and Jana strike at least a reasonable note with him as the tango is a tough one to get so early in the competition.

I have no idea how the voting works on DWTS and I know that the show has it's favourite pros, so perhaps winning is unrealistic, but I'd love to see him make a real impact this year and go far in the competition.


.. like he did on Strictly.<<< sad face because I still can't get over his absence here dammit!!

Yes DWTS does seem to favour certain dancers much more so than SCD. I thought the judges marking was a bit odd last week on DWTS as some of the couples seemed quite wooden or lacked flow and yet still got good comments. They also seem to do a lot of theme weeks. TV theme tune week? How would SCD present that? We could have the theme from
Coronation street for a viennese walz or Hollyoaks theme for a foxtrot???? The mind boggles.

I dunno, maybe someone could do a charleston to the Casualty theme tune? Or a Tango to News at Ten?

The themes on DWTS are ridiculous. Disney theme week doesn't sound to bad on paper, until they had CGI cartoon characters appear on screen dancing with the couples.

Have you both forgotten the Argentine Tango to Zorba the Greek, which is bouzouki music? SCD has proven it can bend to absurdity as much as DWTS!

Gleb did a Twitter Q&A in the early hours of this morning. Someone asked him why he chose DWTS over Strictly and he said it was because they want Olivia to go to school in LA. Which is fair enough reason, she and Elena are on their way over there now.

He also had to post yet another pic of him and Elena together on Instagram, to shut the shippers up. I really don't get what they are on about? The relationship between him and Jana is obvioulsy just professional, nothing more.

I've said on DS before people who obsessively 'ship' couples on reality programmes must have something missing in their lives. Obviously relationships hapoen between celeb and pro. We know that, but it's disrespectful when one or the other is married or involved with someone. I remember last year Georgia saying the rumours about her and Giovanni were offensive, well obviously they did get together eventually lol, but she's correct really.

Is there a curse of DWTS in the same way theres a 'curse' Strictly? Has anyone ever got together with their pro on that?

Nor sure but I think there have been rumours. I was really surprised to see the question/answer session on Gleb's twitter. I haven't seem him do that before. He is really going for the votes this year. He did it while on a flight back to LA. He was also asked what he had missed about DWTS and he said "creativity". He was criticised a lot on SCD for being innovative in his choreography so I suppose I understand that. The dances he did with Adelina on the Russian show would have been slated over here. Maybe when Len goes a more modern approach will be accepted. He says he will be dancing in London soon and to watch this space ????

I think DWTS is so cut throat and ruthless and they think nothing of axing pros after one series that he's got to really push himself forwards if he wants to return.

Just remembered there was a picture of Arlene Phillips and Gleb in June before he a announced he wasn't doing SCD. The caption was "exciting things coming" or something like that. I wonder if his London thing is connected to her? She does a lot of musical theatre and she really rates him as a dancer. It would need to be between seasons of DWTS.
Lord I feel like a Private Investigator gathering evidence! Don't give up the day job eh?

Seems to be something a certain portion of the public wants and I think producers cater to it with their pairings/marketing. Some watch for the dancing, some for the comedy, some for the hot dancers, some for the bare bones of romantic fairy tales which they then fill out with their own imaginations.

Re the Strictly curse, I don't think there's anything like that on DWTS. They do a good bit of showmancing, but that lasts only for the duration of the series (and then perhaps beyond in the minds of shippers). I'm sure quite a few have hooked up (Gleb once mentioned as much in an interview) but it's kept on the down low--I don't recall any relationships being broken up. One pro (Kym Johnson) recently married her partner of a few seasons ago.


I like SCD's more traditional approach because I like seeing celebs forced into the narrow framework of ballroom/latin, but I can understand that a dancer more interested in dance as entertainment (rather than as a strictly defined competitive discipline) would prefer more freedom. I've met a few successful ballet dancers yearning to do modern/contemporary dance.


I wonder what's going on--maybe a guest appearance. I hope he hasn't alienated his UK fans too much with his defection.

https://twitter.com/ElenaSamodanova?...Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Hi all,

Glebs wife and daughter are on their way to Los Angeles right now.
Elena has posted a pic of herself and Olivia and on her facebook..."so excited to be going HOME after 3 years...."
I would not be surprised if they did not have joint US/Russian citizenship already.
He has said how he is looking forward to their arrival.

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What on earth is a shipper??? I can infer from your words what they might be but I've never heard this expression before. I await enlightenment.

The term "shipper" comes from supporting a ship. To ship something means a person wants two characters to get together and/or shows support for two characters already together. The term "ship" came from the X-Files fandom, when fanfics were written about Mulder and Scully. The fans then called themselves shippers. It quickly spread and is now the title a person gives themself if they believe two characters should or will be together (The characters can be from anything: Books, Movies, Television, Video Games, and even Actors/Actresses). It is not limited to the couple actually happening, a person can ship something just because they enjoy the possibility of them getting together or even just because they think they would look good together.
Definition from the Urban Dictionary

Thanks. I could have Googled it myself.

There's nothing intrinsically wrong with being a 'shipper'. Most (or many) of us are one without labeling it that way when we like certain couples together or want other characters to get it together in long running dramas or soaps. I know I like a few fictional couples together and see that they've got chemistry. Hell, I'm still waiting for Khal Drogo to come back on Game of Thrones, as nobody comes near him and Daenerys, they sizzled together (don't make laugh about her and Jon Snow).

I've also enjoyed watching a few reality TV couples on occasion, it can be quite sweet to watch attraction build, so yeah I do understand the appeal. However, with real people on reality TV when the show ends then beyond a few catch ups so does my interest. I certainly wouldn't follow them on social media, or analyse their every move or interaction. You can't really anyway because what you see in the media and on social media is a highly edited version of what they want you to see and that applies to everyone, Gleb included.

Yeah, I'll happily speculate on say Hollywood romances and suchlike on DS but to me that's the equivalent of the gossiping in real life about celebs, I'm not daft enough to think that I really know what's going on.


Perhaps the romantic element of the dancing on a show like Strictly even adds to that, certainly there was at least one poster on the Gleb and Anita thread who thought that their was something romantic (but not consummated) going on between them. I respect their views, and could see where they were coming from, but didn't agree with them. This poster was very respectful, polite and did not infer that anything improper had occurred. Poor Aliona wasn't so lucky with the press and despite being fairly newly married had to run the gauntlet of tabloid rumours about her and Jay last year, never mind what she must have put up from individuals on social media. I don't know any of it, didn't read anything, but I can imagine.

Is it any wonder that many of them must think twitter, insta and the like for the show is a PIA? Sadly some people takes things too far and become so invested that they send Gleb and his wife unsolicited, unkind comments and or 'advice' because they lose a certain amount or perspective. I've seen it happen before. I used to be a big Big Brother fan and there's something about the intimacy of reality shows featuring real people that encourages it, particularly when it comes to a romance, real or just one they'd like to be real, when fans become emotionally involved.

Sorry to have gone on...and on.

It's an interesting phenomenon and reading what you'd all written reminded me of a Big Brother fans situation I witnessed a few years ago.

Anyway, from what I've seen and read Gleb and his wife Elena seem to be pretty well practiced and prepared for this sort of thing. So they'll be ignoring it, or laughing at it, I imagine.

Hi all

Pretty sure that somebody had a big time crush on somebody beautiful
We can all speculate but really if someone is married then why would someone even think they should be dating their dance partner ??????
The fans who saw one dance (DWTS) and made them into a "couple" are either a bit sad or have no morals and think every one is game, married,single or divorced. I had to laugh where one fan asked if that (Elena ) was his mother .err...specsavers...

Personally I think that Gleb combines acting and dancing and got the best of Anita. And it worked because she understood that and understood Gleb.I think he is quite shy as well which is at odds with his persona and Anita and Elena are not.Thats why Anita chattered a lot more than he did and thats why his marriage to Elena works so well.She is goodlooking obviously but she has known him a long time and understands him.

Still think he has a reserve with Jana where with Anita he was much more relaxed and comfortable. Jana looks better with makeup than without.Anita looks beautiful without makeup than with

https://www.instagram.com/p/BKhjEAzBbDD/

Look at this gorgeous family and that little cutie looking happy as larry.
And its interesting that Elena calls LA......"back home"."happy to be back home" "finally back home"

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