Wikipedia, like it does with most television programs, has lists of each series for DWTS. Looking over it, active or recently retired athletes tend to go deep, usually being amongst the last four celebrities. Boxers, wrestlers and MMA fighters are noted exceptions to this pattern.
Whether Artest will be like most active athletes in this show or suffer the early exit of the only other NBA player I recognized, Clyde Drexler, is an open question. None of the others in this series strikes me as having a leg up on the competition, with the possible exception of Hope Solo, the other athlete. It's not even clear to me which of them would have a big voting constituency that would keep them around longer than their talent would on its own. Given how long ago the fight in Detroit was, audience familiarity may be a bigger issue for Artest than likability. David ________________________________ From: PGage <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] New Dancing with the Stars contestants: if you did a parody of the show it would still look like this Still, I have some interest in this, as an NBA and Laker fan. When I saw this story on the internet last night, I tried to search for information about how long the average contestant lasts. The NBA season typically begins around Halloween - this dancing show, seems to start in late September, and also seems to be fairly live. Assuming Artest (who is going to court September 16 to legally change his name to Meta World Peace, and plans to have "Peace" on the back of his jersey) is not going to win the contest (I think this must be a fair assumption - I don't know what the factors are that keep a contestant on the show, but judging by the success of Smith and Rice I assume likeability is one factor), is it likely a middle-of-the road contestant would be done by mid October? The NBA of course is facing a lockout, and negotiations do not look good. It seems very unlikely that the season will start on time - I am just wondering if Artest has now committed himself to something that would guarantee he is not available even in the very unlikely event that it did. When is this show usually over? If Artest did win, would he be on through maybe the end of December, or into January? If the NBA season is at all to be salvaged this year, my guess is that they will try to start in January or February (the truth is, even most sports fans do not pay much attention to the NBA until after the Super Bowl, and typically the first nationally televised game is the Christmas Day game). -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
