DWTS VAL CHMERKOVSKIY on JUDGING THE SHOW, JENNA JOHNSON WIN, ZENDAYA, FATHERHOOD, and WHATS NEXT
Lightweights Podcast
Joe Vulpis
4.9 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2024
⏱️ 136 minutes
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Summary
Valentin "Val" Chmerkovskiy is a 2x World Latin Dance Champion, 14x U.S. National Latin Dance Champion, and 3x Dancing With The Stars Mirror Ball Champion. Val discusses this season on DWTS, his reaction to Jenna Johnson's win with Joey Graziadei, training with different celebrities over the years like Xochitl Gomez and Zendaya, and his journey from the competition world to working on this hit dance television show. It was an honor to chat with Val to see how he approaches the competition.
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| 0:30.1 | I'll always champion the show because the show has changed my family's life, |
| 0:34.4 | not just changed the dancing world, but changed my family's world. |
| 0:39.2 | And I will forever be grateful for that. |
| 0:42.0 | After he stopped competing, because while he was competing, it was like this rivalry, |
| 0:46.3 | and obviously his mom's not teaching me. |
| 0:48.3 | Was there real beef? |
| 0:49.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:50.3 | No one should get higher than a seven until like week four. |
| 0:53.3 | Would you ever want to be a judge yourself? |
| 0:56.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:57.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:58.2 | I would. |
| 0:58.8 | And I think Dancing with the Stars this season was a cultural phenomenon. |
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