After a dazzling journey that took them to the final where they obtained a perfect score of 40 on both dances, JoJo Siwa and his partner Jenna Johnson did not win. Dance with the stars in the USA. The duo will still have marked the history of the show.
Whether we know JoJo Siwa or not, whether we follow her or not on social media where she is particularly influential in the United States, which she accomplished in the American version of Dance with the stars (Dancing With The Stars) is to be welcomed. Impressive athletic and artistic performances that brought her, along with her partner Jenna Johnson, to the final. This Monday, November 22, the first couple of the same kind to dance in the American version of the show left without the laurels but with the honors, head held high and chest rounded.
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For the finale of this 30th season, the finalists were Amanda Kloots, JoJo Siwa, Iman Shumpert and Cody Rigsby. In the end, host Tyra Banks announces the unequivocal victory of basketball player Shumpert with his partner Daniella Karagach. He is the first NBA player to win the competition. The bubbly JoJo Siwa comes second.
The least we can say is that the young woman was not unworthy. In fact, she could not have done better since, as in the semi-final, the couple lined up two perfect scores in this show, having obtained from the jurors the maximum mark of 40 in each dance.
“Born This Way” pour le message gay
First a fusion of ball dances, then a freestyle. And as always, the duo hit the nail on the head. Complicity, technique, energy, sensuality, everything is there. More importantly, her final stint on the show is on Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way”, a symbolic choice since it is the track that, according to Siwa, allowed her to be “comfortable with being gay”.
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“You know, coming here and being the very first same sex couple, I think people didn’t know what to expect, JoJo Siwa said during the show. Win the Mirrorball [le trophée tant convoité, ndlr], it’s not just winning it for me… it’s winning it for so many people in the world who are maybe afraid to be themselves. “ Later, at the height of her 18 years, she explained that participating in Dance with the stars made it grow, before adding: “Jenna alone changed my life.”
JoJo Siwa’s beautiful message
The morning of the final, the young woman had published on her Instagram account a vibrant tribute to her partner: “Trusting you opened my eyes and fixed my brain. We’ve been through it all together for the past 86 days. We’ve failed, survived and thrived. Spending 86 days in a row with someone isn’t easy, but somehow I looked forward to each day. “
JoJo Siwa also opened up about his breakup in the middle of the adventure with his ex-girlfriend, Kylie Prew, after a nine-month romance. “There were days when all I wanted to do was go to rehearsals because I knew dancing and being in the studio with you would make me think of something else, and I always do, she continues in her text. Thank you for making every day a good, fun day. I will forever cherish the memories we have made over the past ten weeks and keep them for life. I never want to forget anything from the last few weeks. “
And the show’s runner-up to thank her dancer: “You are such a good person and I am so grateful to have you in my life. Thank you for doing this with me.” Thank you to her, too, for having worn, as Bilal Hassani does in France, so high the colors of our pride.
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Crédit photo : Dancing with the Stars, ABC
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