DWTS Season 24 - Episodes - General Discussion - *Sleuthing - Spoilers*

mindless wrote:Are both the couples in jeopardy actually in the bottom two or do they pick the other couple at random?

mindless wrote:Are both the couples in jeopardy actually in the bottom two or do they pick the other couple at random?

pikake wrote:

mindless wrote:Are both the couples in jeopardy actually in the bottom two or do they pick the other couple at random?

IIRC in the past it hasn't necessarily meant they were actually in the bottom two, but maybe someone else knows for sure.

pikake wrote:

mindless wrote:Are both the couples in jeopardy actually in the bottom two or do they pick the other couple at random?

IIRC in the past it hasn't necessarily meant they were actually in the bottom two, but maybe someone else knows for sure.

coolangel wrote:

pikake wrote:

mindless wrote:Are both the couples in jeopardy actually in the bottom two or do they pick the other couple at random?

IIRC in the past it hasn't necessarily meant they were actually in the bottom two, but maybe someone else knows for sure.

I had read on another forum that it's in the words they speak. Sometimes, they'll just say jeopardy if it's not actually the bottom two. Other times, they'll say, the couples with the lowest combined total with judges scores and votes are the ones in jeopardy. They are careful with the words.

All JMO

mindless wrote:

coolangel wrote:
I had read on another forum that it's in the words they speak. Sometimes, they'll just say jeopardy if it's not actually the bottom two. Other times, they'll say, the couples with the lowest combined total with judges scores and votes are the ones in jeopardy. They are careful with the words.

All JMO

I only heard "one of the couples in jeopardy has the lowest combined total" this week, which made me think it probably wasn't the real bottom two. But maybe I missed something.

DWTS showrunner Conrad Green is leaving the show after Season 18, so he went ahead and spilled a few beans to The Hollywood Reporter. When asked how producers decide who will be placed “in jeopardy” during the show, Conrad answered, “Well, sometimes the people in jeopardy are the next-lowest-scoring person, and sometimes they’re completely not. Usually it’s whatever we think is best for dramatic effect.” So he’s coming right out and admitting it’s purely a dramatic device.

How often is it the real bottom two? “Probably less frequently than it isn’t,” Conrad admitted. “But sometimes it is. And when you get to the end of the show, that’s much more likely. It’s quite interesting being able to do results throughout the show and then have an elimination at the end, and I feel like we’ve got it better this season, how to make one whole show work. Putting people in jeopardy allows this sort of narrative to play out in a more understandable way at the end.”