Sources Say ‘DWTS’ Producers Have “Gotten Everything Totally Wrong” About This Season’s Frontrunners

DWTS season 35 producers allegedly misjudged their frontrunners, with their hyped contestants failing to connect with audiences as expected. Dark horse contestants have surprisingly exceeded expectations and caught producers off guard, potentially positioning themselves as the season’s biggest breakout stars despite initial underestimation.According to The Sun’s source, DWTS producers have “gotten everything totally wrong” with their initial predictions.Dancing with the Stars season 35 has only just started, but there’s already some reported behind-the-scenes drama. Sigh.Sources close to the production spilled a bunch of tea to The Sun, claiming that producers totally missed the mark with their predictions for the season’s frontrunners. Apparently, the two “heavily hyped contestants have failed to make the impact producers expected” while some unexpected celebs caught them by surprise.“Producers are gobsmacked because they usually know exactly who will come out on top, like they did Robert [Irwin] with last season,” the insider dished, adding, “But as of week two, they’ve gotten everything totally wrong.”The hopefuls producers were allegedly banking on are Savannah Bananas athlete Jackson Olson and Step Up star Jenna Dewan, who they claim haven’t “clicked with the audience.”Christopher Willard//ABCDWTS producers allegedly cast Jackson with the intention of making him “the season’s next Robert Irwin,” but The Sun’s source added that viewers have found him “boring.”The source explained, “Jackson and Jenna have been a total disappointment versus the expectations producers put on them going into it. They’ve both underdelivered.”As for the “dark horse” contestants that caught them off guard? That’d be reality TV personality Maura Higgins and Paralympian Ezra French.Christopher Willard//ABC“Maura is the dark horse no one saw coming and Ezra has blown everyone away beyond expectations,” The Sun’s insider claimed. “Producers highly underestimated them both and put most stock into Jackson and Jenna but now they’re thinking Maura or Ezra could become the biggest breakouts of the season.”I mean, that checks out, since fans are out here accusing Maura of taking private lessons to prep for the beloved competition series. She has since debunked that rumor on Amanda Hirsch’s Get Real podcast, admitting that she avoided taking lessons before the show because she “didn’t want a different teacher’s instruction to confuse her.”Of course, this BTS drama is based on speculation and anonymous tips, so…take it all with a grain of salt.