When Bobby joined the show, he never thought he’d be one of the most talked-about winners.
During his season, he was partnered with Sharna Burgess, a professional dancer on the show for 14 seasons. Throughout their season, they performed a variety of dance styles, including salsa, jive, cha-cha, waltz, foxtrot, Argentine tango, and many more. He wasn’t one of the audience’s favorite dancers that season, so he got quite a bit of backlash because they didn’t think he had been improving, but to their surprise, he won the season!
His dance with the fewest points was his quickstep to “That Old Black Magic,” which he scored 19 out of 30. The highest score they achieved was a perfect 30 out of 30, which was his freestyle to “The Greatest Show,” the last dance he performed, and ultimately won the show with. The fans were very upset and said that he “robbed” the second-place winner, Milo Manheim.
It’s been seven years since he was on the TV dancing, but fans still have a lot to say about him winning since the new season has come out. Fans have been comparing Bobby to a season 34 contestant, Andy Richter, who they thought was going to be the same way and win the show because of his fans. Andy got voted off the show during week 9, and then the fans started to quiet down.
This past week, when episode 11 came out, the 20th birthday anniversary of DWTS, Bobby was brought up again in an interview by the old host, Tom Bergeron. He said that Bobby’s win was an “ouch”. To his surprise, Bobby watched that interview and felt hurt by what he heard. Bobby posted a response that said he wasn’t hurt by the words, just hurt by who they came from. Bones had finally had enough and said he’s sending the trophy back because obviously they don’t want him on the show.
Tom reached out to him after hearing how his words affected him, and said he meant the ouch towards the scoring system, not towards Bobby. Bobby forgave him, and the air got cleared after that, but Bobby remains strict on sending back his trophy.
Take a look at Bobby and Sharna’s winning dance!
