Ilona Maher And Alan Bersten has it all the way to the season 33 final Dancing with the starsBut was their connection immediately?
“I was very excited that you were my partner,” Bersten, 30, to Maher, 28, during Tuesday 15 April, episode of her “Maher house“Podcast.
Maher remembered that he was very ‘excited’ to also work with Bersten, but she was worried about her own skills and his educational techniques.
“I knew it would be difficult,” she remembered. “I had heard rumors that you could be hard for your partners. I had something like that, okay. I wasn’t afraid of that, I had something like ‘perfect’.
Before Bersten was announced as her partner, Maher looked at his last seasons to get an idea of his style.
“I remember thinking:” This guy is very animated, “she told her listeners.” I wasn’t sure that that was all a front. This guy could really be animated in the show and not actually fun. “
Fortunately, the rugby player learned from first hand that Bersten was just like he appeared. “It was this whole thing:” Oh, it’s Alan, I’m so excited, “Maher recalled about their first meeting. “But it was also that I was suddenly scared, the mask would be torn away and you would be like:” Okay, here we’re going. Let’s do it. “
Looking back, she said: “I was so excited [that] What you were was actually what our time would be like. “
Although Maher and Bersten both acknowledged that Maher was not an immediate success on the dance floor, Bersten was happy from the first day they worked together.
“To be honest, I didn’t know what to expect. We have never had a rugby player in the show. I have never realized how athletic you could be, what such a blessing is, especially in the show,” said Bersten. “The best part of you was the hard work ethics. You never gave up.”
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Although he had a rocky start in the rehearsal room, Bersten claimed that he ‘hoped’ that Maher would be his season 33 partner.
“I already saw her at the Olympic Games. She has a lot of impact. She is funny,” he gushed. “If I spend five hours with someone every day, I want to have fun. You don’t want to be miserable.” (Maher was part of the bronze medal-winning rugby team of Team USA in the Olympic Games in Paris in the summer of 2024.)
Maher teased that Bersten had had his work cut for him when they first started dancing together. The DWTS Pro, however, put all the debt to himself.
“You’re just as good as your teacher,” he said and confess, “I was a bit nervous too [to start]. I had something like that: “Oh, I taught her badly?” “
Bersten, who has been participating in the dance competition since season 25 in 2017, explained that it is not the task of the famous participant to be perfect. “If I dance, especially in the show, I don’t care. My whole goal is to make sure you feel good and look good,” he shared.
Every week Bersten said that he was increasingly impressed by Maher’s dance evolution. ‘I am never frustrated that you are messing around. I [got]Like sad and upset with myself that you mess it up, because I might not have prepared you well enough, “he confessed.” It is a strange feeling. “
He continued: “My whole task is to ensure that you are prepared enough. … you were ready every time [and] In general you have startled it. “
During the season 33 Final, which was broadcast in November 2024, Bersten and Maher were one of the last five teams that compete for the Mirrorball Trophy. The duo carried out two routines: Jive (Maher’s Redemption Dance) and Freestyle. They received a general score of 57.
However, the winner was The bachelor alum Joey Graziadei and his partner, Jenna Johnson.