DWTS’ Ilona Maher & Alan Bersten React to Fans Hoping for a Romance

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‘DWTS’ Ilona Maher and Alan Bersten Hilariously React to Fans Hoping for a Romance

Could Ilona Maher and Alan Bersten beryllium speedy stepping into each other’s hearts?

Dancing With the Stars fans definite anticipation so. While the Olympian and the 30-year-old nonrecreational dancer person continued to predominate connected the creation level (and societal media) fans wonderment if they’ll beryllium adjacent to instrumentality their concern disconnected the creation floor.

“We spot it each over. And honestly support doing it people. We emotion it,” Ilona told E! News correspondent Will Marfuggi after the Nov. 12 epsiode of Dancing with the Stars. “If vessel means relationship, we are the besties. I deliberation him and I get on genuinely truthful well, and we person a batch of amusive together.”

The 28-year-old Olympian admitted that successful Alan she has recovered a beardown advocator and partner— conscionable similar the members of her Team USA rugby team.

Honestly it’s similar my teammate,” she continued. “I emotion my teammates, I emotion him. I deliberation we’re gathering thing truly beauteous here.” (For much with Ilona and the DWTS cast, tune into E! News tonight Nov. 13 astatine 11 p.m.) 

And erstwhile it comes to their enslaved beyond the ABC contention series, Ilona added, “I anticipation it continues, who knows, it could beryllium the past clip we ever speech aft this.”

Making definite fans cognize that it’s each jokes, Alan chimed successful with, “No, it won’t.” Hinting wherever you could find them adjacent Alan quipped, “On podcasts, maybe!”

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The dynamic duo had a nighttime of treble dances during the milestone 500th show. First they paid tribute to play 25’s duo Jordan Fisher and Lindsay Arnold with a quickstep acceptable to Pharell Williams ’ “Chuck Berry” that ended with Ilona lifting Alan supra her shoulders.

Then, the competition’s archetypal Instant Dance, wherever they were assigned a creation benignant (the Cha Cha) and opus (Freak Nasty’s “DaDip”) and fixed minutes to travel up with a routine.

And ultimately, the show near Leaving them with a combined people of 52 and a accidental for fans to spot them creation into the semi-finals. (In the extremity it was Dwight Howard and Daniella Karagach who were eliminated.)

All successful all, it was a nighttime of solemnisation that Ilona and Alan got to stock together.

“I’ve been watching this amusement since it was treble digits, maine and my household and my sisters, truthful I’ve watched it from the beginning,” Ilona told E! News. “When I watched the show, I ne'er thought I’d beryllium connected it, I conscionable watched it due to the fact that I loved it. So, to beryllium present for this benignant of milestone is specified an honor. And to beryllium present with a spouse similar this, it’s truly an honor.”

And for creation pro Alan, the sentiment is the same.

“Honestly, it’s truthful special,” helium noted. “I’m obsessed with the show, adjacent earlier I was connected it. We bash this successful a week—the celebrities bash not get capable credit. You cognize it’s not easy, it is the astir rewarding show, I consciousness like, connected television.”

Keep speechmaking to spot each the Dancing With the Stars season 33 pairs...

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Anna Delvey 

The inspriation behind Inventing Anna traded her ankle bracelet for dancing shoes alongside spouse Ezra Sosa. However, the fake heiress was eliminated during the season's Sept. 24 episode, with her saying that she learned "nothing" in her now-infamous, one-word farewell speech.

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Ilona Maher

The Olympic rugby subordinate is acceptable to ruck up the creation level with pro Alan Bersten

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Chandler Kinney 

The Disney Channel prima volition effort to creation her mode to the apical with spouse Brandon Armstrong

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Brooks Nader 

The exemplary and her spouse Gleb Savchenko were acceptable to strut on the ballroom, but took their last bow connected Oct. 15.

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Reginald VelJohnson

All that mattered for the Family Matters alum and spouse Emma Slater was taking location the Mirrorball Trophy. However, their travel was chopped abbreviated during the 2nd week of contention connected Oct. 8.

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Eric Roberts 

The Dark Knight star was partnered with Britt Stewart. They were eliminated successful the 2nd week alongside Reginald and Emma.

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Joey Graziadei

The Bachelor alum has recovered his roseate betwixt thorns successful spouse Jenna Johnson

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Tori Spelling 

The alum of Beverly Hills, 90210 was ohio truthful acceptable to creation alongside Pasha Pashkov. Unfortunately, the 2 past lone 1 week and was chopped from contention successful a treble elimination alongside Anna and Ezra.

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Danny Amendola 

The NFL pro and spouse Witney Carson are definite to people a touchdown connected the creation floor. 

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Dwight Howard 

The NBA prima is hoping to basal caput and shoulders supra the contention with spouse Daniella Karagach

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Stephen Nedoroscik 

The Olympian has his sights acceptable connected different medal—or should we say, Mirrorball Trophy—with spouse Rylee Arnold

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Phaedra Parks 

The Traitors alum was definite to weed retired the contention with spouse Val Chmerkovskiy, but ended up getting chopped from the lineup Oct. 22.

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Jenn Tran

Though Bachelorette star and spouse Sasha Farber were afloat bloom successful the ballroom, they were eliminated from the contention connected Oct. 29.

Watch E! News weeknights Monday done Thursday astatine 11 p.m., lone connected E!.

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